World Matchplay - a guide to the World Matchplay darts tournament including a brief introduction and a list of the recent winners. Click here to place a bet on the World Matchplay.
   
 
World Matchplay
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Welcome to Betting Kingdom. This is our page on the World Matchplay darts tournament. Here we provide you with a brief introduction to to the event and a list of recent winners.
   

The World Matchplay is held in Blackpool, England. It is staged in the Winter Gardens which is regarded as the best venue of any darts event.

Matches are played in legs format rather than in sets. As the tournament progresses players have to win more legs to get through to the next round.

 
Event
World Matchplay
Country
Date
July
Winner
J.Wade
   

The tournament was first held in 1994 and was won by American Larry Butler. Since then Phil Taylor has dominated the event winning it on eight separate occasions. It is currently sponsored by Stan James. It is regarded as the second biggest tournament behind the World Championship.

James Wade landed the tournament in 2007 beating Terry Jenkins in the final. It was his first major televised victory and moved his to number three in the PDC World rankings.

 
RECENT WINNERS OF THE WORLD MATCHPLAY
 
Winner
Runner Up
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
 
 
 
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