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, run by the

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and the

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. Having been an unranked event in previous years, it was installed as a major tournament in the BDO/WDF darts calendar, following the disbanding of the

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. Also, for the first time, a women's competition was held. In the men's event, number one seed Gary Anderson defended his title with a 5–4 win over number two seed,

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. The women's event was won by

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, who replaced the initial top seed

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following her withdrawal, beating

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in the final.

Results

Men's tournament

Group stage

''all matches best of 9 legs.''
''P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Leg difference; Pts = Points'' Group A Steve West 86.25 5–4 Ted Hankey 90.75
Gary Anderson 95.43 5–4 Ted Hankey 95.70
Gary Anderson 101.55 5–0 Steve West 76.26

Group B Mareno Michels 90.60 5–1 Stuart Kellett 82.65
Darryl Fitton 95.46 5–2 Stuart Kellett 88.05
Darryl Fitton 88.14 5–3 Mareno Michels 88.13

Group C Henny van der Ster 83.13 5–2 Martin Atkins 80.88
Mark Webster 95.76 5–4 Martin Atkins 90.15
Henny van der Ster 82.53 5–4 Mark Webster 81.66

Group D Alan Norris 86.16 5–2 Geert De Vos 80.82
Martin Adams 97.71 5–1 Geert De Vos 78.24
Alan Norris 85.80 5–3 Martin Adams 76.26
Group E Brian Woods 95.13 5–0 Willy van de Wiel 80.79
Gary Robson 89.88 5–1 Willy van de Wiel 83.85
Gary Robson 94.53 5–2 Brian Woods 86.94

Group F Joey ten Berge 92.58 5–3 Andy Boulton 87.27
Tony O'Shea 94.32 5–3 Andy Boulton 90.81
Tony O'Shea 91.32 5–4 Joey ten Berge 88.80

Group G Mark Barilli 89.82 5–4 Martin Phillips 83.67
Martin Phillips 98.31 5–1 Edwin Max 86.37
Edwin Max 83.79 5–3 Mark Barilli 84.36

Group H Davy Richardson 90.45 5–2 Ross Montgomery 84.15
Ross Montgomery 86.67 5–4 Scott Waites 87.63
Scott Waites 88.41 5–0 Davy Richardson 75.72

Knockout stages

Women's tournament

References

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