The 2003 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the tenth World Championship organised by the

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since it split from the

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in 1993. The tournament took place between 27 December 2002 and 4 January 2003 at the

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(who sponsored the 1996 event with their Vernon's brand) and took over sponsorship of the event from

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. The field at the televised stages expanded for the first time since 1999. An extra qualifying round was introduced increasing the total number of players from 32 to 40.

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defeated the defending champion and number one seed, Phil Taylor, in the final to end two incredible runs by Taylor – eight successive World titles, and 44 successive victories at the Circus Tavern. This was Part's second world championship having also won the 1994 BDO Championship (the first tournament after the split). The Qualifying Criteria for the World Championship was as follows -Top 32 of the Order of Merit (on 1 December 2002) - 4 PDPA Qualifiers (Al Hedman, Lee Palfeyman, Mark Robinson, Dave Smith) - Australian Qualifier (Simon Whitlock) - Dutch Qualifier (Arjan Moen) - USA Qualifier (Ray Carver) - SP 9-Dart challenge with The People Newspaper (David Platt)

Seeds

Prize money

* Nine-dart finish: A

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, worth a six figure sum, will be mounted in the bulls eye of a championship dartboard as a unique prize (not won).

Results

First round

All matches are the best of 7 sets.

Last 32

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the 1st round.

Reference

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