Has the European Championship given a clue to who will be victorious at the World Matchplay?
Highlights of the European Championships, 4th-7th July 2013
Simon Whitlock pulls off one of the great comebacks in recent darts memory.
Simon Whitlock, using his unique ‘Wizard of Oz’ darts, brought the crowd emphatically to life by coming from 9-3 down to win 10-9 in his quarter-final against the Englishman Jamie Caven in one of the greatest comebacks in PDC darts memory.
Phil Taylor, James Wade and Raymond Van Barneveld exit in the second round.
The PDC ranked 1, 4 and 8 all went out in the second round at the 2013 European Championship, the most shocking of which was the 16-time World Champion Phil Taylor losing 10-5 to the European qualified Ronny Huybrechts of Belgium who, in the process, pulled off the greatest win of his career to date.
Adrian Lewis wins his first European Championship.
It was third time lucky for Adrian Lewis in the European Championship final; having previously lost in the final in 2008 (11-5) as well as the 2011 final (11-8) to Phil Taylor, Lewis turned the tables to beat the 2012 European champion Simon Whitlock 11-6 in Germany and claim the £50,000 jackpot.
...will such form continue to the BetVictor World Matchplay 2013?
The players confirmed for the BetVictor World Matchplay 2013 are:
PDC Top 16
1. Phil Taylor
2. Michael van Gerwen
3. Adrian Lewis
4. James Wade
5. Simon Whitlock
6. Andy Hamilton
7. Wes Newton
8. Raymond van Barneveld
9. Dave Chisnall
10. Justin Pipe
11. Kevin Painter
12. Robert Thornton
13. Mervyn King
14. Kim Huybrechts
15. Brendan Dolan
16. Terry Jenkins
PDC ProTour qualifiers
• Jamie Caven
• Peter Wright
• John Part
• Stuart Kellett
• Paul Nicholson
• Gary Anderson
• Ronnie Baxter
• Colin Lloyd
• Steve Beaton
• Andy Smith
• Ian White
• Jelle Klaasen
• Jamie Lewis
• Ronny Huybrechts
• Mensur Suljovic
• Mark Webster
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