2011 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 18th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London from 16 December 2010 and 3 January 2011. A total of 72 players took part, 16 of whom began at the preliminary round stage, with the eight winners joining the remaining 56 players in the first round proper.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the 2010 tournament. He was knocked out of the tournament at the quarter final stage by Mark Webster, who in turn was defeated by Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals. Lewis went on to win the tournament, beating Gary Anderson 7–5 in the final to become only the fifth different PDC World Champion and the first to have won it without having won the rival BDO World Championship.
The final between Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson was the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship.
4-time PDC World Championship semi-finalist Wayne Mardle was a notable absentee, missing out on his first World Championship since 1999. The 3-time PDC World Championship finalist Peter Manley was also another notable absentee, having missed out since 1998.
Format and qualifiers
The televised stages featured 72 players from a minimum of 22 countries. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 29 November 2010 were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour.These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers, and 22 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 2 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 16 further international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.
Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.
Order of Merit
Pro Tour
- Steve Farmer
- Richie Burnett
- Steve Brown
- Justin Pipe
- Tony Eccles
- Dennis Smith
- Nigel Heydon
- Brendan Dolan
- Steve Hine
- Steve Maish
- Kevin McDine
- Mark Hylton
- Chris Thompson
- Peter Wright
- Steve Evans
- Joe Cullen
- Kirk Shepherd
First Round Qualifiers
PDPA Qualifiers
First Round Qualifier
Preliminary Round Qualifier
International Qualifiers
First Round Qualifiers
- Darin Young
- Shane Tichowitsch
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Rob Modra
- Gary Mawson
- Jyhan Artut
- Dietmar Burger
- Magnus Caris
- Juanito Gionzon
- Morihiro Hashimoto
- Boris Krčmar
- Per Laursen
- Scott MacKenzie
- Norman Madhoo
- Mickey Mansell
- Devon Petersen
- Preston Ridd
- Roland Scholten
- Veijo Viinikka
Prize money
The prize money is allocated as follows:
Schedule
Preliminary round
The preliminary round were played from Dec 16 to Dec 23 with one match per day. The format was best of 7 legs.| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 |
 Gary Mawson 92.44 | 4–1 |  Juanito Gionzon 90.81 |
 Roland Scholten 82.15 | 4–2 |  Veijo Viinikka 75.93 |
 Matt Padgett 83.10 | 2–4 |  Morihiro Hashimoto 87.30 |
 Per Laursen 91.05 | 4–2 |  Boris Krčmar 84.89 |
 Jyhan Artut 83.86 | 4–3 |  Scott MacKenzie 84.94 |
 Mickey Mansell 82.70 | 0–4 |  Preston Ridd 84.68 |
 Devon Petersen 90.16 | 4–3 |  Norman Madhoo 82.05 |
 Magnus Caris 80.24 | 4–3 |  Dietmar Burger 76.81 |
Last 64
The winner of the eight Preliminary Round matches joined 56 other players in the First Round.The First Round draw took place on Tuesday 30 November live in the studio of Sky Sports News, and was conducted by 1983 World champion Keith Deller and Sky Sports darts' analyst and former World Matchplay champion, Rod Harrington.
Final
Statistics
| Player | Eliminated | Played | Sets Won | Sets Lost | Legs Won | Legs Lost | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High Checkout | Average |
| Adrian Lewis | Winner | 6 | 29 | 13 | 101 | 70 | 221 | 119 | 60 | 167 | 97.35 |
 Gary Anderson | Runner-up | 6 | 27 | 12 | 93 | 62 | 167 | 136 | 58 | 164 | 103.06 |
 Mark Webster | Semi-Finals | 5 | 20 | 9 | 73 | 49 | 148 | 102 | 24 | 167 | 96.76 |
| Terry Jenkins | Semi-Finals | 5 | 18 | 13 | 71 | 54 | 182 | 91 | 29 | 170 | 93.73 |
| Phil Taylor | Quarter-Finals | 4 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 32 | 109 | 68 | 17 | 126 | 97.60 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Quarter-Finals | 4 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 43 | 112 | 79 | 23 | 156 | 95.88 |
| Wes Newton | Quarter-Finals | 4 | 15 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 103 | 61 | 11 | 136 | 92.47 |
| Vincent van der Voort | Quarter-Finals | 4 | 13 | 9 | 44 | 42 | 111 | 60 | 19 | 148 | 91.98 |
 Simon Whitlock | Third Round | 3 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 57 | 46 | 16 | 164 | 96.69 |
| Andy Smith | Third Round | 3 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 85 | 40 | 19 | 140 | 93.09 |
| Mark Hylton | Third Round | 3 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 87 | 47 | 18 | 138 | 91.82 |
| Mark Walsh | Third Round | 3 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 36 | 86 | 45 | 16 | 146 | 91.53 |
| Robert Thornton | Third Round | 3 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 87 | 33 | 10 | 125 | 91.21 |
| Colin Osborne | Third Round | 3 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 71 | 37 | 14 | 139 | 91.16 |
| Mensur Suljović | Third Round | 3 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 76 | 32 | 13 | 136 | 88.27 |
| Peter Wright | Third Round | 3 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 77 | 48 | 6 | 120 | 87.57 |
| Dennis Priestley | Second Round | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 47 | 28 | 12 | 111 | 94.74 |
| Ronnie Baxter | Second Round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 118 | 94.55 |
| Mervyn King | Second Round | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 63 | 36 | 6 | 136 | 94.35 |
| Brendan Dolan | Second Round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 108 | 93.70 |
| Paul Nicholson | Second Round | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 35 | 7 | 141 | 93.66 |
| Wayne Jones | Second Round | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 60 | 31 | 9 | 120 | 92.76 |
| James Wade | Second Round | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 48 | 28 | 2 | 121 | 90.54 |
| Mark Dudbridge | Second Round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 107 | 90.13 |
| Per Laursen | Second Round | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 56 | 23 | 3 | 106 | 89.30 |
| Alan Tabern | Second Round | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 86 | 32 | 12 | 160 | 89.30 |
| Steve Brown | Second Round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 126 | 88.48 |
| Colin Lloyd | Second Round | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 45 | 29 | 6 | 136 | 87.75 |
| Denis Ovens | Second Round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 106 | 87.69 |
| Jamie Caven | Second Round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 161 | 86.60 |
| Kevin McDine | Second Round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 120 | 84.79 |
| Andy Hamilton | Second Round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 106 | 82.96 |
| Tony Eccles | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 170 | 94.84 |
| Steve Farmer | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 161 | 93.90 |
| Steve Maish | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 93.76 |
| Justin Pipe | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 167 | 91.83 |
| Nigel Heydon | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 61 | 91.53 |
| Steve Beaton | First Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 75 | 89.79 |
| Co Stompé | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 111 | 88.74 |
| Chris Thompson | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 96 | 88.47 |
| Shane Tichowitsch | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 40 | 87.58 |
| Morihiro Hashimoto | First Round | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 87.37 |
| Steve Evans | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 87.35 |
 John Part | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 100 | 86.76 |
| Roland Scholten | First Round | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 112 | 86.40 |
| Richie Burnett | First Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 86.02 |
 Antonio Alcinas | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 85.92 |
| Kirk Shepherd | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 85.74 |
| Steve Hine | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 88 | 85.70 |
| Alex Roy | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 68 | 85.70 |
| Devon Petersen | First Round | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 146 | 84.99 |
| Gary Mawson | First Round | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 81 | 84.97 |
| Kevin Painter | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 156 | 84.84 |
| Andree Welge | First Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 84.65 |
| Michael van Gerwen | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 82 | 84.17 |
| Jelle Klaasen | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 111 | 84.03 |
| Bernd Roith | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 96 | 83.12 |
| Jyhan Artut | First Round | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 112 | 82.29 |
| Magnus Caris | First Round | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 81.96 |
| Joe Cullen | First Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 81.77 |
| Darin Young | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 80.57 |
| Dennis Smith | First Round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 80.10 |
| Barrie Bates | First Round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 116 | 78.80 |
| Preston Ridd | First Round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 104 | 77.99 |
| Juanito Gionzon | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 90.81 |
| Scott MacKenzie | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 84.94 |
| Boris Krčmar | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 84.89 |
| Matt Padgett | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 83.10 |
| Michael Mansell | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 82.70 |
| Norman Madhoo | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 82.05 |
| Dietmar Burger | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 76.81 |
| Veijo Viinikka | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 75.93 |
Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.Television coverage
broadcast all 72 matches live in high-definition in the United Kingdom. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell, John Gwynne, Nigel Pearson, Rod Studd and Stuart Pyke. This was the first PDC World Championship where Dave Lanning wasn't commentating having retired prior to the tournament. Due to the ill health of Harrington, Wayne Mardle replaced him post-Christmas and featured both commentating and co-presenting alongside Clark. Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff was also a guest commentator twice during tournament. Interviews were handled by either Clark, Bristow or Studd.In the Netherlands SBS6 broadcast all matches live through a live stream on the SBS6 website and Sport1 broadcast all the matches on television, both with commentary provided by Jacques Nieuwlaat and Leo Oldenburger. In Germany it was broadcast live on Sport1 with co-commentary provided by Roland Scholten, and in Australia it was broadcast live on Fox Sports.