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The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 17th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. Phil Taylor gained the title with a 7–3 victory over Simon Whitlock, defending successfully his title from the 2009 tournament. Raymond van Barneveld recorded the second nine dart finish in the history of the tournament in his second round match against Brendan Dolan. The event took place from 18 December 2009 until 3 January 2010 – albeit with two breaks in between for Christmas and New Year. The tournament was held for the third time at London's Alexandra Palace. ==Format and qualifiers== The televised stages featured 72 players, an increase of 2 from last year. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 1 December 2009 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. * The final field as of 1 December 2009: These 48 players were joined by 24 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 3 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 15 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, the top 2 Americans, and Australian players are 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 # Gary Anderson # Paul Nicholson # Andy Jenkins # Peter Wright # Brendan Dolan # Steve Hine # Kevin McDine # Steve Brown # Matt Clark # Colin Monk # Steve Maish # Barrie Bates # Mark Webster # Toon Greebe # Alex Roy # Carlos Rodriguez European Order of Merit ''First Round Qualifiers'' * Andree Welge * Mensur Suljović * Dylan Duo * Jyhan Artut International Qualifiers ''First Round Qualifiers'' * Darin Young * Scott Burnett * Simon Whitlock * Warren Parry International Qualifiers ''Preliminary Round Qualifiers'' * Ken MacNeil * Magnus Caris * Les Francis * Phillip Hazel * Krzysztof Kciuk * Osmann Kijamet * Jarkko Komula * Roman Konchikov * Per Laursen * Norman Madhoo * Haruki Muramatsu * Aodhagan O'Neill * Christian Perez * Jan van der Rassel * Francisco Ruiz * Tomas Seyler
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