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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. 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 event took place from 16 December 2010 until 3 January 2011, with two breaks for Christmas and New Year. The tournament was held for the fourth time at London's Alexandra Palace. 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. The final between Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson was the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship. ==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 (which were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Derby on November 29, 2010), 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 European Order of Merit ''First Round Qualifiers'' * Antonio Alcinas * Andree Welge * Bernd Roith * Mensur Suljović PDPA Qualifiers ''First Round Qualifier'' * Alex Roy ''Preliminary Round Qualifier'' * Matt Padgett International Qualifiers ''First Round Qualifiers'' * Darin Young * Shane Tichowitsch * ''Preliminary Round Qualifiers'' * Gary Mawson * Jyhan Artut * Dietmar Burger * Magnus Caris * Juanito Gionzon * Morihiro Hashimoto * Boris Krčmar * Per Laursen * Scott MacKenzie * Norman Madhoo * Michael Mansell * Devon Petersen * Preston Ridd * Roland Scholten * Veijo Viinikka :1 Rob Modra was unable to get a visa, so therefore, he was replaced by Kirk Shepherd, the next highest ranked player in the Players Championship Order of Merit.〔(Shepherd replaces Modra ), pdc.tv, 14 December 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011 PDC World Darts Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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