2001 PDC World Darts Championship Rod Harrington also went through, the home man winning 3–0 against Graeme Stoddart. Jamie Harvey continued his run at the Circus, defeating former champion John Lowe by 3–0. After a day off for New Year's Eve, The World Darts Championships started 2001 at the quarter-final stage. Matches now had been extended to the best of 7 sets (first to 4) for the quarter-finals and this is where the potential champions begin to show their proper darts. Phil Taylor continued his march to his 9th crown with a 4–0 whitewash of 1983 world champion Keith Deller, who played well short of
2004 World Darts Trophy 2004 World Darts Trophy The 2004 Bavaria World Darts Trophy was the third edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation. The 2003 winner, Raymond van Barneveld retained the trophy beating Martin Adams in the final of the men's event, 6–4 in sets. Andy Fordham. the BDO World Champion, was absent from the field this year in the men's event. In the women's event, the 2003 winner and the BDO World Champion, Trina Gulliver lost at the quarter-final stage to