 BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY
Vechtsebahen Complex, Utrecht,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th to SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 2004
The world’s top players – Men and Women - who committed themselves
to the World Professional Darts Championships and Winmau World
Masters, will compete in the third BDO ranked BAVARIA
WORLD DARTS TROPHY. It will be played over nine consecutive days in the massive
3,000 plus capacity Vechtsebahen Complex in the Dutch town of
Utrecht.
 Players from eleven countries - including Russian sensation
Anastasia Dobromyslova, 2004 Finland Open Champion and 2004 German
Open Semi-Finalist – will be competing for a prize fund of over
200,000 Euros.
With the same playing format as the World Professional Darts
Championships, the Bavaria WDT will once again be televised by
SBS-6, the premier darts broadcaster in The Netherlands.
In the Men’s Championship, defending Champion RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD
(NETH) is the No.1 Seed, and 2003 runner-up MERVYN KING (ENG)
is seeded No.2. Australia’s own Tony David (left) is seeded at
No.5 and Steve Duke is also a participant in this year’s field.
A little more time (several more weeks) separates the Australian
Darts Championships and the 3rd Bavaria WDT giving both players
more time to prepare. In 2003 Tony David made it through to the
semi  finals before being knocked out by Raymond van Barneveld.
Steve Duke (right) knocked out the 2002 finalist Tony O’Shea
(Eng) in the first round, but was not so lucky in the second
round missing out to Colin Monk.
Unfortunately Ritchie Davies had to turn down the invitation
due to his busy schedule at work. During that period the IT-specialist
is in America for business reasons. Davies is replaced by Dutch
André Brantjes who was so successful in the recent Tempus
International Darts League.
And it’s the same in the Women’s Singles, where defending champion
TRINA GULLIVER (ENG) and 2003 runner-up FRANCIS HOENSELAAR (NETH)
will be seeded No.1 and 2 respectively.
The full line-ups of the top men and women who have qualified
for invitation to the 2004 World Darts Trophy are:
MEN:
SEEDS:
1 RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD, NETH
2 MERVYN KING, ENG
3 TONY WEST, ENG
4 TED HANKEY, ENG
5 TONY DAVID, AUSTRALIA
6 GARY ANDERSON, SCOT
7 TONY O’SHEA, ENG
8 DARRYL FITTON, ENG
JARKKO KOMULA, FIN
MARTIN ADAMS, ENG
JOHN WALTON, ENG
GARY ROBSON, ENG
TONY ECCLES, ENG
STEPHEN BUNTING, ENG
VINCENT VAN DER VOORT, NETH
STEVE DUKE, SENR. AUST
ANDY FORDHAM, ENG
ROBERT WAGNER, NORWAY
MARTIN ATKINS, ENG
PETER HUNT, NZ
RICK HOFSTRA, NETH
CO STOMPE, NETH
MIKE VEITCH, SCOT
DAVE ROUTLEDGE, ENG
ALBERTINO ESSERS, NETH
TOMAS SEYLER, GER
ANDRE BRANTJES, NETH
SHAUN GREATBATCH, ENG
Men’s Wild Cards:
DAVY RICHARDSON, ENG
DICK VAN DIJK, NETH
MARKUS KORHONEN, SWE
MARKO KANTELE, FIN
Dick van Dijk finished second in the Netherlands Darts Federation
(NDF) ranking table of the 2003/2004 season. He managed to win
3 NDF-Opens last year. All other titles went to the number one
player on the rankings Raymond van Barneveld. Marcus Korhonen
is well known as the youngest Embassy participator ever. He qualified
for the 2002 edition when he was just 18 years old.
WOMEN:
SEEDS:
1 TRINA GULLIVER, ENG
2 FRANCIS HOENSELAAR, NETH
3 CARINA EKBERG, SWE
4 JAN ROBBINS, WALES
CRISSY HOWAT, ENG
KARIN KRAPPEN, NETH
Women’s Wild Cards:
ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA, RUSSIA
MIEKE DE BOER, NETH
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