PDC World Darts Championship 2007, Final Taylor vs Barneveld Part17

The 2007 PDC World Darts Championship Final between Phil 'The Power' Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld.

This match was one of the greatest darts matches of all time between the two best players in the world. An absolute classic.

Raymond van Barneveld made history when he became the first player to play in the BDO World final and the PDC World final in consecutive years after switching to the PDC shortly after the Lakeside final of 2006.

He also broke the record for the amount of 180s hit in the World Championships with an amazing 51 maximums hit.

Road to the final

Road to the semis:

First round: Raymond van Barneveld 3-0 Mitchel Clegg
Second round: Raymond van Barneveld 4-3 Colin Lloyd
Third round: Raymond van Barneveld 4-0 Rico Vonck
Quarter finals: Raymond van Barneveld 5-0 Alan Tabern
Semi final: Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Andy Jenkins

First round: Phil Taylor 3-0 Anton Pein
Second round: Phil Taylor 3-1 Mick McGowan
Third round: Phil Taylor 4-0 Chris Mason
Quarter finals: Phil Taylor 5-1 Mark Webster
Semi final: Phil Taylor 6-0 Andy Hamilton

Final score: Raymond van Barneveld 7-6 Phil Taylor

Averages:
Raymond van Barneveld 101.07
Phil Taylor 100.98

Match review (from Wikipedia):

The final that had been much anticipated brought 13-time and defending champion, Phil Taylor against 4-time BDO World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld. The match more than lived up to the hype, as Taylor won the first eight legs of the match to lead 2-0 in sets and legs. Barneveld only had one dart at a double in that time, a missed bullseye for a 167 finish.

Barneveld hit a 14-dart finish to win the ninth leg of the match his first, but Taylor closed out the set to lead 3-0. Barneveld then started to turn the match around by winning all three legs in the fourth set, closing it out with the tournament's highest three-dart checkout, the maximum 170. He came from 2-1 down to win the fifth set in a decider and was now only one set behind.

Taylor took the sixth set, then Barneveld took the seventh to stay just one behind at 3-4. The game then started to turn in Barneveld's favour as he won six out of the next seven legs and led the match for the first time 5-4. Taylor drew level and looked to be heading for a 6-5 lead, but lost a two-leg advantage and Barneveld went 6-5 up instead. The 12th set also went to a deciding leg, this time Taylor hit double 16 in successive legs to take the match to the final set. Final set, 1st leg: Barneveld won with a 12-dart finish (1-0 Barneveld) 2nd leg: Taylor hits double 16 to level (1-1) 3rd leg: Barneveld back in front with double 4 (2-1 Barneveld) 4th leg: Barneveld missed 120 Shanghai and bends the wire on double top for the title, Taylor levels with double top and it's now a tie-break, players must win by two clear legs (2-2) 5th leg: Barneveld edges back in front (3-2 Barneveld) 6th leg: Barneveld misses two darts at double top and one at double ten for the title, Taylor this time hits double 8 to square it up again (3-3) 7th leg: Barneveld starts with a 180 and cleans up double 8 to retake the lead (4-3 Barneveld) 8th leg: Taylor hits double 4 with his last dart as Barneveld waits on his favourite double 18 to win it (4-4) 9th leg: Both players notch 180s, but Barneveld holds his throw with double 10 (5-4 Barneveld) 10th leg: Taylor throws another superb leg to level and take the match to a deciding leg (5-5) Sudden death leg: The throw for the bull went Barneveld's way, he hit the centre of the bullseye, whilst Taylor managed to hit the 25. Taylor hit a 180 with his first visit, but Barneveld also hit a 180, his 21st of the match and reached the double first. This time he hit the double top that eluded him twice in the final set to win the title. Raymond van Barneveld 7-6 Phil Taylor (set scores: 0-3, 0-3, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 6-5)




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[hermogeneswa]

1st time i seen taylor on pressure and sweating..lolz

[Jerone079]

one of the greatest matches from barney.

[guinnessno1]

i love the YES at 3.44

[clarkyboy2]

this was the come back of the world no1 ever expected him to come back here ever

[EventSol]

lets enjoy the game of darts, either what commentary it is, either who's plaing the final, lets enjoy the game of those great players. we can learn a lot of them playing this mental game

[hoofdhaarkop]

barney starts and taylor thinks like i dont give a **** i just start with a 180 then barney is thinking i am the 180 master this match and throws 1 and says Pwned

[RabosTroll]

@Jerone079 Lol at u spamming on every vid part ;)

[birdman3120]

Barney not understanding the fist bump 0:25 :-)

[FILLYBOIDON]

barney has to win ennit the fuckin shit player phil taylorr is the bestttt

[immiketurus]

It's hungarian

[ToMMi0321]

fucking monsters!!

[1is1]

what disgusting language is this commentary...