Format and Qualifiers
The televised stages featureD 68 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit at November 12, 2007 received an automatic place in the World Championship. They were joined by 16 PDPA members and 20 international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.
The 16 PDPA members were made up from the top eight players (who hadn't already qualified) in the PDC Pro Tour Events during 2007 (Jelle Klaasen, Mark Walsh, Tony Eccles, Michael van Gerwen, Steve Brown, Dave Askew, Jason Clark and Matt Clark)
The final eight qualifiers were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event which was held on November 17, 2007 in Wolverhampton - prior to the Grand Slam of Darts tournament. The successful players were Steve Maish, Jan van der Rassel, Colin Monk, Steve Evans, Jamie Caven, Steve Hine, Kirk Shepherd and Jason Barry. Former world champions John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Keith Deller and Richie Burnett all played in the qualifying rounds but failed to reach the televised stages.
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