170 FOR THE TITLE! Reece Colley reels in the big fish to beat Jimmy van Schie and win the World Open title. After initially leading 4-1, Colley eventually triumphed 6-4 to claim his third WDF title and book a Lakeside return.
Reece Colley sealed the WDF World Open on Friday night defeating Jimmy van Schie and in the process in winning 6-4, he took the top prize of 3,000 euros.
Van Schie had qualified for the final by defeating Thomas Krejci (4-1), Andras Borbely (4-2), Shaun McDonald (4-3), Markus Straub (4-0), Thomas Junghans (4-1), Wesley Plaisier (4-2) and Daniel Zapata (5-0). In his match against Zapata, Van Schie even threw an average of 112.16.
Colley dealt with successively Jens Larsson (4-1), Richard Wery (4-0), Neil Duff (4-2), Dave Ladley (4-2), Daniele Petri (4-1), Mark Barilli (4-3) and Krzysztof Kciuk (5-0).
In the final, Colley quickly took the lead by winning four of the first five legs after including two 15-darters and a 14-darter. However, Van Schie then came back from 1-4 to 4-4. Colley regained the lead with a 20-darter, after which the Englishman seized victory with a brilliant 170 finish in the tenth leg.
Finale
Reece Colley (86.93) 6 | 4 (87.69) Jimmy van Schie
Semi-final
Jimmy van Schie (112.16) 5 | 0 (85.81) Daniel Zapata
Reece Colley (91.65) 5 | 0 (68.56) Krzysztof Kciuk
Quarterfinals
Jimmy van Schie (90.06) 4 | 2 (88.96) Wesley Plaisier
Daniel Zapata (84.26) 4 | 3 (84.00) Francois Schweyen
Reece Colley (84.34) 4 | 3 (78.13) Mark Barilli
Krzysztof Kciuk (81.41) 4 | 3 (79.96) Elliot Milk
Last 16
Wesley Plaisier (88.41) 4 | 0 (66.05) Arjan Konterman
Jimmy van Schie (98.20) 4 | 1 (91.36) Thomas Junghans
Francois Schweyen (80.79) 4 | 3 (79.33) Simon Bak
Daniel Zapata (83.36) 4 | 1 (77.01) Carl Wilkinson
Reece Colley (86.89) 4 | 1 (80.63) Daniele Petri
Mark Barilli (81.42) 4 | 2 (72.11) Dario Fochesato
Elliot Milk (80.16) 4 | 0 (72.21) Kristiaan de Boer
Krzysztof Kciuk (91.86) 4 | 2 (80.55) Hannes Schnier
Last 32
Wesley Plaisier (82.36) 4 | 0 (75.75) Aaron Turner
Arjan Konterman (83.76) 4 | 2 (85.15) Barry Copeland
Jimmy van Schie (100.20) 4 | 0 (86.74) Markus Straub
Thomas Junghans (89.97) 4 | 2 (87.78) Andy Boulton
Francois Schweyen (86.12) 4 | 2 (85.76) Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Simon Bak (77.74) 4 | 2 (73.77) Laszlo Kadar
Daniel Zapata (81.00) 4 | 2 (74.22) Michal Smejda
Carl Wilkinson (95.31) 4 | 2 (89.79) Maximilian Czerwinski
Reece Colley (94.21) 4 | 2 (85.33) Dave Ladley
Daniele Petri (105.47) 4 | 0 (86.32) Nico Blum
Dario Fochesato (68.48) 4 | 3 (68.92) Alberto Bezjian
Mark Barilli (86.02) 4 | 2 (83.67) Nandor Pres
Elliot Milk (89.51) 4 | 3 (87.19) Connor Scutt
Kristiaan de Boer (95.64) 4 | 2 (91.21) Alex Spellman
Krzysztof Kciuk (89.11) 4 | 1 (71.43) Jesse Delorme
Hannes Schnier (82.50) 4 | 1 (80.97) Brandon Richardson
Last 64
Wesley Plaisier (92.49) 4 | 0 (81.81) Sietse Lap
Aaron Turner (83.79) 4 | 3 (89.62) Shusaku Nakamura
Barry Copeland (85.97) 4 | 3 (72.72) Raymond van den Ende
Arjan Konterman (73.19) 4 | 2 (70.79) Ryan Hogarth
Jimmy van Schie (90.41) 4 | 3 (81.58) Shaun McDonald
Markus Straub (81.19) 4 | 2 (74.94) Mikkel Bak
Thomas Junghans (88.37) 4 | 1 (72.64) Ivanko Radovac
Andy Boulton (78.95) 4 | 3 (84.66) Richie Parkin
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (87.03) 4 | 1 (70.95) Christian Helmecke
Francois Schweyen (102.46) 4 | 1 (78.04) Petri Rasmus
Simon Bak (73.30) 4 | 3 (69.09) Aaron Rench
Laszlo Kadar (84.78) 4 | 3 (83.66) Joey Lynaugh
Daniel Zapata (88.41) 4 | 0 (86.73) Rory Hansen
Michal Smejda (77.51) 4 | 3 (77.16) Dennis Nilsson
Maximilian Czerwinski (87.15) 4 | 2 (78.27) Edwin Torbjornsson
Carl Wilkinson (78.08) 4 | 0 (62.72) Jake MacMillan
Reece Colley (89.55) 4 | 2 (77.63) Neil Duff
Dave Ladley (84.64) 4 | 3 (82.88) Sybren Gijbels
Daniele Petri (76.83) 4 | 3 (84.79) Martyn Turner
Nico Blum (92.05) 4 | 2 (95.60) Kai Gotthardt
Dario Fochesato (68.40) 4 | 3 (68.20) Benjamin Pratnemer
Alberto Bezjian (88.75) 4 | 3 (88.34) Dustin Holt
Nandor Pres (89.58) 4 | 2 (77.50) Darren Johnson
Mark Barilli (86.70) 4 | 2 (83.84) Bjorn Vervloet
Connor Scutt (103.96) 4 | 2 (99.11) Ben Robb
Elliot Milk (88.74) 4 | 2 (91.36) James Beeton
Alex Spellman (97.55) 4 | 2 (91.27) Moreno Blom
Kristiaan de Boer (74.73) 4 | 1 (70.33) Janis Kupsis
Krzysztof Kciuk (87.89) 4 | 1 (77.35) Franko Giuliani
Jesse Delorme (77.58) 4 | 2 (71.71) Ivan Madsen
Hannes Schnier (67.94) 4 | 3 (62.96) Dalibor Smolik
Brandon Richardson (94.77) 4 | 2 (90.92) Jan MacIntosh
Last 128
Wesley Plaisier (80.16) 4 | 0 (78.08) Henrik Sjoberg
Sietse Lap (86.51) 4 | 3 (88.63) Alexander Masek
Aaron Turner (88.68) 4 | 2 (96.86) Johan Engstrom
Shusaku Nakamura (69.91) 4 | 0 (67.11) Stephan Cobau
Barry Copeland (103.66) 4 | 0 (93.26) James Vanbesien
Raymond van den Ende (86.66) 4 | 2 (89.51) Jeff Springer Jr
Ryan Hogarth (71.57) 4 | 0 (50.11) Leon-Paul Helmke
Arjan Konterman (72.02) 4 | 3 (69.53) Jeroen Martens
Jimmy van Schie (96.78) 4 | 2 (89.08) Andras Borbely
Shaun McDonald (91.69) 4 | 1 (77.03) Darryl Christie
Markus Straub (74.13) 4 | 3 (78.35) Jordan Brooks
Mikkel Bak (76.53) 4 | 1 (71.00) Sheldon Fudge
Thomas Junghans (84.68) 4 | 0 (77.65) Jani Laurila
Ivanko Radovac (78.23) 4 | 3 (82.85) Paul Mitchell
Richie Parkin (75.78) 4 | 1 (71.61) William McKendry
Andy Boulton (91.73) 4 | 2 (80.72) Ryan Deprez
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (81.07) 4 | 1 (74.20) Dean Reynolds
Christian Helmecke (89.19) 4 | 2 (89.06) Marcel Walpen
Francois Schweyen (80.38) 4 | 1 (72.48) Ben Hazel
Petri Rasmus (82.24) 4 | 1 (79.20) Johann Brouwer
Aaron Rench (78.77) 4 | 2 (77.75) Jason Brandon
Simon Bak (85.89) 4 | 0 (59.00) Toni Cvitanovic
Laszlo Kadar (85.89) 4 | 0 (69.18) Ron Looker
Joey Lynaugh (83.09) 4 | 1 (77.60) Marcel Hausotter
Rory Hansen (77.97) 4 | 1 (64.18) Kai-Fan Leung
Daniel Zapata (93.86) 4 | 1 (82.71) David Davies
Dennis Nilsson (79.98) 4 | 2 (79.78) Jack Hill
Michal Smejda (76.10) 4 | 0 (70.76) Scott Goodwin
Edwin Torbjornsson (85.99) 4 | 1 (72.72) Jeroen Caron
Maximilian Czerwinski (83.50) 4 | 0 (75.57) Shane Turner
Carl Wilkinson (81.35) 4 | 3 (80.80) David Fatum
Jake MacMillan (75.76) 4 | 2 (73.28) Ross Snook
Neil Duff (77.08) 4 | 0 (65.04) Nathan Osmond
Reece Colley (95.43) 4 | 0 (61.85) Richard Wery
Sybren Gijbels (75.55) 4 | 1 (64.68) Jaroslav Novotny
Dave Ladley (72.73) 4 | 1 (71.72) Jose Angel Molera
Martyn Turner (78.97) 4 | 3 (82.86) Jim Long
Daniele Petri (68.95) 4 | 2 (66.87) Filip Manak
Kai Gotthardt (91.38) 4 | 1 (77.12) Jani Keskinarkaus
Nico Blum (84.68) 4 | 0 (65.32) Stephen Krikorian
Benjamin Pratnemer (80.59) 4 | 3 (71.13) Sebastian Biela
Dario Fochesato (75.90) 4 | 3 (71.65) Gary Brooks
Dustin Holt (74.87) 4 | 1 (66.54) Kentaro Nishioka
Alberto Bezjian (74.22) 4 | 0 (65.37) Dieter van Ham
Darren Johnson (78.08) 4 | 0 (75.28) Jeff Smith
Nandor Pres (71.77) 4 | 1 (65.86) Callum Francis
Mark Barilli (88.41) 4 | 0 (77.95) Marko Kantele
Bjorn Vervloet (65.30) 4 | 1 (60.05) Wilfred Covey
Ben Robb (86.94) 4 | 2 (75.30) Tonni Sorensen
Connor Scutt (93.94) 4 | 0 (84.85) Christian Goedl
James Beeton (75.14) 4 | 2 (75.66) Michael Neubert
Elliot Milk (77.08) 4 | 0 (68.48) Trey Hammond
Moreno Blom (82.26) 4 | 3 (73.19) Stian Allum
Alex Spellman (81.26) 4 | 1 (74.20) Niels van Zanten
Janis Kupsis (83.80) 4 | 1 (71.86) Roland Lenngren
Kristiaan de Boer (91.24) 4 | 1 (78.97) Kieran Smith
Krzysztof Kciuk (89.68) 4 | 3 (81.56) Daniel Racoveanu
Franko Giuliani (77.52) 4 | 2 (82.72) Corne Groeneveld
Jesse Delorme (83.97) 4 | 2 (79.05) Mike Gillet
Ivan Madsen (74.40) 4 | 1 (66.39) Gergo Farkas
Dalibor Smolik (85.69) 4 | 1 (79.30) Cliff Prior
Hannes Schnier (79.31) 4 | 1 (75.35) Sebastien Sovage
Brandon Richardson (75.42) 4 | 2 (73.51) Philip van Gasse
Jan MacIntosh (87.28) 4 | 1 (68.78) Jürgen Heuberger
Last 256
Wesley Plaisier (80.16) 4 | 0 (59.80) John Finnegan
Henrik Sjoberg (70.18) 4 | 1 (56.66) Reece Pauling
Sietse Lap (95.58) 4 | 1 (87.16) Jason Waugh
Alexander Masek (79.38) 4 | 1 (74.62) Pavel Jirkal
Aaron Turner () W | F () Kilian Perales
Johan Engstrom (84.98) 4 | 3 (83.44) Felix Losan
Shusaku Nakamura (91.09) 4 | 0 (63.55) Sorin Cristu
Stephan Cobau (64.57) 4 | 1 (65.89) Darryl Loughery
Barry Copeland (76.10) 4 | 0 (58.62) Balázs Kerényi
James Vanbesien (74.22) 4 | 0 (45.85) Michael Mcleod
Jeff Springer Jr (91.09) 4 | 0 (64.68) Dave Dwyer
Raymond van den Ende (90.39) 4 | 3 (82.04) Robbie Mills
Ryan Hogarth (88.41) 4 | 0 (72.27) Gerald Porter
Leon-Paul Helmke () W | X () Stefaan Deprez
Jeroen Martens (63.28) 4 | 0 (43.42) Kyle Mcloughlin
Arjan Konterman (84.79) 4 | 2 (77.16) Nandor Major
Jimmy van Schie (87.28) 4 | 1 (66.58) Thomas Krejci
Andras Borbely (80.16) 4 | 0 (63.50) Russell Lyzak
Darryl Christie (66.38) 4 | 3 (58.38) Greg MacRae
Shaun McDonald (74.34) 4 | 1 (76.45) Niels-Joergen Hansen
Jordan Brooks (82.36) 4 | 0 (78.13) Carlo van Peer
Markus Straub (79.11) 4 | 0 (73.44) Almos Kovacs
Sheldon Fudge (92.42) 4 | 1 (86.88) Nico Plovier
Mikkel Bak (73.50) 4 | 3 (66.00) Stiliyan Stoyanov
Thomas Junghans (88.14) 4 | 2 (74.91) Josep Arimany
Jani Laurila (72.94) 4 | 1 (61.76) Levi Kransel
Ivanko Radovac (58.70) 4 | 1 (54.69) Don Almeida
Paul Mitchell (81.12) 4 | 3 (81.84) Andreas Harrysson
Richie Parkin (77.08) 4 | 0 (68.84) Scott Walters
William McKendry (59.52) 4 | 0 (43.22) Josep Maria Salvado
Andy Boulton (88.14) 4 | 2 (79.64) Brandon Goddard
Ryan Deprez (74.28) 4 | 3 (64.75) Krzysztof Engel
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (74.54) 4 | 1 (72.35) Mio Varila
Dean Reynolds () W | F () Zoltan Polonyi
Marcel Walpen (82.67) 4 | 2 (76.51) Łukasz Wacławski
Christian Helmecke (74.05) 4 | 3 (65.77) Jonathan Martin
Francois Schweyen (82.36) 4 | 0 (54.25) Hilmar Por Honnuson
Ben Hazel (69.89) 4 | 2 (68.61) Robbie Curran
Petri Rasmus (79.01) 4 | 3 (79.13) Janos Borzsei
Johann Brouwer (69.69) 4 | 1 (66.38) Martin Whatmough
Jason Brandon (79.11) 4 | 0 (54.38) Christian Siek
Aaron Rench (66.07) 4 | 0 (59.37) Ole Johan Klyve
Toni Cvitanovic (46.25) 4 | 0 (39.19) Mark Lehman
Simon Bak (84.96) 4 | 1 (80.44) Aaron Jalbert
Laszlo Kadar (69.31) 4 | 1 (63.87) Justin Ryan
Ron Looker (61.00) 4 | 1 (59.85) Witold Lewandowski
Marcel Hausotter (69.67) 4 | 2 (65.14) Jacob Brooks
Joey Lynaugh (83.50) 4 | 0 (68.96) Patrick Quinn
Kai-Fan Leung (58.54) 4 | 3 (59.71) Gary Blackwood
Rory Hansen (82.02) 4 | 1 (81.42) Michael Mogensen
David Davies (67.43) 4 | 2 (62.40) Martin Lund
Daniel Zapata (87.68) 4 | 3 (78.87) Didier De Vuyst
Dennis Nilsson (80.16) 4 | 0 (76.68) Richard Oliver
Jack Hill (81.24) 4 | 0 (60.42) Tanguy Borra
Michal Smejda (72.43) 4 | 0 (64.48) Luchian Abel
Scott Goodwin (61.98) 4 | 0 (61.00) Karlo Lopatic
Edwin Torbjornsson (78.73) 4 | 1 (64.81) Matthew Thompson
Jeroen Caron (80.63) 4 | 3 (79.58) Glen Parsons
Shane Turner (70.73) 4 | 0 (51.61) Annfinn Hjaltalin
Maximilian Czerwinski (78.78) 4 | 3 (81.34) Tom Sawyer
Carl Wilkinson (76.10) 4 | 0 (69.16) Sorin Andreica
David Fatum (70.89) 4 | 2 (58.61) Karl Helgi Jonsson
Ross Snook (88.41) 4 | 0 (56.91) Luke Leonard
Jake MacMillan (71.33) 4 | 2 (68.78) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
Neil Duff (71.44) 4 | 2 (65.72) Eric Basullas
Nathan Osmond (60.07) 4 | 1 (50.71) Colin McLain
Reece Colley (84.89) 4 | 1 (81.56) Jens Larsson
Richard Wery () W | F () Robert Hall
Sybren Gijbels (95.43) 4 | 0 (84.90) Kevin Lane
Jaroslav Novotny (68.83) 4 | 1 (62.89) Dennie Olde Kalter
Dave Ladley (76.07) 4 | 1 (67.33) Robert Nelson
Jose Angel Molera (67.87) 4 | 3 (71.66) Dean Biskupic
Martyn Turner (84.59) 4 | 2 (76.72) Rickard Tingvall
Jim Long (83.50) 4 | 0 (44.88) Dennis Bullock
Daniele Petri (83.50) 4 | 0 (64.57) Jürg Mühlemann
Filip Manak (78.45) 4 | 2 (76.02) Robbie Phillips
Kai Gotthardt (92.06) 4 | 3 (86.07) Antony Allen
Jani Keskinarkaus (77.58) 4 | 2 (68.32) John Cook
Stephen Krikorian (68.12) 4 | 2 (67.69) Antonio Hibernon
Nico Blum (79.88) 4 | 2 (82.33) Rainer Sturm
Benjamin Pratnemer (76.98) 4 | 1 (69.45) Peter Kelemen
Sebastian Biela (67.56) 4 | 3 (70.10) Jamie Suckling
Dario Fochesato (80.16) 4 | 0 (70.84) Dirk Langhoff
Gary Brooks (70.21) 4 | 2 (62.49) Leon Crump
Dustin Holt (93.51) 4 | 1 (88.28) Kevin Luke
Kentaro Nishioka (52.22) 4 | 3 (51.64) Mitch Butler
Alberto Bezjian (71.49) 4 | 3 (69.04) Danny Trueman
Dieter van Ham (67.55) 4 | 0 (65.24) Fabian Schon
Darren Johnson (72.21) 4 | 1 (68.66) Carles Arola
Jeff Smith (87.13) 4 | 0 (50.91) Wolfgang Winkler
Nandor Pres (60.07) 4 | 1 (52.83) Tom-Luca Lau
Callum Francis (91.18) 4 | 3 (89.72) Brian Raman
Mark Barilli (91.09) 4 | 0 (76.67) David Ruiz
Marko Kantele (62.79) 4 | 3 (68.83) Kelvin O'Keefe
Bjorn Vervloet (87.71) 4 | 1 (74.74) Marc Burmeister
Wilfred Covey (68.32) 4 | 0 (49.32) Adam Dempsey
Ben Robb (84.17) 4 | 2 (78.72) Nelson Bacus
Tonni Sorensen (71.78) 4 | 2 (61.62) Niklas Klasila
Christian Goedl (99.45) 4 | 1 (83.87) Daniele Sergi
Connor Scutt (92.70) 4 | 1 (58.10) Graydon Gillchrist
James Beeton (91.09) 4 | 0 (79.00) Bobby Dees Jr
Michael Neubert (79.58) 4 | 3 (76.32) Pontus Danielsson
Trey Hammond (60.83) 4 | 2 (60.11) Simon Hansen
Elliot Milk (98.56) 4 | 0 (73.35) David Wawrzewski
Moreno Blom (88.59) 4 | 1 (71.70) Marcus Maier
Stian Allum (60.73) 4 | 0 (48.19) Massimo Benvenuto
Alex Spellman (81.59) 4 | 1 (70.93) Stefano Bozicek
Niels van Zanten (70.73) 4 | 0 (70.00) Rajmund Papp
Janis Kupsis (76.28) 4 | 3 (74.59) Matthew Edgar
Roland Lenngren (67.27) 4 | 3 (71.90) Neven Resetar
Kieran Smith (72.26) 4 | 1 (70.07) Hajime Watanabe
Kristiaan de Boer (77.08) 4 | 0 (72.29) Dragutin Pecnjak
Daniel Racoveanu (92.26) 4 | 1 (83.31) Alexander Merkx
Krzysztof Kciuk (82.86) 4 | 3 (84.20) Luca Jager
Franko Giuliani (68.32) 4 | 0 (59.21) Massimo Sulcic
Corne Groeneveld (90.25) 4 | 1 (80.64) Marko Janjic
Mike Gillet (85.31) 4 | 1 (79.29) Tom Veje Kristensen
Jesse Delorme (71.72) 4 | 3 (68.89) Stephen Phillips
Gergo Farkas (80.16) 4 | 1 (73.99) Terry Andrews
Ivan Madsen (74.75) 4 | 2 (71.39) John Neill
Cliff Prior (66.80) 4 | 0 (55.69) Raul Invernon
Dalibor Smolik (74.89) 4 | 2 (77.46) Pal Szekely
Hannes Schnier (76.70) 4 | 1 (51.58) Jose Manuel Albite
Sebastien Sovage (71.18) 4 | 1 (68.17) Franck Le Bihan
Brandon Richardson (79.32) 4 | 3 (83.38) Patrik Kovacs
Philip van Gasse (63.39) 4 | 2 (56.74) Zachary Thornton
Jan MacIntosh (71.91) 4 | 1 (69.26) Janos Bagi
Jürgen Heuberger (80.23) 4 | 1 (71.29) Romeo Grbavac
170 FOR THE TITLE! Reece Colley reels in the big fish to beat Jimmy van Schie and win the World Open title. After initially leading 4-1, Colley eventually triumphed 6-4 to claim his third WDF title and book a Lakeside return.