▁their ▁coverage ▁re lying ▁heavily ▁on ▁big ▁names ▁such ▁as ▁van ▁Bar ne vel d , ▁which ▁then ▁cast ▁doub ts ▁over ▁whether ▁either ▁tournament ▁would ▁go ▁ahead . ▁ ▁The ▁tournament ▁prom ot ers ▁file d ▁a ▁law suit ▁against ▁the ▁P DC ▁and ▁S BS 6 ▁claim ing ▁a ▁contract ▁had ▁been ▁agreed ▁for ▁the ▁P DC ▁players ▁to ▁be ▁involved . ▁The ▁case ▁ended ▁in ▁failure ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁International ▁D arts ▁League ▁was ▁in def initely ▁post pon ed . ▁The ▁future ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁D arts ▁Tro phy ▁was ▁also ▁thrown ▁into ▁doubt ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁decision , ▁and ▁both ▁events ▁were ▁confirmed ▁def unct ▁by ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁an ▁appeal ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁Format ▁The ▁format ▁has ▁changed ▁slightly ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁– ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁competition ▁had ▁ 8 ▁round - ro bin ▁groups ▁of ▁ 4 ▁players . ▁The ▁top ▁two ▁players ▁in ▁each ▁group ▁qualified ▁for ▁another ▁round - ro bin ▁phase . ▁Again , ▁the ▁top ▁two ▁players ▁in ▁each ▁group ▁progress ed , ▁but ▁this ▁time ▁to ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁of ▁the ▁knock out ▁stages . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁P DC ▁players ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁tournament ▁was ▁still ▁a ▁W DF / B DO ▁ranking ▁event , ▁with ▁all ▁available ▁points