The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation.

The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 20–26 July 2008.

World number three James Wade went into the competition as the defending champion and managed to reach the final for the third year in a row, but was defeated by top seed Phil Taylor 18–9 who won his ninth World Matchplay championship.

A total of £300,000 was available for the players, divided based on the following performances:[1] The qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year.

The top 16 in the PDC Order of the Merit after the 2008 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds.