Dirk van Duijvenbode only had himself to blame after a moment of madness at the PDC World Championship in 2015.The Dutchman was making his debut at the Alexandra Palace showpiece against Raymond van Barneveld, but his nerves appeared to get the better of him as he went bust in disastrous fashion.GettyVan Duijvenbode endured a nightmare first round clash at Alexandra Palace[/caption]In a match between the master and his apprentice, Van Duijvenbode quickly went 1-0 down against the five-time world champion.Despite this, he continued to hold his own in the second set, with the score locked at two legs apiece, and needing 180 to check out and level the match.Van Barneveld, meanwhile, was on set-darts and required 121 from his next throw to check out and win the set.With Van Duijvenbode throwing first, the preferred approach would be to land 140 to leave double tops for the set on his next throw.And after successfully nailing back-to-back treble 20s, he looked well on course to do just that, as he lined up a double 20 on his final dart.But the pressure of the big occasion got the better of the then 23-year-old, who went wrong in disastrous fashion.Instead of hitting double tops, Van Duijvenbode threw a third consecutive treble 20, thus hitting a maximum.As a result, he went bust, meaning he would return to the board following Van Barneveld’s next throw with 180 still remaining.Van Duijvenbode was visibly distraught at the fatal error, immediately holding his head in his hands and appeared to fight back tears on the Ally Pally stage.Meanwhile, Sky Sports commentator John Gwynne was left in disbelief, as he blasted the Dutch youngster’s huge blunder.Credit: Sky SportsVan Duijvenbode was targeting the perfect set up after landing consecutive treble 20s[/caption]Credit: Sky SportsBut things then went disastrously wrong, as the Dutchman went bust after throwing 180[/caption]Credit: Sky SportsHe held his head in his hands in despair[/caption]He shouted: “Oh don’t believe it! Don’t believe it!“That is absolutely fatal, to burst on 180 like that. Carelessness in its most criminal evidence!”The moment of madness cost Van Duijvenbode the set as ‘Barney’ then closed it out with double eight to take a 2-0 lead.And the debutant never recovered from his costly error, who was knocked out of the tournament in straight sets after losing the next leg, with Van Barneveld claiming a perfect 3-0 win.Afterwards, the darts great was sympathetic to his fellow countryman, admitting he felt sorry for him.Van Barneveld told Sky Sports: “I’ve known Dirk for a long time, it was not easy to play him. He let me in big time busting 180, it would’ve been a different game.Van Duijvenbode was later consoled by his compatriot Van BarneveldGetty“I played a fellow countryman which is hard for me, but I’m happy with the win, but my game must improve.“We practice together, night sessions. So I know Dirk quite well, so as soon as the draw came out, I was thinking: ‘Oh no, just give me an Englishman’. “At the end you have to be professional, but it wasn’t comfortable.”And Van Duijvenbode himself later admitted that his nightmare World Championship debut continued to haunt him for years afterwards.In a 2021 interview with the PDC, he was asked to name the worst moment of his career.To this, he replied: “The 180 against Van Barneveld of course. Van Duijvenbode has since returned to Alexandra Palace on five more occasions“It was devastating in a way because it’s your dream coming true finally playing in the World’s but it’s more of a nightmare. “You lose all of your confidence and you get reminded of it a lot of times and you remind yourself of it.“I was close to getting to television events again and I got scared, what if I bust it again and then my results went down again, but that’s why I went to a mental coach to sort that out and it helped.”But Van Duijvenbode has certainly put his early disappointment behind him in recent years, going on to reach the World Championship quarter-finals in 2021, as well as the final eight of the World Matchplay the following year.