Fixtures
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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| 12/21 12:45 | 6 |
Ryan Joyce vs Krzysztof Ratajski
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| 12/21 13:40 | 6 |
Joe Cullen vs Pedro Gabriel Rodrigues
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| 12/21 14:30 | 6 |
Luke Woodhouse vs Max Hopp
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| 12/21 15:30 | 6 |
Rob Cross vs Ian White
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| 12/21 19:20 | 6 |
Martin Schindler vs AONS Milon
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| 12/21 20:00 | 6 |
Gerwyn Price vs Wesley Plaisier
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| 12/21 20:10 | - |
Gerwyn Price vs Wesley Plaisier
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| 12/21 21:00 | 6 |
Luke Littler vs David Davies
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| 12/21 21:50 | 6 |
Damon Heta vs Stefan Bellmont
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| 12/22 12:45 | 6 |
Darren Beveridge vs Madars Razma
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| 12/22 12:50 | - |
Darren Beveridge vs Madars Razma
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| 12/22 13:30 | 6 |
Wessel Nijman vs Ubon Ratchathani
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Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20 22:00 | 6 |
Jonny Clayton vs Dom Taylor
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Walkover |
| 12/20 21:30 | 6 |
Stephen Bunting vs Nitin Kumar
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3-0 |
| 12/20 20:19 | 6 |
Chris Dobey vs Andrew Gilding
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1-3 |
| 12/20 19:20 | 6 |
Frane Kojic vs Niels Zonneveld
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1-3 |
| 12/20 15:37 | 6 |
Dave Chisnall vs Ricardo Pietreczko
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2-3 |
| 12/20 14:26 | 6 |
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs James Hurrell
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2-3 |
| 12/20 13:34 | 6 | Andreas Harrysson vs Motomu Sakai | 3-0 |
| 12/20 12:47 | 6 |
Ryan Searle vs Brendan Dolan
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3-0 |
| 12/19 22:38 | 57 | Frech/Stuchla vs Tim Pusey | 3-0 |
| 12/19 21:29 | 57 |
Nathan Aspinall vs Lourence Ilagan
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3-1 |
| 12/19 20:11 | 57 |
Daryl Gurney vs Beau Greaves
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3-2 |
| 12/19 19:19 | 57 |
William O'Connor vs Krzysztof Kciuk
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3-0 |
Teams
Michael van Gerwen
Gary Anderson
Michael Smith
Dave Chisnall
Brendan Dolan
Chris Dobey
Peter Wright
Phil Taylor
Raymond van Barneveld
Daryl Gurney
Stephen Bunting
Gerwyn Price
James Wade
Ian White
Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton
Mensur Suljovic
Kim Huybrechts
Steve Beaton
Mervyn King
Adrian Lewis
Alan Norris
Cristo Reyes
Jelle Klaasen
Benito van de Pas
Simon Whitlock
Robert Thornton
Mark Webster
Kyle Anderson
Steve West
Mickey Mansell
Christian Kist
Kevin Painter
Ron Meulenkamp
Jamie Caven
Ronny Huybrechts
Dirk van Duijvenbode
James Wilson
Mike De Decker
Terry Jenkins
Berry van Peer
Justin Pipe
Alan Tabern
Andy Boulton
Paul Nicholson
John Part
Ronnie Baxter
Mick McGowan
Robbie Green
David Pallett
Wikipedia - PDC World Darts Championship
The PDC World Darts Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the Paddy Power World Darts Championship is a world championship competition held annually in the sport of darts. The championship begins in December and ends in January and has been held at Alexandra Palace in London, since 2008. Organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), it is the most prestigious of their tournaments, with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy, named in honour of the darts commentator Sid Waddell. Along with the Premier League Darts and World Matchplay, it is part of the Triple Crown.
The PDC championship began in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship as one of the consequences of the split in darts, which saw the World Darts Council break away from the BDO. As a result of the settlement between the BDO and the WDC in 1997, the WDC became the PDC, and players were then free to choose which world championship to enter (but not both in the same year), as long as they met certain eligibility criteria. Both organisations continued to organize their own world championship until the 2020 editions, after which the BDO folded.
There have been thirteen different winners since the tournament's inception. With 14 wins from 25 appearances, Phil Taylor dominated the competition until last winning it in 2013. Other players to win more than once are John Part (2003 & 2008), Adrian Lewis (2011 & 2012), Gary Anderson (2015 & 2016), Michael van Gerwen (2014, 2017 & 2019) and Peter Wright (2020 & 2022). The one-time winners are the inaugural champion Dennis Priestley (1994), Raymond van Barneveld (2007), Rob Cross (2018), Gerwyn Price (2021), Michael Smith (2023), Luke Humphries (2024) and Luke Littler (2025).
History
In 1992, some high-profile players, including all previous winners of the BDO World Darts Championship still active in the game, formed the WDC, and in 1994, held their first World Championship. Dennis Priestley won the inaugural competition.
The players who broke away were taking a significant gamble – the tournament was broadcast on satellite television rather than terrestrial, and from 1994 to 2001, the prize fund for the players in the WDC/PDC World Championship was lower than the prize fund in the (BDO version, although the 1997 PDC World Champion received £45,000 compared to that year's BDO World Champion receiving £38,000. In 2002, the PDC prize fund overtook that of the BDO for the first time, and the PDC event now boasts the largest prize fund of any darts competition. In 2010, the prize fund reached £1 million for the first time, with the champion collecting £200,000.
The 2014 and 2015 PDC world champions collected £250,000 for their wins. For the next three years, the winner's share increased by £50,000 each year culminating in a 2018 prize fund of £1.8 million. The prize fund for the tournament was £2.5 million with £500,000 to the winner from 2019. The 2025/26 World Championship will see the field expand to 128 players with the prize fund increasing to £5 million with a record £1 million to the champion.
In the 2001 PDC World Darts Championship Gayl King became the first woman to play in the PDC World Darts Championship. Since then Anastasia Dobromyslova, Deta Hedman, Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Mikuru Suzuki, Beau Greaves and Noa-Lynn van Leuven have all played in the PDC World Darts Championship. In the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship Sherrock became the first woman to defeat a man in the PDC World Darts Championship, when she defeated Ted Evetts. In the next round she also defeated Mensur Suljovic before losing to Chris Dobey. Sherrock remains the only woman to defeat a man in the PDC World Darts Championship.