World Professional Darts Championship

World Professional Darts Championship

The World Professional Darts Championship is the most important tournament in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split in the game. Each organisation, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) now organise their own World Championship in January. As a result there is no longer a unified World Champion in the game.

The BDO have organised their version dating back to 1978, when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands nightclub, Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. Since then it has been held at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green, Surrey.

The PDC version started in 1994 after "the split", with a field of players containing all active previous World Champions from the BDO. It was originally staged at Purfleet's Circus Tavern, Essex before moving to Alexandra Palace for the 2008 World Championship.

Winners

:1978, flagicon|Wales Leighton Rees:1979, flagicon|England John Lowe:1980, flagicon|England Eric Bristow:1981, flagicon|England Eric Bristow:1982, flagicon|Scotland Jocky Wilson:1983, flagicon|England Keith Deller:1984, flagicon|England Eric Bristow:1985, flagicon|England Eric Bristow:1986, flagicon|England Eric Bristow:1987, flagicon|England John Lowe:1988, flagicon|England Bob Anderson:1989, flagicon|Scotland Jocky Wilson:1990, flagicon|England Phil Taylor:1991, flagicon|England Dennis Priestley:1992, flagicon|England Phil Taylor:1993, flagicon|England John Lowe

Total World Darts Championship wins

The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (1978-2008).


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