PDC World Darts Championship | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

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00:01:56 1 History
00:03:35 2 Venue
00:03:59 3 List of finals
00:04:09 4 Records and statistics
00:04:23 4.1 Total finalist appearances
00:04:33 4.2 Nine-dart finishes
00:04:50 4.3 Averages
00:06:06 4.4 Records
00:09:32 5 Media
00:09:41 5.1 Domestic broadcaster
00:11:55 5.2 Overseas broadcasters
00:12:53 5.3 Viewing figures
00:13:06 5.4 Webcasting
00:13:34 6 Sponsor
00:14:16 7 Trophy
00:14:39 8 Notes and references
00:14:49 9 External links



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The PDC World Darts Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the William Hill World Darts Championship, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), is one of the two separate World Professional Darts Championships held annually in the sport of darts. The other is the BDO World Darts Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO). The PDC championship begins in December and ends in January and is held at Alexandra Palace in London. It is the highest profile of the PDC's tournaments, with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy, named in honour of the darts commentator Sid Waddell, who died in 2012.
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 are now free to choose which world championship to enter (but not both in the same year), as long as they meet certain eligibility criteria.
The current PDC champion is Michael van Gerwen. With 14 wins from 25 appearances, Phil Taylor has dominated the competition, last winning it in 2013. Other than Taylor, there have been seven other champions. The other players to win it more than once are Michael van Gerwen (2014, 2017 & 2019), John Part (2003 & 2008), Adrian Lewis (2011 & 2012) and Gary Anderson (2015 & 2016) . The one-time winners are the inaugural champion Dennis Priestley, the Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld (2007), and Rob Cross (2018).