World Darts Federation

The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a group that organises darts tournaments for amateurs and professionals. Membership is open to the national organising body for darts in all nations. The WDF encourages the promotion of the sport of darts among and between those bodies, in an effort to gain international recognition for darts as a major sport.

History
The WDF was founded in 1976 by representatives of the original fourteen founding members. Since 1977, the WDF stages the  biennially, as well as continental championships such as the ,  and . The WDF also organises the  which is one of the longest-running darts tournaments in the world, which started back in 1973. After the collapse of the British Darts Organisation in September 2020, the WDF announced plans to launch the WDF World Darts Championship and . The first WDF World Darts Championship took place in April . The First  took place in December . On 29 July 2025, the WDF announced a partnership agreement with the International Dart Federation (IDF), under the partnership the IDF recognizes the WDF as the governing body for all the darts disciplines, including soft darts, e-darts and para versions. In 2025, the WDF voted to implement an immediate ban on transgender women from competing as women in response to a motion put forth by England and seconded by Scotland and Wales.

Members
National full members list plus interim nember (Mauritania).














































































Tournament levels and points allocation
Current points distribution
Points are currently awarded as follows.
 Tournament category           270  167  103  64  39  26  13   180  111  68  43  26  17  9    90  56 34  21  13  9     45  28  17  11  6 

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Category:Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Category:1976 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Darts