World Series of Darts

For the finals of this tournament, see World Series of Darts Finals. For other uses, see World Series of Darts (disambiguation).
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The **World Series of Darts** is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.

Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked PDC players take on local qualifiers in a knockout format. Since 2015, there has been a finals tournament held annually in November at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, although in 2018, it moved to the Multiversum Schwechat in Vienna, Austria, and moved again to the AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019, then to the Salzburgarena, Salzburg in 2020, before returning to Amsterdam in 2021.

## History

The World Series of Darts commenced in 2013 with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. The goal of these series of tournaments is to make darts more popular across the globe.

Later that year, the Sydney Darts Masters took place, which as well as including 8 top-ranked PDC players, also featured 8 players from Australia and New Zealand to take part in the tournament. In 2014, tournaments in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, although this would be the only year that Singapore was used for an event.

In 2015, but the Japan tournament (later renamed as Tokyo for the 2016 tournament) and Auckland were added. Also in 2015, ended the series with the World Series of Darts Finals. In 2016, the PDC expanded into China with the addition of the Shanghai Darts Masters, and in 2017, both North America and Europe had their own tournaments with the US Darts Masters in Las Vegas, and the German Darts Masters in Düsseldorf, along with Melbourne over from Sydney in the Australian leg of the tour.

In 2018, Brisbane joined the fray and replaced Perth, whilst Dubai was excluded. It was also confirmed that Vienna, Austria would replace Glasgow as the host of the World Series Finals in 2018.

In 2019, it was announced that Cologne and Hamilton would host World Series events for the first time, with Dubai seemingly still on a back burner and China also excluded. It was also confirmed that Amsterdam, Netherlands will replace Vienna as the host of the World Series Finals in 2019.

In 2020 a new tournament, the Nordic Darts Masters, was due to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was also confirmed that Salzburg, Austria will replace Amsterdam as the host of the World Series Finals in 2020. The two Australian events moved to Wollongong and Townsville.

The US Darts Masters were relocated to New York City in 2022, having been due to move in 2020 before the cancellation of the 2020 US Masters due to the Wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic. The events in Hamilton, Wollongong and Townsville will also play in 2022, but the only event in 2021 was the delayed Nordic Masters in Copenhagen, with the finals returning to Amsterdam in October 2021.

In 2023, a return to the Middle East happened with the inaugural 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters, and a first ever PDC event in Poland took place in July.

## Venues

Since the first tournament began in 2013, the World Series has visited thirteen countries including the Finals.

## Points in the World Series tournament

Since the World Series of Darts Finals were announced in 2015, each event includes ranking points that all players earn dependent on how far they go to through each tournament. The top 8 ranked players automatically qualify for the Finals.

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## Finalists

*Up to and including the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters.*

## References

1. ↑ Brisbane to Host World Series in 2018.
2. ↑ Cologne & Hamilton Host World Series in 2019.
3. ↑ World Series to visit Wollongong & Townsville.
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6. ↑ Van Gerwen retains Dubai title. ESPN (UK).
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8. ↑ Perth Darts Masters: Phil Taylor beats Michael van Gerwen in thrilling final. Sky Sports.
9. ↑ Phil Taylor retains Sydney Darts Masters title. Sky Sports.
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41. ↑ Mighty Mike Masters Melbourne. PDC.
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44. ↑ bwin World Series of Darts Finals Glory For Price. PDC.
45. ↑ Tearful Van Gerwen defeats Sherrock to win Viaplay Nordic Darts Masters. *PDC* (18 September 2021).
46. ↑ Clayton lands fourth TV title of 2021 at Jack's World Series Finals. *PDC* (31 October 2021).
47. ↑ New York glory for Smith in bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (5 June 2022).
48. ↑ Van den Bergh dominates in Denmark to claim Nordic Darts Masters glory. *PDC* (11 June 2022).
49. ↑ Dominant Van den Bergh claims Viaplay Dutch Darts Masters glory. *PDC* (25 June 2022).
50. ↑ Van Gerwen powers past Price to win PalmerBet Queensland Darts Masters. *PDC* (13 August 2022).
51. ↑ Clinical Clayton dominates Wade to win New South Wales Darts Masters. *PDC* (20 August 2022).
52. ↑ Price powers past Clayton to claim NZ Darts Masters glory. *PDC* (27 August 2022).
53. ↑ Price edges out Van Duijvenbode to win Jack's World Series of Darts Finals. *PDC* (18 September 2022).
54. ↑ Bahrain Darts Masters glory for classy Smith. *PDC* (13 January 2023).
55. ↑ Wright sees off Price to claim Viaplay Nordic Darts Masters triumph. *PDC* (21 January 2023).
56. ↑ Victory for Van Gerwen at bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (3 June 2023).
57. ↑ Inspired Van Gerwen claims inaugural Poland Darts Masters crown. *PDC* (8 July 2023).
58. ↑ Cross edges out Aspinall to claim NZ Darts Masters title. PDC. Retrieved on August 6, 2023.
59. ↑ Clinical Cross completes World Series double Down Under. PDC. Retrieved on August 12, 2023.
60. ↑ Nine-dart Van Gerwen seals fifth Jack's World Series Finals title.
61. ↑ Brilliant Littler wins 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters. *PDC* (19 January 2024).