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Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the Utilita Arena, Birmingham, German Darts Grand Prix (ET4) (April 8-10), Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the Brighton Centre, PDC TV from the Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan, Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the Rotterdam Ahoy, PDC TV/DAZN from the Steiermarkhalle, Graz, Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the First Direct Arena, Leeds, Dutch Darts Championship (ET6) (April 28-30), Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the AO Arena, Manchester, Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the Utilita Arena, Sheffield, Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the P&J Live, Aberdeen, PDC TV from the Morningside Arena, Leicester, Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from The O2, London, European Darts Grand Prix (ET9) (May 26-28), PDC TV/DAZN from Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany, Live on ITV/DAZN from Madison Square Gardens, New York, PDC TV from Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from Eissporthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, European Darts Matchplay (ET10) (June 30 - July 2), Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Betfred Women's World Matchplay (July 23), Live on ITV/DAZN from the Globox Arena, Hamilton, New South Wales Darts Masters (August 11-12), Live on ITV/DAZN from WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, DAZN/PDCTV from Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany, Jack's World Series of Darts Finals (September 15-17), Live on ITV/DAZN from the AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Hungarian Darts Trophy (ET12) (September 22-24), DAZN/PDCTV from BOK Sportcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary, BoyleSports World Grand Prix (October 2-8), Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from the Morningside Arena, Leicester, German Darts Trophy (ET13) (October 13-15), Cazoo European Championship (October 26-29), Live on ITV Sport/DAZN from Dortmund, Germany, Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts (November 11-19), Live on Sky Sports/DAZN from Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, Cazoo Players Championship Finals (November 24-26), Live on ITV Sport/DAZN from Butlins Minehead Resort, Winmau World Youth Championship Final (November 26), 2024 World Darts Championship (dates tbc), Gerwyn Price 8-4 Michael van Gerwen. Dobey only managed to take three legs in the entire match as Van Gerwen won 50 with an average of 102.39 to reach his eighth semi-final, and his first since the 2020 tournament. Amsterdam will once again play host to the World Series of Darts Finals from September 15-17, before Leicester plays host to the World Grand Prix from October 2-8. [8] The dartboard used for the event was the Winmau Blade 6 Triple Core,[9][10] used for the first time at a PDC World Championship following the end of the PDC's 25-year partnership with manufacturer Unicorn in January 2022. The 29th staging of the prestigious event will see the worlds best darts players descend on London, with a star-studded field that includes reigning World Champion Peter Wright, plus Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen among a host of stars. The first two sets were shared before Smith went on a run of three consecutive set wins, only losing two legs over those three sets. Bunting fought back, taking the sixth and seventh set, before missed darts in the eighth set proved decisive, Smith taking it 31 and sealing a 53 triumph. 
Voltage went on to complete an incredible fairytale by defeating Phil Taylor in the Power's final match before retirement. [43], Debutants via the international and invitation qualifiers were Sebastian Biaecki (Poland), David Cameron (Canada), Mal Cuming (Australia), Leonard Gates (United States), Beau Greaves (England), Xicheng Han (China), Prakash Jiwa (India), Paolo Nebrida (Philippines), Vladyslav Omelchenko (Ukraine), Robert Owen (Wales), Nathan Rafferty (Northern Ireland), Grant Sampson (South Africa), Danny van Trijp (Netherlands), and Nobuhiro Yamamoto (Japan). You are now logged in! Peter Wright was the defending champion, having defeated Smith in the previous year's final,[1] but he lost 41 to Kim Huybrechts in the third round. [6][7], As part of a four-year contract extension signed in 2021, the event was staged at Alexandra Palace in London. [31], The top seeds behind Price, Wright and Van Gerwen were 2022 Grand Slam of Darts champion Michael Smith, four-time 2022 European Tour event winner Luke Humphries, Cross, Jonny Clayton, and James Wade. Prize money for 2023 tournament revealed", "Players need to hit two nine-dart finishes to trigger a 100,000 bonus at the PDC World Darts Championship", "Darts stars eye 50k jackpot at World Championships with lucky fan also bagging windfall", "World Darts Championship 2022/23 trophy: Who was Sid Waddell? There's been over 150 three-dart match averages of 100 or more since the PDC World Championship began while averages of over 105 are becoming more common than ever. PDC World Championship 2023. Smith threw first in the opening set, but lost his throw in the third leg after missing a dart for a 127 checkout, and Van Gerwen held throw in the next leg to take the first set. The 2023 World Darts Championship will take place from December 15, 2022, to January 3, 2023. You can also listen to the action on talkSPORT 2. Smith held on to the seventh set in another deciding leg to go one set away. 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld was the 32nd and final seed, qualifying for his 30th world championship and becoming only the second player to do. Homepage. World Darts Championship: Full round-by-round results The Final Tuesday, January 3 (7.45pm) Michael van Gerwen 4-7 Michael Smith Semi-Final Results Monday, The 96 participants in the main tournament will receive a minimum of 7500 in prize money, with a win in the [31], Northern Irish newcomer Josh Rock, an event winner on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour and 2022 World Youth Champion, was the highest-ranked non-seed on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit in his debut year. A resurgent Taylor claimed back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 before Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis emerged on the world stage by beating Gary Anderson in the 2011 final before repeating the trick against Andy Hamilton 12 months later. Planet Sport Limited. 
Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. WebThe 2023 WDF World Darts Championship (officially referred to as the 2023 Lakeside World Darts Championship) will be the 2nd edition of the WDF World Darts the first of five international events confirmed for the 2023 World Series of Darts. Smith took the fifth set 30, before taking out a finish of 83 on the bullseye in the sixth set's deciding leg to break the Clemens throw for the first time. Tue 3 Jan 2023 17.54 EST First published on Tue 3 Jan 2023 14.15 EST Show key events only 3 Jan 2023 17.54 EST Thats all for our coverage of a memorable final. Since it was first held at the Circus Tavern in 1994 following the much-publicised breakaway from the British Darts Organisation, only 10 different players have lifted the world title thanks largely to darts legend Phil Taylor winning it no fewer than 14 times during his astonishing career. As well as live coverage of every dart thrown there are highlights of great games of years gone by, memorable rivalries and our legends profiles. 2011 and 2012 champion Adrian Lewis was a qualifier via the Pro Tour. Here, are the highest 10 three-dart averages achieved by a player in a single match: Michael Smith won his first World Darts Championship title, Scroll down for Paul Nicholson's darting moments of the year, ALSO READ: PAUL NICHOLSON'S REVIEW OF THE SEASON, click here for further information about availability from the PDC, 2017 - Michael van Gerwen 7-3 Gary Anderson, 2019 - Michael van Gerwen 7-3 Michael Smith, 2020 - Peter Wright 7-4 Michael van Gerwen, 2023 World Darts draw, schedule & results, Fallon Sherrock on her World Championship spot, (4) Michael Smith (100.87) 7-4 (99.58) Michael van Gerwen (3), (25) Gabriel Clemens (96.98) 2-6 (101.85) Michael Smith (4), (15) Dimitri Van den Bergh (96.46) 0-6 (108.28) Michael van Gerwen (3), (1) Gerwyn Price (94.58) 1-5 (99.94) Gabriel Clemens (25), (4) Michael Smith (91.63) 5-3 (97.16) Stephen Bunting (21), (15) Dimitri Van den Bergh (96.32) 5-3 (93.92) Jonny Clayton (7), (3) Michael van Gerwen (102.39) 5-0 (90.81) Chris Dobey (22), (1) Gerwyn Price (94.43) 4-1 (91.92) Jose de Sousa (17), (25) Gabriel Clemens (93.96) 4-1 (91.92) Alan Soutar, (4) Michael Smith (103.25) 4-1 (93.86) Joe Cullen (13), (5) Luke Humphries (89.92) 1-4 (99.43) Stephen Bunting (21), (31) Kim Huybrechts (87.13) 0-4 (95.59) Dimitri Van den Bergh (15), (7) Jonny Clayton (97.73) 4-3 (96.97) Josh Rock, (3) Michael van Gerwen (100.42) 4-1 (89.77) Dirk van Duijvenbode (14), (6) Rob Cross (100.02) 2-4 (102.13) Chris Dobey (22), (1) Gerwyn Price (93.68) 4-0 (92.64) Raymond van Barneveld (32), (16) Ryan Searle (87.51) 3-4 (91.75) Jose de Sousa (17), Jim Williams (98.45) 3-4 (97.55) Gabriel Clemens (25), (9) Danny Noppert (90.42) 2-4 (93.38) Alan Soutar, (4) Michael Smith (95.36) 4-3 (94.97) Martin Schindler (29), (13) Joe Cullen (98.09) 4-0 (94.00) Damon Heta (20), (5) Luke Humphries (96.48) 4-3 (92.68) Vincent van der Voort (28) (R3), (12) Dave Chisnall (101.82) 2-4 (102.24) Stephen Bunting (21), (2) Peter Wright (91.28) 1-4 (91.50) Kim Huybrechts (31), (15) Dimitri Van den Bergh (92.92) 4-1 (92.38) Krzysztof Ratajski (18), (7) Jonny Clayton (93.76) 4-1 (94.07) Brendan Dolan (26), (10) Nathan Aspinall (98.43) 3-4 (95.46) Josh Rock, (3) Michael van Gerwen (107.66) 4-2 (98.9) Mensur Suljovic (30), (14) Dirk van Duijvenbode (93.44) 4-3 (96.95) Ross Smith (19), (6) Rob Cross (99.13) 4-1 (92.1) Mervyn King (27), (11) Gary Anderson (93.87) 1-4 (95.34) Chris Dobey (22), (1) Gerwyn Price (92.88) 3-1 (89.05) Luke Woodhouse, (32) Raymond van Barneveld (95.18) 3-1 (93.89) Ryan Meikle, (16) Ryan Searle (88.6) 3-0 (82.04) Adam Gawlas, (17) Jose de Sousa (86.75) 3-2 (86.23) Simon Whitlock, (8) James Wade (91.01) 2-3 (90.49) Jim Williams, (25) Gabriel Clemens (95.64) 3-0 (91.86) Willie OConnor, (9) Danny Noppert (95.03) 3-1 (90.26) David Cameron, (24) Daryl Gurney (91.25) 0-3 (92.29) Alan Soutar, (4) Michael Smith (96.62) 3-0 (82.39) Nathan Rafferty, (29) Martin Schindler (93.04) 3-1 (94.52) Martin Lukeman, (13) Joe Cullen (95.03) 3-1 (90.82) Ricky Evans, (20) Damon Heta (96.17) 3-0 (82.96) Adrian Lewis, (5) Luke Humphries (90.95) 3-2 (86.47) Florian Hempel, (28) Vincent van der Voort (90.78) 3-0 (88.31) Cameron Menzies, (12) Dave Chisnall (97.87) 3-1 (95.01) Andrew Gilding, (21) Stephen Bunting (91.35) 3-1 (87.09) Leonard Gates, (2) Peter Wright (88.34) 3-0 (77.9) Mickey Mansell, (31) Kim Huybrechts (83.37) 3-0 (68.97) Grant Sampson, (15) Dimitri Van den Bergh (97.20) 3-0 (86.06) Lourence Ilagan, (18) Krzysztof Ratajski (88.61) 3-1 (81.97) Danny Jansen, (7) Jonny Clayton (99.62) 3-0 (83.3) Danny van Trijp, (26) Brendan Dolan (87.85) 3-1 (83.36) Jimmy Hendriks, (10) Nathan Aspinall (97.8) 3-1 (91.88) Boris Krcmar, (23) Callan Rydz (88.1) 0-3 (92.27) Josh Rock, (3) Michael van Gerwen (101.84) 3-0 (81.79) Lewy Williams, (30) Mensur Suljovic (88.65) 3-0 (85.63) Mike De Decker, (14) Dirk van Duijvenbode (95.18) 3-2 (88.26) Karel Sedlacek, (19) Ross Smith (100.97) 3-1 (93.85) Darius Labanauskas, (6) Rob Cross (99.32) 3-1 (96.98) Scott Williams, (27) Mervyn King (93.74) 3-2 (88.01) Danny Baggish, (11) Gary Anderson (96.39) 3-1 (90.96) Madars Razma, (22) Chris Dobey (86.74) 3-0 (85.23) Martijn Kleermaker, Luke Woodhouse (87.89) 3-0 (80.51) Vladyslav Omelchenko, Ryan Meikle (91.94) 3-2 (84.04) Lisa Ashton, Adam Gawlas (84.86) 3-2 (85.12) Richie Burnett, Simon Whitlock (87.25) 3-2 (85.81) Christian Perez, Jim Williams (91.09) 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki (90.32), William O'Connor (94.26) 3-0 (88.34) Beau Greaves, Ritchie Edhouse (87.34) 2-3 (87.86) David Cameron, Alan Soutar (86,98) 3-0 (78.23) Mal Cuming, Jermaine Wattimena (88.46) 2-3 (87.63) Nathan Rafferty, Martin Lukeman (87.00) 3-0 (83.25) Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Ricky Evans (89.32) 3-1 (89.71) Fallon Sherrock, Adrian Lewis (93.57) 3-0 (83.87) Daniel Larsson, Keegan Brown (91.54) 2-3 (88.55) Florian Hempel, Cameron Menzies (85.92) 3-1 (83.03) Diogo Portela, Andrew Gilding (88.43) 3-2 (86.52) Robert Owen, Geert Nentjes (78.35) 1-3 (81.21) Leonard Gates, Mickey Mansell (92.49) 3-1 (89.13) Ben Robb, Keane Barry (78.35) 1-3 (77.29) Grant Sampson, Rowby-John Rodriguez (91.3) 2-3 (87.96) Lourence Ilagan, Danny Jansen (83.42) 3-2 (82.75) Paolo Nebrida, Steve Beaton (85.23) 0-3 (87.06) Danny van Trijp, Jamie Hughes (79.78) 1-3 (78.33) Jimmy Hendriks, Boris Krcmar (78.21) 3-0 (78.43) Toru Suzuki, Josh Rock (93.36) 3-1 (85.66) Jose Justicia, Niels Zonneveld (86.88) 0-3 (92.81) Lewy Williams, Mike De Decker (88.56) 3-1 (92.09) Jeff Smith, Karel Sedlacek (98.72) 3-0 (92.40) Raymond Smith, John OShea (81.06) 2-3 (83.78) Darius Labanauskas, Scott Williams (100.32) 3-1 (103.04) Ryan Joyce, Matt Campbell (93.58) 1-3 (92.96) Danny Baggish, Madars Razma (89.3) 3-1 (86.19) Prakash Jiwa, Martijn Kleermaker (86.28) 3-0 (77.73) Xicheng Han, Jermaine Wattimena 2-3 Nathan Rafferty (R1), Rowby-John Rodriguez 1-3 Lourence Ilagan (R1), Martin Lukeman 3-0 Nobuhiro Yamamoto (R1), Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Lourence Ilagan (R2), Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Vladyslav Omelchenko (R1), Raymond van Barneveld 3-2 Ryan Meikle (R2), Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Lewy Williams (R2), Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 Karel Sedlacek (R2), Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Cameron Menzies (R2), Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-1 Krzysztof Ratajski, Luke Humphries 4-3 Vincent van der Voort (R3), Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode, Dimitri Van den Bergh 0-6 Michael van Gerwen, Fallon Sherrock Women's World Matchplay, Sebastian Biaecki East Europe Qualifier, Leonard Gates North American Championship, Jos Justicia South-West Europe Qualifier, Vladyslav Omelchenko Ukrainian Qualifier, Diogo Portela Central/South American Qualifier, Jeff Smith - PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, Richie Burnett PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, Ryan Joyce PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld 7-6 Phil Taylor, 2009 - Phil Taylor 7-1 Raymond van Barneveld, 2013 - Phil Taylor 7-4 Michael van Gerwen, 2014 - Michael van Gerwen 7-4 Peter Wright, Raymond van Barneveld - 2009 (QF win v Jelle Klaasen), Raymond van Barneveld - 2010 (2nd Rd win v Brendan Dolan), Adrian Lewis - 2011 (Final win v Gary Anderson), Dean Winstanley - 2013 (2nd Rd loss v Vincent van der Voort), Michael van Gerwen - 2013 (SF win v James Wade), Terry Jenkins - 2014 (1st Rd loss v Per Laursen), Kyle Anderson - 2014 (1st Rd loss v Ian White), Adrian Lewis - 2015 (3rd Rd loss v Raymond van Barneveld), Gary Anderson - 2016 (SF win v Jelle Klaasen), James Wade - 2020 (third round loss vs Stephen Bunting), William Borland - 2022 (first round win v Bradley Brooks), Darius Labanauskas - 2022 (first round defeat v Mike De Decker), Gerwyn Price - 2022 (Quarter-final defeat v Michael Smith), 114.05 - Michael van Gerwen (2017 SF, 6-2 v Raymond van Barneveld), 111.21 - Phil Taylor (2002 2nd rd, 6-1 v Shayne Burgess), 110.94 - Phil Taylor (2009 final, 7-1 v van Barneveld), 109.34 - Raymond van Barneveld (2017 SF, 2-6 v Michael van Gerwen), 109.23 - Michael van Gerwen (2016 2nd rd, 4-0 v Darren Webster), 109.00 - Phil Taylor (2007 2nd rd, 4-1 v Mick McGovern), 108.98 - Michael van Gerwen (2021, 2nd rd, 3-1 v Ryan Murray), 108.80 - Phil Taylor (2009 QF, 5-0 v Co Stompe), 108.65 - Michael van Gerwen (2018, 2nd rd, 4-0 v James Wilson), 108.39 - Gary Anderson (2011, 3rd rd, 4-0 v Andy Smith), 108.31 - Raymond van Barneveld (2013, 1st rd, 3-0 v Michael Smith), 108.30 - Phil Taylor (2006 3rd rd, 4-0 v Andy Hamilton), 109.34 - Raymond van Barneveld (2017 SF, 2-6 v van Gerwen), 106.09 - Jeffrey de Zwaan (2019 2nd Round, 1-3 v Rob Cross), 106.07 - Cristo Reyes (2017 2nd rd, 2-4 v van Gerwen), 105.78 - Michael van Gerwen (2016 3rd rd, 3-4 v van Barneveld), 104.93 - Gary Anderson (2017 final, 3-7 v van Gerwen), 104.63 - Dave Chisnall (2017 QF, 3-5 v Gary Anderson), Michael van Gerwen - 33 highest 114.05 (2017), Gary Anderson - 23, highest 108.39 (2011), Raymond van Barneveld - 13, highest 109.34 (2017), Michael Smith - 10, highest 106.36 (2022), Simon Whitlock - 7, highest 105.37 (2010), Rob Cross - 6, highest 107.67 (2018 Final), Kim Huybrechts - 3, highest 104.05 (2021), Jeffrey De Zwaan - 2, highest 106.54 (2012), Stephen Bunting - 2, highest 102.34 (2015), Darren Webster - 1, highest 104.64 (2017), Dirk van Duijvenbode - 1, highest 104.09 (2021), Richie Burnett - 1, highest 103.38 (2001), Benito van de Pas - 1, highest 102.30 (2017), Robert Thornton - 1, highest 101.49 (2015), Dennis Priestley - 1, highest 101.48 (1996), Vincent van der Voort - 1, highest 101.17 (2018), Nathan Aspinall - 1, highest 100.53 (2019), Krzysztof Ratajski - 1 highest 100.41 (2021), Christian Kist - 1, highest 100.23 (2018).