Il Campionato del mondo di freccette (World Professional Darts Championship) è uno dei più importanti campionati che si svolgono durante l'anno. All'inizio fu un evento annuale tenutosi tra il 1978 e il 1993, ma poi i giocatori si divisero in due diverse organizzazioni: la British Darts Organisation (BDO) e la Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), che dal 1994 organizzano un proprio campionato del mondo a gennaio. Non esiste più un campionato mondiale unificato. Phil Taylor, considerato il più grande giocatore di tutti i tempi, ha vinto 16 titoli del mondo, 2 in BDO e 14 in PDC, che ne ha dominato la scena per molti anni. La prima edizione del mondiale BDO risale al 1978 e si tenne a Nottingham. Dal 1979 al 1985 è stato organizzato a Stoke e da allora si tiene a Surrey. Nel 2001 si è tenuta la prima edizione femminile del torneo BDO, vinta dall'inglese Trina Gulliver. La prima e unica edizione femminile del campionato del mondo PDC femminile si è tenuta nel 2010 e a trionfare è stata la statunitense Stacy Bromberg. A partire dal 2012 si è disputata anche l'edizione PDC riservata ai giovani, seguita nel 2015 dalla prima edizione giovanile del mondiale BDO. (it)
The World Professional Darts Championship was one of the most important tournaments 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) since organised their own World Championship, the former in January the latter in December. As a result, there no longer was an unified world champion in the sport for nearly three decades. This ended when the BDO ceased to exist in 2020, leaving the PDC as the sole organisation crowning a world professional darts champion. The BDO 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. From then until 2019 it was held at the Lakeside Leisure Complex at Frimley Green, Surrey. In 2020 the tournament was held at The O2 Arena in London. The BDO went into liquidation in 2020 and the World Darts Federation announced later that they would be creating their own version, though amateur, of a World Championship, returning to the Lakeside Leisure Complex. 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, London, for the 2008 World Championship. (en)
World Professional Darts Championship – najważniejsze wydarzenie w kalendarzu darta, najważniejszy turniej dla dartera, będący mistrzostwami świata. Organizowany corocznie w latach 1978-1993, po rozłamie, jest organizowany od 1994 przez dwie federacje – British Darts Organisation (BDO) i Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Obie wersje mistrzostw są organizowane corocznie w styczniu. (pl)
World Professional Darts Championship – najważniejsze wydarzenie w kalendarzu darta, najważniejszy turniej dla dartera, będący mistrzostwami świata. Organizowany corocznie w latach 1978-1993, po rozłamie, jest organizowany od 1994 przez dwie federacje – British Darts Organisation (BDO) i Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Obie wersje mistrzostw są organizowane corocznie w styczniu. (pl)
The World Professional Darts Championship was one of the most important tournaments 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) since organised their own World Championship, the former in January the latter in December. As a result, there no longer was an unified world champion in the sport for nearly three decades. This ended when the BDO ceased to exist in 2020, leaving the PDC as the sole organisation crowning a world professional darts champion. (en)
Il Campionato del mondo di freccette (World Professional Darts Championship) è uno dei più importanti campionati che si svolgono durante l'anno. All'inizio fu un evento annuale tenutosi tra il 1978 e il 1993, ma poi i giocatori si divisero in due diverse organizzazioni: la British Darts Organisation (BDO) e la Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), che dal 1994 organizzano un proprio campionato del mondo a gennaio. Non esiste più un campionato mondiale unificato. (it)