2020 PDC World Darts Championship

Although it is usually played for fun, darts is a traditional European game with all the elements of a sport — the venue, players and teams, rules and scoring, arbitrators and, finally, its professional league. Moreover, this league has its own World Dart Championship and many great annual events.

Darts is a popular sport to bet on, with bookmakers offering a broad range of betting types and markets. Top-tier darts events like the World Darts Championship receive massive bookmaker coverage. The main reason why this ‘less-popular’ sport is getting so much betting attention worldwide are the bonuses that are offered by every betting powerhouse in the world. With bonuses such as the Betting Bonus Nigeria, punters can boost their bankroll and, consequently, increase their odds of winning a bet.

Now that we’ve established just how popular World Darts Championship is, it’s time to talk a bit more about the competition.

Brief History of World Dart Championship

After the British Darts Organization split in 1992, a new one, Professional Darts Corporation or PDC, was born. Right after that, PDC founders and professional dart players, alongside the Sky Sports, developed the idea of a new worldwide tournament. It was first held two years later, in 1994, under the name of the World Dart Championship, and was sponsored by William Hill. 

As the BDO continued to organize the World Professional Darts Championships, the two organizations have reached an agreement to keep both annual events.

Throughout the years, PCD World Dart Championship evolved into a real spectacle that occupies Alexandra Palace in London, starting from December and ending with a final tournament in January. 

WDC earned the reputation of the most significant international dart event. Dozens of nations participate in qualifications. The whole Championship is supported by TV broadcasting, live-streaming and a fiery crowd that is attending the William Hill World Darts Championship every year.

2020 Darts Championship

The last WDC was officially held at Alexandra Palace, London, from December 13, 2019, until the first day of 2020.  

This year’s competition started with a lot of excitement ever since the qualifications. The same energy followed the entire course of the event all the way to the finals, with more than 30 full-distance matches, many 9-dart attempts, over 170 checkouts and an incredible number of achieved maximums.

2020 Winners and Prizes

With a lot of unexpected feats, twists and a tough fight to the very end, Peter Wright picked up his first trophy after defeating the triple WDC Champion, Michael van Gerwen. Yet, it seems like the adorable Fallon Sherrock stoled the show by defeating world-class players like Ted Evetts and Mensur Suljovic. 

The total prize pool for this year’s darts championship was £2,500,000, half a million of which went to the winner. This year, an exclusive fund has been set aside for the player who manages to hit two nine-dart finishes, which never was performed before on WDC.

Indeed, the Championship set new challenges that need to be achieved, which leaves plenty of room for exciting and fun events during the following year.