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The PDC World Darts Championship is a world championship competition for the sport of darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following a dispute with the British Darts Organisation, which has run its own world championship since 1978, the "rebel" players were banned from BDO events, and the PDC held their first World Championship in 1994. The biggest of the PDC tournaments, it traditionally begins in late December, finishing in early January just as the BDO's version gets underway. The PDC World Darts Championship has been held at the Alexandra Palace in London since 2008, having previously been held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, from 1994 to 2007.〔(New venue announcement ) BBC Sport〕 The tournament is currently sponsored by William Hill. Only 7 players have won this championship: Dennis Priestley, Phil Taylor, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis, Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson. Of these, only Taylor, Lewis and Part have won it more than once. In addition, Lewis, Anderson and van Gerwen are the only PDC World Champions never to have won the BDO World Championship. Taylor has dominated the tournament, winning 14 PDC World Championship titles in all, reaching 16 of the first 17 finals and reaching 18 finals in all. No player throwing left-handed has won the PDC World Championship. Following popular darts commentator Sid Waddell's death on 11 August 2012, the decision was made to rename the champion's trophy to the Sid Waddell trophy from the 2013 tournament onwards.〔(World Darts Trophy Named After Waddell ). News.sky.com (2012-08-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.〕 ==Origins== In 1992, some high profile players, including all previous winners of the BDO World Darts Championship still active in the game, formed the WDC (now PDC), and in 1994, held their first World Championship. Dennis Priestley won the inaugural competition. The players who broke away were taking a significant gamble - the tournament was broadcast on satellite television rather than terrestrial, and from 1994 to 2001, the prize fund for the players in the WDC/PDC World Championship was lower than the players in the BDO version, although the 1997 PDC World Champion got £45,000 compared to the 1997 BDO World Champion getting £38,000. In 2002, the PDC prize fund overtook the BDO for the first time and the PDC event now boasts the largest prize fund of any darts competition, the PDC and sponsors Ladbrokes have announced that prize money will reach £1 million by 2010 with the winner set to collect £200,000. The 2014 and 2015 PDC World Champion collected £250,000 for their win. In 2016 the prize-pool was extended again from 1.25 millon to 1.5 million pounds. The champion will now receive £300,000.〔http://tungstentickle.com/hearn-announces-world-championship-shake-up/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PDC World Darts Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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