|
BDO |
PDC | |
|
Date Formed |
1973 |
1992 |
|
2008 Mens World Championship - Guaranteed Prize Money |
£243,000 |
£605,000 |
|
Prize Fund Breakdown |
Winner £85,000 Runner-Up £30,000 Semi-Finalists £11,000 Quarter-Finalists £6,000 9-16th £4,250 17-32 £3,000 Total £243,000 Women's Champion £6,000 Runner-Up £2,000 3-4th £1,000 5-8th £500 Nine-Dart Finish £52,000 High Checkout £3,000 |
Winner £100,000 Runner-Up £50,000 3-4th £22,500 5-8th £15,000 9-16th £10,500 17-32nd £7,000 33-64th £4,000 Prelim £2,500 x4 PDPA Qualifiers £16,000 |
|
2009 World Championship Prize Money |
Not Announced |
£735,000 (£125,000 to winner) |
|
2010 World Championship Prize Money |
Not Announced |
£1,000,000 (£200,000 to winner) |
|
Number of players in World Championship |
32 |
68 |
|
Number of countries represented (UK = 1) |
4 (UK, Holland, Australia, Canada) |
17 (UK, Holland, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Japan, Barbados, Czech Republic, Philippines, India, China) |
|
Broadcaster |
BBC |
Sky Sports |
|
Number of Live Hours |
40 |
88 |
|
Number of Delayed Hours |
TBA |
112 |
|
Worldwide Exposure |
SBS6 (Holland), partial Eurosport coverage, BBC World, BBCi |
SBS6 (Holland), DSF (Germany), Fox Sports (USA), TSN (Canada), Fox Sports (Australia), SuperSport (South Africa), Ten Sports (India), CCTV (China), Showtime (Middle East), Ukraine TV, Sky New Zealand, IKO (Poland), Starhub (Singapore), Sport1 (Hungary), Meersat (Malaysia), 7TV (Russia), Measat (Indonesia), J Sky Sport (Japan) |
|
Title Sponsor |
Lakeside |
Ladbrokes.com |
|
Venue |
Lakeside Country Club |
Alexandra Palace |
|
Tickets |
12,100 |
32,000 |
|
Venue Capacity |
1,100 |
2,400 |
|
Major Televised Ranking Tournaments (staged and promoted by organisation) |
Lakeside World Championship |
Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship |
|
Other Televised Events |
International Darts League * (SBS6) |
PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts (includes invited BDO players) |
|
Other events |
Various regional Opens with minimal prize money |
European Championship (October) 25 Players Championship events (£20,000 each) Players Championship TV Finals (January 2009) |
|
Total Prize Money On Offer |
Under £500,000 |
Approx £4 million |