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
Plus

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

Prize Money does not include £20,000 nine-dart bonus (increases by £5,000 every Sky Sports televised event)

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
Winmau World Masters

Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship
Stan James World Matchplay
SkyBet World Grand Prix
Blue Square UK Open
Las Vegas Desert Classic
PDC US Open
PartyPoker.net German Darts Championship

Other Televised Events

* Unlikely to happen in 2008

International Darts League * (SBS6)
World Darts Trophy * (SBS6)
Dutch Open (SBS6)

PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts (includes invited BDO players)
Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts

Other events

Various regional Opens with minimal prize money

European Championship (October)

25 Players Championship events (£20,000 each)
8 UK Open Regional Finals (£25,000 each)

Players Championship TV Finals (January 2009)

Total Prize Money On Offer

Under £500,000

Approx £4 million