It was first held in September 2016 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, the inaugural champion was Phil Taylor.

The next two were then won by Mensur Suljović and Gary Anderson, before the final champion was Michael van Gerwen in 2019.

[3] A second Champions League tournament was duly announced as part of the August 2016 release of the 2017 calendar.

[4] Only the top eight players on the PDC Order of Merit qualified for the inaugural tournament, signifying the best eight players in the PDC (in 2016 based on the order following the World Matchplay in July[2]).

The best two players in each group advance to the semi-finals, the winners meeting in the final.