The championship begins in December and ends in January and has been held at Alexandra Palace in London, since 2008.

Both organisations continued to organize their own world championship until the 2020 editions, after which the BDO folded.

Other players to win more than once are John Part (2003 & 2008), Adrian Lewis (2011 & 2012), Gary Anderson (2015 & 2016), Michael van Gerwen (2014, 2017 & 2019) and Peter Wright (2020 & 2022).

[2] Currently, the play takes place inside the venue's West Hall, which has a capacity of 3,200.

The highest match average ever in the BDO World Championship is 103.83 by Raymond van Barneveld in his quarter-final victory over John Walton in 2004.

The PDC World Championship has been broadcast live and in its entirety by Sky Sports in the UK since its inception.

Their coverage is currently presented from a studio overlooking the interior of the Alexandra Palace venue.

The PDC have worked with various video game developers since 2006 to create a number of darts-themed titles based on the World Darts Championship tournament.

Their first game PDC World Championship Darts was developed by Mere Mortals for the PlayStation 2 and PC.

Previous sponsors have been: 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.