The World Series of Darts is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.
Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked PDC players take on local qualifiers in a knockout format. Since 2015, there has been a World Series of Darts Finals tournament held annually, which has taken place in September at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam every year since 2022.
History The World Series of Darts commenced in 2013 with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. The goal of these series of tournaments was to make darts more popular across the globe. Later that year, the Sydney Darts Masters took place, which as well as including 8 top-ranked PDC players, also featured 8 players from Australia and New Zealand to take part in the tournament. In 2014, tournaments in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, although this would be the only year that Singapore was used for an event.
In 2015, both the Japan tournament (later renamed as Tokyo for the 2016 tournament) and Auckland were added. Also in 2015, the series culminated with the World Series of Darts Finals. In 2016, the PDC expanded into China with the addition of the Shanghai Darts Masters, and in 2017, both North America and Europe had their own tournaments with the US Darts Masters in Las Vegas, and the German Darts Masters in Düsseldorf, along with Melbourne in the Australian leg of the tour.
In 2018, Brisbane joined the fray and replaced Perth, whilst Dubai was excluded. It was also confirmed that Vienna, Austria would replace Glasgow as the host of the World Series Finals in 2018.
In 2019, it was announced that Cologne and Hamilton would host World Series events for the first time, with China being excluded. It was also confirmed that Amsterdam, Netherlands would replace Vienna as the host of the World Series Finals in 2019.
In 2020, a new tournament, the Nordic Darts Masters, was due to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was also confirmed that Salzburg, Austria would replace Amsterdam as the host of the World Series Finals. The Australian events were supposed to move to Wollongong and Townsville. However, all 2020 World Series events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only the 2020 World Series of Darts Finals taking place.
The US Darts Masters relocated to New York City in 2022, having been due to move in 2020 before the cancellation of the 2020 US Masters. The events in Wollongong and Townsville were also held in 2022, but the only event in 2021 was the delayed Nordic Masters in Copenhagen, with the finals returning to Amsterdam in October 2021.
Since the return to full World Series schedules, five more events have been introduced: the Dutch Darts Masters in 2022, the Bahrain Darts Masters and Poland Darts Masters in 2023, the Australian Darts Masters in 2024 and the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters in 2026.
Venues Since the first tournament began in 2013, the World Series has visited eleven countries including the Finals.
EventVenue(s)First heldLast heldUpcomingCurrent/last championDubai Tennis Centre20132017None scheduled Gary Anderson Sydney Darts MastersLuna Park (2013)Hordern Pavilion (2014)Qantas Credit Union Arena (2015)The Star (2016)20132016None scheduled Phil Taylor Singapore Darts MastersSingapore Indoor Stadium2014None scheduled Perth Darts MastersHBF Stadium (2014–2015, 2017) Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (2016)20142017None scheduled Gary Anderson Japan/Tokyo Darts MastersOsanbashi Hall, Yokohama (2015)Yoyogi National Gymnasium (2016)20152016None scheduled Gary Anderson Auckland Darts MastersThe Trusts Arena20152018None scheduled Michael van Gerwen Shanghai Darts MastersPullman Hotel Shanghai South20162018None scheduled Michael Smith US Darts MastersTropicana Las Vegas (2017)Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (2018–2019)The Theater, New York City (2022–)20172026None scheduled Luke Humphries Melbourne Darts MastersHisense Arena20172019None scheduled Michael van Gerwen German Darts MastersCastello Arena, Düsseldorf (2017)Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen (2018)Lanxess Arena, Cologne (2019)20172019None scheduled Peter Wright Brisbane Darts MastersBrisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre20182019None scheduled Damon Heta New Zealand Darts MastersGlobox Arena, Hamilton (2019–2024)Spark Arena, Auckland (2025–)20192026None scheduled Jonny Clayton Nordic Darts MastersForum Copenhagen20212026None scheduled Dutch Darts MastersZiggo Dome, Amsterdam (2022)Maaspoort, Den Bosch (2024)20222025None scheduled Rob Cross Queensland Darts MastersTownsville Entertainment & Convention Centre2022None scheduled Michael van Gerwen New South Wales Darts MastersWIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong20222023None scheduled Rob Cross Bahrain Darts MastersBahrain International Circuit, Sakhir (2023–2025)Exhibition World Bahrain, Sakhir (2026)20232026None scheduled Michael van Gerwen Poland Darts MastersArena COS Torwar, Warsaw (2023)Gliwice Arena, Gliwice (2024–)20232025None scheduled Gerwyn Price Australian Darts MastersWIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong20242026None scheduled James Wade Saudi Arabia Darts MastersGlobal Theater, Riyadh2026None scheduled Luke LittlerWorld Series of Darts FinalsBraehead Arena, Glasgow (2015–2017)Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna (2018)AFAS Live, Amsterdam (2019, 2021–)Salzburgarena, Salzburg (2020)20152026None scheduled Ross Smith
Points in the World Series tournament Since the World Series of Darts Finals were announced in 2015, each event includes ranking points that all players earn dependent on how far they go to through each tournament. The top 8 ranked players automatically qualify for the Finals.
Stage Points Winner 12 Runner-up 8 Semi-final 5 Quarter-final 3 First round 1
Event finals