2014 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2014 PDC World Darts Championship was the twenty-first World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London from 13 December 2013 to 1 January 2014.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his 16th title in 2013, but he lost 4–3 to Michael Smith in the second round.
Terry Jenkins and Kyle Anderson recorded both televised nine-dart finishes during the event, in their first-round matches against Per Laursen and Ian White, respectively.
Michael van Gerwen won his first World Championship by defeating Peter Wright 7–4 in the final. He became the sixth winner of the event and, at the age of 24, the youngest.
The result also saw him replace Taylor as the new world number one.
A new record of 603 maximum 180 scores were made during the championship, beating the previous best of 588 set in 2012. For the first time in PDC history, there was no Englishman in the final.
Format and qualifiers
The televised stages featured 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 26 November 2013 were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit, based on the events played on the 2013 PDC Pro Tour.These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers, the highest ranked non-qualified player on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the four highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA.
Some of the international players, such as the four from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.
Order of Merit
- Phil Taylor
- Michael van Gerwen
- Adrian Lewis
- Simon Whitlock
- Andy Hamilton
- James Wade
- Dave Chisnall
- Wes Newton
- Robert Thornton
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Justin Pipe
- Kim Huybrechts
- Kevin Painter
- Mervyn King
- Brendan Dolan
- Peter Wright
- Terry Jenkins
- Gary Anderson
- Ronnie Baxter
- Paul Nicholson
- Ian White
- Steve Beaton
- Jamie Caven
- Colin Lloyd
- John Part
- Mark Webster
- Andy Smith
- Richie Burnett
- Mark Walsh
- Vincent van der Voort
- Wayne Jones
- Michael Smith
- Stuart Kellett
- Jelle Klaasen
- Jamie Lewis
- Darren Webster
- Ronny Huybrechts
- Joe Cullen
- Arron Monk
- Mensur Suljović
- John Henderson
- Dennis Smith
- Ricky Evans
- Kevin McDine
- Dean Winstanley
- Ross Smith
- Mark Dudbridge
- Steve Brown
First round qualifiers
PDPA Qualifier
First round qualifier
Preliminary round qualifier
- Ian Moss
Preliminary round qualifier
- Ben Ward
First round qualifiers
Preliminary round qualifiers
- Julio Barbero
- Morihiro Hashimoto
- Royden Lam
- Mohd Latif Sapup
- Per Laursen
- Zoran Lerchbacher
- Paul Lim
- Dennis Lindskjold
- Colin McGarry
- Devon Petersen
Edward Santos - Rob Szabo
- Gino Vos
- Andree Welge
- Colin Osborne
Prize money
The 2014 World Championship features a prize fund of at least £1,050,000. The winner's prize money has been increased from £200,000 to £250,000.The prize money is allocated as follows:
Bracket
The preliminary round was drawn on 30 November, the last 64 draw took place on 2 December 2013 and was made by Rod Harrington and Wayne Mardle. It was shown live on Sky Sports.Preliminary round
The preliminary round was played in a first to four legs format. One match was played per session with the winners playing their first-round matches later on the same day.| Player | Score | Player | Av. | |
| 76.78 | Rob Szabo  Representation from different countriesThis table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.BroadcastingThe tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:
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