Championship League Darts
Encyclopedia
Championship League Darts is a PDC
darts
tournament that uses a league
and legs format similar to the Premier League
but offers the top players outside of the top 8 in the PDC Order of Merit
a chance to compete for the championship. It is the first ever darts tournament to be solely broadcast on and funded by Internet
distribution.
The tournament was first announced on the official PDC website in mid-April under the name 'Championship of Darts'. It takes place throughout September and October and features a field of 29 players. The inaugural championship - the 2008 Championship League Darts
- was held at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex
and featured a prize fund of £189,000 and a place in the Grand Slam of Darts
for the winner. Phil Taylor won the inaugural championship.
snooker
event and is also a successor to the live streaming of certain matches from the Blue Square UK Open regional finals from the PDC Pro Tour
. The streaming is aided by the company Perform, a digital sports agency. Live streaming of every game is available on the several sports betting websites, and is available internationally except in the United States of America where, for legal reasons, the Championship cannot be shown.
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
darts
Darts
Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...
tournament that uses a league
League system
A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport, usually with a system of promotion and relegation between consecutive levels of the hierarchy. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions the further down the pyramid one descends...
and legs format similar to the Premier League
Premier League Darts
The 888.com Premier League Darts is a darts tournament which launched on January 20, 2005 on Sky Sports, and is currently the world's largest indoor sports event. The league is now played weekly from February to May, having originally started as a fortnightly fixture...
but offers the top players outside of the top 8 in the PDC Order of Merit
PDC order of merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation . Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.-Previous world...
a chance to compete for the championship. It is the first ever darts tournament to be solely broadcast on and funded by Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
distribution.
The tournament was first announced on the official PDC website in mid-April under the name 'Championship of Darts'. It takes place throughout September and October and features a field of 29 players. The inaugural championship - the 2008 Championship League Darts
2008 Championship League Darts
The 2008 Championship League Darts is the inaugural edition of a darts competition - the Championship League Darts. The competition is organised and held by the Professional Darts Corporation and has a maximum prize fund of £189,000....
- was held at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
and featured a prize fund of £189,000 and a place in the Grand Slam of Darts
Grand Slam of Darts
The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invites the best performing players from its rival the British Darts Organisation...
for the winner. Phil Taylor won the inaugural championship.
Internet coverage
As there are no spectators in the playing room, coverage is exclusive to the Internet. The choice to broadcast the tournament over the Internet has been partly inspired by the Championship LeagueChampionship League
Championship League is a non-ranking snooker tournament, devised by Matchroom Sport. All tournaments have been held at the Crondon Park Golf Club since its debut in 2008.- History and format :...
snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
event and is also a successor to the live streaming of certain matches from the Blue Square UK Open regional finals from the PDC Pro Tour
PDC Pro Tour
The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation . They comprise Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals.-Players Championships:...
. The streaming is aided by the company Perform, a digital sports agency. Live streaming of every game is available on the several sports betting websites, and is available internationally except in the United States of America where, for legal reasons, the Championship cannot be shown.
Final results
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Prize Fund | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 2008 Championship League Darts The 2008 Championship League Darts is the inaugural edition of a darts competition - the Championship League Darts. The competition is organised and held by the Professional Darts Corporation and has a maximum prize fund of £189,000.... |
 Phil Taylor |
7-5 | Mervyn King |
£189,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| 2009 2009 Championship League Darts The 2009 Championship League Darts is the second edition of a darts competition—the Championship League Darts. The competition is organized and held by the Professional Darts Corporation and has a maximum prize fund of £189,000.... |
Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005... |
6-4 | Phil Taylor |
£189,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| 2010 2010 Championship League Darts The 2010 Championship League Darts was the third edition of a darts competition — the Championship League Darts. The competition is organized and held by the Professional Darts Corporation, with the 2010 edition having a maximum prize fund of £189,000.... |
James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007... |
6-5 | Phil Taylor |
£189,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| 2011 2011 Championship League Darts The 2011 Championship League Darts was the fourth edition of a darts competition — the Championship League Darts. The competition was organized and held by the Professional Darts Corporation, with the 2011 edition having a maximum prize fund of £189,000.... |
Phil Taylor |
6-1 |  Paul NicholsonPaul Nicholson (darts player) Paul Nicholson is a British born darts player, who holds Australian nationality. He aims to project the image of the 'bad boy of darts'- 2008-2009 :... |
£10,000 | £5,000 |