2015 PDC World Darts Championship

April 2022 2014/15 William Hill World Darts Championship 18 December 2014 – 4 January 2015 Alexandra Palace London, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs (preliminaries)Sets (from Round 1)Final – first to 7 £1,250,000 £250,000 Adrian Lewis 170 Raymond van Barneveld Michael Smith Michael van Gerwen Gary Anderson SCO 2014 2016 The 2015 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014/15 William Hill World Darts Championship) was the twenty-second World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event was held at the Alexandra Palace, London from 18 December 2014 to 4 January 2015. Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having won his first World Championship title in 2014, but he lost 6–3 to Gary Anderson in the semi-finals. Anderson won the title by beating 16-time World Champion Phil Taylor 7–6 in the final.Jones Lewis PDC World Darts Championship final: Gary Anderson beats Phil Taylor to win his first world title Sky Sports 5 January 2015 https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/9632563/pdc-world-darts-championship-final-gary-anderson-beats-phil-taylor-to-win-his-first-world-title Sky Sports 4 January 2025 Taylor became the first player in PDC World Championship history to reach the PDC World Championship final, achieve a tournament 3-dart average of over 100, and yet not win the title. Adrian Lewis threw the event's only nine-dart finish in his third round match with Raymond van Barneveld. John Michael and Boris Koltsov became the first players from Greece and Russia respectively to play in the first round of a PDC World Championship. Cristo Reyes became the first Spanish player to reach the last 16 in the history of the event. Format and qualifiers The tournament featured 72 players. The top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit on 2 December 2014 (after the Players Championship Finals) 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 2014 PDC Pro Tour. These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (as determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Coventry on 1 December 2014), the highest ranked non-qualified player on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the four highest names on the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers 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. The field was set on 1 December 2014.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1rvzijxzki4jt1hus60loa0l4e/title/william-hill-world-champs-field https://web.archive.org/web/20141205213406/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1rvzijxzki4jt1hus60loa0l4e/title/william-hill-world-champs-field dead 5 December 2014 William Hill World Champs Field PDC 1 December 2014 John Michael became the first Greek player to play in the PDC World Championship. Qualifiers Order of Merit NED Michael van Gerwen ENG Phil Taylor ENG Adrian Lewis SCO Gary Anderson SCO Peter Wright ENG James Wade AUS Simon Whitlock ENG Dave Chisnall SCO Robert Thornton ENG Mervyn King NIR Brendan Dolan ENG Andy Hamilton ENG Wes Newton NED Raymond van Barneveld ENG Ian White ENG Terry Jenkins ENG Justin Pipe BEL Kim Huybrechts ENG Jamie Caven ENG Kevin Painter ENG Steve Beaton ENG Michael Smith NED Vincent van der Voort ENG Ronnie Baxter AUS Paul Nicholson ENG Dean Winstanley ENG Stephen Bunting ENG Andy Smith NED Jelle Klaasen CAN John Part WAL Mark Webster ENG Stuart Kellett Pro Tour ENG Andrew Gilding ENG Darren Webster NED Benito van de Pas NED Christian Kist WAL Jamie Lewis BEL Ronny Huybrechts ENG Wayne Jones WAL Gerwyn Price SCO John Henderson ENG Keegan Brown ENG David Pallett ENG Joe Cullen AUS Kyle Anderson GER Jyhan Artut NIR Mickey Mansell AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez European Order of MeritFirst round qualifiers AUT Mensur Suljović NED Ron Meulenkamp GER Max Hopp NED Ryan de Vreede PDPA QualifierFirst round qualifier SCO Jason Hogg Preliminary round qualifier HKG Scott MacKenzie International QualifiersFirst round qualifiers CAN Dave Richardson AUS Laurence Ryder AUS John Weber Preliminary round qualifiers RSA Nolan Arendse NIR Daryl Gurney FIN Jani Haavisto HKG Alex Hon USA Scott Kirchner RUS Boris Koltsov CRO Robert Marijanović NZL Mark McGrath GRE John Michael JPN Haruki Muramatsu PHI Ian Perez ESP Cristo Reyes GER Sascha Stein FIN Kim Viljanen NED Jermaine Wattimena 1a Jarkko Komula, who finished second in the Scandinavian Order of Merit, was ineligible to play due to a suspension from the Finnish Darts Organisation. Kim Viljanen, who finished third, therefore replaced Komula. 2b Ryan de Vreede qualified after Richie Burnett was removed from the field after a positive drug test, despite the fact that it was recreational rather than performance-enhancing. As a result, Stuart Kellett moved into the top 32 seeds and Rowby-John Rodriguez qualified through the Pro Tour instead of the European Tour.PDC Statement: Richie Burnett http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/7pd43qopd0r81adx91lq3jwiu/title/pdc-statement-richie-burnett PDC 1 December 2014 1 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141213053042/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/7pd43qopd0r81adx91lq3jwiu/title/pdc-statement-richie-burnett 2014-12-13 dead Prize money The 2015 World Championship featured a prize fund of at least £1,250,000 - an increase of £200,000 from the 2014 tournament.Record £1.25M Prize Fund Announced http://www.pdc.tv/world-darts-championship/article/1rjgih3apng051rrmbaojv7gey/title/record-125m-prize-fund-announced https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135512/http://www.pdc.tv/world-darts-championship/article/1rjgih3apng051rrmbaojv7gey/title/record-125m-prize-fund-announced dead 24 September 2015 PDC 13 June 2014 13 June 2014 The prize money is allocated as follows: Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £1,250,000)Winner (1) £250,000Runner-Up (1) £120,000Semi-finalists (2) £60,000Quarter-finalists (4) £35,000Third round losers (8) £18,000Second round losers (16) £12,000First round losers (32) £8,000Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500Nine-dart finish (1) £10,000 Results 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. The draw was held on 30 November 2014, two days before the main draw.World Championship Prelim Round Draw http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/qf3bud0rjobg18lyw43q1hsph/title/world-championship-prelim-round-draw https://web.archive.org/web/20141203150646/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/qf3bud0rjobg18lyw43q1hsph/title/world-championship-prelim-round-draw dead 3 December 2014 PDC 30 November 2014 30 November 2014 Gurney achieved the highest average in the history of the Preliminary round. Av. Three dart average Player Score Player Av. 89.90 Christian Perez PHI0–4 ESP Cristo Reyes 93.94 67.11 Kim Viljanen FIN1–4 GER Sascha Stein 91.30 93.76 Scott MacKenzie HKG3–4 NIR Daryl Gurney 96.11 65.09 Mark McGrath NZL0–4 USA Scott Kirchner 83.50 79.27 Boris Koltsov RUS4–2 JPN Haruki Muramatsu 75.69 83.77 Jani Haavisto FIN1–4 GRE John Michael 94.82 84.68 Nolan Arendse RSA4–0 HKG Alex Hon 79.22 82.77 Jermaine Wattimena NED3–4 CRO Robert Marijanović 76.36 Main draw Finals Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)1–2 January1 January 2025 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2015/01/01/william-hill-world-championship-day-11 William Hill World Championship Day 11 PDC 1 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020937/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/39x018o9menh1y14agahw9tcs/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-11 2 January 2015 dead2 January 2015 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2015/01/02/william-hill-world-championship-day-12 William Hill World Championship Day 12 PDC 2 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103015700/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ipcrt6ry5mef1ia6j1378jlcn/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-12 3 January 2015 dead Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)3 January3 January 2015 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2015/01/03/william-hill-world-championship-semis William Hill World Championship Semis PDC 3 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103235521/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/qgx9433m6p4714pwswootxsp9/title/william-hill-world-championship-semis 3 January 2015 dead Final (best of 13 sets)4 January4 January 2015 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2015/01/04/super-anderson-world-champion William Hill World Championship Final Super Anderson is World Champion! PDC 4 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150105024432/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1dftf6it3a29711dlnk4relccp/title/william-hill-world-championship-final 5 January 2015 dead 200 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 105.26 5 9 SCO Robert Thornton 101.49 2 5 SCO Peter Wright 95.66 1 4 SCO Gary Anderson 102.12 5 2 ENG Phil Taylor 100.08 5 23 NED Vincent van der Voort 99.22 3 27 ENG Stephen Bunting 98.36 4 14 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.37 5 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 101.35 3 4 SCO Gary Anderson 102.20 6 2 ENG Phil Taylor 102.39 6 14 NED Raymond van Barneveld 99.52 2 4 SCO Gary Anderson 97.68 7 2 ENG Phil Taylor 100.69 6 Rounds 1–4 4 First round (best of 5 sets)18–23 December18 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/18/william-hill-world-championship-day-one William Hill World Championship Day One PDC 18 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203725/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ca2df4vp56u31ao7lt1udkyxc/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-one 18 December 2014 dead19 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/19/william-hill-world-championship-day-two https://web.archive.org/web/20250105125241/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/19/william-hill-world-championship-day-two dead 5 January 2025 William Hill World Championship Day Two PDC 19 December 201420 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/20/william-hill-world-championship-day-three https://web.archive.org/web/20250105125246/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/20/william-hill-world-championship-day-three dead 5 January 2025 William Hill World Championship Day Three PDC 20 December 201421 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/21/william-hill-world-championship-day-four William Hill World Championship Day Four PDC 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162346/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ns1uutmypxuz1hy7y5ahi4fuu/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-four 22 December 2014 dead22 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/22/william-hill-world-championship-day-five William Hill World Championship Day Five PDC 22 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222212806/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ig8c91wyx2mj187lpgk3ydtut/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-five 22 December 2014 dead23 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/23/william-hill-world-championship-day-six William Hill World Championship Day Six PDC 23 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141224035137/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1e1g13qbbtzoc17ab3lcnw2wer/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-six 24 December 2014 dead Second round (best of 7 sets)27–29 Decemberhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/27/william-hill-world-championship-day-seven William Hill World Championship Day Seven 27 December 2014 PDC 27 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141229004713/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/16hvk6ad3ns851hadqfa7l8hd4/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-seven 29 December 2014 dead28 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/28/william-hill-world-championship-day-eight William Hill World Championship Day Eight PDC 28 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141229004820/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13h25yesgfcbc1tuik0p89mfsy/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-eight 29 December 2014 deadhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/28/william-hill-world-championship-day-nine William Hill World Championship Day Nine 28 December 2014 PDC 29 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141229230249/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/r09fzghq1uj61xloaotio8bd3/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-nine 29 December 2014 dead Third round (best of 7 sets)29–30 December30 December 2014 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/30/william-hill-world-championship-day-ten https://web.archive.org/web/20250105125242/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2014/12/30/william-hill-world-championship-day-ten dead 5 January 2025 William Hill World Championship Day Ten PDC 30 December 2014 Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)1–2 January Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)3 January Final (best of 13 sets)4 January 200 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 96.96 3 ENG Joe Cullen 93.14 1 32 ENG Stuart Kellett 73.08 1 GER Sascha Stein 79.34 3 16 ENG Terry Jenkins 98.73 3 AUS John Weber 79.86 1 17 ENG Justin Pipe 86.28 2 AUS Laurence Ryder 83.59 3 8 ENG Dave Chisnall 86.08 3 NED Ryan de Vreede 75.24 0 25 AUS Paul Nicholson 85.49 2 NED Benito van de Pas 86.28 3 9 SCO Robert Thornton 97.65 3 ENG Andrew Gilding 92.00 0 24 ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.64 3 NIR Daryl Gurney 88.78 1 5 SCO Peter Wright 98.80 3 WAL Gerwyn Price 93.90 0 28 ENG Andy Smith 86.66 0 BEL Ronny Huybrechts 87.75 3 12 ENG Andy Hamilton 91.09 3 CAN Dave Richardson 86.04 2 21 ENG Steve Beaton 82.24 0 AUS Kyle Anderson 85.99 3 4 SCO Gary Anderson 86.20 3 USA Scott Kirchner 86.21 1 29 NED Jelle Klaasen 96.97 3 NED Christian Kist 93.63 1 13 ENG Wes Newton 94.61 2 ESP Cristo Reyes 93.47 3 20 ENG Kevin Painter 89.57 3 RUS Boris Koltsov 78.14 1 2 ENG Phil Taylor 100.57 3 GER Jyhan Artut 87.47 0 31 WAL Mark Webster 81.91 3 NED Ron Meulenkamp 77.78 1 15 ENG Ian White 86.72 3 GRE John Michael 81.02 1 18 BEL Kim Huybrechts 99.40 3 NIR Mickey Mansell 87.65 0 7 AUS Simon Whitlock 87.29 1 ENG Darren Webster 94.24 3 26 ENG Dean Winstanley 93.66 3 ENG Wayne Jones 94.01 2 10 ENG Mervyn King 90.67 2 GER Max Hopp 96.60 3 23 NED Vincent van der Voort 93.39 3 SCO John Henderson 89.13 2 6 ENG James Wade 97.14 3 WAL Jamie Lewis 87.75 1 27 ENG Stephen Bunting 90.20 3 CRO Robert Marijanović 86.82 1 11 NIR Brendan Dolan 90.18 3 RSA Nolan Arendse 83.85 0 22 ENG Michael Smith 97.47 3 AUT Mensur Suljović 98.91 1 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 101.90 3 ENG David Pallett 90.05 0 30 CAN John Part 84.78 2 ENG Keegan Brown 88.07 3 14 NED Raymond van Barneveld 99.93 3 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 79.22 0 19 ENG Jamie Caven 80.87 3 SCO Jason Hogg 83.85 2 1 NED van Gerwen 99.87 4 GER Stein 89.09 1 16 ENG Jenkins 96.45 4 AUS Ryder 86.69 0 8 ENG Chisnall 93.08 2 NED van de Pas 91.44 4 9 SCO Thornton 93.78 4 24 ENG Baxter 84.48 0 5 SCO Wright 95.52 4 BEL R. Huybrechts 87.52 1 12 ENG Hamilton 90.06 4 AUS K. Anderson 90.96 2 4 SCO G. Anderson 103.02 4 29 NED Klaasen 100.72 3 ESP Reyes 88.41 4 20 ENG Painter 90.22 3 2 ENG Taylor 101.92 4 31 WAL M. Webster 93.09 0 15 ENG White 93.94 3 18 BEL K. Huybrechts 93.74 4 ENG D. Webster 93.59 3 26 ENG Winstanley 92.68 4 GER Hopp 86.55 0 23 NED van der Voort 91.48 4 6 ENG Wade 90.93 1 27 ENG Bunting 93.38 4 11 NIR Dolan 92.89 2 22 ENG M. Smith 98.90 4 3 ENG A. Lewis 100.41 4 ENG Brown 93.09 2 14 NED van Barneveld 93.32 4 19 ENG Caven 94.96 3 1 NED van Gerwen 99.62 4 16 ENG Jenkins 96.92 1 NED van de Pas 89.35 0 9 SCO Thornton 96.50 4 5 SCO Wright 102.60 4 12 ENG Hamilton 90.94 0 4 SCO G. Anderson 104.54 4 ESP Reyes 98.52 1 2 ENG Taylor 102.52 4 18 BEL K. Huybrechts 96.93 3 26 ENG Winstanley 91.36 2 23 NED van der Voort 93.90 4 27 ENG Bunting 102.34 4 22 ENG M. Smith 102.78 2 3 ENG A. Lewis 97.55 3 14 NED van Barneveld 92.23 4 1 NED van Gerwen 105.26 5 9 SCO Thornton 101.49 2 5 SCO Wright 95.66 1 4 SCO G. Anderson 102.12 5 2 ENG Taylor 100.08 5 23 NED van der Voort 99.22 3 27 ENG Bunting 98.36 4 14 NED van Barneveld 98.37 5 1 NED van Gerwen 101.35 3 4 SCO G. Anderson 102.20 6 2 ENG Taylor 102.39 6 14 NED van Barneveld 99.52 2 4 SCO G. Anderson 97.68 7 2 ENG Taylor 100.69 6 Final Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: ENG George Noble (first half) and ENG Russ Bray (second half).Alexandra Palace, London, England, 4 January 2015. (4) Gary Anderson SCO 7 – 6 ENG Phil Taylor (2) 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 0 – 3, 0 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 2, 3 – 1, 0 – 3, 2 – 3, 3 – 0 97.68 Average (3 darts) 100.69 19 180 scores 13 121 Highest checkout 141 39.39% (26/66) Checkout summary 32.93% (27/82) Statistics Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout Checkout Av.% Averagehttp://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=5664 2014 PDC World Championship Stats Darts Database 30 December 2014 SCO Gary Anderson Winner 6 126 40 99.29 ENG Phil Taylor Runner-up 6 141 41.42 101.36 NED Michael van Gerwen Semi-finals 5 170 42.37 100.61 NED Raymond van Barneveld Semi-finals 5 170 41.42 96.67 SCO Peter Wright Quarter-finals 4 144 46.88 98.15 SCO Robert Thornton Quarter-finals 4 156 39.17 97.36 ENG Stephen Bunting Quarter-finals 4 161 40.46 96.07 NED Vincent van der Voort Quarter-finals 4 157 42.28 94.50 ENG Adrian Lewis Third round 3 157 35.40 99.95 ENG Michael Smith Third round 3 170 39.77 99.72 ENG Terry Jenkins Third round 3 164 48.48 97.37 BEL Kim Huybrechts Third round 3 146 34.95 96.69 ESP Cristo Reyes Third round 4 142 43.33 93.47 ENG Dean Winstanley Third round 3 136 40.59 92.57 ENG Andy Hamilton Third round 3 116 41.67 90.70 NED Benito van de Pas Third round 3 127 31.82 89.02 NED Jelle Klaasen Second round 2 127 30.99 98.85 ENG James Wade Second round 2 96 35.19 94.04 ENG Darren Webster Second round 2 136 47.83 93.92 NIR Brendan Dolan Second round 2 128 35.42 91.54 GER Max Hopp Second round 2 161 31.15 91.09 ENG Keegan Brown Second round 2 124 37.68 90.58 ENG Ian White Second round 2 113 35.82 90.33 ENG Kevin Painter Second round 2 141 41.38 89.90 ENG Dave Chisnall Second round 2 116 37.50 89.58 ENG Ronnie Baxter Second round 2 106 31.91 89.56 AUS Kyle Anderson Second round 2 156 35.19 88.48 ENG Jamie Caven Second round 2 127 32.50 87.92 BEL Ronny Huybrechts Second round 2 104 41.03 87.64 WAL Mark Webster Second round 2 125 23.64 87.50 GER Sascha Stein Second round 3 120 34.92 84.77 AUS Laurence Ryder Second round 2 101 30.30 85.14 AUT Mensur Suljović First round 1 120 60.00 98.91 ENG Wes Newton 4 First round 1 130 34.21 94.61 ENG Wayne Jones First round 1 68 40.00 94.01 WAL Gerwyn Price First round 1 40 41.67 93.90 NED Christian Kist 4 First round 1 136 46.67 93.63 ENG Joe Cullen 4 First round 1 161 47.37 93.14 NIR Daryl Gurney 4 First round 2 108 42.31 92.45 ENG Andrew Gilding 4 First round 1 56 20.00 92.00 ENG Mervyn King First round 1 120 39.39 90.67 ENG David Pallett First round 1 161 37.50 90.05 SCO John Henderson First round 1 101 27.27 89.13 GRE John Michael First round 2 120 52.63 87.92 WAL Jamie Lewis First round 1 141 45.45 87.75 NIR Michael Mansell First round 1 101 33.33 87.65 GER Jyhan Artut First round 1 95 33.33 87.47 AUS Simon Whitlock First round 1 40 16.67 87.29 ENG Andy SmithFirst round 1 75 14.29 86.66 ENG Justin Pipe 4 First round 1 116 29.17 86.28 CAN Dave Richardson 4 First round 1 96 35.29 86.04 AUS Paul Nicholson 4 First round 1 116 26.67 85.49 USA Scott Kirchner First round 2 124 31.58 84.86 CAN John Part 4 First round 1 115 31.58 84.78 RSA Nolan Arendse First round 2 60 28.57 84.27 SCO Jason Hogg First round 1 76 29.63 83.85 ENG Steve Beaton First round 1 36 30.00 82.24 CRO Robert Marijanović First round 2 52 25.93 81.59 AUS John Weber First round 1 128 50.00 79.86 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez First round 1 40 18.18 79.22 RUS Boris Koltsov First round 2 60 36.84 78.71 NED Ron Meulenkamp First round 1 60 18.92 77.78 NED Ryan de Vreede First round 1 56 27.27 75.24 ENG Stuart Kellett First round 1 108 41.18 73.08 HKG Scott MacKenzie 0 Preliminary round 1 81 42.86 93.76 PHI Christian Perez 0 Preliminary round 1 – 0.00 89.90 FIN Jani Haavisto Preliminary round 1 48 50.00 83.77 NED Jermaine Wattimena Preliminary round 1 64 20.00 82.77 HKG Alex Hon Preliminary round 1 – 0.00 79.22 JPN Haruki Muramatsu Preliminary round 1 56 20.00 75.69 FIN Kim Viljanen 0 Preliminary round 1 18 33.33 67.11 NZL Mark McGrath Preliminary round 1 – 0.00 65.09 Representation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. ENG ENG NED NED SCO SCO AUS AUS GER GER WAL WAL NIR NIR BEL BEL AUT AUT CAN CAN FIN FIN HKG HKG ESP SPA CRO CRO GRE GRE RSA RSA RUS RUS USA USA JPN JPN NZL NZL PHI PHI Total Final 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semis 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Quarters 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Round 3 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Round 2 15 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Round 1 25 8 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 64 Prelim. 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 Total 25 9 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72 Broadcasting The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/v21ccqrzoc911obf7ujbmv08t/title/william-hill-world-championship-tv-update William Hill World Championship TV PDC 18 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131754/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/v21ccqrzoc911obf7ujbmv08t/title/william-hill-world-championship-tv-update 24 September 2015 dead dmy-all CountryChannel GBR United KingdomIRL Ireland Sky Sports † NED Netherlands RTL 7 GER Germany Sport1/Sport1+ DEN Denmark TV3 Sport1/TV3 Sport2 AUS AustraliaITA Italy Fox Sports NZL New Zealand Sky Sport (New Zealand)ROU Romania Sport TV CZE Czech RepublicSVK SlovakiaHUN Hungary Sport TV (Sport 1 and Sport2)Arab League Arab world OSN BUL BulgariaScandinaviaBaltic states Viasat † Sky Sports 3 was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament. The channel's coverage of the event was later named the Best Sports of Live Event Coverage at the Broadcast Digital Awards.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/26oloc001c601pmdvv5f7abye/title/broadcast-award-for-sky-sports-coverage Broadcast Award For Sky Sports' Coverage PDC 25 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105317/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/26oloc001c601pmdvv5f7abye/title/broadcast-award-for-sky-sports-coverage 26 June 2015 dead dmy-all Exhibition The event also included a single-leg exhibition between two England cricket teammates – fast bowler James Anderson and opening batsman and Test captain Alastair Cook.Alastair Cook v James Anderson - World Darts Championship, Alexandra Palace England and Wales Cricket Board on YouTube (originally broadcast by Sky Sports) Av. Three dart average Player Score Player Av. 40.42 James Anderson ENG0–1 ENG Alastair Cook 41.75 References 2 External links Official site PDC Netzone - Results, schedule 2015 World Championship World Championship Category:2014 in sport in London Category:2015 in sport in London Category:December 2014 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:January 2015 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Alexandra Palace Category:Sport in the London Borough of Haringey