2010 PDC World Darts Championship best of 7 legs. The first round draw was made live on Sky Sports News on 7 December, and was conducted by Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. As they had done for every WDC/PDC World Darts Championship, Sky Sports provided coverage in the UK, broadcasting all 72 matches live in high-definition. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell, John Gwynne, Dave Lanning, Nigel Pearson, Rod
1998 PDC World Darts Championship 1998 PDC World Darts Championship The 1997/1998 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1997 and 4 January 1998 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. Skol, who sponsored the inaugural event in 1994 returned as title sponsors – which they were to fulfil for the next five years. Following an out-of-court settlement (Tomlin Order) on 30 June 1997, the World Darts Council (WDC) agreed to change its name to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and the tournament was thus the PDC World Darts Championship. John Part, who won the first Embassy/BDO World Championship after the 1992–93 "split"