2001 PDC World Darts Championship Rod Harrington also went through, the home man winning 3–0 against Graeme Stoddart. Jamie Harvey continued his run at the Circus, defeating former champion John Lowe by 3–0. After a day off for New Year's Eve, The World Darts Championships started 2001 at the quarter-final stage. Matches now had been extended to the best of 7 sets (first to 4) for the quarter-finals and this is where the potential champions begin to show their proper darts. Phil Taylor continued his march to his 9th crown with a 4–0 whitewash of 1983 world champion Keith Deller, who played well short of
2002 PDC World Darts Championship end their five-year tenure as title sponsors. It was the first time in the history of the PDC that the PDC champion prize money (£50,000) was higher than the BDO champion prize money that year (£48,000). Source: This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Seven countries were represented in the World Championship, the same as in the previous championship. 2002 PDC World Darts Championship The 2001/2002 Skol World Darts Championship was the ninth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since it separated from the British Darts Organisation (BDO). It was held