2014 PDC World Darts Championship
| World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 13 December 2013–1 January 2014 | ||
| Venue | Alexandra Palace | ||
| Location | London | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs (preliminaries) Sets (from Round 1) Final – best of 13 |
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| Prize fund | £1,050,000 | ||
| Winners share | £250,000 | ||
| Nine dart finish |
 Terry Jenkins Kyle Anderson
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| High checkout |
170 Terry Jenkins Wes Newton
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| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael van Gerwen
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The 2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 21st World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event started on 13 December 2013 and concluded on 1 January 2014 and was held at the Alexandra Palace, London, England.
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.
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.
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 (as determined at the PDPA Qualifying event held in Barnsley on 25 November 2013), 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.
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