World Darts Federation

The World Darts Federation (WDF) is the official world sport governing body and tournament organisers and (one of two) for the game of darts. It was formed in 1974, by representatives of the original fifteen founding members. Membership is open to the national organizing body for darts in all nations. The WDF encourages the promotion of the sport of darts among and between those bodies, in an effort to gain international recognition for darts as a major sport. The WDF is a full member of SportAccord, which is the governing body for international sports federations.

The WDF stages a world championship (called the WDF World Cup), as well as continental championships such as the WDF Americas Cup, the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup and the WDF Europe Cup. The country that is first in the overall leader board (overall best result in the three events, singles, pairs, teams) becomes the world champion. Winners of any of the events can also call themselves the official World Champion. Winners of continental championships can call themselves the official champion of their own areas.

One of its member organisations is the BDO, the official darts governing body in Britain stages the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship every January which is a recognized WDF Major tournament.

69 national members:

One of the member organisations is the British Darts Organisation (BDO), which is the official darts body for Britain, the leading darts country. It is one of two rival British darts organisations, the other being the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), which runs its own world championship.

The WDF Rankings, as defined by the World Darts Federation, are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all of its tournaments for both male and female singles, pairs and team, except as modified for the ...... The rankings period is "the previous past 12 months, except for: tournaments that are only entered into the system on the second Monday following the tournament's week. Once entered, all tournaments, except for the ....., remain in the system for 52 consecutive weeks.

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