Champions League of Darts
The Champions League of Darts, also known as the Paddy Power Champions League of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was a non-ranking darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation held each year in September from 2016 until 2019. Featuring just the top eight players in the PDC, it was played over two days in a group stage, and then knockout format and was the smallest of the PDC's televised premier events.
| Champions League of Darts | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff (2016–17) Brighton Centre (2018) Morningside Arena (2019) |
| Location | Cardiff (2016–17) Brighton (2018) Leicester (2019) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Established | 2016 |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Legs, Group Stage and Knockout |
| Prize fund | £250,000 (2019) |
| Month(s) Played | September |
| Final Year | 2019 |
| Final champion(s) | |
| Michael van Gerwen | |
It was first held in September 2016 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, the inaugural champion was Phil Taylor. The next two were then won by Mensur Suljović and Gary Anderson, before the final champion was Michael van Gerwen in 2019. Following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was quietly shelved by the PDC.
The tournament was the first PDC event to be broadcast on the BBC.