2022 Darts World Championship Betting Guide

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2022 Darts World Championship Overview

Event Details
Tournament Name	2022 Darts World Championship
When	Wednesday, 15 December – Monday, 3 January 2022
Where	Alexandra Palace, London
Live Streaming	Live on Sky Sports Darts
2021 Winner	Gerwyn Price
2022 Ante Post Favourite	Gerwyn Price

It’s beginning to look a lot like… darts!

After a topsy-turvy season on the PDC Tour, the best in world darts ascend on the Alexandra Palace in north London for the 2022 World Championship.

It’s set to be one of the most open tournaments in years, with the major titles in 2021 shared out between a plenty of different players.

Gerwyn Price will be looking to defend his title from 2021 but will be put under immense pressure from the likes of Johnny Clayton, Peter Wright, Rob Cross and Michael van Gerwen who have all won on the tour this season.

Who will reign supreme in early January, as the 29^th edition of the PDC Darts World Championship heads to Ally Pally?

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Here is the confirmed Schedule of Play for the First and Second Rounds of the 2021/22 @WilliamHill World Darts Championship.

Details ➡️ https://t.co/uoSYvC4IQc pic.twitter.com/OTxUFS9W8t
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 1, 2021

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2022 Darts World Championship – Competition Format

Matches will be played to set format, with each set being the best of five legs (first to three)

1^st Round: Best of 5 sets (15–21 December)

2^nd Round: Best of 5 sets (15–23 December)

3^rd Round: Best of 7 sets (27–29 December)

4^th Round: Best of 7 sets (29–30 December)

Quarter-finals: Best of 9 sets (1 January)

Semi-finals: Best of 11 sets (2 January)

Final: Best of 13 sets (3 January)

Who Are The Favourites For The 2022 Darts World Championship?

Gerwyn Price (4/1) – Gerwyn Price followed up his 2021 World Championship win with a third Grand Slam of Darts title this season and will be hard to budge on the Ally Pally oche.
Michael van Gerwen (9/2) – MVG is a three-time world champion and knows how to get the job done in north London. Van Gerwen has had a poor season by his standards but has improved this winter.
Peter Wright (6/1) – Peter Wright won this title in 2020 and has picked up the World Matchplay, Players Championship and World Cup in 2021.
Jonny Clayton (7/1) – Clayton is the form player in world darts at present, winning four major titles in 2021 and climbing up to number 8 in the world.

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2022 Darts World Championship – Top Stats

Phil Taylor (14) has the most World Championship titles.
Michael van Gerwen (3) has the most World Championship titles of those players competing in the 2022 event.
Ten nine-darters have been thrown at the World Championship. The first one was in 2009 (Raymond van Barneveld)
Michael van Gerwen (114.05) has the highest average in a World Championship match from 2017.
Michael van Gerwen has the highest tournament average (106.32) from 2017.
Phil Taylor lost only 11 matches at the World Championship and reached every final from 1994 until 2007, before being beaten in the quarter-finals by Wayne Mardle in 2008.
Gary Anderson holds the record for the most 180s in a tournament, scoring 71 in 2017.

𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁

Here is how the 2021/22 @WilliamHill World Darts Championship draw shapes up, starting Dec 15.

What is your pick of the opening two rounds? pic.twitter.com/GDF47SfMCN
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) November 29, 2021

2022 Darts World Championship – What To Bet On

Outright Winner – Who will win the 2022 Darts World Championship? There will be some tasty prices available in this 96-player field.
9 Dart Finish – Will there be a ‘perfect’ 9-dart finish in the tournament or in a particular match? You’ll get pretty tasty odds in both of these markets.
First Time Winner – Will there be a new set of hands clasping the World Championship trophy this season?
Most 180s in the Tournament – Which player will record the most maximums at the 2022 Darts World Championship?
Match winner – Who will win a specific match at the 2022 Darts World Championship?
Total legs – Will there be over or under a certain number of legs in a match?