The World Series of Darts commenced in 2013 with the
Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. The goal of these series of tournaments was to make darts more popular across the globe. Later that year, the
Sydney Darts Masters took place, which as well as including 8 top-ranked PDC players, also featured 8 players from Australia and New Zealand to take part in the tournament. In 2014, tournaments in
Singapore and
Perth were added to the series, although this would be the only year that Singapore was used for an event. In 2015, both the
Japan tournament (later renamed as
Tokyo for the
2016 tournament) and
Auckland were added. Also in 2015, the series culminated with the
World Series of Darts Finals. In 2016, the PDC expanded into China with the addition of the
Shanghai Darts Masters, and in 2017, both North America and Europe had their own tournaments with the
US Darts Masters in
Las Vegas, and the
German Darts Masters in
Düsseldorf, along with
Melbourne in the Australian leg of the tour. In 2018,
Brisbane joined the fray and replaced Perth, whilst Dubai was excluded. It was also confirmed that
Vienna, Austria would replace
Glasgow as the host of the World Series Finals in
2018. In 2019, it was announced that
Cologne and
Hamilton would host World Series events for the first time, with China being excluded. It was also confirmed that
Amsterdam, Netherlands would replace Vienna as the host of the World Series Finals in 2019. In 2020, a new tournament, the Nordic Darts Masters, was due to take place in
Copenhagen, Denmark. It was also confirmed that
Salzburg, Austria would replace Amsterdam as the host of the World Series Finals. The Australian events were supposed to move to
Wollongong and
Townsville. However, all 2020 World Series events were cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, with only the
2020 World Series of Darts Finals taking place. The US Darts Masters relocated to
New York City in
2022, having been due to move in 2020 before the cancellation of the 2020 US Masters. The events in
Wollongong and
Townsville were also held in 2022, but the only event in 2021 was the delayed
Nordic Masters in Copenhagen, with the finals returning to Amsterdam in October 2021. Since the return to full World Series schedules, five more events have been introduced: the Dutch Darts Masters in
2022, the
Bahrain Darts Masters and
Poland Darts Masters in 2023, the Australian Darts Masters in
2024 and the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters in 2026. ==Venues==