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World Masters (darts)

The World Masters is a darts tournament, initially organised by the British Darts Organisation from 1974 and later by the World Darts Federation. It is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments. The tournament was originally sponsored by Phonogram before changing its sponsor in 1975 to darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was originally contested as the best of 5 legs before later transitioning to the set format.

List of tournament finals
Men's World Masters Women's World Masters World Youth Masters Boys' World Masters Girls' World Masters ==Records==
Records
'''Most men's tournament wins''' 5 - Eric Bristow. Bob Anderson and Martin Adams have both won 3 times (also both achieving 'hat tricks' by winning in three consecutive years), while Dave Whitcombe, John Lowe, Raymond van Barneveld, Stephen Bunting, Glen Durrant and Wesley Plaisier have all won the Masters twice. Youngest champion Michael van Gerwen (2006) aged 17 years, 174 days, who eclipsed the record of Eric Bristow Double Champion Leeanne Maddock (1992) aged 17 years won both the youth title and the women's title. Joint World Championship & Masters Champions Only seven players have ever won the World Masters and the World Championship in the same season. Eric Bristow achieved the feat three times (1979 Masters 1980 World, 1983–84 and 1984–85). Bob Anderson (1987–88), Richie Burnett (1994–95), John Walton (2000–01), Martin Adams (2009–10 and 2010–11), Stephen Bunting (2013–14) and Glen Durrant (2016–17) were the others. There have been two other instances of players holding both championships at the same time (Phil Taylor 1990 and Raymond van Barneveld 2005) - but these were not during the same season which is considered to end with the World Championship. Not Dropping A Set Stephen Bunting's 2013 win was achieved without dropping a set. There are 15 players who have won the Masters and the BDO World Championship during their careers: John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Bob Anderson, Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, Richie Burnett, Steve Beaton, Raymond van Barneveld, Les Wallace, John Walton, Andy Fordham, Martin Adams, Scott Waites, Stephen Bunting, and Glen Durrant. Additionally, Michael van Gerwen won the Masters in 2006 and has since won the PDC World Championship three times, but not the BDO World Championship. ==Media coverage==
Media coverage
• 1974–1988 ITV • 1989 Not broadcast • 1990 The Sports Channel (part of the short-lived satellite TV service BSB) • 1991–1992 Sky Sports • 1993–1994 Wire TV • 1995 L!VE TV (highlights on the ITV night time programme 'Sport AM' as well as on the HTV Wales programme 'Top Sport') • 1996–2000 Eurosport • 2001–2010 BBC • 2011–2012 ESPN • 2013–2015 Eurosport • 2016 Premier Sports • 2017 Eurosport • 2018 No TV Broadcaster (streamed on YouTube and Winmau TV) • 2019 Eurosport • 2022 No TV Broadcaster (streamed on YouTube) • 2024 Sport 1 & Sport 2 (Hungary) & Streamed on YouTube The 2011 tournament was also shown in the United States for the first time with ESPN3 broadcasting it. ==See also==
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