The World Series of Darts was a Professional Darts Corporation event which was introduced in 2006. The event was not a ratings success in the United States and the PDC decided to replace it with another new tournament, the US Open for 2007.
It was held in the USA and saw the top 16 ranked Professional Darts Corporation players take on 16 American players, 12 of which will be winners from several tournaments and 4 from a 'Friday Night Madness' at the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. The PDC offered an aspirational prize of US$1,000,000 if an American player won the tournament. The prize for a non-US winner was US$100,000.
2006 showed a huge gulf in class between the PDC pros and the American challengers, with only one home-player out of the 16 that started the tournament, John Kuczynski, getting through to the last 16 after a 6-5 (legs) defeat of John Part. He then lost to Wayne Mardle in the last 16.
Read more about World Series Of Darts: 2006 Qualifiers, Tournament Review - Day One - First Round (Best of 11 Legs), Day One - Second Round (Best of 11 Legs), Day Two - Second Round (Best of 11 Legs), Day Two - Quarter-finals (Best of 17 Legs), Day Two - Semi-finals (Best of 21 Legs), 2006 WSoD Results, TV Ratings, Event Cancelled
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