| 2002 Skol World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 28 December 2001 – 5 January 2002 | ||
| Venue | Circus Tavern | ||
| Location | Purfleet, Essex, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation | ||
| Format | Sets Final – best of 13 | ||
| Prize fund | £205,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £50,000 | ||
| High checkout | 167  Phil Taylor | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor | |||
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The 2002 PDC World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament held from 28 December 2001 to 5 January 2002 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. It was the ninth staging of the competition beginning with the 1994 edition and the ninth time it was held at the Circus Tavern. The competition was the first of 30 Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments in the 2002 season.
Nine-time world champion Phil Taylor whitewashed second-time finalist Peter Manley 7–0 in the final. It was a rematch of the final of the 1999 PDC World Championship, which Taylor also won. Taylor won his eighth consecutive world championship and tenth overall. He defeated Paul Williams, Shayne Burgess, the 2001 tournament runner-up John Part, and Dave Askew on his way to the final. Taylor also achieved a 167 checkout, the highest of the competition, in his second round match against Burgess.