| 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 15 December 2022 – 3 January 2023 | ||
| Venue | Alexandra Palace | ||
| Location | London, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Sets Final – first to 7 sets | ||
| Prize fund | £2,500,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £500,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish | Michael Smith | ||
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| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael Smith | |||
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The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the now-defunct British Darts Organisation.
Steve Beaton made a record-extending 32nd consecutive World Championship appearance, but lost in the first round to Danny van Trijp, and Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld became the second player to make 30 World Championship appearances. Peter Wright was the defending champion, having defeated Michael Smith in 2022 final,[1] but he lost 4–1 to Kim Huybrechts in the third round.
Smith defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–4 in the final, winning his first world title and reaching world number one on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. Smith hit the only nine-dart finish of the tournament in the final, with the score at 1–0 in sets to van Gerwen and 1–1 in legs, when van Gerwen had thrown eight darts at trebles and missed a dart at double 12 for a nine-dart finish himself in the same leg. Broadcasters and commentators subsequently labelled the leg as the greatest in the history of darts.
- ^ "Wright defeats Smith to become two-time World Champion". Professional Darts Corporation. 3 January 2022. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.