The 2010 PDC Women's World Championship was the first ever staging of the PDC Women's World Championship, and the first women's tournament to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation

Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...

. It was one of the three new tournaments that the PDC created in 2010, following the rejection of its offer to buy out the British Darts Organisation

British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, OBE. The BDO is a founder member of the World Darts Federation which was formed in 1976....

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The initial stages of the tournament were played at the Barnsley

Barnsley

Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...

 Metrodome

Barnsley Metrodome

The Barnsley Metrodome is one of the UK's premier sports facilities. It is located along Queens Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, in England...

 on 12 June. The final was played at the World Matchplay

2010 World Matchplay Darts

The 2010 Stan James World Matchplay was the 17th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 17–25 July....

 in Empress Ballroom

Empress Ballroom

The Empress Ballroom is a 3,000 capacity entertainment venue, in Blackpool Lancashire, England. It is located within the Winter Gardens, a large entertainment complex in the town centre....

, Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...

, on Saturday July 24 where Stacy Bromberg

Stacy Bromberg

Stacy Bromberg is an American darts player who is the current WDF & PDC Women's World Darts Champion. She has dominated the American darts circuit in the last decade through winning the US women's championship on 11 occasions.Bromberg reached the final of the 1995 Women's World Masters but lost to...

 defeated Tricia Wright

Tricia Wright

Tricia Wright is an English darts player from Mitcham in Kent. Her nickname is The Wright Stuff.She competed in the first PDC Women's World Championship final in 2010, losing 6-5 to Stacy Bromberg despite having four darts to win it...

 to become the first champion.

Prize money

Stage	Prize Money
First round	£0
Second round	£625
Quarter-finals	£1,250
Semi-finals	£2,500
Final	£5,000
Winner	£10,000

Qualification

Qualification was achieved at 20 tournaments throughout the UK and also various national tournaments throughout the world. Anastasia Dobromyslova

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Anastasia Dobromyslova-Martin is a professional darts player. She is a former winner of the Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation, winning it in 2008...

 did not have to qualify as she is already a member of the PDPA

Professional Dart Players Association

The Professional Dart Players Association is an organisation for professional dart players. Its intention is to look after the interests of professional players through an annually elected Board of six current professionals.-Formation:...

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The participants are:

Qualification tournaments

Irina Armstrong

Irina Armstrong

Irina Armstrong is a Russian darts player, nicknamed Ice Baby. She is currently one of the top ladies' dart players in the BDO circuit.-Career:...

 Ann Chilton Tara Deamer Clare Bywaters Glad Davies Paula Clemett Juliet Findley Deta Hedman

Deta Hedman

Deta Hedman is a Jamaican-born English darts player currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.Hedman reached the Women's World Masters final for the first time in 1990, losing to Rhian Speed. She won the Women's World Masters in 1994...

 Emma Pearce Rebecca Rose Donna Rainsley Louise Carroll Sue Cusick Fiona Carmichael Tricia Wright

Tricia Wright

Tricia Wright is an English darts player from Mitcham in Kent. Her nickname is The Wright Stuff.She competed in the first PDC Women's World Championship final in 2010, losing 6-5 to Stacy Bromberg despite having four darts to win it...

 Kate Monaghan Linda Jones Marlene Badger Terri-Ann Bellamy Zoe McIntyre

National Championships qualifiers

Sharon O'Brien Denise Cassidy Stefanie Luck Sabrina Spörle Stacy Bromberg

Stacy Bromberg

Stacy Bromberg is an American darts player who is the current WDF & PDC Women's World Darts Champion. She has dominated the American darts circuit in the last decade through winning the US women's championship on 11 occasions.Bromberg reached the final of the 1995 Women's World Masters but lost to...

 Cindy Pardy Lavinia Hogg Deana Rosenblom Marika Juhola Irina Borovkova Kazumi Nakagawa

Draw

External links

• PDC Women's World Championship at pdc.tv