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{{Infobox individual darts tournament|tournament_name=2032 IDF World Championship|image=|dates=13 December 2031 – 2 January 2032|venue=Alexandra Palace|location=London|country={{Flagicon|ENG}}|organisation=International Darts Federation|format=Sets|prize_fund=$7,500,000|winners_share=$1,500,000|nine_dart=Niklas Stein<br />Theo Bartlett|high_checkout=170 (Theo Bartlett)|winner=Theo Bartlett|prev=[[2031 IDF World Championship|2031]]|next=[[2033 IDF World Championship|2033]]}}

The '''2032 IDF World Championship''' was a professional darts tournament organised by the [[International Darts Federation]] (IDF) and held at [[Alexandra Palace]] in London, England, from 13 December 2031 to 2 January 2032. It was the ninth edition of the IDF World Championship and offered a total prize fund of $7,500,000, with the winner receiving $1,500,000.

128 players competed, with the top 32 on the IDF Order of Merit seeded through to the second round. [[Liam Renshaw]] entered the tournament as the defending champion, having claimed his second title in 2031. However, he was knocked out in the quarter-finals by 21-year-old rising star [[Theo Bartlett]], who went on to win the tournament in stunning fashion.

Bartlett defeated [[Zane Holloway]] 7–6 in one of the most dramatic finals in IDF history, surviving four match darts and landing a 170 checkout in the deciding set to capture his first world title. Bartlett became the youngest world champion since Elias Storm’s 2026 breakthrough and ended the year ranked world number one.

The tournament also saw former champions [[Elias Storm]] and [[Bentley Quade]] suffer early exits, while German talent [[Niklas Stein]] reached the semi-finals on debut. Two nine-dart finishes were recorded, and overall tournament averages remained historically high.

== Tournament summary ==

=== First round ===
Several matches went the distance on the opening days, including [[Riku Fujimoto]]’s comeback win over [[Carter Willis]] after trailing two sets to nil. Bartlett produced a confident 3–0 win over [[Mattias Loeb]] in his world championship debut. [[Tobias Vestergaard]] averaged 100.4 in a 3–1 win over [[Jayden Akana]] in one of the best first-round performances.

=== Second round ===
The seeded players entered, but upsets were immediate. 6th seed [[Darrel Stone]] was stunned 3–1 by [[Danny Vos]], while Bartlett defeated 27th seed [[Bradley Cook]] in straight sets. Renshaw opened his title defence with a dominant 3–0 win over [[Vincent Kwok]], while Storm dropped the opening set before recovering to beat [[Daniel Frey]] 3–1.

=== Third round ===
Renshaw defeated [[Felix Kraus]] 4–1 with five 180s and 68% on doubles. Bartlett produced the highest average of the round (104.1) in a 4–2 win over [[Tobias Vestergaard]]. [[Zane Holloway]] ousted [[Freddie Pike]] in a tense six-set match, and [[Niklas Stein]] continued his impressive debut with a 4–0 win against [[Marco Flynn]].

=== Fourth round (last 16) ===
Theo Bartlett came from behind to beat [[Tyson Hale]] 4–3 in a match that featured 15 180s and a 142 checkout to win the sixth set. Storm was eliminated 4–2 by Holloway, who averaged 103.5 and closed with a 12-dart leg. Renshaw eased past [[Craig Tomlinson]], and Stein held off [[Dean Maddox]] in a nervy final set.

=== Quarter-finals ===
Renshaw and Bartlett met in the tie of the round. Bartlett raced to a 3–0 lead before Renshaw clawed back to 3–3, but the youngster held his nerve, checking out 121 in the final set to win 5–4. Holloway beat [[Tyler Brooks]] 5–2, and Stein ousted [[Jamal Khan]] in another deciding-set thriller. [[Matthew Keane]] beat [[Patrick Lang]] 5–1.

=== Semi-finals ===
Bartlett dismantled Keane 6–2 in a statement performance, averaging 101.9 and hitting a 170 checkout to break in the fourth set. Holloway and Stein played out a tense back-and-forth battle, with Holloway eventually winning 6–4 after surviving a match dart in the ninth set.

=== Final ===
Theo Bartlett and Zane Holloway contested a dramatic 13-set final. Bartlett led 3–1, but Holloway surged ahead 5–4 with consistent scoring and clinical doubles. Bartlett recovered to lead 6–5, but Holloway forced a decider and had four darts to win the title. Bartlett punished the misses, sealing the match with a 170 checkout to claim his first world championship title.

== Prize money ==
The prize fund remained at $7,500,000 for the second consecutive year.
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Prize Money
|-
|Winner
|$1,500,000
|-
|Runner-up
|$750,000
|-
|Semi-finalists
|$375,000
|-
|Quarter-finalists
|$200,000
|-
|Last 16
|$100,000
|-
|Last 32
|$50,000
|-
|Last 64
|$25,000
|-
|First round
|$15,000
|}

== Nine-dart finishes ==
Two nine-dart finishes were recorded at the tournament:

* '''Niklas Stein''' – Third round vs Marco Flynn (Set 3, Leg 1)
* '''Theo Bartlett''' – Quarter-final vs Liam Renshaw (Set 2, Leg 2)

== High checkout ==

* '''170''' – Theo Bartlett (Final vs Zane Holloway)

== See also ==

* [[IDF World Championship]]
* [[International Darts Federation]]
* [[2031 IDF World Championship|2031]]
* [[2033 IDF World Championship|2033]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}{{IDF World Darts Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2032 IDF World Championship}}

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