Relive the best bits from one of the greatest finals in darting HISTORY from the 2022/23 Cazoo World Darts Championship

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  1. Best World final I have ever seen. Incredible game. So, so happy for Michael Smith. Best player in the world now. More and more trophies will come his way.

  2. The best leg of darts ever played, absolutely no recognition from MvG to Smith for the 9 darts finish. Such crappy sportsmanship. Boo.

  3. Very nice that nobody is referring to the averages as indisputable proof. It's no more than DARTING-PROPAGANDA. The best example is the nine dart leg,in that leg gets MVG a 159 average for that leg,while his highest possible is 150.3 in that leg.

  4. I wrote my personal play-by-play of the final darts and of Michael Smith celebration – I hope you like it.

    23:43
    “Double 18 for the title…”
    pluck
    “Inside the sector, Double 8 for the title…”
    PLUCK
    “MICHAEL! BULLY BOY! SMITH! You finally did win the world championship, you finally did become the best in the world! You had even be more Alien than the Alien itself, you even congratulate the most iconic player of this generation of darts for giving to us a world class final, that will remain sculpted in Darts folklore, before giving yourself to the deserved euphoria! Hug your wife! Hug your sons! Say to them “I did it – I become the champion of the world!” And after exactly a year ago, you were crying behind that board, you were hiding your tears behind that board, after giving everything to an unplayable Peter Wright, tonight, exactly one year later, those tears are of joy, those tears are of euphoria, those tears, are not worth hiding them. After a legendary final, after a Nine Darts challenge that you won, in a leg that will remain forever in our hearts and in the history of this magnificent sport, you come out on top. You was born a champion, many times a runner-up: it was destiny to win the big one, and it is now well deserved justice.
    Friends, the next PDC event will be in Bahrain in a few days time, and after tonight, like the Uruguayan football commentator legend Victor Hugo Morales, after that epic World Cup final that Argentina won, I will wander endlessly for the infinte desert nearby, asking how can I repay the debt I have with Darts since 2015, and I will not receive any answer. This is everybody feels after this epic, after this empathic victory, after we witness the death of Michael Smith the eternal runner-up, and the birth of Michael Smith the World Champion, and, perhaps, future legend of this beautiful sport. DARTS, THANK YOU TO EXIST, THANK YOU TO GIVE ME A REASON TO LIVE AND TO ENJOY LIFE.”

  5. They say it doesn't win matches but that 9 darter actually did hurt van Gerwen a lot. And a true sportsman would congratulate him and take a short break. Dutch players have a lot to learn.

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