Eleven Sports Network brings darts to Belgium

ELEVEN SPORTS NETWORK has signed an agreement with Matchroom to bring live coverage of the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship to fans in Belgium.

The 24th edition of the event will be held at Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2016–2 January 2017, buy and fans can look forward to 87 hours of LIVE and EXCLUSIVE action available on TV, online, and on mobile via the ELEVEN SPORTS platform.

“Darts is a fantastic, fun-filled spectator sport and we are delighted to sign this agreement with Matchroom and the PDC to bring one of the most high-profile tournaments in the game to fans in Belgium,” says Danny Menken, Group Managing Director, ELEVEN SPORTS NETWORK. “We are sure our fully localised coverage will be a hit with the growing number of darts fans across the country.”

As part of the agreement, viewers can also enjoy 15 hours of highlights from the PDC World Cup of Darts, which took place earlier this year in Frankfurt, Germany, and was won by the English team of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis, with the Belgian side represented by the Huybrechts brothers, progressing to the semi-finals.

“Led by the achievements of Kim Huybrechts over the past five years, darts has never enjoyed as high a profile as it currently does in Belgium, so this is an exciting agreement for us,” says Barry Hearn, Chairman of Matchroom Sport and the PDC. “Fans in Belgium will now be able to enjoy every dart thrown at the William Hill World Darts Championship, in what has grown to be the greatest tournament in darts.”