"I'm into K-darts!" The world's largest K-dart festival for professional players and amateur hobbyists will be held in Songdo, Incheon, in July.
Hosted by the Korea Soft Darts Association (KSDA), organized by Finix Darts Co., Ltd., a global electronic darts supplier, and sponsored by Incheon Metropolitan City and Incheon Tourism Organization, the "2025 K-DARTS FESTIVAL" will be held at Songdo Convensia 3-4 Hall in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon from the 5th to the 6th.
The K-Dart Festival is an international soft-dart festival held in Korea every July. It is the world's largest dart festival, where professionals and amateurs blend, and it is a true place of friendship where fans from all over the world enjoy and communicate through darts. The competition, which started in 2010 under the name of the "Pinix Summer Festival," was held every summer at COEX in Seoul and KINTEX in Goyang, except during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was well received by darts from all over the world. Starting in 2023, the company changed its name to 'K Darts Festival' and moved the venue to Songdo Convensia, Incheon, to upgrade its size. Last year, more than 3,000 professional-amateur players from 15 countries around the world, including Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Spain, France, and the United States, will participate this year.
The K-Dart Festival is a soft dart competition that uses plastic tentacles instead of iron tentacles, and the soft dart system is not only safe, but also automatically calculates scores with digital equipment and systems and can diversify the way they play.
The tournament will be divided into international singles, international team matches, singles, doubles, and ladies championships involving general players, which will be divided into traditional darts tournaments, zero-one games, and cricket games, with a total prize money of 100 million won. In the International Singles, where all the world's darts and 'New World' national teams participate, Han Woong-hee, who won the 1st perfect Korea competition this season, and was runner-up in the 2nd and 3rd competitions, will be competing for the title, including 'Korea's ace' Han Woong-hee and 'K-Dart International Singles Defending Champion' Ricardo Perez of Spain, 'Hugo Rong of Hong Kong, 'WDF (World Darts Federation) 1st place in men's rankings'Lennard Gates of the U.S. will compete for the title.
In addition to the fierce competition, various side events were also arranged. A celebratory performance by popular K-pop idol WOOAH is prepared. WOOAH, who was selected as the official Phoenix Dart Ambassador in 2025, is a five-member multinational girl group that debuted in 2000 and has been active with the digital single 'BLUSH' and the mini album 'UNFRAMED' last year. At the '2024 The Fact Music Awards', he proved his ability by winning the Hot Potential Award. In addition, various celebratory performances are prepared, and an event zone with generous prizes such as air purifiers, mini refrigerators, and microwaves, as well as food trucks and F&B booths that sell various food and beverages and desserts, are also operated.
Bang Joon-sik, president of the Korea Soft Darts Association, said, `As Korea is becoming a new center of soft darts, we will soon see the 'K-darts' spreading around the world.' `This Songdo K-darts festival will signal a new beginning of the journey.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
