A match at the WDF World Darts Championship was delayed for around a minute after a player walked off stage.

The bizarre scenes occurred during the first round match between Dalibor Smolik and Marko Kantele on Sunday afternoon.

Darts star Dalibor Smolik walks off stage mid-match in bizarre scenes!

Smolik and Kantele had been level at a set all when the former briefly left the stage.

It came just moments after the Czech star had missed two darts at double 16 to win the opening leg of the third set.

With Kantele at the oche for his turn, Smolik could be seen walking off the right-hand side of the stage.

Several members of the crowd pointed as he did so before looking over to where he had walked.

Meanwhile, Kantele finished his turn before realising his opponent had disappeared.

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