2025 PDC World Darts Championship

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2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 December 2024 – 3 January 2025
Venue Alexandra Palace
LocationLondon, England
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Sets
Final – first to 7 sets
Prize fund£2.5 million
Winner's share£500,000
Nine-dart finish Christian Kist
High checkout170 Nick Kenny
(first round)
«2024 2026»

The 2025 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship) is a professional darts event taking place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2024 to 3 January 2025. It is the 32nd World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.

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Luke Humphries is the defending champion, having defeated Luke Littler 7–4 in the 2024 final. [1]

Overview

The 2025 PDC World Darts Championship is the 32nd World Darts Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the 18th to be held at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It will take place from 15 December 2024 to 3 January 2025. The championship will feature 96 participants, with the top 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded through to the second round. The 32 qualifiers from the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the 32 other players from various qualifiers start in the first round. [2] [3]

Irish gambling company Paddy Power will continue their sponsorship of the event, having agreed a three-year contract with the PDC ahead of the 2024 edition. [4] As part of its promotion of the event, Paddy Power announced 'The Bigger 180' campaign, for which the bookmaker would, as last year, donate £1,000 to charity Prostate Cancer UK for every maximum score of 180 achieved during the tournament, while also introducing a £180,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish hit at the tournament, shared equally between the charity, the player, and a fan in the Alexandra Palace crowd. [5] [6]

Going into the event, the previous year's finalists are viewed by bookmakers as the tournament favourites with Luke Littler having won the Premier League, [7] [8] [9] the World Series Finals, [10] and the Grand Slam of Darts, [11] [12] and defending champion Luke Humphries having won the World Matchplay [13] [14] and the Players Championship Finals. [15]

Format

All matches will be played as straight in, double out, requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on a double. The matches were played in the set format, with a minimum of three sets required to win a match. The following rules are observed:

RoundBest of (sets)First to (sets)
First & Second53
Third & Fourth74
Quarter-finals95
Semi-finals116
Final137

Ranking

The rankings on the PDC Order of Merit are calculated on a two-year basis. Players who participated in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship are defending their prize money from that event on their ranking. At the end of the tournament, the PDC Order of Merit prize money from that event will be deleted from their ranking. After the tournament, the top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit will receive a one-year extension on their tour card. Players in the final year of their tour card, or that do not hold a tour card for the 2024 season, who finish the tournament outside the top 64 lose their tour card, unless players inside the top 64 resign their tour card, which Steve Beaton is expected to do. [16]

Prize money

The total prize pool for the tournament remained at £2.5 million in total for the seventh year in a row. [2] [3] Tournament sponsors Paddy Power pledged a £60,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish hit during the tournament to each of the player, Prostate Cancer UK, and a fan in the Alexandra Palace crowd during the match it was hit. [5] [6] Christian Kist hit a nine-darter in his first round match against Madars Razma. [17] [18]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £2,500,000)
Winner(1)£500,000
Runner-up(1)£200,000
Semi-finalists(2)£100,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£50,000
Fourth round losers(8)£35,000
Third round losers(16)£25,000
Second round losers(32)£15,000
First round losers(32)£7,500
Nine-dart finish (1)£60,000

Qualification

The Prime Minister welcomes Luke Humphries to Downing Street (53444857015) (cropped).jpg
Defending champion and number one seed Luke Humphries.
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Number four seed Luke Littler was runner-up at the 2024 World Championship.

96 players will compete in the event, with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round. The top 32 not yet qualified players from the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and the 32 international qualifiers entered in the first round. [2] [3] [19] [20]

Seeds

The reigning 2024 PDC World Champion, World Matchplay and Players Championship Finals champion, and the UK Open, and World Grand Prix runner-up Luke Humphries was top of the two-year Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament. The 2023 world champion and 2024 World Series Finals runner-up Michael Smith was the second seed. Michael van Gerwen, the 2014, 2017 and 2019 PDC World Champion and 2024 Masters and World Matchplay runner-up is the third seed. Luke Littler, the 2024 PDC World Championship runner-up and the Premier League, Grand Slam and World Series Finals champion is the fourth seed. 2018 world champion, Rob Cross, is the fifth seed.

As well as Humphries, Smith, van Gerwen and Cross, four other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds: 2021 world champion Gerwyn Price is the 10th seed, 2015 and 2016 world champion Gary Anderson was seeded 14th, 2020 and 2022 world champion Peter Wright is the 17th seed, and 2007 world champion Raymond van Barneveld was the 32nd seed. 2014 BDO World Champion and 2024 Masters champion Stephen Bunting is the 8th seed. He was one of two former BDO world champions to qualify as seeds, alongside 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2005 BDO world champion van Barneveld. [20]

The top seeds behind Humphries, Smith, van Gerwen, Littler and Cross are Dave Chisnall, 2023 World Matchplay runner-up Jonny Clayton, Bunting, Damon Heta, Price, 2024 UK Open champion Dimitri Van den Bergh, 2023 World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall, 2022 UK Open champion Danny Noppert, Anderson, 2023 Masters champion Chris Dobey and 2023 European Championship runner-up James Wade. Other tournament winners to qualify as seeds are 2022 European Champion Ross Smith as the 19th seed, 2023 UK Open champion Andrew Gilding as the 21st seed, 2022 Masters champion Joe Cullen as the 23rd seed, 2024 World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker as the 24th seed, 2018 Players Championship Finals champion Daryl Gurney as 26th seed and 2024 European Champion Ritchie Edhouse as the 29th seed. Edhouse had previously led the non–seeded Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers prior to his major win. [21] The 2023 World Championship semi-finalist Gabriel Clemens qualified as 27th seed, while 2024 World Youth Champion Gian van Veen is the 28th seed and 2024 quarter-finalist Brendan Dolan is the 30th seed. [20]

Pro Tour qualification

Cameron Menzies was the highest-ranked non-seed on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and one of four Pro Tour event winners in 2024 to qualify via the Pro Tour, alongside Wessel Nijman, Wesley Plaisier and Alan Soutar. Two players who were runners-up in PDC majors in 2024 qualified via the Pro Tour, Jermaine Wattimena at the 2024 European Championship and Martin Lukeman at the Grand Slam. [20]

Other players qualifying via the 2024 Pro Tour include event winners from 2023 Ricardo Pietreczko, Ryan Joyce, Callan Rydz and Kim Huybrechts as well as 2024 UK Open semi-finalist and 2024 Pro Tour event runner-up Ricky Evans.

2024 World Championship semi-finalist, the 2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner and 2022 Pro Tour event winner Scott Williams also qualified alongside Connor Scutt, the 2024 Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner, and a Pro Tour event runner-up in both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Scutt and Plaisier also qualified for the 2024 WDF World Championship but withdrew in order to play at the Alexandra Palace. [22]

Jeffrey de Graaf, a 2024 Pro Tour event runner-up, qualified via both the 2024 Pro Tour and the PDC Nordic and Baltic circuit but was drawn as a Pro Tour qualifier. [20]

Other players qualifying via their Pro Tour ranking include 2024 European Championship semi-finalist Luke Woodhouse, Niels Zonneveld, Madars Razma, 2023 Pro Tour event runner-up Kevin Doets, Richard Veenstra, William O'Connor, Karel Sedláček, Stephen Burton, Thibault Tricole, 2017 Champions League of Darts winner Mensur Suljović, Ian White, 2022 Pro Tour event winner Jim Williams, 2023 Pro Tour event runner-up Chris Landman, and 2024 Grand Slam semi-finalist Mickey Mansell. [20]

Plaisier and James Hurrell made their PDC World Darts Championship debuts. [23]

International qualifiers

Niko Springer and Keane Barry qualified from the 2024 PDC Development Tour series, while 2012 BDO World Champion Christian Kist and Alexander Merkx qualified from the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series. [20]

Fallon Sherrock, the only woman to have won a match at the PDC World Darts Championship, and Noa-Lynn van Leuven qualified from the 2024 PDC Women's Series, with Van Leuven becoming the first transgender competitor to play at the event. As with the previous edition, no player was eligible to compete in the 2025 PDC World Championship had they played at the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship which concluded a week earlier. Beau Greaves, the winner of the 2024 Women's World Matchplay, qualified but opted to play the WDF event. [24] [25]

The final places were awarded by a qualifier for non-qualified PDC Tour Card holders, with Rhys Griffin, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Dylan Slevin and Matt Campbell progressing through the qualifier. [26] [27]

Rashad Sweeting became the first player from the Bahamas to play at the PDC World Championship after sealing his qualification through the Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean Order of Merit, while Stefan Bellmont became the first Swiss player to play at the PDC World Championship. [28]

Debutants from the international qualifiers were Ryusei Azemoto, Stefan Bellmont, Joe Comito, Kai Gotthardt, Romeo Grbavac, Rhys Griffin, Lok Yin Lee, Alexander Merkx, Niko Springer, Rashad Sweeting, Alexis Toylo and Noa-Lynn van Leuven. [23]

List of international qualifying events
EventDatesPositionQualifier
North American Championship 1 JuneChampion Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell [a]
Women's World Matchplay 21 JulyChampion Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves [b]
China Championship 18 AugustWinner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg   Zong Xiao Chen
PDCNB ProTour 16 February – 25 AugustWinner Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf
Runner-Up Flag of Lithuania.svg   Darius Labanauskas
Japan Tour 27 April – 8 SeptemberWinner Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Goto
DPA ProTour 10 Feb – 14 SepChampion Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Joe Comito
CDC Main Tour 18 May – 22 SeptemberTop American Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates
Top Canadian Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Jim Long
Top-Ranked Non-Qualified Flag of the United States.svg   Stowe Buntz
African Darts Group Qualifier 29 SeptemberWinner Flag of South Africa.svg   Cameron Carolissen
Asian Tour 13 January – 6 OctoberWinner Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo
Runner-Up Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan
Third Place Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida
Fourth Place Flag of Japan.svg  Ryusei Azemoto
DPNZ Qualifier 7 OctoberWinner Flag of New Zealand.svg   Ben Robb
CLDC Tour 20 July – 6 OctoberWinner Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Rashad Sweeting
Development Tour 23 February – 13 OctoberWinner Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wessel Nijman
Runner-Up Flag of Germany.svg   Niko Springer
Third Place Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry
Asian Championship 19–20 OctoberWinner Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan
Runner-Up Flag of the Philippines.svg  Sandro Eric Sosing
Top-Ranked Semi-Finalist Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee
DPA Oceanic Masters 20 OctoberWinner Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Gordon Mathers
Women's Series 23 March – 20 OctoberWinner Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves
Runner-Up Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Third Place Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock
Indian Qualifier27–28 OctoberWinner Flag of India.svg   Nitin Kumar
Challenge Tour 19 January – 3 NovemberWinner Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt
Runner-Up Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wesley Plaisier
Third Place Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Christian Kist
Fourth Place Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Alexander Merkx
PDC Europe Superleague7–8 NovemberChampion Flag of Germany.svg  Kai Gotthardt
West Europe Qualifier16 NovemberWinner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Stefan Bellmont
World Youth Championship 14 Oct – 24 NovChampion Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen [c]
East Europe Qualifier24 NovemberWinner Flag of Croatia.svg  Romeo Grbavac
PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier25 NovemberLast Four Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Rhys Griffin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jeffrey de Zwaan
Last Four Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell

List of qualifiers

  1. ↑ Campbell was ineligible to qualify through a regional qualifier as he is in the third year of his tour card. His spot was reallocated to the CDC tour.
  2. 1 2 Greaves chose to play the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship [37] following a ruling by the PDC which did not allow players to compete in both World Championships in the same year. [38] Her spot was reallocated to the PDC Tour Card Holders qualifier.
  3. 1 2 Van Veen also qualified as the winner of the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship. His second qualifying spot was reallocated to the PDC Tour Card Holders qualifier.
  4. ↑ Dom Taylor, who was originally 17th on the Pro Tour list, was suspended by the PDC, following the failure of a drugs test. [29] Robert Owen was his replacement as the highest ranked Pro Tour player not yet qualified. He was treated as an International qualifier in the draw due to Jeffrey de Graaf's Pro Tour ranking. [20]
  5. ↑ De Graaf was ranked in the top 32 on the Pro Tour list, so was treated as a ProTour qualifier in the draw. [20]
  6. ↑ Sosing withdrew from his round 1 match with Ian White on medical grounds. [49] He was subsequently diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. [50]

Schedule

Sunday, 15 December [53] [54]
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
011 Flag of France.svg   Thibault Tricole 80.613–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Joe Comito 81.253–13–22–33–2—
02 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 98.543–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Stefan Bellmont 92.953–13–13–2——
03 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts 96.921–3 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 94.973–22–31–31–3—
042 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 90.793–0 Flag of France.svg   Thibault Tricole 85.623–03–03–0——
Monday, 16 December [55] [56]
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
051 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wesley Plaisier 82.563–2 Flag of Japan.svg  Ryusei Azemoto 79.231–33–21–33–13–0
06 Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse 94.383–0 Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan 81.113–03–03–2——
07 Flag of Scotland.svg   Alan Soutar 84.191–3 Flag of Germany.svg  Kai Gotthardt 89.103–21–30–32–3—
082 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 97.010–3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 99.171–30–31–3——
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
091 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Niels Zonneveld 93.191–3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen 91.643–02–31–32–3—
10 Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt 101.923–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Ben Robb 82.643–03–13–0——
11 Flag of Scotland.svg   Cameron Menzies 83.771–3 Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 82.960–33–20–32–3—
122 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 91.323–0 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 86.813–03–13–1——
Tuesday, 17 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
131 Flag of England.svg   James Hurrell 88.753–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Jim Long 79.173–03–13–0——
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 88.133–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven 87.021–33–13–13–2—
15 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce 92.973–1 Flag of Lithuania.svg   Darius Labanauskas 89.623–00–33–13–1—
162 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Mike De Decker 87.381–3 Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse 88.380–31–33–01–3—
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
171 Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf 92.303–1 Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Rashad Sweeting 82.881–33–23–03–1—
18 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 88.683–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg   Zong Xiao Chen 84.033–03–23–1——
19 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Meikle 83.533–2 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 81.810–33–03–02–33–1
202 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 89.633–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wesley Plaisier 93.773–23–20–33–2—
Wednesday, 18 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
211 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jim Williams 94.102–3 Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida 86.632–33–11–33–02–3
22 Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma 90.653–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Christian Kist 94.902–33–13–13–2—
23 Flag of England.svg   Ricky Evans 86.233–2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Gordon Mathers 87.573–10–33–11–33–1
242 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 88.033–1 Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 83.413–12–33–13–2—
Thursday, 19 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
251 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Chris Landman 80.711–3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 84.403–20–30–30–3—
26 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 107.063–0 Flag of Croatia.svg  Romeo Grbavac 97.923–03–13–1——
27 Flag of England.svg   Martin Lukeman 86.663–1 Flag of India.svg   Nitin Kumar 85.772–33–13–13–1—
282 Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 92.391–3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen 98.972–30–33–11–3—
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
291 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny 87.663–0 Flag of the United States.svg   Stowe Buntz 87.263–13–23–1——
30 Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 88.442–3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell 93.312–33–20–33–20–3
31 Flag of England.svg   Scott Williams 96.243–1 Flag of Germany.svg   Niko Springer 98.920–33–13–13–2—
322 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 96.932–3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 96.903–01–33–00–34–6
Friday, 20 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
331 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Burton 75.630–3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Alexander Merkx 78.411–31–32–3——
34 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wessel Nijman 94.833–2 Flag of South Africa.svg   Cameron Carolissen 95.903–03–20–32–33–2
35 Flag of England.svg   Ian White w/o Flag of the Philippines.svg  Sandro Eric Sosing—————
362 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 92.123–1 Flag of Germany.svg  Kai Gotthardt 89.401–33–23–03–0—
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
371 Ulster Banner.svg   Mickey Mansell 81.343–1 Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Goto 82.223–13–22–33–2—
38 Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel 92.733–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.363–13–01–33–1—
39 Flag of Ireland.svg   William O'Connor 85.921–3 Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 86.352–31–33–12–3—
402 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 94.853–0 Flag of England.svg   James Hurrell 89.323–13–13–1——
Saturday, 21 December [57]
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
411 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Karel Sedláček 82.580–3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Rhys Griffin 91.102–32–30–3——
42 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Richard Veenstra 86.000–3 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo 86.032–32–32–3——
432 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 92.023–0 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 83.203–23–03–1——
44 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 95.623–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Alexander Merkx 90.543–13–00–33–1—
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
452 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 93.911–3 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce 93.883–12–31–32–3—
46 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 84.641–3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny 86.391–32–33–02–3—
47 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 100.853–1 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Meikle 91.933–21–33–13–0—
48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 97.963–1 Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt 98.472–33–03–23–0—
Sunday, 22 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
492 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 99.383–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell 90.663–13–03–0——
50 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.721–3 Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma 91.333–02–30–32–3—
51 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 98.183–0 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wessel Nijman 98.013–13–23–1——
52 Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 84.191–3 Flag of England.svg   Ian White 88.863–11–31–31–3—
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
532 Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler 89.370–3 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 91.052–31–30–3——
54 Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith 89.790–3 Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida 91.072–32–32–3——
55 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 92.510–3 Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf 95.561–30–32–3——
56 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.003–0 Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 95.023–23–23–2——
Monday, 23 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
572 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 95.323–1 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo 96.393–13–22–33–1—
58 Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding 92.653–1 Flag of England.svg   Martin Lukeman 91.283–00–33–23–2—
59 Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock 87.133–0 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Rhys Griffin 85.993–03–23–0——
60 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 92.453–2 Ulster Banner.svg   Mickey Mansell 84.262–33–03–01–36–5
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
612 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 91.991–3 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 91.640–33–10–31–3—
62 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 98.313–2 Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel 96.441–33–10–33–23–1
63 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 94.542–3 Flag of England.svg   Ricky Evans 94.303–12–31–33–05–6
64 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 88.641–3 Flag of England.svg   Scott Williams 87.903–22–31–32–3—
Friday, 27 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
653 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse ———
66 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney ———
67 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma ———
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
683 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen ———
69 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright ———
70 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny ———
Saturday, 28 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
713 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle ———
72 Flag of England.svg   Scott Williams Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko ———
73 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding ———
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
743 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock ———
75 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan ———
76 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler Flag of England.svg   Ian White ———
Sunday, 29 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
773 Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida ———
78 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski ———
79 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz ———
Evening session (19:00 GMT)
803 Flag of England.svg   Ricky Evans Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen ———
814Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
82Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
Monday, 30 December
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
834Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
84Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
85Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
Evening session (19:30 GMT)
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87Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
88Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svg ———
Wednesday, 1 January
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9
Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)
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Evening session (19:00 GMT)
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Thursday, 2 January
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9Set 10Set 11
Evening session (19:30 GMT)
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Friday, 3 January
Match no.RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9Set 10Set 11Set 12Set 13
Evening session (20:00 GMT)
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Draw

The draw took place on 25 November 2024, live on Sky Sports News, and was conducted by Sky Sports presenter, Emma Paton, and former semi-finalists Wayne Mardle and Mark Webster. [58] [59] [60]

Finals

Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January		Semi-finals
(best of 11 sets)
2 January		Final
(best of 13 sets)
3 January
         
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Top half

Section 1

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[53] [55] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
Flag of France.svg   Thibault Tricole 80.6131 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 90.793
Q Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Joe Comito 81.251 Flag of France.svg   Thibault Tricole 85.620
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny 87.66332 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 84.641
Q Flag of the United States.svg   Stowe Buntz 87.260 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny 86.393
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 98.54316 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 97.010
Q Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Stefan Bellmont 92.950 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 99.173
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena
17 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wesley Plaisier 82.56317 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 89.633
Q Flag of Japan.svg  Ryusei Azemoto 79.232 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wesley Plaisier 93.771
Flag of Scotland.svg   Alan Soutar 84.1918 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 92.123
Q Flag of Germany.svg  Kai Gotthardt 89.103Q Flag of Germany.svg  Kai Gotthardt 89.401
8 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting
Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma
Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma 90.65325 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.721
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Christian Kist 94.901 Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma 91.333
Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt 101.9239 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 97.963
Q Flag of New Zealand.svg   Ben Robb 82.640 Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt 98.471
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta
Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse
Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse 94.38324 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Mike De Decker 87.381
Q Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan 81.110 Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse 88.383

Section 2

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
Flag of England.svg   Ryan Meikle 83.5334 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 100.853
Q Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 81.812 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Meikle 91.931
4 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
Flag of England.svg   Ian White
Flag of England.svg   Ian White w/o 29 Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 84.191
Q Flag of the Philippines.svg  Sandro Eric Sosingw/d Flag of England.svg   Ian White 88.863
Flag of England.svg  
Flag of England.svg  
Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce 92.97313 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 93.911
Q Flag of Lithuania.svg   Darius Labanauskas 89.621 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce 93.883
  Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce
20 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle
Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 88.44220 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 99.383
Q Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell 93.313Q Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell 90.660
Flag of England.svg  
Flag of England.svg   Scott Williams 96.2435 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 88.641
Q Flag of Germany.svg   Niko Springer 98.921 Flag of England.svg   Scott Williams 87.903
  Flag of England.svg   Scott Williams
Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko
Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 88.68328 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 91.991
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg   Zong Xiao Chen 84.030 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 91.643
Flag of England.svg  
Flag of Scotland.svg   Cameron Menzies 83.77112 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 88.033
Q Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 82.963Q Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 83.411
12 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall
21 Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding
Flag of England.svg   Martin Lukeman 86.66321 Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding 92.653
Q Flag of India.svg   Nitin Kumar 85.771 Flag of England.svg   Martin Lukeman 91.281

Bottom half

Section 3

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 88.1332 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 96.932
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven 87.021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 96.903
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets
31 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Richard Veenstra 86.00031 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 95.323
Q Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo 86.033Q Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo 96.391
Flag of England.svg   Stephen Burton 75.63015 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 95.623
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Alexander Merkx 78.413Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Alexander Merkx 90.541
15 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey
18 Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Karel Sedláček 82.58018 Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock 87.133
Q Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Rhys Griffin 91.103Q Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Rhys Griffin 85.990
Ulster Banner.svg   Mickey Mansell 81.3437 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 92.453
Q Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Goto 82.221 Ulster Banner.svg   Mickey Mansell 84.262
7 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton
26 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney
Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel 92.73326 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 98.313
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.361 Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel 96.442
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts 96.92110 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 91.323
Q Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 94.973Q Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 86.810
10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price
23 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wessel Nijman 94.83323 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 98.183
Q Flag of South Africa.svg   Cameron Carolissen 95.902 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wessel Nijman 98.010

Section 4

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[53] [54] [55] [56] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
Flag of England.svg   James Hurrell 88.7533 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 94.853
Q Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Jim Long 79.170 Flag of England.svg   James Hurrell 89.320
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen
30 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Chris Landman 80.71130 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 92.023
Q Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 84.403Q Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 83.200
Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf 92.30314 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 92.510
Q Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Rashad Sweeting 82.881 Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf 95.563
Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf
Q Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jim Williams 94.10219 Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith 89.790
Q Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida 86.633Q Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida 91.073
Flag of England.svg   Ricky Evans 86.2336 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 94.542
Q Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Gordon Mathers 87.572 Flag of England.svg   Ricky Evans 94.303
Flag of England.svg   Ricky Evans
Q Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Niels Zonneveld 93.19127 Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 92.391
Q Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen 91.643Q Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen 98.973
Flag of Ireland.svg   William O'Connor 85.92111 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.003
Q Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 86.353Q Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 95.020
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh
  Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz
Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 107.06322 Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler 89.370
Q Flag of Croatia.svg  Romeo Grbavac 97.920 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 91.053


Highest averages

This table shows all averages over 100 achieved by players throughout the tournament. [2] [70] For players with multiple high averages, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

The three-dart average is the most cited statistic in darts matches as it gives a rough estimate of a player's form. [71] [72] For comparison with previous years, see the highest ever recorded averages in the World Darts Championship.

PlayerRoundAverageOpponentResult
Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 1107.06 Flag of Croatia.svg  Romeo GrbavacWon
Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt 1101.92 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Ben Robb Won
Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 2100.85 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Meikle Won

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