2025 WDF World Darts Championship

2025 WDF Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28 November – 7 December 2025
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey, England
Organisation(s)	World Darts Federation (WDF)
Format	Sets
Prize fund	£221,000 (total)
Winner's share	£50,000 (open) £25,000 (women) £3,000 (youth) £1,500 (girls)
«2024 2026»

The 2025 WDF World Darts Championship is an upcoming darts tournament that will be held from 28 November to 7 December 2025 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, England. It is the fourth World Darts Championship to be organised by the World Darts Federation since it succeeded the now-defunct British Darts Organisation. ^[1] The tournament will be broadcast on television by Welsh channel S4C, as well as on YouTube by the WDF and S4C. ^{[2] [3]} The open ^[a] , women's, youth ^[a] and girls' tournaments will share a total prize fund of £221,000, with the open champion receiving the biggest winner's prize of £50,000.

Shane McGuirk is the defending champion, having defeated Paul Lim 6–3 in the 2024 final to win his first world title. ^[5] Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves, who won her third women's world title in 2024, ^[6] was unable to defend her title after deciding to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship.

Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £221,000. The winner of the open event will receive £50,000. ^[7]

Position	Prize money
	Open	Women	Youth	Girls
Winner	£50,000	£25,000	£3,000	£1,500
Runner-up	£16,000	£8,000	£1,500	£1,000
Semi-finalist	£8,000	£4,000	£1,000	£500
Quarter-finalist	£4,000	£2,000	£500	—
Last 16	£2,000	£1,000	—
Last 24	—	£750
Last 32	£1,250	—
Last 48	£750
Event totals	£146,000	£63,000	£8,500	£3,500
Overall total	£221,000

Open

Format and qualifiers

The open event will consist of 48 players. Qualification for the event followed these criteria: ^[8]

1. Top 16 players in WDF world rankings (seeded in the second round)
2. Winners of the Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments
3. First and second-ranked players from each of seven regional tables
4. Next highest-ranked players in the WDF world rankings to bring the total entry list to 44
5. Four qualifiers from the final qualification tournament ^[9]

Leonard Gates, Alex Spellman, David Cameron, Jonny Tata and Lourence Ilagan originally qualified for the tournament, but decided to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship and were replaced. The list of seeds and invited players is as follows. ^[10]

1–16 in WDF rankings Seeded in second round   Jimmy van Schie  (NED)  Jason Brandon (USA)   Neil Duff  (NIR)  James Beeton (ENG)   Benjamin Pratnemer  (SLO)   David Fatum  (USA)   Matt Clark  (ENG)  Corné Groeneveld (NED)  Stefan Schröder (NED)  François Schweyen (BEL)   Raymond Smith  (AUS)   David Pallett  (ENG)  Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER)   Thomas Junghans  (SWI)  Andy Davidson (SCO)  Paul Krohne (GER)

Platinum/Gold event winners First round   Marko Kantele  (FIN)   Shane McGuirk  (IRE)   Jeffrey Sparidaans  (NED) Regional table qualifiers First round   Ben Robb  (NZL)   Dennis Nilsson  (SWE)  Mitchell Lawrie (SCO)  Caleb Hope (NZL)  Karl Schaefer (AUS)  Jim McEwan (SCO)  Kevin Luke (USA)  Clint Clarkson (CAN)   Haruki Muramatsu  (JPN)  Jonas Masalin (FIN)  Shane Sakchekapo (CAN)  Tomoya Maruyama (JPN)

Highest-ranked non-qualified First round   Brian Raman  (BEL)  Vince Tipple (ENG)  Tomoya Maruyama (JPN)   Ryan Hogarth  (SCO)  Jenson Walker (ENG)  Alex Williams (WAL)  Cliff Prior (ENG)  Bradley Kirk (ENG)  Jeff Springer (USA)  Jiří Brejcha (CZE)  Darren Johnson (ENG)  Johan Engström (SWE)  Daniel Bauerdick (GER)  Dalibor Šmolík (CZE) Qualifier winners First round  Stephen Rosney (IRE)  Petri Rasmus (FIN)   Boris Krčmar  (CRO) [b]  Romeo Grbavac (CRO) Reserve players First round  Sybren Gijbels (BEL)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November. ^[11]

First round (best of 5 sets) 28–30 November

Second round (best of 5 sets) 29 November–3 December

Third round (best of 5 sets) 4 December

Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 5 December

Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 6 December

Final (best of 11 sets) 7 December

Alex Williams

1

Jimmy van Schie

Q

Romeo Grbavac

Marko Kantele

16

Paul Krohne

Dalibor Šmolík

Ryan Hogarth

8

Corné Groeneveld

Jonas Masalin

Shane McGuirk

9

Stefan Schröder

Q

Petri Rasmus

Dennis Nilsson

4

James Beeton

Shane Sakchekapo

Caleb Hope

13

Liam Maendl-Lawrance

Darren Johnson

Karl Schaefer

5

Benjamin Pratnemer

Daniel Bauerdick

Kevin Luke

12

David Pallett

Alt

Sybren Gijbels

Mitchell Lawrie

2

Jason Brandon

Tomoya Maruyama

Bradley Kirk

15

Andy Davidson

Jeff Springer

Vince Tipple

7

Matt Clark

Haruki Muramatsu

Brian Raman

10

François Schweyen

Jeffrey Sparidaans

Ben Robb

3

Neil Duff

Johan Engström

Jim McEwan

14

Thomas Junghans

Q

Stephen Rosney

Jenson Walker

6

David Fatum

Jiří Brejcha

Cliff Prior

11

Raymond Smith

Clint Clarkson

Women's

Format and qualifiers

The women's event will consist of 25 ^[c] players. Qualification for the event followed the same criteria as the open tournament, with the top 8 players in the WDF women's rankings being seeded in the second round. ^[8] Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves will not defend her title, having decided to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. ^[12] The list of seeds and invited players is as follows. ^[10]

1–8 in WDF rankings Seeded in second round  Lerena Rietbergen (NED)   Lorraine Hyde  (SCO)   Deta Hedman  (ENG)  Nicole Regnaud (AUS)   Rhian O'Sullivan  (WAL)  Sophie McKinlay (SCO)  Tracy Feiertag (USA)   Aileen de Graaf  (NED)

Platinum/Gold event winners First round  Joanne Hadley (AUS)   Mikuru Suzuki  (JPN) Regional table qualifiers First round  Kirsi Viinikainen (FIN)  Jitka Cisarova (CZE)  Paige Pauling (ENG)  Maria Carli (CAN)

Highest-ranked non-qualifiers First round  Paula Murphy (USA)   Irina Armstrong  (GER)   Priscilla Steenbergen  (NED)  Aletta Wajer (NED)  Eve Watson (WAL)  Aaja Jalbert (USA)  Emine Dursun (TUR)  Lisa Zollikofer (GER)  Maud Jansson (SWE) Qualifier winners First round/Play-in match [c]  Nina Lech-Musialska (POL)   Mayumi Ouchi  (JPN)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November. ^[11]

First round (best of 3 sets) 29–30 November

Second round (best of 3 sets) 1–4 December

Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 5 December

Semi-finals (best of 5 sets) 6 December

Final (best of 7 sets) 7 December

Aletta Wajer

1

Lerena Rietbergen

Aaja Jalbert

Joanne Hadley

8

Aileen de Graaf

Eve Watson

Irina Armstrong

4

Nicole Regnaud

Maria Carli

Jitka Císařová

5

Rhian O'Sullivan

Maud Jansson

Paula Murphy

2

Lorraine Hyde

Emine Dursun

Priscilla Steenbergen

7

Tracy Feiertag

Q

[c]

Kirsi Viinikainen

3

Deta Hedman

Mikuru Suzuki

Paige Pauling

6

Sophie McKinlay

Lisa Zollikofer

Youth

Format and qualifiers

The youth event will consist of eight players. The top four players in the WDF youth rankings were seeded, and were matched up against four qualifiers in the quarter-finals. The list of seeds and qualifiers is as follows. ^[10]

1–4 in WDF rankings Seeded  Mitchell Lawrie (SCO)  Florian Preis (GER)  Mason Teese (ENG)  Kaya Baysal (ENG)

Qualifier winners Unseeded  Thees Kogelnik (GER)  Archie Self (ENG)  Benedek Szabó (HUN)  Ádám Sepsi (HUN)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November. ^[11]

Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets) 4–5 December

Semi-Finals (best of 5 sets) 6 December

Final (best of 7 sets) 7 December

1

Mitchell Lawrie

Q

Ádám Sepsi

4

Kaya Baysal

Q

Thees Kogelnik

2

Florian Preis

Q

Archie Self

3

Mason Teese

Q

Benedek Szabó

Girls'

Format and qualifiers

The girls' event will consist of four players. The top two players in the WDF girls' rankings were seeded, and were matched up against two qualifiers in the semi-finals. The list of seeds and qualifiers is as follows. ^[10]

1–2 in WDF rankings Seeded  Paige Pauling (ENG)  Ruby Grey (ENG)

Qualifier winners Unseeded  Zehra Gemi (TUR)  Rebecca Allen (IRE)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November. ^[11]

	Semi-finals (best of 3 sets) 6 December					Final (best of 5 sets) 7 December
	1	Paige Pauling
	Q	Zehra Gemi
	2	Ruby Grey
	Q	Rebecca Allen

References

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1. The WDF's "men's" and "boys'" categories were renamed to "open" and "youth" following a change in the WDF's eligibility criteria that saw participation in women's and girls' events restricted to those born as female. ^[4]
2. Boris Krčmar withdrew from the tournament due to scheduling conflicts.
3. Having originally consisted of 24 players, the WDF announced that a calculation error had led to Maud Jansson receiving the final place in the tournament before the last-chance qualifiers took place, ahead of Lisa Zollikofer. The WDF elected to allow both players to compete, with Zollikofer replacing the first qualifier in the draw. As a result, Nina Lech-Musialska and Mayumi Ouchi, the players who won the two last-chance qualifiers, will face off in a play-in match where the winner will advance to the last 24. ^[10]