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)
High checkout	170 Cliff Prior
«2024 2026»

The 2025 WDF World Darts Championship is an ongoing darts tournament that is being 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, and is being broadcast on YouTube by the WDF and S4C. ^{[2] [3]} The open tournament, ^[a] women's tournament, youth tournament, ^[a] and girls' tournament 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. Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves, who won her third women's world title in 2024, did not defend her title as she accepted a place in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship.

15-year-old Mitchell Lawrie, who qualified for the open and youth tournaments, became the youngest player to compete in a senior WDF World Championship, surpassing the record previously held by Luke Littler. ^[5]

Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £221,000. The winner of the open event will receive £50,000. ^[6]

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 [b]	—	£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 consists 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]

Shane McGuirk entered the tournament as the defending champion, having defeated Paul Lim 6–3 in the 2024 final to win his first world title. ^[10] 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. ^[7]

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)(second round)   François Schweyen  [ nl ] (BEL)   Raymond Smith  (AUS)   David Pallett  (ENG) [c]   Liam Maendl-Lawrance  [ de ] (GER)(second round)   Thomas Junghans  (SWI)  Andy Davidson (SCO)   Paul Krohne  [ de ] (GER)

Platinum/Gold event winners First round   Marko Kantele  (FIN)(first round)   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)(first round)  Jim McEwan (SCO)(first round)  Kevin Luke (USA)(first round)  Dalibor Šmolík (CZE)  Clint Clarkson (CAN)   Haruki Muramatsu  (JPN)  Jonas Masalin (FIN)  Shane Sakchekapo (CAN)(first round)  Tomoya Maruyama (JPN)(first round)

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

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November. ^[13] Numbers to the left of a player's name show the 16 seeded players for the tournament. The 3 qualifier winners are indicated by 'Q'. The two replacement players are indicated by 'Alt'. Figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners. ^{[14] [15]}

	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 82.91	3			1	Jimmy van Schie 87.93	3
	Q	Romeo Grbavac 81.92	2				Alex Williams 81.91	0
											1	Jimmy van Schie
		Marko Kantele 81.29	1			16	Paul Krohne
		Dalibor Šmolík 85.67	3				Dalibor Šmolík
		Ryan Hogarth 85.45	1			8	Corné Groeneveld
		Jonas Masalin 89.22	3				Jonas Masalin
												Shane McGuirk
		Shane McGuirk 91.52	3			9	Stefan Schröder 84.05	1
	Q	Petri Rasmus 87.53	1				Shane McGuirk 91.43	3
		Dennis Nilsson 86.68	3			4	James Beeton 79.41	3
		Shane Sakchekapo 84.35	0				Dennis Nilsson 81.09	2
											4	James Beeton
												Caleb Hope
		Caleb Hope 78.00	3			13	Liam Maendl-Lawrance 86.02	0
		Darren Johnson 83.62	0				Caleb Hope 85.41	3
		Karl Schaefer 73.26	2			5	Benjamin Pratnemer
		Daniel Bauerdick 74.89	3				Daniel Bauerdick
		Kevin Luke 82.82	2			Alt	Marcus Maier
	Alt	Sybren Gijbels 83.27	3			Alt	Sybren Gijbels
		Mitchell Lawrie 90.46	3			2	Jason Brandon
		Tomoya Maruyama 84.35	0				Mitchell Lawrie
		Bradley Kirk 82.48	1			15	Andy Davidson
		Jeff Springer 82.45	3				Jeff Springer
		Vince Tipple 76.10	1			7	Matt Clark
		Haruki Muramatsu 85.10	3				Haruki Muramatsu
		Brian Raman 85.69	2			10	François Schweyen
		Jeffrey Sparidaans 86.44	3				Jeffrey Sparidaans
		Ben Robb 91.56	3			3	Neil Duff
		Johan Engström 89.41	1				Ben Robb
		Jim McEwan 84.15	0			14	Thomas Junghans
	Q	Stephen Rosney 84.81	3			Q	Stephen Rosney
		Jenson Walker 84.04	3			6	David Fatum
		Jiří Brejcha 76.81	0				Jenson Walker
		Cliff Prior 83.18	0			11	Raymond Smith
		Clint Clarkson 78.58	3				Clint Clarkson

Women's

Format and qualifiers

The women's event consists of 25 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] 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, faced off in a play-in match where the winner advanced to the last 24. ^[7] Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves, who defeated Sophie McKinlay 4–1 in the 2024 final to win her third women's world title, ^[16] was unable to defend her title, having opted to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. ^[17] The list of seeds and invited players is as follows. ^[7]

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

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

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

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November. ^{[13] [14]}

	Preliminary round (best of 3 sets) 28 November
	Q	Mayumi Ouchi 56.88	0
	Q	Nina Lech-Musialska 64.10	2

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 74.05

2

1

Lerena Rietbergen

Aaja Jalbert 69.37

0

Aletta Wajer

Joanne Hadley 64.52

0

8

Aileen de Graaf

Eve Watson 78.20

2

Eve Watson

Irina Armstrong 70.10

1

4

Nicole Regnaud

Maria Carli 69.62

2

Maria Carli

Jitka Císařová 65.37

2

5

Rhian O'Sullivan

Maud Jansson 61.46

0

Jitka Císařová

Paula Murphy 61.83

0

2

Lorraine Hyde

Emine Dursun 73.43

2

Emine Dursun

Priscilla Steenbergen 69.59

2

7

Tracy Feiertag

Q

Nina Lech-Musialska 68.93

0

Priscilla Steenbergen

Kirsi Viinikainen 74.31

1

3

Deta Hedman

Mikuru Suzuki 73.99

2

Mikuru Suzuki

Paige Pauling 69.87

2

6

Sophie McKinlay

Lisa Zollikofer 66.40

0

Paige Pauling

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. ^[7]

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. ^[13]

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. ^[7]

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. ^[13]

	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

Notes

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. The loser of the women's preliminary match also received the same prize money as players in the last 24. ^[7]
3. David Pallett withdrew from the tournament due to personal reasons. Reserve player Marcus Maier took his place in the second round. ^[11]
4. Boris Krčmar withdrew from the tournament due to scheduling conflicts. Reserve player Sybren Gijbels took his place in the first round. ^[12]

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