2025 World Series of Darts

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The 2025 World Series of Darts is a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Seven World Series events are held followed by one finals event, which like previous years will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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One new venue will make its debut, with the Spark Arena in Auckland replacing the Globox Arena in Hamilton as the host venue for the New Zealand Masters. [1]

Prize money

The total prize fund for each of the seven World Series events increased from £60,000 the previous year to £100,000. [2] The total prize fund for the 2025 World Series of Darts Finals was unchanged after it was increased the previous year. [3] [4] The prize fund breakdowns are shown below:

International events
StagePrize money
Winner£30,000
Runner-up£16,000
Semi-finals£10,000
Quarter-finals£5,000
First round£1,750
Total£100,000
Finals
StagePrize money
Winner£80,000
Runner-up£40,000
Semi-finals£25,000
Quarter-finals£17,500
Second round£10,000
First round£5,000
Total£400,000

World Series events

The 2025 World Series of Darts schedule was announced on 14 October 2024. [5] [6]

No.DateEventVenueChampionLegsRunner-upRef
116–17 January Bahrain Masters Flag of Bahrain.svg Sakhir, Bahrain International Circuit Stephen Bunting   Flag of England.svg 8–4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price [7]
224–25 January Dutch Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Den Bosch, Maaspoort Rob Cross   Flag of England.svg 8–5 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting [8] [9]
36–7 June Nordic Masters Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen, Forum Copenhagen
427–28 June US Masters Flag of the United States.svg New York City, The Theater
54–5 July Poland Masters Flag of Poland.svg Gliwice, PreZero Arena Gliwice
68–9 August Australian Masters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre
715–16 August New Zealand Masters Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland, Spark Arena
812–14 September World Series of Darts Finals Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam, AFAS Live

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