The draw has been confirmed ahead of the Bahrain Darts Masters which is due to take place between January 16-17 and sees Luke Littler as defending champion. It opens up the new World Series of Darts season.
Littler stormed to the title 12 months ago which also featured a nine-dart finish on his World Series of Darts debut. He faces Filipino star Lourence Ilagan as 'The Gunner' aims to cause a shock on the big stage.
Luke Humphries is the other main name in action with the World Number One set to face Abdulla Saeed. Peter Wright returns to World Series action despite missing out on the Premier League and he faces off against Alexis Toylo after a resurgent World Championship at times but the jury was out on his inclusion. Toylo stood out at the World Championship on the otherhand.
As did Lok Yin Lee and Paolo Nebrida and they will face off against Gerwyn Price and Rob Cross respectively. Chris Dobey makes his full World Series bow and takes on home hope and their best player Basem Mahmood. As Nathan Aspinall completes the line-up facing Xiaochen Zong while Stephen Bunting takes on Nitin Kumar.
As ever the tournament will take place with the first round before the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Final on the Friday. The draw bracket sees a potential final between Humphries and Littler who sit on a collision course again.
Michael van Gerwen is on a pre-planned family holiday so misses out and is currently in Thailand but will play Den Bosch next weekend.
Luke Humphries v Abdulla Saeed
Nathan Aspinall v XiaoChen Zong
Stephen Bunting v Nitin Kumar
Chris Dobey v Basem Mahmood
Luke Littler v Lourence Ilagan
Gerwyn Price v Lok Yin Lee
Rob Cross v Paolo Nebrida
Peter Wright v Alexis Toylo
The 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters Draw... 🇧🇭
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 15, 2025
Luke Humphries v Abdulla Saeed
Nathan Aspinall v XiaoChen Zong
Stephen Bunting v Nitin Kumar
Chris Dobey v Basem Mahmood
Luke Littler v Lourence Ilagan
Gerwyn Price v Lok Yin Lee
Rob Cross v Paolo Nebrida
Peter Wright v Alexis Toylo pic.twitter.com/40FbEG7f5S