Everything about the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship: Schedule, results, TV guide and prize money
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Stay fully informed about the latest events during the World Darts Championship 2025 in our tournament center. Here you will find the playing schedule, all results, information about the prize money distribution and how to follow the event on television.
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The 32nd edition of the PDC World Darts Championship will take place from Sunday, Dec. 15, through Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. The event will be played at Alexandra Palace in London, which has hosted the World Darts Championship since the 2008 edition. The defending champion at Ally Pally is Luke Humphries, who captured his first-ever world title in early January 2024. Humphries was too strong in the final 7-4 to 16-year-old debutant Luke Littler.
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TV Guide during World Darts Championship
Sky Sports are broadcasting the entire World Darts Championship in the UK with coverage throughout on a dedicated channel Sky Sports Darts.
A subscription is required to access this though which can be sought on a Sky box or through their streaming platform.
Prize money
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The 96 participants at the 2025 World Darts Championship may divide as much as 2.5 million pounds between them. That amount is almost forty times higher than at the very first edition of the PDC World Cup in 1994.
The 64 participants to start in the first round of the World Darts Championship will receive £7500 in prize money anyway. The top-32 of the placement list are guaranteed 15,000 pounds. These players enter the World Darts Championship from the second round. The amount then increases further per round. The new world champion will receive the top prize of 500,000 pounds.
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Format
First round: Best of 5 sets
Second round: Best of 5 sets
Third round: Best of 7 sets
Fourth round: Best of 7 sets
Quarterfinals: Best of 9 sets
Semifinals: Best of 11 sets
Final: Best of 13 sets
In the first round, there will be no tiebreak if it is 2-2 after four legs in the fifth set. In that case, the fifth leg will be sudden-death. Starting from the second round, a tie-break rule will be applied in all matches; a deciding set must be won with a difference of two legs. If the score in the final set becomes 5-5, a sudden-death leg will still be played.
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World Darts Championship 2025 Schedule
Sunday, Dec. 15 (from 7 p.m.)
Thibault Tricole (80.61) 3-1 (81.25) Joe Comito (R1, 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2)
Jermaine Wattimena (98.54) 3-0 (92.95) Stefan Bellmont (R1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2)
Kim Huybrechts (96.92) 1-3 (94.97) Keane Barry (R1, 3-2, 2-3, 1-3, 1-3)
Luke Humphries (90.79) 3-0 (85.62) Thibault Tricole (R2, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0)
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Monday, Dec. 16
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Wesley Plaisier (82.56) 3-2 (79.23) Ryusei Azemoto (R1, 1-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0)
Luke Woodhouse (94.38) 3-0 (81.11) Lourence Ilagan (R1, 3-0, 3-0, 3-2)
Alan Soutar (84.19) 1-3 (89.1) Kai Gotthardt (R1) (3-2, 1-3, 0-3, 2-3)
James Wade (97.01) 0-3 (99.17) Jermaine Wattimena (R2) (1-3, 0-3, 1-3)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Niels Zonneveld (93.19) 1-3 (91.64) Robert Owen (R1) (3-0, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3)
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Connor Scutt (101.92) 3-0 (82.64) Ben Robb (R1) (3-0, 3-1, 3-0)
Cameron Menzies (83.77) 1-3 (82.96) Leonard Gates (R1) (0-3, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3)
Gerwyn Price (91.32) 3-0 (86.81) Keane Barry (R2) (3-0, 3-1, 3-1)
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
James Hurrell (88.75) 3-0 (79.17) Jim Long (R1) (3-0, 3-1, 3-0)
Kevin Doets (87.48) 3-1 (87.02) Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1) (1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2)
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Ryan Joyce (92.97) 3-1 (89.62) Darius Labanauskas (R1) (3-0, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1)
Mike De Decker (87.38) 1-3 (88.38) Luke Woodhouse (R2) (0-3, 1-3, 3-0, 1-3)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Jeffrey de Graaf (92.3) 3-1 (82.88) Rashad Sweeting (R1) (1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1)
Ricardo Pietreczko (88.68) 3-0 (84.03) Xiaochen Zong (R1) (3-0, 3-2, 3-1)
Ryan Meikle (83.53) 3-2 (81.81) Fallon Sherrock (R1) (0-3, 3-0, 3-0, 2-3, 3-1)
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Peter Wright (89.63) 3-1 (93.77) Wesley Plaisier (R2) (3-2, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2)
Wednesday, Dec. 18 (from 7 p.m.)
Jim Williams (94.10) 2-3 (86.63) Paolo Nebrida (R1, 2-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-0, 2-3)
Madars Razma (90.65) 3-1 (94.90) Christian Kist (R1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2)
Ricky Evans (86.23) 3-2 (87.57) Gordon Mathers (R1, 3-1, 0-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-1)
Nathan Aspinall (88.03) 3-1 (83.41) Leonard Gates (R2) (3-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2)
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Thursday, December 19
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Chris Landman (80.71) 1-3 (84.4) Lok Yin Lee (R1) (3-2, 0-3, 0-3, 0-3)
Callan Rydz (107.06) 3-0 (97.92) Romeo Grbavac (R1) (3-0, 3-1, 3-1)
Martin Lukeman (86.66) 3-1 (85.77) Nitin Kumar (R1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1)
Gabriel Clemens (92.39) 1-3 (98.97) Robert Owen (R2, 2-3, 0-3, 3-1, 1-3)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Nick Kenny (87.66) 3-0 (87.26) Stowe Buntz (R1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1)
Mensur Suljovic (88.44) 2-3 (93.31) Matt Campbell (R1) (2-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2, 0-3)
Scott Williams (96.24) 3-1 (98.92) Niko Springer (R1) (0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2)
Michael Smith (96.93) 2-3 (96.9) Kevin Doets (R2) (3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 0-3, 4-6)
Friday, Dec. 20
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Stephen Burton (75.63) 0-3 (78.41) Alexander Merkx (R1, 1-3, 1-3, 2-3)
Wessel Nijman (94.83) 3-2 (95.9) Cameron Carolissen (R1) (3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2)
Ian White W-F Sandro Eric Sosing (R1) (White walkover due to health issues for opponent)
Stephen Bunting (92.12) 3-1 (89.4) Kai Gotthardt (R2) (1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-0)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Mickey Mansell (81.34) 3-1 (81.22) Tomoya Goto (R1) (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2)
Florian Hempel (92.73) 3-1 (94.36) Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1) (3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1)
William O'Connor (85.92) 1-3 (86.35) Dylan Slevin (R1) (2-3, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3)
Michael van Gerwen (94.85) 3-0 (89.32) James Hurrell (R2) (3-1, 3-1, 3-1)
Saturday, December 21
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Karel Sedlacek (82.58) 0-3 (91.10) Rhys Griffin (R1, 2-3, 2-3, 0-3)
Richard Veenstra (86.00) 0-3 (86.03) Alexis Toylo (R1, 2-3, 2-3, 2-3)
Brendan Dolan (92.02) 3-0 (83.20) Lok Yin Lee (R2, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1)
Chris Dobey (95.62) 3-1 (90.54) Alexander Merkx (R2, 3-1, 3-0, 0-3, 3-1)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Danny Noppert (93.91) 1-3 (93.88) Ryan Joyce (R2, 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3)
Raymond van Barneveld (84.64) 1-3 (86.59) Nick Kenny (R2) (1-3, 2-3, 3-0, 2-3)
Luke Littler (100.85) 3-1 (91.93) Ryan Meikle (R2) (3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0)
Damon Heta (97.96) 3-1 (98.47) Connor Scutt (R2) (2-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-0)
Sunday, Dec. 22
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Ryan Searle (99.38) 3-0 (90.66) Matt Campbell (R2) (3-1, 3-0, 3-0)
Dirk van Duijvenbode (88.72) 1-3 (91.33) Madars Razma (R2) (3-0, 2-3, 0-3, 2-3)
Joe Cullen (98.18) 3-0 (98.01) Wessel Nijman (R2) (3-1, 3-2, 3-1)
Ritchie Edhouse (84.19) 1-3 (88.86) Ian White (R2) (3-1, 1-3, 1-3, 1-3)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Martin Schindler (89.37) 0-3 (91.05) Callan Rydz (R2) (2-3, 1-3, 0-3)
Ross Smith (89.79) 0-3 (91.07) Paolo Nebrida (R2) (2-3, 2-3, 2-3)
Gary Anderson (92.51) 0-3 (95.56) Jeffrey de Graaf (R2) (1-3, 0-3, 2-3)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (96) 3-0 (95.02) Dylan Slevin (R2) (3-2, 3-2, 3-2)
Monday, Dec. 23
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Krzysztof Ratajski (95.32) 3-1 (96.39) Alexis Toylo (R2) (3-1, 3-2,
Andrew Gilding (92.65) 3-1 (91.28) Martin Lukeman (R2) (3-0, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2)
Josh Rock (87.13) 3-0 (85.99) Rhys Griffin (R2) (3-0, 3-2, 3-0)
Jonny Clayton (92.45) 3-2 (84.26) Mickey Mansell (R2) (2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 1-3, 6-5)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Gian van Veen (91.99) 1-3 (91.64) Ricardo Pietreczko (R2) (0-3, 3-1, 0-3, 1-3)
Daryl Gurney (98.31) 3-2 (96.44) Florian Hempel (R2) (1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 3-2, 3-1)
Dave Chisnall (94.54) 2-3 (94.3) Ricky Evans (R2) (3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 3-0, 5-6)
Rob Cross (88.64) 1-3 (87.9) Scott Williams (R2) (3-2, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3)
Friday, Dec. 27
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Third round
Damon Heta (89.69) 3-4 (92.34) Luke Woodhouse (2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 0-3, 0-3)
Jonny Clayton (90.11) 4-3 (92.6) Daryl Gurney (3-2, 3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 0-3, 1-3, 3-1)
Stephen Bunting (100.06) 4-1 (90.92) Madars Razma (3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-2)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Third round
Gerwyn Price (92.6) 4-3 (92.77) Joe Cullen (3-2, 3-2, 3-1, 1-3, 1-3, 1-3, 6-5)
Jermaine Wattimena (96.5) 2-4 (96.19) Peter Wright (1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 1-3)
Luke Humphries (98.59) 4-0 (93.42) Nick Kenny (3-2, 3-1, 3-1, 3-0)
Saturday, December 28
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Third round
Ryan Joyce (97.4) 4-3 (100.97) Ryan Searle (3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-0, 2-3, 4-2)
Scott Williams (94.29) 1-4 (97) Ricardo Pietreczko (2-3, 1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3)
Nathan Aspinall (92.17) 4-0 (86.85) Andrew Gilding (3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Third round
Chris Dobey (97.29) 4-2 (95.99) Josh Rock (1-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-1)
Michael van Gerwen (97.01) 4-2 (96.08) Brendan Dolan (2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 3-0, 1-3, 3-2)
Luke Littler (97.84) 4-1 (96.40) Ian White (3-2, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-1)
Sunday, Dec. 29
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
Third round
Jeffrey de Graaf (89.99) 4-1 (83.01) Paolo Nebrida (1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1)
Kevin Doets (89.67) 4-3 (94.55) Krzysztof Ratajski (0-3, 0-3, 3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (94.79) 0-4 (105.31) Callan Rydz (0-3, 2-3, 2-3, 0-3)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Third round
Ricky Evans (86.84) 2-4 (92.92) Robert Owen (3-1, 2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 2-3, 0-3)
Jonny Clayton (91.73) 2-4 (92.28) Gerwyn Price (1-3, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 1-3, 1-3)
Luke Humphries (99.23) 1-4 (100.93) Peter Wright (2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 2-3, 0-3)
Monday, Dec. 30
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
3x Fourth Round
Kevin Doets (88.17) 3-4 (91.59) Chris Dobey (1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 1-3)
Robert Owen (94.07) 3-4 (97.38) Callan Rydz (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3, 3-1, 1-3)
Ricardo Pietreczko (78.46) 0-4 (94.28) Nathan Aspinall (1-3, 0-3, 0-3, 1-3)
Evening session (from 7:30 p.m.)
3x Fourth Round
Stephen Bunting (96.78) 4-0 (90.61) Luke Woodhouse (3-0, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1)
Michael van Gerwen (101.98) 4-2 (91.94) Jeffrey de Graaf (3-1, 3-0, 0-3, 1-3, 3-0, 3-0)
Luke Littler (103.14) 4-3 (97.73) Ryan Joyce (3-1, 2-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1)
Wednesday, Jan. 1
Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)
2x quarterfinals
Chris Dobey (95.38) 5-3 (92.74) Gerwyn Price (2-3, 1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-0, 2-3, 3-1)
Michael van Gerwen (103.1) 5-3 (103.88) Callan Rydz (3-2, 0-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-2, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2)
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
2x quarterfinals
Peter Wright (92.41) 2-5 (95.55) Stephen Bunting (1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 0-3, 3-0, 3-1, 0-3)
Luke Littler (101.54) 5-2 (96.31) Nathan Aspinall (3-0, 3-1, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 2-3, 3-0)
Thursday, Jan. 2 (from 7:30 p.m.)
Semi-Finals
Chris Dobey (94.77) 1-6 (98.84) Michael van Gerwen (1-3, 2-3, 3-0, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 1-3)
Stephen Bunting (100.1) 1-6 (105.48) Luke Littler (2-3, 1-3, 2-3, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3, 1-3)
Friday, Jan. 3 (from 8 p.m.)
Final
Luke Littler (102.73) 7-3 (100.69) Michael van Gerwen (3-1, 3-0, 3-1, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2, 2-3, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0)

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