WDF World Championship 2025 Lakeside prize money explained: How much can Van Schie, Lawrie, Hedman earn?

The WDF World Championship is due to take place between November 28 - December 7 at the home of World Darts, the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey with a men's (Open) and Ladies winner crowned as well as Youth and Girls events.

This remains the largest set of prize money for tournaments outside of the PDC as per the WDF with the World Championship heralding the end of the WDF calendar. Shane McGuirk will return to defend the men's title albeit Paul Lim who he faced in the final instead will have a widely lauded return to the Alexandra Palace awaiting him. The popular Singapore Slinger had a dream run last year with the darting world cheering him on albeit to a loss to the Irishman known as 'The Arrow'.

McGuirk though nearly wasn't there at all and got to the final rounds of the PDC Tour Card and Associate Member World Championship qualifier with David Davies scooping the title. This would've been a disaster for the event with Beau Greaves, the ladies world champion for the past three years also not playing. She has often snubbed the PDC World Darts Championship for a variety of reasons despite being imperious on the Women's Series in recent years so has qualified every year she has won Lakeside.

But Greaves will now take a different path and will become a Tour Card holder in 2026 and as a result will be in the PDC World Darts Championship. Only Mikuru Suzuki really remains who is a former World Champion in the ladies game but she faces a tough draw with Kirsi Viinikainen up first followed by potentially Deta Hedman who will aim to finally pick up the final piece of the darting jigsaw. Rhian O'Sullivan, Aileen de Graaf, Nicole Regnaud, new Number One Lerena Rietbergen among others are also involved.

In the men's, the first WDF World Champion of the new era after the demise of the BDO in Neil Duff is involved. As are the likes of David Pallett, World No.1 Jimmy van Schie, Jason Brandon, 15-year-old dynamo Mitchell Lawrie among others. They will battle for the third year in a row for £50,000 in the open category. This was conceived with a ban placed on transgender players being involved in the ladies in the WDF so one Open category was conceived. Same with the Boys being just Youth.

The runner-up claims £16,000. The semi-finalist is set to receive £8,000. While for reaching the Quarter-Finals it will be £4,000. First round losers claim £750. In the ladies tournament, it will be £25,000 for the winner also the same as previous years (2022, 2023, 2024). The runner-up is set for £8,000. While for reaching the semi-finals it is £4,000. Quarter-Finalists claim £2,000. While for losing in the first round, it is £750.

In the youth, it is £3,000 for winning and in the girls £1,500. The latter stages of which are already set and are played out on finals weekend at Lakeside.