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PDC Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2024/25 is ongoing as Alexandra Palace provides its usual thrills during the festive period.
Luke Humphries he’s back and ready to defend his title after that triumphed over teenage sensation Luke Littler in the final in January – with a potential rematch set for the semi-finals.
As The Littler effect spreads through sports‘The Nuke’ enters this year’s championship as a favourite, with ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and former world champions Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson among the main contenders.
Mike De Decker and Michael Smith suffered shock early exits and Ritchie Edhouse is one to watch with 96 players competing for the legendary Sid Waddell Trophy and £2.5m prize pool. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s championship:
Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s championship:
Full schedule of the World Darts Championship
Saturday, December 21
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin (R1)
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo (R1)
Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee (R2)
Chris Dobey 3-0 Alexander Merkx (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce (R2)
Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Kenny (R2)
Luke Littler v Ryan Meikle (R2)
Damon Heta v Connor Scutt (R2)
Sunday, December 22
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
Ryan Searle v Matt Campbell (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Madars Razma (R2)
Joe Cullen v Wessel Nijman (R2)
Ritchie Edhouse vs. Ian White (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Martin Schindler v Callan Rydz (R2)
Ross Smith v Paolo Nebrida (R2)
Gary Anderson v Jeffrey de Graaf (R2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin (R2)
Monday, December 23
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Toylo (R2)
Andrew Gilding vs. Martin Lukeman (R2)
Josh Rock vs. Griffin (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Mansell (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko (R2)
Daryl Gurney v Hempel (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans (R2)
Rob Cross v Scott Williams (R2)
Friday, December 27
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
3x Third round
Evening session (7pm)
3x Third round
Saturday, December 28
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
3x Third round
Evening session (7pm)
3x Third round
Sunday, December 29
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
3x Third round
Evening session (7pm)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round
Monday December 30
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
3x fourth round
Evening session (7pm)
3x fourth round
Wednesday January 1st
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
2x quarter finals
Evening session (7pm)
2x quarter finals
Thursday, January 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Semi-final
Friday, January 3 (8 p.m.)
The final
Results so far
Sunday, December 15 (7 p.m.)
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (R1)
Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Keane Barry (R1)
Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (R2)
Monday December 16
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto (R1)
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lawrence Ilagan (R1)
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt (R1)
James Wade 0-3 Jermaine Wattimena (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Robert Owen (R1)
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb (R1)
Cameron Menzies 1-3 Leonard Gates (R1)
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry (R2)
Tuesday, December 17
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long (R1)
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1)
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Mike De Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting (R1)
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong (R1)
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier (R2)
Wednesday, December 18 (7 p.m.)
Evening session (7pm)
Jim Williams 3-2 Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist (R1)
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers (R1)
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates (R2)
Thursday, December 19
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee (R1)
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac (R1)
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar (R1)
Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljović 2-3 Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets (R2)
Friday, December 20
Afternoon session (12:30 p.m.)
Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx (R1)
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen (R1)
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing due to late withdrawal (R1)
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt (R2)
Evening session (7pm)
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto (R1)
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1)
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin (R1)
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell (R2)
How to watch?
PDC Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2024/25. you can follow on the dedicated darts channel Sky Sports from 15 December, with live coverage on Sky Go and Now TV.
Format of the World Darts Championship
Final: Best of 13 sets
Semifinals: Best of 11 sets
Quarterfinals: Best of nine sets
Fourth round: Best of seven sets
Third round: Best of seven sets
Second round: Best of five sets
First round: Best of five sets
Pre-tournament odds
Luke Littler 7/4
Luke Humphries 11/4
Gary Anderson 10/1
Michael van Gerwen 10/1
Mike De Decker 18/1
Gian van Veen 28/1
Michael Smith 28/1
Rob Cross 28/1
Prize money of the World Darts Championship
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-Final: £100,000
Quarter Final: £50,000
Fourth round: £35,000
Third round: £25,000
Second round: £15,000
First round: £7,500
Total: £2,500,000
Who are the main carriers?
Luke Humphries (1), Michael Smith (2), Michael van Gerwen (3), Luke Littler (4), Rob Cross (5), Dave Chisnall (6), Jonny Clayton (7), Stephen Bunting (8), Damon Heta (9), Gerwyn Price (10), Dimitri Van den Bergh (11), Nathan Aspinall (12), Danny Noppert (13), Gary Anderson (14), Chris Dobey (15), James Wade (16), Peter Wright (17), Josh Rock (18), Ross Smith (19), Ryan Searle (20), Andrew Gilding (21), Martin Schindler (22), Joe Cullen (23), Mike De Decker (24), Dirk van Duijvenbode 25, Daryl Gurney (26 ), Gabriel Clemens (27), Gian van Veen (28), Ritchie Edhouse (29), Brendan Dolan (30), Krzysztof Ratajski (31), Raymond van Barnevelda (32).