2025 PDC World Darts Championship: Schedule, Results, and Draw Information

Luke Humphries, the reigning champion, is poised to defend his title at the 2025 PDC World Championship. He secured the Sid Waddell Trophy in January’s final with a compelling 7-4 victory over teenager Luke Littler. This year, Humphries and Littler, the 2024 runner-up, are seeded to potentially face each other in the semi-finals, provided their tournament progress aligns with expectations. Comprehensive details regarding the tournament’s schedule, results, draw, format, prize money, and past champions are provided below. The event will take place at Alexandra Palace in London, commencing on Sunday, December 15, and concluding on Friday, January 3. Second-round matches are slated for completion prior to Christmas Day. The third round is scheduled to begin on December 27, with the fourth round commencing two days thereafter. The quarter-finals will be held on New Year’s Day, followed by the semi-finals a day later, and the final on January 3. All listed times are GMT. Friday, 27 December Afternoon Session (12:30) Third round Damon Heta v Luke Woodhouse Jonny Clayton v Daryl Gurney Stephen Bunting v Madars Razma Evening Session (19:00) Gerwyn Price v Joe Cullen Jermaine Wattimena v Peter Wright Luke Humphries v Nick Kenny Saturday, 28 December Ryan Joyce v Ryan Searle Scott Williams v Ricardo Pietreczko Nathan Aspinall v Andrew Gilding Chris Dobey v Josh Rock Michael van Gerwen v Brendan Dolan Luke Littler v Ian White Sunday, 29 December Jeffrey de Graaf v Paolo Nebrida Kevin Doets v Krzysztof Ratajski Dimitri van den Bergh v Callan Rydz Ricky Evans v Robert Owen Two fourth-round matches will also be played Monday, 30 December 3x Fourth round Evening Session (19:30) Wednesday, 1 January 2x Quarter-finals 2x Quarter-Finals Thursday, 2 January (19:30) Semi-Finals Friday, 3 January (20:00) Final Second-round results Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf Dimitri van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier Mike de Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry James Wade 0-3 Jermaine Wattimena Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole First-round results Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey de Zwaan William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen Ian White w/o Sandro Eric Sosing (Sosing withdrew on medical grounds) Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar Jim Williams 2-3 Paolo Nebrida Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb Cameron Menzies 1-3 Leonard Gates Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Keane Barry Michael van Gerwen, a three-time champion, has been placed in the opposite half of the draw from Luke Humphries, the 2024 victor. (Seeds in brackets) First quarter (1) Luke Humphries (England) v Nick Kenny (Wales) Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v (17) Peter Wright (Scotland) (8) Stephen Bunting (England) v Madars Razma (Latvia) (9) Damon Heta (Australia) v Luke Woodhouse (England) Second quarter (4) Luke Littler (England) v Ian White (England) Ryan Joyce (England) v (20) Ryan Searle (England) Scott Williams (England) v Ricardo Pietreczko (Germany) (12) Nathan Aspinall (England) v (21) Andrew Gilding (England) Third quarter Kevin Doets (Netherlands) v (31) Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland) (15) Chris Dobey (England) v (18) Josh Rock (Northern Ireland) (7) Jonny Clayton (Wales) v (26) Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland) (10) Gerwyn Price (Wales) v (23) Joe Cullen (England) Fourth quarter (3) Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) v (30) Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) Jeffrey de Graaf (Sweden) v Paolo Nebrida (Philippines) Ricky Evans (England) v Robert Owen (Wales) (11) Dimitri van den Bergh (Belgium) v Callan Rydz (England) Daily reports and live text commentaries for significant sessions will be available on the BBC Sport website and app, with updates from James Gregg at Alexandra Palace broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live. Within the UK, Sky Sports will televise every match, while radio commentaries will be provided by Talksport and Talksport 2. First round – Best of five sets Second round – Best of five sets Third round – Best of seven sets Fourth round – Best of seven sets Quarter-finals – Best of nine sets Semi-finals – Best of 11 sets Final – Best of 13 sets Darts is one of the few sports that can measure perfection; snooker has the 147 maximum break, golf has the hole-in-one, darts has the nine-dart finish. The fewest number of darts required to finish a standard leg of 501 points is nine. There are several ways to complete a nine-dart finish, the most common being two visits of 180 followed by a 141 checkout. Christian Kist hit the 15th nine-dart finish in the tournament’s history on 18 December, 2024. The previous one came from Michael Smith when he beat Michael van Gerwen in the 2023 final. First-round matches will not have a tie-break; if the fifth set reaches 2-2 in legs, then the fifth leg will be sudden death. From the second round onwards, there will be a tie-break in all matches where a deciding set must be won by two clear legs. If the score in the final set reaches 5-5 then a sudden-death leg will be played. There would be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs. Winner: £500,000 Runner-up: £200,000 Semi-finalists: £100,000 Quarter-finalists: £50,000 Fourth-round losers: £35,000 Third-round losers: £25,000 Second-round losers: £15,000 First-round losers: £7,500 Total: £2,500,000 1994 – Dennis Priestley 1995 – Phil Taylor 1996 – Phil Taylor 1997 – Phil Taylor 1998 – Phil Taylor 1999 – Phil Taylor 2000 – Phil Taylor 2001 – Phil Taylor 2002 – Phil Taylor 2003 – John Part 2004 – Phil Taylor 2005 – Phil Taylor 2006 – Phil Taylor 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld 2008 – John Part 2009 – Phil Taylor 2010 – Phil Taylor 2011 – Adrian Lewis 2012 – Adrian Lewis 2013 – Phil Taylor 2014 – Michael van Gerwen 2015 – Gary Anderson 2016 – Gary Anderson 2017 – Michael van Gerwen 2018 – Rob Cross 2019 – Michael van Gerwen 2020 – Peter Wright 2021 – Gerwyn Price 2022 – Peter Wright 2023 – Michael Smith 2024 – Luke Humphries During the 16-day 2024 tournament, a record 914 maximum 180s were achieved, exceeding the previous record of 901 set 12 months earlier.