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The PDC Paddy Energy World Darts Championship 2024/25 is underway as Alexandra Palace delivers its normal thrills over the festive interval.
Luke Humphries is again and able to defend his title after triumphing over teenage sensation Luke Littler within the remaining in January – with a possible rematch set for the semi-finals.
As the Littler impact sweeps throughout the game, ‘The Nuke’ enters this 12 months’s championship as favorite, with ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and former world champions Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson among the many essential contenders.
Mike De Decker and Michael Smith suffered shock early exits, with Ritchie Edhouse one to observe with 96 gamers competing for the long-lasting Sid Waddell Trophy and a £2.5m prize pot. Right here’s every little thing you want to learn about this 12 months’s championship:
Right here’s every little thing you want to learn about this 12 months’s championship:
World Darts Championship full schedule
Friday December 20
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Stephen Burton v Alexander Merkx (R1)
Wessel Nijman v Cameron Carolissen (R1)
Ian White v Sandro Eric Sosing (R1)
Stephen Bunting v Kai Gotthardt (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Mickey Mansell v Tomoya Goto (R1)
Florian Hempel v Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1)
William O’Connor v Dylan Slevin (R1)
Michael van Gerwen v James Hurrell (R2)
Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin (R1)
Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo (R1)
Brendan Dolan v Lok Yin Lee (R2)
Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Danny Noppert v Ryan Joyce (R2)
Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz (R2)
Luke Littler v Ryan Meikle (R2)
Damon Heta v Connor Scutt (R2)
Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Searle v Matt Campbell (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Madars Razma (R2)
Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen (R2)
Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing (R2)
Night 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 O’Connor/Slevin (R2)
Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Veenstra/Toylo (R2)
Andrew Gilding v Martin Lukeman (R2)
Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko (R2)
Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans (R2)
Rob Cross v Scott Williams (R2)
Friday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Spherical
Night Session (7pm)
3x Third Spherical
Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Spherical
Night Session (7pm)
3x Third Spherical
Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Spherical
Night Session (7pm)
1x Third Spherical, 2x Fourth Spherical
Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Fourth Spherical
Night Session (7pm)
3x Fourth Spherical
Wednesday January 1
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
2x Quarter-Finals
Night Session (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals
Thursday January 2 (7.30pm)
Semi-Finals
Friday January 3 (8pm)
Ultimate
Outcomes to this point
Sunday December 15 (7pm)
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 (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto (R1)
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan (R1)
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt (R1)
James Wade 0-3 Jermaine Wattimena (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Robert Owen (R1)
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb (R1)
Cameron Menzies 1-3 Leonard Gates (R1)
Gerwyn Value 3-0 Keane Barry (R2)
Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Lengthy (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)
Night 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 (7pm)
Night 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 (12.30pm)
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)
Night Session (7pm)
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets (R2)
Methods to watch?
You possibly can watch the PDC Paddy Energy World Darts Championship 2024/25 on Sky Sports activities’ devoted darts channel from 15 December, with a reside stream on Sky Go and Now TV.
World Darts Championship Format
Ultimate: Better of 13 units
Semi-Ultimate: Better of 11 units
Quarter-Ultimate: Better of 9 units
Fourth Spherical: Better of seven units
Third Spherical: Better of seven units
Second Spherical: Finest of 5 units
First Spherical: Finest of 5 units
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
World Darts Championship prize cash
Winner: £500,000
Runner-Up: £200,000
Semi-Ultimate: £100,000
Quarter-Ultimate: £50,000
Fourth Spherical: £35,000
Third Spherical: £25,000
Second Spherical: £15,000
First Spherical: £7,500
Complete: £2,500,000
Who’re the highest seeds?
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 Value (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 Barneveld (32).
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Jack Rathborn , 2024-12-20 10:36:00
