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The PDC Paddy Energy World Darts Championship 2024/25 is sort of right here with the Alexandra Palace able to ship loads of thrills over the festive interval.
Luke Humphries is again and able to defend his title after triumphing over teenage sensation Luke Littler within the ultimate in January – with a possible rematch set for the semi-finals.
As the Littler impact sweeps throughout the game, ‘The Nuke’ enters this yr’s championship as favorite, with ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and former world champions Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson among the many major contenders.
Mike De Decker and Ritchie Edhouse are additionally ones to look at with 96 gamers competing for the long-lasting Sid Waddell Trophy and a £2.5m prize pot.
Right here’s every thing it’s good to learn about this yr’s championship:
When is the World Darts Championship?
The match begins at Alexandra Palace on Sunday 15 December with three first-round matches and one second-round match.
Darts on daily basis will observe earlier than the same old three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. The championship will resume with the third spherical and a double session on 27 December earlier than an evening off on New 12 months’s Eve. Then the quarter-finals will happen in 2025, throughout two periods on New 12 months’s Day, earlier than the semi-finals on 2 January and the ultimate on Friday 3 January.
How can I watch?
You may watch the PDC Paddy Energy World Darts Championship 2024/25 on Sky Sports activities’ devoted darts channel from 15 December, with a dwell stream on Sky Go and Now TV.
Full schedule for World Darts Championship 2024/25
Sunday December 15 (7pm)
Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont (R1)
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry (R1)
Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito (R2)
Monday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier v Ryusei Azemoto (R1)
Luke Woodhouse v Lourence Ilagan (R1)
Alan Soutar v Kai Gotthardt (R1)
James Wade v Wattimena/Bellmont (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen (R1)
Connor Scutt v Ben Robb (R1)
Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates (R1)
Gerwyn Value v Huybrechts/Barry (R2)
Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell v Jim Lengthy (R1)
Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1)
Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Mike De Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting (R1)
Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong (R1)
Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Peter Wright v Plaisier/Azemoto (R2)
Wednesday December 18 (7pm)
Night Session (7pm)
Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Madars Razma v Christian Kist (R1)
Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers (R1)
Nathan Aspinall v Menzies/Gates (R2)
Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman v Lok Yin Lee (R1)
Callan Rydz v Romeo Grbavac (R1)
Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar (R1)
Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams v Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith v Doets/Van Leuven (R2)
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 Soutar/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 Hurrell/Lengthy (R2)
Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin (R1)
Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo (R1)
Brendan Dolan v Landman/Lee (R2)
Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Danny Noppert v Joyce/Labanauskas (R2)
Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz (R2)
Luke Littler v Meikle/Sherrock (R2)
Damon Heta v Scutt/Robb (R2)
Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Searle v Suljovic/Campbell (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Razma/Kist (R2)
Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen (R2)
Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Martin Schindler v Rydz/Grbavac (R2)
Ross Smith v J Williams/Nebrida (R2)
Gary Anderson v De Graaf/Sweeting (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 Lukeman/Kumar (R2)
Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto (R2)
Night Session (7pm)
Gian van Veen v Pietreczko/Zong (R2)
Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Evans/Mathers (R2)
Rob Cross v S Williams/Springer (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
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: Greatest of 5 units
First Spherical: Greatest of 5 units
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
Chris Dobey 33/1
Stephen Bunting 33/1
Wessel Nijman 33/1
Gerwyn Value 40/1
Nathan Aspinall 40/1
Peter Wright 40/1
Ross Smith 40/1
Damon Heta 50/1
Dave Chisnall 50/1
Dimitri Van den Bergh 50/1
Josh Rock 50/1
Ryan Searle 50/1
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 , 2024-12-10 11:32:00
