When is the PDC World Darts Championship final? Date, start time and talkSPORT commentary

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The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship is fast approaching, which means the best are set fight it out for glory at the Alexandra Palace.

This event is not only the biggest in darts but is starting to become one of the most popular on the British sporting calendar.

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Luke Humprhies is the reigning champion of the worldCredit: Getty

Of course, the event culminates with a stunning final.

Last year’s tournament saw Luke Humphries beat Luke Littler 7-4 to claim his first world title in London.

‘Cool Hand Luke’ and ‘The Nuke’ are among the favourites to lift the Sid Waddel Trophy once more.

PDC World Championship 2024/25 final: Date and how to follow

The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship final will take place on Friday, January 3.

It will be held at the Ally Pally in north London and is scheduled to start at 8pm.

talkSPORT will have live commentary of the final and we will announce details about our team in due course.

talkSPORT.com will also be right across the action with reaction and all of the latest news.

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The action will also be streamed on Sky Sports Main Event and Arena.

Littler stunned everyone when he broke onto the scene and made the final in this event

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Littler stunned everyone when he broke onto the scene and made the final in this eventCredit: Getty

The whole PDC World Darts Championship is conducted using set-play.

The final is a whopping best of 13 sets, meaning the first to seven wins.

To win a set, you have to win three legs.

Should there be a deciding set, the ultimate victor would have to win by two clear legs.

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PDC World Championship 2024/25 final: Competitors

The full field for the upcoming event was confirmed on Sunday, November 24 and is as follows…

PDC Order of Merit

1. Luke Humphries (England)
2. Michael Smith (England)
3. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
4. Luke Littler (England)
5. Rob Cross (England)
6. Dave Chisnall (England)
7. Jonny Clayton (Wales)
8. Stephen Bunting (England)
9. Damon Heta (Australia)
10. Gerwyn Price (Wales)
11. Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
12. Nathan Aspinall (England)
13. Danny Noppert (Netherlands)
14. Gary Anderson (Scotland)
15. Chris Dobey (England)
16. James Wade (England)
17. Peter Wright (Scotland)
18. Josh Rock (Northern Ireland)
19. Ross Smith (England)
20. Ryan Searle (England)
21. Andrew Gilding (England)
22. Martin Schindler (Germany)
23. Joe Cullen (England)
24. Mike De Decker (Belgium)
25. Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands)
26. Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)
27. Gabriel Clemens (Germany)
28. Gian van Veen (Netherlands)
29. Ritchie Edhouse (England)
30. Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
31. Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)
32. Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)

Former World Champion Michael Smith heads to Ally Pally as the world No.2

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Former World Champion Michael Smith heads to Ally Pally as the world No.2Credit: Getty

ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers

Cameron Menzies (Scotland)
Wessel Nijman (Netherlands)
Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands)
Ricardo Pietreczko (Germany)
Luke Woodhouse (England)
Ryan Joyce (England)
Niels Zonneveld (Netherlands)
Alan Soutar (Scotland)
Madars Razma (Latvia)
Callan Rydz (England)
Wesley Plaisier (Netherlands)
Martin Lukeman (England)
Kevin Doets (Netherlands)
Richard Veenstra (Netherlands)
Scott Williams (England)
Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
William O’Connor (Ireland)
Karel Sedlacek (Czech Republic)
Stephen Burton (England)
Thibault Tricole (France)
Connor Scutt (England)
Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
Ian White (England)
Jeffrey de Graaf (Sweden)
Jim Williams (Wales)
Florian Hempel (Germany)
Ryan Meikle (England)
Chris Landman (Netherlands)
Nick Kenny (Wales)
James Hurrell (England)
Mickey Mansell (Northern Ireland)
Ricky Evans (England)

Scotsman Cameron Menzies is one of the qualifiers to have made it

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Scotsman Cameron Menzies is one of the qualifiers to have made itCredit: Rex

International Qualifiers

Ryusei Azemoto (Japan)
Keane Barry (Ireland)
Stefan Bellmont (Switzerland)
Stowe Buntz (USA)
Cameron Carolissen (South Africa)
Joe Comito (Australia)
Leonard Gates (USA)
Tomoya Goto (Japan)
Kai Gotthardt (Germany)
Romeo Grbavac (Croatia)
Lourence Ilagan (Philippines)
Christian Kist (Netherlands)
Nitin Kumar (India)
Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania)
Lok Yin Lee (Hong Kong)
Jim Long (Canada)
Gordon Mathers (Australia)
Alexander Merkx (Netherlands)
Paolo Nebrida (Philippines)
Robert Owen (Wales)
Ben Robb (New Zealand)
Sandro Eric Sosing (Philippines)
Fallon Sherrock (England)
Niko Springer (Germany)
Rashad Sweeting (Bahamas)
Alexis Toylo (Philippines)
Noa-Lynn van Leuven (Netherlands)
Xiaochen Zong (China)
Plus: 4x PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifiers

PDC World Championship 2024/25 final: What has been said?

The Ally Pally can hold 2,500 fans per session, but those tickets were snapped up in record time.

And the tournament is set to expand to 128 players next year, meaning more sessions.

And Humphries thinks that’s a good thing for darts.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT, he said: “Darts fans can’t buy tickets now, it’s so elite and we have to adapt to that.

“Obviously we need more sessions, more darts, and more tickets for the fans to get hold of.

“Maybe one day they may even have to move it to a bigger venue. That’s the way it is going.

“But that’s good for the sport because the bigger crowds, better atmosphere, people watching it on the TV and they go ‘wow’.

“Everything that is happening it is good. The likes of me and Luke Littler we are at the helm at the moment.

“But we are all trying to get there and make it as anticipated as possible, and it’s certainly getting there.”

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