PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25 LIVE: Results, schedule, prize money and talkSPORT commentary for iconic event

The 2024/25 PDC World Championship is up and running as the best players in the world take to the Alexandra Palace stage to compete for the Sid Waddell Trophy.

It’s an event not only loved by darts fans but one that has become a key highlight of the sporting calendar.

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Last year saw the emergence of teenage sensation Luke Littler, with the then-16-year-old making it all the way to the final during his debut appearance.

Littler stunned everyone, but he couldn’t quite get over the line, with Luke Humphries proving to be too good for the Warrington-born player.

However, he’ll be back and will be determined to go that one step further, while Humphries will be out to defend his title.

But they won’t be the only attractions, with all of darts’ top players set to take their place on the oche in north London.

PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25: Dates and how to follow

This edition of the World Darts Championship will get underway on Sunday, December 15, and run until the final on Friday, January 3.

It is being held in north London at the famous Alexandra Palace, or Ally Pally as it’s commonly known.

There are set to be seven rounds until the final.

talkSPORT 2 will have live commentary of the World Darts Championship from 12:30pm.

Our commentary team includes former players Paul Nicholson and Chris Mason alongside Ian Danter, Mark Wilson, Chris Murphy and Gabbie Partington.

Mark Wilson will have updates throughout the evening on talkSPORT for all the headline news and reaction too.

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.

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PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25: Tournament format

The draw for the event was made at 1pm on Monday, November 25.

There are set to be 96 players involved in the tournament this year.

The prize pot will see £2.5million be put up for grabs, with the winner taking home £500,000.

In terms of the 96 players, the top-ranked 32 in the world automatically qualify and enter at the second round.

Another 32 are made up of the PDC Tour Order of Merit, and the rest are qualifiers.

Each match in the first round sees a qualifier take on a PDC Order of Merit player.

Prize money won across the season is what determines a player’s ranking.

All matches are played as single in, double out – requiring players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on either a double or the bullseye.

For all rounds except the first, the deciding set has to be won by two clear legs unless the set score goes to 5–5, in which case a sudden-death leg will be played. There would be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.

The matches get longer as the tournament progresses, with the first and second rounds being best of five and working up to the final which will be best of 13.

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

Former PDC chairman Barry Hearn believes that Littler has the chance to become one of the greatest darts players ever.

He said: “He has the potential to be one of the greats of all time.

“That is the sacrifice he has to make. Does money spoil him along the way?

“No one really knows the answer, will he be or won’t he be? It will largely depend on him and how he copes with his new world.

“I think he will surprise a lot of people with his maturity as he already has. The way he handles himself. He’s excellent.

“Let’s hope he keeps like that. We are being entertained by greatness. There are a dozen or so players that have the potential from 12 years up.

“We need to be able to tell a story, set the scene. We need to involve everybody, get people talking. Luke Littler did that. By the way, he’s still got a long way to go.

“I think he’s a sensible boy, I think he knows that. He’s pacing himself and he’s going to get beat as well, he’s not going to suddenly blow everybody away.”

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PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25: Competitors

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)

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PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25: Full schedule

Sunday December 15 (7pm)

• Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1)
• Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (R1)
• Keane Barry 3-1 Kim Huybrechts (R1)
• Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (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 Jermaine Wattimena R2

Evening Session (7pm)

• Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen R1
• Connor Scutt v Ben Robb R1
• Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates R1
• Gerwyn Price v Keane Barry R2

Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

• James Hurrell v Jim Long R1
• Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven R1
• Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas R1
• Mike De Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan R2

Evening 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)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

• 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 x
• Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar R1
• Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen R2

Evening 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

Evening 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/Long 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

Evening 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

Evening 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

Evening 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)
Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
Third Round

Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
Third Round

Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
Fourth Round

Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Fourth Round

Evening Session (7pm)
Fourth Round

Wednesday January 1
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7pm)
Quarter-Finals

Thursday January 2 (7.30pm)
Semi-Finals

Friday January 3 (8pm)
Final