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.
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
The World Darts Championship got underway on Sunday, December 15, and will 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.
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: 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 and results
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 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)
Evening Session (7pm)
- Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen (R1)
- Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb (R1)
- Cameron Menzies 1-3 Leonard Gates (R1)
- Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry (R2)
Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
- James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long R1
- Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven R1
- Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas R1
- Mike De Decker 13 Luke Woodhouse R2
Evening 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)
- Jim Williams 2-3 Paolo Nebrida R1
- Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist R1
- Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers R1
- Nathan Aspinall 3-1 v 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 3-0 Nitin Kumar R1
- Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen R2
Evening 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
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
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 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
Evening Session (7pm)
- Danny Noppert v Ryan Joyce R2
- Raymond van Barneveld v Nick Kenny 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
Evening 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
Evening 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)
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
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