The highly anticipated PDC Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2025 is all set to return next month, and the organizers have announced all the competition details ahead of its start along with the schedule and draw
The Alexandra Palace is all set to host the world’s top darts players featuring the likes of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Michael van Gerwen.
World Darts Championship 2025 schedule, draw, dates, time, prize money, odds, format and live stream telecast on TV coverage
Reigning champion Luke Humphries will make a return to defend his title after winning the same back in January.
World Darts Championship 2025 draws
Given below are the draws for the upcoming championship:
Second round ties
(Seeded player v first round winner)
- Humphries (1) vs Tricole/Comito
- Van Barneveld (32) vs Kenny/Buntz
- Wade (16) vs Wattimena/Bellmont
- Wright (17) vs Plaisier/Azemoto
- Bunting (8) vs Soutar/Gotthardt
- Van Duijvenbode (25) vs Razma/Kist
- Heta (9) vs Scutt/Robb
- De Decker (24) vs Woodhouse/llagan
- Littler (4) vs Meikle/Sherrock
- Edhouse (29) vs White/Sosing
- Noppert (13) vs Joyce/Labanauskas
- Searle (20) vs Suljovic/Campbell
- Cross (5) vs S. Williams/Springer
- Van Veen (28) vs Pietreczko/Zong
- Aspinall (12) vs Menzies/Gates
- Gilding (21) vs Lukeman/Kumar
- Smith (2) vs Doets/van Leuven
- Ratajski (31) vs Veenstra/Toylo
- Dobey (15) vs Burton/Merkx
- Rock (18) vs Sedlácek/Griffin
- Clayton (7) vs Mansell/Goto
- Gurney (26) vs Hempel/de Zwaan
- Price (10) vs Huybrechts/Barry
- Cullen (23) vs Nijman/Carolissen
- Van Gerwen (3) vs Hurrell/Long
- Dolan (30) vs Landman/Lee
- Anderson (14) vs de Graaf/Sweeting
- Smith (19) vs J. Williams/Nebrida
- Chisnall (6) vs Evans/Mathers
- Clemens (27) vs Zonneveld/Owen
- Van den Bergh (11) vs O’Connor/Slevin
- Schindler (22) vs Rydz/Grbavac
World Darts Championship 2025 dates
The tournament begins at Alexandra Palace on Sunday 15 December with three first-round matches and one second-round match. Darts every day will follow before the usual three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. The championship will resume with the third round and a double session on 27 December before a night off on New Year’s Eve. Then the quarter-finals will take place across two sessions on New Year’s Day before the semi-finals on 2 January and the final on Friday 3 January.
World Darts Championship 2025 how to watch live
Darts fans can watch the upcoming tournament live on Sky Sports’ dedicated darts channel starting from 15 December. Fans can also watch the live stream on Sky Go and Now TV.
World Darts Championship 2025 format
Given below is the tournament format:
| Round | Sets |
| Final | Best of 13 sets |
| Semi-Final | Best of 11 sets |
| Quarter-Final | Best of nine sets |
| Fourth Round | Best of seven sets |
| Third Round | Best of seven sets |
| Second Round | Best of five sets |
| First Round | Best of five sets |
World Darts Championship 2025 prize money breakdown
| Position | Prize money |
| Winner | £500,000 |
| Runner-Up | £200,000 |
| Semi-Final | £100,000 |
| Quarter-Final | £50,000 |
| Fourth Round | £35,000 |
| Third Round | £25,000 |
| Second Round | £15,000 |
| First Round | £7,500 |
| Total | £2,500,000 |
World Darts Championship 2025 top seeds
Given below are the top seeds for the upcoming championships:
- 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 Price (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)
World Darts Championship 2025 full schedule
Given below is the full schedule for the upcoming championship:
| Day and date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, December 15 | 7pm | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round |
| Monday, December 16 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round | |
| Tuesday, December 17
| Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round | |
| Wednesday, December 18 | 7pm | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round |
| Thursday, December 19 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round | |
| Friday, December 20 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x First Round, 1x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 2x First Round, 2x Second Round | |
| Saturday, December 21 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 4x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 4x Second Round | |
| Sunday, December 22 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 4x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 4x Second Round | |
| Monday, December 23 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 4x Second Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 4x Second Round | |
| Friday, December 27 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x Third Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 3x Third Round | |
| Saturday, December 28 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x Third Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 3x Third Round | |
| Sunday, December 29 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x Third Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round | |
| Monday, December 30 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 3x Fourth Round |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 3x Fourth Round | |
| Wednesday, January 1 | Afternoon Session (12.30pm) | 2x Quarter-Finals |
| Evening Session (7pm) | 2x Quarter-Finals | |
| Thursday, January 2 | 7.30pm | Semi-Finals
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| Friday January 3 | 8pm | Final |
World Darts Championship 2025 odds
Given below is the list of players with the best odds for the upcoming championship:
- 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 Price 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