With the 2024/2025 Paddy Power World Darts Championship set to begin this weekend, here’s everything you need to know: the full schedule, the tournament draw, and handy FAQs for those lucky enough to bag tickets to the event of the year!
When does the tournament take place?
The tournament will take place from Sunday 15 December 2024 to Friday 3 January 2025.
First-round matches will take place from 15-21 December, with each day also featuring at least one second-round tie.
All second-round matches will be completed before Christmas Day, with the third round beginning on 27 December and fourth round getting under way two days later.
The quarter-finals are on New Year’s Day, with the semi-finals a day later and the final on 3 January.
What is the match schedule?
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Sunday 15 December (19:00)
First round
Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry
Second round
Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito
Monday 16 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
First round
Wesley Plaisier v Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse v Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar v Kai Gotthardt
Second round
James Wade v Wattimena/Bellmont
Evening Session (19:00)
First round
Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen
Connor Scutt v Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates
Second round
Gerwyn Price v Huybrechts/Barry
Tuesday 17 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
James Hurrell v Jim Long
Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas
Second round
Mike de Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan
Evening Session (19:00)
First round
Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock
Second round
Peter Wright v Plaisier/Azemoto
Wednesday 18 December (19:00)
First round
Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida
Madars Razma v Christian Kist
Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers
Second round
Nathan Aspinall v Menzies/Gates
Thursday 19 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
First round
Chris Landman v Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz v Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar
Second round
Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen
Evening Session (19:00)
First round
Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell
Scott Williams v Niko Springer
Second round
Michael Smith v Doets/Van Leuven
Friday 20 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
First round
Stephen Burton v Alexander Merkx
Wessel Nijman v Cameron Carolissen
Ian White v Sandro Eric Sosing
Second round
Stephen Bunting v Soutar/Gotthardt
Evening Session (19:00)
First round
Mickey Mansell v Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel v Jeffrey de Zwaan
William O’Connor v Dylan Slevin
Second round
Michael van Gerwen v Hurrell/Long
Saturday 21 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
First round
Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo
Second round
Brendan Dolan v Landman/Lee
Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx
Evening Session (19:00)
Second round
Danny Noppert v Joyce/Labanauskas
Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz
Luke Littler v Meikle/Sherrock
Damon Heta v Scutt/Robb
Sunday 22 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
Second round
Ryan Searle v Suljovic/Campbell
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Razma/Kist
Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen
Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing
Evening Session (19:00)
Second round
Martin Schindler v Rydz/Grbavac
Ross Smith v J Williams/Nebrida
Gary Anderson v De Graaf/Sweeting
Dimitri van den Bergh v O’Connor/Slevin
Monday 23 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
Second round
Krzysztof Ratajski v Veenstra/Toylo
Andrew Gilding v Lukeman/Kumar
Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin
Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto
Evening Session (19:00)
Second round
Gian van Veen v Pietreczko/Zong
Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan
Dave Chisnall v Evans/Mathers
Rob Cross v S Williams/Springer
Friday 27 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
3x Third round
Evening Session (19:00)
3x Third round
Saturday 28 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
3x Third round
Evening Session (19:00)
3x Third Round
Sunday 29 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
3x Third round
Evening Session (19:00)
1x Third round, 2x Fourth round
Monday 30 December
Afternoon Session (12:30)
3x Fourth round
Evening Session (19:30)
3x Fourth round
Wednesday 1 January
Afternoon Session (12:30)
2x Quarter-finals
Evening Session (19:00)
2x Quarter-Finals
Thursday 2 January (19:30)
Semi-Finals
Friday 3 January (20:00)
Final
What is the draw and seedings?
(Seeds in brackets)
First quarter
(1) Luke Humphries (England) v Thibault Tricole/Joe Comito
(32) Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) v Nick Kenny/Stowe Buntz
(16) James Wade (England) v Jermaine Wattimena/Stefan Bellmont
(17) Peter Wright (Scotland) v Wesley Plaisier/Ryusei Azemoto
(8) Stephen Bunting (England) v Alan Soutar/Kai Gotthardt
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands) v Madars Razma/Christian Kist
(9) Damon Heta (Australia) v Connor Scutt/Ben Robb
(24) Mike de Decker (Belgium) v Luke Woodhouse/Lourence Ilagan
Second quarter
(4) Luke Littler (England) v Ryan Meikle/Fallon Sherrock
(29) Ritchie Edhouse (England) v Ian White/Sandro Eric Sosing
(13) Danny Noppert (Netherlands) v Ryan Joyce/Darius Labanauskas
(20) Ryan Searle (England) v Mensur Suljovic/Matt Campbell
(5) Rob Cross (England) v Scott Williams/Niko Springer
(28) Gian van Veen (Netherlands) v Ricardo Pietreczko/Xiaochen Zong
(12) Nathan Aspinall (England) v Cameron Menzies/Leonard Gates
(21) Andrew Gilding (England) v Martin Lukeman/Nitin Kumar
Third quarter
(2) Michael Smith (England) v Kevin Doets/Noa-Lynn van Leuven
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland) v Richard Veenstra/Alexis Toylo
(15) Chris Dobey (England) v Stephen Burton/Alexander Merkx
(18) Josh Rock (Northern Ireland) v Karel Sedlacek/Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton (Wales) v Mickey Mansell/Tomoya Goto
(26) Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland) v Florian Hempel/Jeffrey de Zwaan
(10) Gerwyn Price v Kim Huybrechts/Keane Barry
(23) Joe Cullen (Wales) v Wessel Nijman/Cameron Carolissen
Fourth quarter
(3) Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) v James Hurrell/Jim Long
(30) Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) v Chris Landman/Lok Yin Lee
(14) Gary Anderson (Scotland) v Jeffrey de Graaf/Rashad Sweeting
(19) Ross Smith (England) v Jim Williams/Paolo Nebrida
(6) Dave Chisnall (England) v Ricky Evans/Gordon Mathers
(27) Gabriel Clemens (Germany) v Niels Zonneveld/Robert Owen
(11) Dimitri van den Bergh (Belgium) v William O’Connor/Dylan Slevin
(22) Martin Schindler (Germany) v Callan Rydz/Romeo Grbavac
