World Darts Championship 2025: Latest results, who’s playing today, schedule and how to watch

Luke Littler is safely through to round three at the World Darts Championship.

‘The Nuke’ was left in tears after his dramatic opening 3-1 victory over Ryan Meikle at Alexandra Palace on Saturday night.

But former champion Raymond van Barneveld became the latest high-profile seed to exit the competition early after being brushed aside by Nick Kenny on an upset on day seven.

Michael van Gerwen made a confident start to his bid for a fourth title on Friday.

The Dutchman has had to wait to get his campaign up and running but he did so in comfortable fashion, beating James Hurrell 3-0.

It ensured he did not follow second seed Michael Smith in crashing out, after Kevin Doets edged a five-set thriller against the former world champion.

Smith just about edged past Doets 12 months ago, when defending his world title, but this time it was the Dutchman who held his nerve as the deciding set went to a tenth leg.

Stephen Bunting was in danger of following Smith out the exit door, with Kai Gotthardt having darts to take a two-set lead on Friday. Crowd favourite Bunting battled back, though, to ensure he will be returning after Christmas.

It is Christian Kist who has got the Ally Pally fans going the most this week, as he produced the first nine-darter of the tournament. That perfect leg was still not enough for him to get past Madars Razma.

Peter Wright kicked off his bid for a third world title with victory over Wesley Plaisier, while Gerwyn Price and Nathan Aspinall have also progressed.

World Darts Championship schedule and latest results

(Seeds in brackets, all times GMT)

Sunday, December 15

Evening Session (7pm)

Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito

Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont

Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts

(1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole

Monday, December 16

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto

Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan

Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt

Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)

Evening Session (7pm)

Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen

Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb

Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates

(10) Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry

Tuesday, December 17

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long

Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas

Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker

Evening Session (7pm)

Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting

Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong

Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock

(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier

Wednesday, December 18

Evening Session (7pm)

Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams

Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist

Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers

(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates

Thursday, December 19

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee

Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac

Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar

(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen

Evening Session (7pm)

Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz

Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell

Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer

(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets

Friday, December 20

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton

Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen

Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)

(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt

Evening Session (7pm)

Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto

Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan

William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin

(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell

Saturday, December 21

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin

Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo

(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee

(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx

Evening Session (7pm)

(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce

(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny

(4) Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle

(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt

Sunday, December 22

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

(20) Ryan Searle v Matt Campbell

(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode v Madars Razma

(23) Joe Cullen v Wessel Nijman

(29) Ritchie Edhouse v Ian White

Evening Session (7pm)

(22) Martin Schindler v Callan Rydz

(19) Ross Smith v Paolo Nebrida

(14) Gary Anderson v Jeffrey de Graaf

(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin

Monday, December 23

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

(31) Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo

(21) Andrew Gilding v Martin Lukeman

(18) Josh Rock v Rhys Griffin

(7) Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell

Evening Session (7pm)

(28) Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko

(26) Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel

(5) Rob Cross v Scott Williams

(6) Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans

Friday, December 27

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Third Round (x3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Third Round (x3)

Saturday, December 28

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Third Round (x3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Third Round (x3)

Sunday, December 29

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Third Round (x3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Third Round (x1), Fourth Round (x2)

Monday, December 30

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Fourth Round (x3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Fourth Round (x3)

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Quarter-finals (x2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Quarter-finals (x2)

Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)

Semi-Finals (x2)

Friday, January 3 (8pm)

Final

How can I watch the World Darts Championship?

TV channel: The tournament will be covered live in full on Sky Sports. Both the afternoon and evening sessions will be shown on Sky Sports Darts, with many sessions also on Sky Sports Main Event.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch the game through the Sky Go app.

World Darts Championship latest odds

Luke Littler 15/8

Luke Humphries 11/4

Gary Anderson 8/1

Michael van Gerwen 10/1

Gerwyn Price 20/1

Wessel Nijman 25/1

28/1 bar

Odds via Betfair. Subject to change