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| 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 15 December 2024 – 3 January 2025 | ||
| Venue | Alexandra Palace | ||
| Location | London, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Sets Final – first to 7 sets | ||
| Prize fund | £2.5 million | ||
| High checkout | 160 Luke Humphries (second round) | ||
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The 2025 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship) is a professional darts event taking place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2024 to 3 January 2025. It is the 32nd World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.
Luke Humphries is the defending champion, having defeated Luke Littler 7–4 in the 2024 final.[1]
Overview
[edit]The 2025 PDC World Darts Championship is the 32nd World Darts Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the 18th to be held at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It will take place from 15 December 2024 to 3 January 2025. The championship will feature 96 participants, with the top 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded through to the second round. The 32 qualifiers from the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the 32 other players from various qualifiers start in the first round.[2][3]
Irish gambling company Paddy Power will continue their sponsorship of the event, having agreed a three-year contract with the PDC ahead of the 2024 edition.[4] As part of its promotion of the event, Paddy Power announced 'The Bigger 180' campaign, for which the bookmaker would, as last year, donate £1,000 to charity Prostate Cancer UK for every maximum score of 180 achieved during the tournament, while also introducing a £180,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish if one is hit at the tournament, shared equally between the charity, the player, and a fan in the Alexandra Palace crowd.[5][6]
Going into the event, the previous years' finalists are viewed by bookmakers as the tournament favourites with Luke Littler having won the Premier League,[7][8][9] the World Series Finals,[10] and the Grand Slam of Darts,[11][12] and defending champion Luke Humphries having won the World Matchplay[13][14] and the Players Championship Finals.[15]
Format
[edit]All matches will be played as straight in, double out, requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on a double. The matches were played in the set format, with a minimum of three sets required to win a match. The following rules were observed:
- All sets will be played to the best of five legs in the first round, and also in non-deciding sets of subsequent rounds.
- In the deciding set of all but the first round, the first player to win at least three legs and be leading by two or more wins the set and the match. If the set reaches a 5–5 tie without a winner, it will be decided by a sudden-death leg with no throw for the bull.
| Round | Best of (sets) | First to (sets) |
|---|---|---|
| First & Second | 5 | 3 |
| Third & Fourth | 7 | 4 |
| Quarter-finals | 9 | 5 |
| Semi-finals | 11 | 6 |
| Final | 13 | 7 |
Ranking
[edit]The rankings on the PDC Order of Merit are calculated on a two-year basis. Players who participated in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship are defending their prize money from that event on their ranking. At the end of the tournament, the PDC Order of Merit prize money from that event will be deleted from their ranking. After the tournament, the top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit will receive a one-year extension on their tour card. Players in the final year of their tour card, or that do not hold a tour card for the 2024 season, who finish the tournament outside the top 64 lose their tour card, unless players inside the top 64 resign their tour card, which Steve Beaton is expected to do.[16]
Prize money
[edit]The total prize pool for the tournament is expected to remain at £2.5 million in total for the seventh year in a row.[2][3] Tournament sponsors Paddy Power have pledged a £60,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish hit during the tournament to each of the player, Prostate Cancer UK, and a fan in the Alexandra Palace crowd during the match it was hit.[5][6]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £2,500,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £500,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £200,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £100,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £50,000 |
| Fourth round losers | (8) | £35,000 |
| Third round losers | (16) | £25,000 |
| Second round losers | (32) | £15,000 |
| First round losers | (32) | £7,500 |
| Nine-dart finish | £60,000 | |
Qualification
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96 players will compete in the event, with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round. The top 32 not yet qualified players from the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and the 32 international qualifiers enter in the first round.[17][18] [2][3]
Seeds
[edit]The reigning 2024 PDC World Champion, World Matchplay and Players Championship Finals champion, and the UK Open, and World Grand Prix runner-up Luke Humphries is top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament. The 2023 world champion and 2024 World Series Finals runner-up Michael Smith is the second seed. Michael van Gerwen, the 2014, 2017 and 2019 PDC World Champion and 2024 Masters and World Matchplay runner-up is the third seed. Luke Littler, the 2024 PDC World Championship runner-up and the Premier League, Grand Slam and World Series Finals champion is the fourth seed. 2018 world champion, Rob Cross, is the fifth seed.
As well as Humphries, Smith, van Gerwen and Cross, four other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds: 2021 world champion Gerwyn Price is the 10th seed, 2015 and 2016 world champion Gary Anderson is seeded 14th, 2020 and 2022 world champion and 2023 European Champion Peter Wright is the 17th seed, and 2007 world champion Raymond van Barneveld is the 32nd seed. 2014 BDO World Champion and 2024 Masters champion Stephen Bunting is the 8th seed. He was one of two former BDO world champions to qualify as seeds, alongside 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2005 BDO world champion van Barneveld.[18]
The top seeds behind Humphries, Smith, van Gerwen, Littler and Cross are Dave Chisnall, 2023 World Matchplay runner-up Jonny Clayton, Bunting, Damon Heta, Price, 2024 UK Open champion Dimitri Van den Bergh, 2023 World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall, 2022 UK Open champion Danny Noppert, Anderson, 2023 Masters champion Chris Dobey and 2023 European Championship runner-up James Wade. Other tournament winners to qualify as seeds are 2022 European Champion Ross Smith as the 19th seed, 2023 UK Open champion Andrew Gilding as the 21st seed, 2022 Masters champion Joe Cullen as the 23rd seed, 2024 World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker as the 24th seed, 2018 Players Championship Finals champion Daryl Gurney as 26th seed and 2024 European Champion Ritchie Edhouse as the 29th seed. Edhouse had previously led the non–seeded Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers prior to his major win.[19] The 2023 World Championship semi-finalist Gabriel Clemens qualified as 27th seed, while 2024 World Youth Champion Gian van Veen is the 28th seed and 2024 quarter-finalist Brendan Dolan is the 30th seed.[18]
Pro Tour qualification
[edit]Cameron Menzies is the highest-ranked non-seed on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and one of four Pro Tour event winners in 2024 to qualify via the Pro Tour, alongside Wessel Nijman, Wesley Plaisier and Alan Soutar. Two players who were runners-up in PDC majors in 2024 qualified via the Pro Tour, Jermaine Wattimena at the 2024 European Championship and Martin Lukeman at the Grand Slam.[18]
Other players qualifying via the 2024 Pro Tour include event winners from 2023 Ricardo Pietreczko, Ryan Joyce, Callan Rydz and Kim Huybrechts as well as 2024 UK Open semi-finalist and 2024 Pro Tour event runner-up Ricky Evans.
2024 World Championship semi-finalist, the 2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner and 2022 Pro Tour event winner Scott Williams also qualified alongside Connor Scutt, the 2024 Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner, and a Pro Tour event runner-up in both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Scutt and Plaisier also qualified for the 2024 WDF World Championship but withdrew in order to play at the Alexandra Palace.[20]
Jeffrey de Graaf, a 2024 Pro Tour event runner-up, qualified via both the 2024 Pro Tour and the PDC Nordic and Baltic circuit but was drawn as a Pro Tour qualifier.[18]
Other players qualifying via their Pro Tour ranking include 2024 European Championship semi-finalist Luke Woodhouse, Niels Zonneveld, Madars Razma, 2023 Pro Tour event runner-up Kevin Doets, Richard Veenstra, William O'Connor, Karel Sedláček, Stephen Burton, Thibault Tricole, 2017 Champions League of Darts winner Mensur Suljović, Ian White, 2022 Pro Tour event winner Jim Williams, 2023 Pro Tour event runner-up Chris Landman, and 2024 Grand Slam semi-finalist Mickey Mansell.[18]
Plaisier and James Hurrell make their PDC World Darts Championship debuts.[21]
International qualifiers
[edit]Niko Springer and Keane Barry qualified from the 2024 PDC Development Tour series, while 2012 BDO World Champion Christian Kist and Alexander Merkx qualified from the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series.[18]
Fallon Sherrock, the only woman to have won a match at the PDC World Darts Championship, and Noa-Lynn van Leuven qualified from the 2024 PDC Women's Series, with Van Leuven set to be the first transgender competitor to play at the event. As with the previous edition, no player will be eligible to compete in the 2025 PDC World Championship had they played at the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship which will conclude a week earlier. Beau Greaves, the winner of the 2024 Women's World Matchplay, qualified but opted to play the WDF event.[22][23]
The final places were awarded by a qualifier for non-qualified PDC Tour Card holders, with Rhys Griffin, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Dylan Slevin and Matt Campbell progressing through the qualifier.[24][25]
Rashad Sweeting will become the first player from the Bahamas to play at the PDC World Championship after sealing his qualification through the Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean Order of Merit, while Stefan Bellmont became the first Swiss player to play at the PDC World Championship.[26]
Debutants from the international qualifiers are Ryusei Azemoto, Stefan Bellmont, Joe Comito, Kai Gotthardt, Romeo Grbavac, Rhys Griffin, Lok Yin Lee, Alexander Merkx, Niko Springer, Rashad Sweeting, Alexis Toylo and Noa-Lynn van Leuven.[21]
List of qualifiers
[edit]- ^ Dom Taylor, who was originally 17th on the Pro Tour list, was suspended by the PDC, following the failure of a drugs test.[27] Robert Owen was his replacement as the highest ranked Pro Tour player not yet qualified. He was treated as an International qualifier in the draw due to Jeffrey de Graaf's Pro Tour ranking.[18]
- ^ De Graaf was ranked in the top 32 on the Pro Tour list, so was treated as a ProTour qualifier in the draw.[18]
- ^ Greaves chose to play the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship[35] following a ruling by the PDC which did not allow players to compete in both World Championships in the same year.[36]
Schedule
[edit]| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
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| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 01 | 1 |  Thibault Tricole 80.61 |
3–1 |  Joe Comito 81.25 |
3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — |
| 02 |  Jermaine Wattimena 98.54 |
3–0 |  Stefan Bellmont 92.95 |
3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | — | |
| 03 |  Kim Huybrechts 96.92 |
1–3 |  Keane Barry 94.97 |
3–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | |
| 04 | 2 |  Luke Humphries 90.79 |
3–0 | Thibault Tricole 85.62 |
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | — |
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 05 | 1 | Wesley Plaisier 82.56 |
3–2 |  Ryusei Azemoto 79.23 |
1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 06 | Luke Woodhouse 94.38 |
3–0 |  Lourence Ilagan 81.11 |
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | — | |
| 07 |  Alan Soutar |
 Kai Gotthardt |
— | — | |||||
| 08 | 2 | James Wade |
Jermaine Wattimena |
— | — | ||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 09 | 1 | Niels Zonneveld |
 Robert Owen |
— | — | ||||
| 10 | Connor Scutt |
 Ben Robb |
— | — | |||||
| 11 | Cameron Menzies |
 Leonard Gates |
— | — | |||||
| 12 | 2 | Gerwyn Price |
Keane Barry |
— | — | ||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 | James Hurrell |
 Jim Long |
— | — | ||||
| 14 | Kevin Doets |
Noa-Lynn van Leuven |
— | — | |||||
| 15 | Ryan Joyce |
 Darius Labanauskas |
— | — | |||||
| 16 | 2 | Mike De Decker |
Luke Woodhouse |
— | — | ||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 17 | 1 |  Jeffrey de Graaf |
 Rashad Sweeting |
— | — | ||||
| 18 | Ricardo Pietreczko |
 Zong Xiao Chen |
— | — | |||||
| 19 | Ryan Meikle |
Fallon Sherrock |
— | — | |||||
| 20 | 2 | Peter Wright |
Wesley Plaisier |
— | — | ||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 21 | 1 | Jim Williams |
Paolo Nebrida |
— | — | ||||
| 22 |  Madars Razma |
Christian Kist |
— | — | |||||
| 23 | Ricky Evans |
Gordon Mathers |
— | — | |||||
| 24 | 2 | Nathan Aspinall |
Menzies / Gates | — | — | ||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
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| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 25 | 1 | Chris Landman |
 Lok Yin Lee |
— | — | ||||
| 26 | Callan Rydz |
 Romeo Grbavac |
— | — | |||||
| 27 | Martin Lukeman |
 Nitin Kumar |
— | — | |||||
| 28 | 2 | Gabriel Clemens |
Zonneveld / Owen | — | — | ||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 29 | 1 | Nick Kenny |
Stowe Buntz |
— | — | ||||
| 30 |  Mensur Suljović |
Matt Campbell |
— | — | |||||
| 31 | Scott Williams |
Niko Springer |
— | — | |||||
| 32 | 2 | Michael Smith |
Doets / Van Leuven | — | — | ||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 33 | 1 | Stephen Burton |
Alexander Merkx |
— | — | ||||
| 34 | Wessel Nijman |
 Cameron Carolissen |
— | — | |||||
| 35 | Ian White |
Sandro Eric Sosing |
— | — | |||||
| 36 | 2 | Stephen Bunting |
Soutar / Gotthardt | — | — | ||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 37 | 1 |  Mickey Mansell |
Tomoya Goto |
— | — | ||||
| 38 | Florian Hempel |
Jeffrey de Zwaan |
— | — | |||||
| 39 | William O'Connor |
Dylan Slevin |
— | — | |||||
| 40 | 2 | Michael van Gerwen |
Hurrell / Long | — | — | ||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
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| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 41 | 1 |  Karel Sedláček |
Rhys Griffin |
— | — | ||||
| 42 | Richard Veenstra |
Alexis Toylo |
— | — | |||||
| 43 | 2 | Brendan Dolan |
Landman / Lee | — | — | ||||
| 44 | Chris Dobey |
Burton / Merkx | — | — | |||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 45 | 2 | Danny Noppert |
Joyce / Labanauskas | — | — | ||||
| 46 | Raymond van Barneveld |
Kenny / Buntz | — | — | |||||
| 47 | Luke Littler |
Meikle / Sherrock | — | — | |||||
| 48 | Damon Heta |
Scutt / Robb | — | — | |||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
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| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 49 | 2 | Ryan Searle |
Suljović / Campbell | — | — | ||||
| 50 | Dirk van Duijvenbode |
Razma / Kist | — | — | |||||
| 51 | Joe Cullen |
Nijman / Carolissen | — | — | |||||
| 52 | Ritchie Edhouse |
White / Sosing | — | — | |||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 53 | 2 | Martin Schindler |
Rydz / Grbavac | — | — | ||||
| 54 | Ross Smith |
J. Williams / Nebrida | — | — | |||||
| 55 | Gary Anderson |
De Graaf / Sweeting | — | — | |||||
| 56 | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
O'Connor / Slevin | — | — | |||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
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| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 57 | 2 |  Krzysztof Ratajski |
Veenstra / Toylo | — | — | ||||
| 58 | Andrew Gilding |
Lukeman / Kumar | — | — | |||||
| 59 | Josh Rock |
Sedláček / Griffin | — | — | |||||
| 60 | Jonny Clayton |
Mansell / Goto | — | — | |||||
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 61 | 2 | Gian van Veen |
Pietreczko / Zong | — | — | ||||
| 62 | Daryl Gurney |
Hempel / De Zwaan | — | — | |||||
| 63 | Dave Chisnall |
Evans / Mathers | — | — | |||||
| 64 | Rob Cross |
S. Williams / Springer | — | — | |||||
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 | Set 11 |
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| Evening session (19:30 GMT) | |||||||||||||||
| 93 | SF |  |
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| 94 | |
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| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 | Set 11 | Set 12 | Set 13 |
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| Evening session (20:00 GMT) | |||||||||||||||||
| 95 | F | |
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Draw
[edit]The draw took place on 25 November 2024, live on Sky Sports News, and was conducted by Sky Sports presenter, Emma Paton, and former semi-finalists Wayne Mardle and Mark Webster.[48][49][50]
Top half
[edit]Section 1
[edit]| First round (best of 5 sets) 15–21 December [51][52] | Second round (best of 5 sets) 15–23 December [51][52] | Third round (best of 7 sets) 27–29 December | Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 29–30 December | Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 1 January | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thibault Tricole 80.61 | 3 | 1 | Luke Humphries 90.79 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Joe Comito 81.25 | 1 | Thibault Tricole 85.62 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Humphries | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Kenny | 32 | Raymond van Barneveld | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Stowe Buntz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Wattimena 98.54 | 3 | 16 | James Wade 97.01 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Stefan Bellmont 92.95 | 0 | Jermaine Wattimena 99.17 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Wattimena | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesley Plaisier 82.56 | 3 | 17 | Peter Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Ryusei Azemoto 79.23 | 2 | Wesley Plaisier | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan Soutar 84.19 | 1 | 8 | Stephen Bunting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Kai Gotthardt 89.10 | 3 | Q | Kai Gotthardt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Madars Razma | 25 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Christian Kist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connor Scutt 101.92 | 3 | 9 | Damon Heta | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Ben Robb 82.64 | 0 | Connor Scutt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Woodhouse 94.38 | 3 | 24 | Mike De Decker | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Lourence Ilagan 81.11 | 0 | Luke Woodhouse | ||||||||||||||||||||
Section 2
[edit]| First round (best of 5 sets) 15–21 December [51][52] | Second round (best of 5 sets) 15–23 December [51][52] | Third round (best of 7 sets) 27–29 December | Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 29–30 December | Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 1 January | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Meikle | 4 | Luke Littler | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Fallon Sherrock | | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ian White | 29 | Ritchie Edhouse | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Sandro Eric Sosing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Joyce | 13 | Danny Noppert | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Darius Labanauskas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mensur Suljović | 20 | Ryan Searle | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Matt Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Williams | 5 | Rob Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Niko Springer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricardo Pietreczko | 28 | Gian van Veen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Zong Xiao Chen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Menzies 83.77 | 1 | 12 | Nathan Aspinall | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Leonard Gates 82.96 | 3 | Q | Leonard Gates | |||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Lukeman | 21 | Andrew Gilding | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Nitin Kumar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
[edit]Section 3
[edit]| First round (best of 5 sets) 15–21 December [51][52] | Second round (best of 5 sets) 15–23 December [51][52] | Third round (best of 7 sets) 27–29 December | Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 29–30 December | Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 1 January | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Doets | 2 | Michael Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Veenstra | 31 | Krzysztof Ratajski | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Alexis Toylo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Burton | 15 | Chris Dobey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Alexander Merkx | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Karel Sedláček | 18 | Josh Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Rhys Griffin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Mansell | 7 | Jonny Clayton | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Tomoya Goto | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florian Hempel | 26 | Daryl Gurney | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Jeffrey de Zwaan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Huybrechts 96.92 | 1 | 10 | Gerwyn Price 91.32 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Keane Barry 94.97 | 3 | Q | Keane Barry 86.81 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Gerwyn Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wessel Nijman | 23 | Joe Cullen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Cameron Carolissen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 4
[edit]| First round (best of 5 sets) 15–21 December [51][52] | Second round (best of 5 sets) 15–23 December [51][52] | Third round (best of 7 sets) 27–29 December | Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 29–30 December | Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 1 January | |||||||||||||||||||
| James Hurrell | 3 | Michael van Gerwen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Jim Long | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Landman | 30 | Brendan Dolan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Lok Yin Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey de Graaf | 14 | Gary Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Rashad Sweeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Williams | 19 | Ross Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Paolo Nebrida | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Evans | 6 | Dave Chisnall | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Gordon Mathers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niels Zonneveld 93.19 | 1 | 27 | Gabriel Clemens | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Robert Owen 91.64 | 3 | Q | Robert Owen | |||||||||||||||||||
| William O'Connor | 11 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Dylan Slevin | | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Callan Rydz | 22 | Martin Schindler | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Romeo Grbavac | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics
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Second round | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 144 | 28.26% | 90.89 |
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Second round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 29.41% | 87.38 |
| Thibault Tricole
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 80 | 35.71% | 89.62 |
| Noa-Lynn van Leuven
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 120 | 28.00% | 87.02 |
| Kim Huybrechts
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 25.92% | 96.92 |
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 155 | 40.00% | 93.19 |
| Stefan Bellmont
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First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 36.36% | 92.95 |
| Alan Soutar
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 111 | 28.57% | 84.19 |
| Cameron Menzies
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 72 | 15.62% | 83.77 |
| Ben Robb
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First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 25.00% | 82.64 |
| Joe Comito
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First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 94 | 25.80% | 81.25 |
| Lourence Ilagan
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First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 16.66% | 81.11 |
| Ryusei Azemoto
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First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 32.15% | 79.23 |
| Jim Young
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First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10.00% | 79.11 |
Highest averages
[edit]This table shows all averages over 100 achieved by players throughout the tournament.[53][54] For players with multiple high averages, this is indicated by the number in brackets.
The three-dart average is the most cited statistic in darts matches as it gives a rough estimate of a player's form.[55][56] For comparison with previous years, see the highest ever recorded averages in the World Darts Championship.
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