THE World Darts Championship is rolling on at pace at Ally Pally!
Last year, Luke Humphries rubber-stamped his name in darts history by beating teen sensation Luke Littler to lift the 2023/24 crown and earn World No 1 status for the first time in his career.
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Luke Humphries will not claim back-to-back World Darts Championship titlesCredit: Taylor Lanning
It was a match fit to be labelled as the showpiece event, with Humphries marginally winning 7-4 despite being 4-2 down at one stage.
But a new champion will be crowned at Ally Pally in January after Cool Hand was knocked out at the last 16 stage by Peter Wright.
SunSport brings you all the remaining fixtures and results.
When is the World Darts Championship?
- The World Darts Championship got underway on Sunday, December 15 and will conclude on Friday, January 3, 2025.
- Afternoon sessions are scheduled to start from 12.30pm GMT while the evening sessions take place from 7pm GMT.
- There was no play from December 24-26.
- Alexandra Palace in North London is the chosen venue for this iconic competition.
- Luke Humphries pipped Luke Littler to the 2023/24 title with a 7-4 win.
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What TV channel is the World Darts Championship on and can it be live streamed?
- The 2024/25 World Darts Championship will be broadcast LIVE on Sky Sports in the UK.
- Fans in the UK can stream the entire action on NOW TV.
- Matches are also available to watch on PDCTV or their worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay.
- SunSport will also have a rolling LIVE BLOG that will cover every match and all the latest news from the tournament.
What is the World Darts Championship format?
It will be the best of five sets in the first and second rounds of the tournament.
As the rounds progress, matches go to best of seven, then nine before reaching best of 11.
While the final will be the best of 13 sets.
The 32 highest-ranking darts players have already automatically qualified for the second round.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries
World Darts Championship 2024/25 schedule
Sunday, December 15 Evening Session (7pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1)
- Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (R1)
- Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Keane Barry (R1)
- Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (R2)
Monday, December 16Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- 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)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- 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 17Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- 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 1-3 Luke Woodhouse (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- 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)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- 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 Leonard Gates (R2)
Thursday, December 19Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee (R1)
- Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac (R1)
- Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar (R1)
- Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- 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 20Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx (R1)
- Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen (R1)
- Ian White vs Sandro Eric Sosing (R1) – White wins by walkover after Sosing withdraws
- Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)2x First Round, 2x Second Round
- Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto (R1)
- Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1)
- William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin (R1)
- Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell (R2)
Saturday, December 21Afternoon Session (12.30pm)4x Second Round
- Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin (R1)
- Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo (R1)
- Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok-Yin Lee (R2)
- Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)4x Second Round
- Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce (R2)
- Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny (R2)
- Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle (R2)
- Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt (R2)
Sunday, December 22Afternoon Session (12.30pm)4x Second Round
- Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell (R2)
- Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma (R2)
- Joe Cullen 0-3 Wessel Nijman (R2)
- Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)4x Second Round
- Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz (R2)
- Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida (R2)
- Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey De Graaf (R2)
- Dimitri van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin (R2)
Monday, December 23Afternoon Session (12.30pm)4x Second Round
- Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo (R2)
- Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman (R2)
- Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin (R2)
- Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)4x Second Round
- Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko (R2)
- Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel (R2)
- Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans (R2)
- Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams (R2)
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Friday, December 27Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Third Round
- Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
- Johnny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney
- Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma
Evening Session (7pm)3x Third Round
- Gerwyn Price 4-3 Joe Cullen
- Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright
- Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny
Saturday, December 28Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Third Round
- Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle
- Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
- Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding
Evening Session (7pm)3x Third Round
- Chris Dobey 4-2 Josh Rock
- Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Brendan Dolan
- Luke Littler 4-1 Ian White
Sunday, December 29Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Third Round
- Jeffrey de Graaf 4-1 Paolo Nebrida
- Kevin Doets 4-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
- Dimitri van den Bergh 0-4 Callan Rydz
Evening Session (7pm)1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round
- Ricky Evans 2-4 Robert Owen (third round)
- Jonny Clayton 2-4 Gerwyn Price (fourth round)
- Luke Humphries 1-4 Peter Wright (fourth round)
Monday, December 30Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
- Kevin Doets 3-4 Chris Dobey R4
- Callan Rydz 4-3 Robert Owen R4
- Ricardo Pietreczko 0-4 Nathan Aspinall R4
Evening Session (7pm)
- Stephen Bunting 4-0 Luke Woodhouse R4
- Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Jeffrey de Graaf R4
- Luke Littler 4-3 Ryan Joyce R4
Wednesday, January 1Afternoon Session (12.30pm)2x Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (7pm)2x Quarter-Finals
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)Semi-Finals
Friday, January 3 (8pm)Final
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