Searle bidding to banish last year's Ally Pally demons

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Ryan Searle is confident of breaking new ground at this year’s Paddy Power World Darts Championship, as he bids to round off an impressive 2023 campaign in style.

PDC stars go undercover in 2023 Christmas advert!

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Four of the biggest names in darts went undercover in this year's Christmas advert, which marks a week to go until the 2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship gets underway!

Van Gerwen confident of creating more Alexandra Palace history

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Michael van Gerwen could create further history at the 2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship, as he bids to become the first player to win a fourth Alexandra Palace crown.

Emerging star Van Veen determined to savour Ally Pally debut

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Gian van Veen will become the latest Dutch star to grace the famous Alexandra Palace stage this year, following a breakthrough campaign that has seen him tipped for future stardom.

Aspinall vows: 'I will be here until I win the World Championship'

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Nathan Aspinall will make the annual pilgrimage to Alexandra Palace as the number six seed at this year’s Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

Sherrock relishing return to 'iconic' Ally Pally stage

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Fallon Sherrock is hoping to create another slice of history in this year’s Paddy Power World Darts Championship, four years on from her history-making exploits at Alexandra Palace.

Move over Messi! Ballon d'Art trophy revealed by Paddy Power

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A brand new trophy has been revealed ahead of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace – the Ballon d'Art.

Gilding: 'Darts has completely changed my life'

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Andrew Gilding’s 2023 UK Open triumph marked one of the sport’s greatest underdog stories, and now the unassuming Suffolk star is dreaming of landing the sport’s biggest prize.

Priestley: The World Championship is the pinnacle

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January 2, 2024 will mark the 30-year anniversary of the first ever PDC World Championship final, which saw Dennis Priestley triumph in an event that changed the darting landscape forever.

High-flying Humphries: "I really believe this could be my year!"

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High-flying Luke Humphries is brimming with confidence ahead of his Alexandra Palace return, as he bids to continue his spectacular form in the sport's flagship event later this month.

The 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship will take place from December 15 2024-January 3 2025 at Alexandra Palace, London.

The sport's biggest event will be held from December 15 2024-January 3 2025, as 96 players compete for the Sid Waddell Trophy and £2.5 million in prize money.

The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding subscribers based in the UK, Germany, Austria & Switzerland).

Click here for ticket information.

2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Sunday December 15
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1) (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2) (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (3-1, 3-1, 3-2) (R1)
Keane Barry 3-1 Kim Huybrechts (2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1) (R1)
Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (3-0, 3-0, 3-0) (R2)

Monday December 16
Afternoon Session

3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto (1-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0) (R1)
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan (3-0, 3-0, 3-2) (R1)
Kai Gotthardt 3-1 Alan Soutar (2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2) (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (3-1, 3-0, 3-1) (R2)

Evening Session
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Robert Owen 3-1 Niels Zonneveld (0-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2) (R1)
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb (3-0, 3-1, 3-0) (R1)
Leonard Gates 3-1 Cameron Menzies (3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-2) (R1)
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry (3-0, 3-1, 3-1) (R2)

Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long (3-0, 3-1, 3-0) (R1)
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven (1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2) (R1)
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas (3-0, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1) (R1)
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker (3-0, 3-1, 0-3, 3-1) (R2)

Evening Session
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting (1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1) (R1)
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong (3-0, 3-2, 3-1) (R1)
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock (0-3, 3-0, 3-0, 2-3, 3-1) (R1)
Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier (3-2, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2) (R2)

Wednesday December 18
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams (3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 3-2) (R1)
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist (2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2) (R1) - Christian Kist hits nine-dart finish
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers (3-1, 0-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-1) (R1)
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates (3-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2) (R2)

Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session

3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Lok Yin Lee 3-1 Chris Landman (2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0) (R1)
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac (3-0, 3-1, 3-1) (R1)
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar (2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1) (R1)
Robert Owen 3-1 Gabriel Clemens (3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1) (R2)

Evening Session
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz (3-1, 3-2, 3-1) (R1)
Matt Campbell 3-2 Mensur Suljovic (3-2, 2-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0) (R1)
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer (0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2) (R1)
Kevin Doets 3-2 Michael Smith (0-3, 3-1, 0-3, 3-0, 6-4) (R2)

Friday December 20
Afternoon Session

3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Alexander Merkx 3-0 Stephen Burton (3-1, 3-1, 3-2) (R1)
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen (3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2) (R1)
Ian White Bye - Sandro Eric Sosing withdrew on medical grounds (R1)
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt (1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-0) (R2)

Evening Session
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2) (R1)
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan (3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1) (R1)
Dylan Slevin 3-1 William O'Connor (3-2, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2) (R1)
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell (3-1, 3-1, 3-1) (R2)

2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session

2x First Round, 2x Second Round
Rhys Griffin 3-0 Karel Sedlacek (3-2, 3-2, 3-0) (R1)
Alexis Toylo 3-0 Richard Veenstra (3-2, 3-2, 3-2) (R1)
Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee (3-2, 3-0, 3-1) (R2)
Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx (3-1, 3-0, 0-3, 3-1) (R2)

Evening Session
4x Second Round
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Danny Noppert (1-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2) (R2)
Nick Kenny 3-1 Raymond van Barneveld (3-1, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2) (R2)
Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle (3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-0) (R2)
Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt (2-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-0) (R2)

Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Second Round
Ryan Searle v Matt Campbell (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Madars Razma (R2)
Joe Cullen v Wessel Nijman (R2)
Ritchie Edhouse v Ian White (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
4x Second Round
Martin Schindler v Callan Rydz (R2)
Ross Smith v Paolo Nebrida (R2)
Gary Anderson v Jeffrey de Graaf (R2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin (R2)

Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Second Round
Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo (R2)
Andrew Gilding v Martin Lukeman R2)
Josh Rock v Rhys Griffin (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
4x Second Round
Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko (R2)
Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans (R2)
Rob Cross v Scott Williams (R2)

Friday December 27
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x Third Round

Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x Third Round

Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Fourth Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x Fourth Round

Wednesday January 1
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals

Thursday January 2 (1930 GMT)
Semi-Finals

Friday January 3 (2000 GMT)
Final

Draw Bracket - Second Round Onwards
(1) Luke Humphries v Thibault Tricole/Joe Comito
(32) Raymond van Barneveld v Nick Kenny/Stowe Buntz
(16) James Wade v Jermaine Wattimena/Stefan Bellmont
(17) Peter Wright v Wesley Plaisier/Ryusei Azemoto
(8) Stephen Bunting v Alan Soutar/Kai Gotthardt
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode v Madars Razma/Christian Kist
(9) Damon Heta v Connor Scutt/Ben Robb
(24) Mike De Decker v Luke Woodhouse/Lourence Ilagan
(4) Luke Littler v Ryan Meikle/Fallon Sherrock
(29) Ritchie Edhouse v Ian White/Sandro Eric Sosing
(13) Danny Noppert v Ryan Joyce/Darius Labanauskas
(20) Ryan Searle v Mensur Suljovic/Matt Campbell
(5) Rob Cross v Scott Williams/Niko Springer
(28) Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko/Xiaochen Zong
(12) Nathan Aspinall v Cameron Menzies/Leonard Gates
(21) Andrew Gilding v Martin Lukeman/Nitin Kumar
(2) Michael Smith v Kevin Doets/Noa-Lynn van Leuven
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski v Richard Veenstra/Alexis Toylo
(15) Chris Dobey v Stephen Burton/Alexander Merkx
(18) Josh Rock v Karel Sedlacek/Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell/Tomoya Goto
(26) Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel/Jeffrey De Zwaan
(10) Gerwyn Price v Kim Huybrechts/Keane Barry
(23) Joe Cullen v Wessel Nijman/Cameron Carolissen
(3) Michael van Gerwen v James Hurrell/Jim Long
(30) Brendan Dolan v Chris Landman/Lok Yin Lee
(14) Gary Anderson v Jeffrey de Graaf/Rashad Sweeting
(19) Ross Smith v Jim Williams/Paolo Nebrida
(6) Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans/Gordon Mathers
(27) Gabriel Clemens v Niels Zonneveld/Robert Owen
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh v William O'Connor/Dylan Slevin
(22) Martin Schindler v Callan Rydz/Romeo Grbavac