Bouncing back: Van Gerwen ready to prove he is still the main man

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Michael van Gerwen believes he is the front runner to win the World Darts Championship.

Shooting star: The rise of Callan Rydz

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Callan Rydz has enjoyed a breakthrough year ahead of the 2021/22 World Championship.

Borland lights up Ally Pally with historic nine-darter

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William Borland lit up Alexandra Palace with a nine-dart finish in the deciding leg of an epic contest with Bradley Brooks.

Anderson defeats Lewis to advance on Day Two

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Gary Anderson progressed to the third round with victory over Adrian Lewis.

Lewis 'ready' to announce re-emergence in Anderson clash

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Adrian Lewis believes he is ready to re-establish himself as a major force in the world of darts with victory over Gary Anderson.

Mitchell Realising Ally Pally Dream

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Scott Mitchell will tick an item off his bucket list when he makes his Alexandra Palace debut.

Price survives Edhouse scare to open title defence

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Gerwyn Price survived a scare from Ritchie Edhouse, while Adrian Lewis set up a meeting with Gary Anderson.

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Family motivation for Price in bid to join list of greats

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A family moment on the Alexandra Palace stage is driving Gerwyn Price in his bid to retain his title.

Players who need World Championship wins to keep Tour Card chances alive

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For some players victory at Alexandra Palace can be the difference between retaining their place on the professional circuit.

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 3-0 Matt Campbell (3-1, 3-0, 3-0) (R2)
Madars Razma 3-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode (0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-2) (R2)
Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman (3-1, 3-2, 3-1) (R2)
Ian White 3-1 Ritchie Edhouse (1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1) (R2)

Evening Session
4x Second Round
Callan Rydz 3-0 Martin Schindler (3-2, 3-1, 3-0) (R2)
Paolo Nebrida 3-0 Ross Smith (3-2, 3-2, 3-2) (R2)
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-0 Gary Anderson (3-1, 3-0, 3-2) (R2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin (3-2, 3-2, 3-2) (R2)

Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Second Round
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1) (R2)
Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman (3-0, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2) R2)
Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin (3-0, 3-2, 3-0) (R2)
Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell (2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 1-3, 6-5) (R2)

Evening Session
4x Second Round
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 Gian van Veen (3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1) (R2)
Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel (1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 3-2, 3-1) (R2)
Ricky Evans 3-2 Dave Chisnall (1-3, 3-2, 3-1, 0-3, 6-5) (R2)
Scott Williams 3-1 Rob Cross (2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2) (R2)

Friday December 27
Third Round
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Damon Heta v Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton v Daryl Gurney
Stephen Bunting v Madars Razma

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Gerwyn Price v Joe Cullen
Jermaine Wattimena v Peter Wright
Luke Humphries v Nick Kenny

Saturday December 28
Third Round
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Ryan Joyce v Ryan Searle
Scott Williams v Ricardo Pietreczko
Nathan Aspinall v Andrew Gilding

Sunday December 29
Third Round
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Jeffrey de Graaf v Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets v Krzysztof Ratajski
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Callan Rydz 

Sunday December 29 (1900 GMT)
Third Round
Ricky Evans v Robert Owen
2x Fourth Round - TBC

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