PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25 results and schedule: Luke Littler and co battle for glory with Luke Humphries out

The 2024/25 PDC World Championship is heating up, as the best players in the world battle it out for glory at Ally Pally.

The London event is not only loved by darts fans but one that has become a key highlight of the sporting calendar.

Luke Humphries is the reigning champion but is out of this year’s eventCredit: GettyLast year saw the emergence of teenage sensation Luke Littler, with the then-16-year-old making it all the way to the final during his debut appearance.

Littler stunned everyone, but he couldn’t quite get over the line, with Luke Humphries proving to be too good for the Warrington-born player.

However, he’s back and will be determined to go that one step further while Humphries has failed to defend his title, crashing out in the fourth round.

A host of other top seeds crashed out early too, including Michael Smith, Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall so the tournament is wide open.

Read more on dartsPeter Wright will fancy his chances to go all the way along with Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen and Stephen Bunting.

PDC World Darts Championship 2024/25: Dates and how to followThe World Darts Championship got underway on Sunday, December 15, and will run until the final on Friday, January 3.

It is being held in north London at the famous Alexandra Palace, or Ally Pally, as it’s commonly known.

There will be seven rounds in total until the final.

talkSPORT 2 have live commentary of the World Darts Championship.

Our commentary team includes former players Paul Nicholson and Chris Mason alongside Ian Danter, Mark Wilson, Chris Murphy and Gabbie Partington.

Littler is favourite to win the World Darts ChampionshipCredit: GettyMark Wilson will have updates throughout the evening on talkSPORT for all the headline news and reaction too.

talkSPORT.com will also be right across the action with reaction and all of the latest news.

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You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The action will also be streamed on Sky Sports Main Event and Arena.

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A total of 96 players started the tournament this year.

The prize pot will see £2.5million be put up for grabs, with the winner taking home £500,000.

In terms of the 96 players, the top-ranked 32 in the world automatically qualified and entered at the second round.

Another 32 were made up of the PDC Tour Order of Merit, and the rest are qualifiers.

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Each match in the first round saw a qualifier take on a PDC Order of Merit player.

Prize money won across the season is what determines a player’s ranking.

All matches are played as single in, double out – requiring players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on either a double or the bullseye.

For all rounds except the first, the deciding set has to be won by two clear legs unless the set score goes to 5–5, in which case a sudden-death leg will be played. There would be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.

The matches get longer as the tournament progresses, with the first and second rounds being best of five and working up to the final which will be best of 13.

Michael van Gerwen is a three-time winner at Ally PallyCredit: RexPDC World Darts Championship 2024/25: Full schedule and resultsPre ChristmasSunday December 15 (7pm)

Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1) Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (R1)Keane Barry 3-1 Kim Huybrechts (R1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (R2)Monday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

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)

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 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long R1Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven R1Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas R1Mike De Decker 13 Luke Woodhouse R2Evening Session (7pm)

Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting R1Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong R1Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock R1Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier R2Wednesday December 18 (7pm)

Jim Williams 2-3 Paolo Nebrida R1Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist R1Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers R1Nathan Aspinall 3-1 v Leonard Gates R2Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee R1Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac R1Martin Lukeman 3-0 Nitin Kumar R1Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen R2Evening Session (7pm)

Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz R1Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell R1Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer R1Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets R2Friday December 20
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx R1Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen R1Ian White (White bye) Sandro Eric Sosing R1Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt R2Evening Session (7pm)

Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto R1Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan R1William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin R1Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell R2Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin R1Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo R1Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee R2Chris Dobey 3-1 Burton/Merkx R2Evening Session (7pm)

Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce R2Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny R2Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle R2Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt R2Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell R2Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma R2Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman R2Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White R2Evening Session (7pm)

Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz R2Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida R2Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf R2Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 O’Connor/Slevin R2Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo R2Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman R2Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin R2Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell R2Evening Session (7pm)

Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko R2Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel R2Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans R2Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams R2

Price and Cullen produced a thriller in round threePost-ChristmasFriday December 27

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse R3Jonny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney R3Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma R3Evening Session (7pm)

Gerwyn Price 4-3 Joe Cullen R3Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright R3Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny R3Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Third Round

Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle (20) R3Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko R3Nathan Aspinall (12) 4-0 Andrew Gilding (21) R3Evening Session (7pm)
Third Round

Chris Dobey (15) 4-2 Josh Rock (18) R3Michael van Gerwen (3) 4-2 Brendan Dolan (30) R3Luke Littler (4) 4-1 Ian White R3Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Third Round

Jeffrey de Graaf 4-1 Paolo Nebrida R3Kevin Doets 4-3 Krzysztof Ratajski (31) R3Dimitri Van den Bergh (11) 0-4 Callan Rydz R3Evening Session (7pm)

Ricky Evans 2-4 Robert Owen R3Jonny Clayton 2-4 Gerwyn Price R4Luke Humphries 1-4 Peter Wright R4Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Kevin Doets 3-4 Chris Dobey R4Robert Owen 3-4 Callan Rydz R4Ricardo Pietreczko 0-4 Nathan Aspinall R4Evening Session (7pm)

Stephen Bunting 4-0 Luke Woodhouse R4Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Jeffrey de Graaf R4Luke Littler 4-3 Ryan Joyce R4

Fans’ favourite Bunting made it into the quarter-finalsCredit: PDCWednesday January 1
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Gerwyn Price v Chris Dobey QF – 12:45Callan Rydz v Michael van Gerwen QF – 14:30Evening Session (7pm)

Peter Wright v Stephen Bunting QF – 19:15Luke Littler v Nathan Aspinall QF – 21:00Thursday January 2 (7.30pm)

Read More on talkSPORTPrice / Dobey v Rydz / Van Gerwen SFWright / Bunting v Littler / Aspinall SFFriday January 3 (8pm)
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