2024/25 World Darts Championship schedule: Alexandra Palace final on a Friday as Luke Littler seeks first title

The final of the 2024/25 World Darts Championship will take place on Friday January 3, the Professional Darts Corporation confirmed as the tournament schedule was released.

The sport's showpiece event will get under way on Sunday December 15 at Alexandra Palace, with Luke Humphries seeking to defend his title after beating Luke Littler in a thrilling final earlier this year.

The PDC has released the full tournament schedule, with the usual three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day and a night off for New Year's Eve in place.

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In what is sure to be a raucous atmosphere at Ally Pally, the final will take place on a Friday night for the first time since 2020, at which time there was no crowd due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The finalists will be whittled down from the 96 entrants competing for the Sid Waddell Trophy and £2.5m in prize money.

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Full second-round draw

Seeds in brackets; Best-of-five sets

Opening quarter

• Luke Humphries (1) vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito
• Raymond van Barneveld (32) vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz
• James Wade (16) vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont
• Peter Wright (17) vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto
• Stephen Bunting (8) vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) vs Madars Razma or Christian Kist
• Damon Heta (9) vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb
• Mike De Decker (24) vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

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Second quarter

• Luke Littler (4) vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock
• Ritchie Edhouse (29) vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing
• Danny Noppert (13) vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas
• Ryan Searle (20) vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell
• Rob Cross (5) vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer
• Gian van Veen (28) vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong
• Nathan Aspinall (12) vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates
• Andrew Gilding (21) vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

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Third quarter

• Michael Smith (2) vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven
• Krzysztof Ratajski (31) vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo
• Chris Dobey (15) vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx
• Josh Rock (18) vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin
• Jonny Clayton (7) vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto
• Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan
• Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry
• Joe Cullen (23) vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

Bottom quarter

• Michael van Gerwen (3) vs James Hurrell or Jim Long
• Brendan Dolan (30) vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee
• Gary Anderson (14) vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting
• Ross Smith (19) vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida
• Dave Chisnall (6) vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers
• Gabriel Clemens (27) vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (11) vs William O'Connor or Dylan Slevin
• Martin Schindler (22) vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac

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Full 2024/25 World Darts Championship schedule

Sunday December 15 (7pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Monday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Wednesday December 18 (7pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Friday December 20
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
2x First Round, 2x Second Round

Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
4x Second Round

Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
4x Second Round

Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
4x Second Round

Friday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Fourth Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Fourth Round

Wednesday January 1
Afternoon 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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