PDC World Darts Championship schedule and draw

Luke Humphries will look to defend his title at the 2025 PDC World Championship.

Humphries lifted the Sid Waddell Trophy after a thrilling 7-4 victory in January's final against teenager Luke Littler.

Here are all the details of the tournament's schedule, draw, format, prize money and previous winners.

When does the tournament take place?

The tournament is being held at Alexandra Palace in London from Sunday 15 December to Friday 3 January.

First-round matches will take place from 15-21 December, with each day also featuring at least one second-round tie.

All second-round matches will be completed before Christmas Day, with the third round beginning on 27 December and fourth round getting under way two days later.

The quarter-finals are on New Year's Day, with the semi-finals a day later and the final on 3 January.

What is the match schedule?

All times GMT

Sunday December 15 (19:00)

First round

Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito

Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont

Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry

Second round

Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito

Monday December 16

Afternoon Session (12:30)

First round

Wesley Plaisier v Ryusei Azemoto

Luke Woodhouse v Lourence Ilagan

Alan Soutar v Kai Gotthardt

Second round

James Wade v Wattimena/Bellmont

Evening Session (19:00)

First round

Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen

Connor Scutt v Ben Robb

Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates

Second round

Gerwyn Price v Huybrechts/Barry

Tuesday December 17

Afternoon Session (12:30)

James Hurrell v Jim Long

Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas

Second round

Mike de Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan

Evening Session (19:00)

First round

Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting

Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong

Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock

Second round

Peter Wright v Plaisier/Azemoto

Wednesday December 18 (19:00)

First round

Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida

Madars Razma v Christian Kist

Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers

Second round

Nathan Aspinall v Menzies/Gates

Thursday December 19

Afternoon Session (12:30)

First round

Chris Landman v Lok Yin Lee

Callan Rydz v Romeo Grbavac

Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar

Second round

Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen

Evening Session (19:00)

First round

Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz

Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell

Scott Williams v Niko Springer

Second round

Michael Smith v Doets/Van Leuven

Friday December 20

Afternoon Session (12:30)

First round

Stephen Burton v Alexander Merkx

Wessel Nijman v Cameron Carolissen

Ian White v Sandro Eric Sosing

Second round

Stephen Bunting v Soutar/Gotthardt

Evening Session (19:00)

First round

Mickey Mansell v Tomoya Goto

Florian Hempel v Jeffrey de Zwaan

William O'Connor v Dylan Slevin

Second round

Michael van Gerwen v Hurrell/Long

Saturday December 21

Afternoon Session (12:30)

First round

Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin

Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo

Second round

Brendan Dolan v Landman/Lee

Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx

Evening Session (19:00)

Second round

Danny Noppert v Joyce/Labanauskas

Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz

Luke Littler v Meikle/Sherrock

Damon Heta v Scutt/Robb

Sunday December 22

Afternoon Session (12:30)

Second round

Ryan Searle v Suljovic/Campbell

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Razma/Kist

Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen

Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing

Evening Session (19:00)

Second round

Martin Schindler v Rydz/Grbavac

Ross Smith v J Williams/Nebrida

Gary Anderson v De Graaf/Sweeting

Dimitri van den Bergh v O'Connor/Slevin

Monday December 23

Afternoon Session (12:30)

Second round

Krzysztof Ratajski v Veenstra/Toylo

Andrew Gilding v Lukeman/Kumar

Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin

Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto

Evening Session (19:00)

Second round

Gian van Veen v Pietreczko/Zong

Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan

Dave Chisnall v Evans/Mathers

Rob Cross v S Williams/Springer

Friday December 27

Afternoon Session (12:30)

3x Third round

Evening Session (19:00)

3x Third round

Saturday December 28

Afternoon Session (12:30)

3x Third round

Evening Session (19:00)

3x Third Round

Sunday December 29

Afternoon Session (12:30)

3x Third round

Evening Session (19:00)

1x Third round, 2x Fourth round

Monday December 30

Afternoon Session (12:30)

3x Fourth round

Evening Session (19:30)

3x Fourth round

Wednesday January 1

Afternoon Session (12:30)

2x Quarter-finals

Evening Session (19:00)

2x Quarter-Finals

Thursday January 2 (19:30)

Semi-Finals

Friday January 3 (20:00)

Final

What is the draw and seedings?

(Seeds in brackets)

First quarter

(1) Luke Humphries (England) v Thibault Tricole/Joe Comito

(32) Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) v Nick Kenny/Stowe Buntz

(16) James Wade (England) v Jermaine Wattimena/Stefan Bellmont

(17) Peter Wright (Scotland) v Wesley Plaisier/Ryusei Azemoto

(8) Stephen Bunting (England) v Alan Soutar/Kai Gotthardt

(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands) v Madars Razma/Christian Kist

(9) Damon Heta (Australia) v Connor Scutt/Ben Robb

(24) Mike de Decker (Belgium) v Luke Woodhouse/Lourence Ilagan

Second quarter

(4) Luke Littler (England) v Ryan Meikle/Fallon Sherrock

(29) Ritchie Edhouse (England) v Ian White/Sandro Eric Sosing

(13) Danny Noppert (Netherlands) v Ryan Joyce/Darius Labanauskas

(20) Ryan Searle (England) v Mensur Suljovic/Matt Campbell

(5) Rob Cross (England) v Scott Williams/Niko Springer

(28) Gian van Veen (Netherlands) v Ricardo Pietreczko/Xiaochen Zong

(12) Nathan Aspinall (England) v Cameron Menzies/Leonard Gates

(21) Andrew Gilding (England) v Martin Lukeman/Nitin Kumar

Third quarter

(2) Michael Smith (England) v Kevin Doets/Noa-Lynn van Leuven

(31) Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland) v Richard Veenstra/Alexis Toylo

(15) Chris Dobey (England) v Stephen Burton/Alexander Merkx

(18) Josh Rock (Northern Ireland) v Karel Sedlacek/Rhys Griffin

(7) Jonny Clayton (Wales) v Mickey Mansell/Tomoya Goto

(26) Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland) v Florian Hempel/Jeffrey de Zwaan

(10) Gerwyn Price v Kim Huybrechts/Keane Barry

(23) Joe Cullen (Wales) v Wessel Nijman/Cameron Carolissen

Fourth quarter

(3) Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) v James Hurrell/Jim Long

(30) Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) v Chris Landman/Lok Yin Lee

(14) Gary Anderson (Scotland) v Jeffrey de Graaf/Rashad Sweeting

(19) Ross Smith (England) v Jim Williams/Paolo Nebrida

(6) Dave Chisnall (England) v Ricky Evans/Gordon Mathers

(27) Gabriel Clemens (Germany) v Niels Zonneveld/Robert Owen

(11) Dimitri van den Bergh (Belgium) v William O'Connor/Dylan Slevin

(22) Martin Schindler (Germany) v Callan Rydz/Romeo Grbavac

How to follow the tournament

There will be daily reports and live text commentaries on key sessions on the BBC Sport website and app. In the UK, every match will be televised on Sky Sports, with radio commentaries on Talksport and Talksport 2.

What is the format?

First round - Best of five sets

Second round - Best of five sets

Third round - Best of seven sets

Fourth round - Best of seven sets

Quarter-finals - Best of nine sets

Semi-finals - Best of 11 sets

Final - best of 13 sets

Tie-breaks

First-round matches will not have a tie-break; if the fifth set reaches 2-2 in legs, then the fifth leg will be sudden death.

From the second round onwards, there will be a tie-break in all matches where a deciding set must be won by two clear legs. If the score in the final set reaches 5-5 then a sudden-death leg will be played. There would be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.

What is the prize money?

Winner: £500,000

Runner-up: £200,000

Semi-finalists: £100,000

Quarter-finalists: £50,000

Fourth-round losers: £35,000

Third-round losers: £25,000

Second-round losers: £15,000

First-round losers: £7,500

Total: £2,500,000

Who are the previous PDC world champions?

• 1994 - Dennis Priestley

• 1995 - Phil Taylor

• 1996 - Phil Taylor

• 1997 - Phil Taylor

• 1998 - Phil Taylor

• 1999 - Phil Taylor

• 2000 - Phil Taylor

• 2001 - Phil Taylor

• 2002 - Phil Taylor

• 2003 - John Part

• 2004 - Phil Taylor

• 2005 - Phil Taylor

• 2006 - Phil Taylor

• 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld

• 2008 - John Part

• 2009 - Phil Taylor

• 2010 - Phil Taylor

• 2011 - Adrian Lewis

• 2012 - Adrian Lewis

• 2013 - Phil Taylor

• 2014 - Michael van Gerwen

• 2015 - Gary Anderson

• 2016 - Gary Anderson

• 2017 - Michael van Gerwen

• 2018 - Rob Cross

• 2019 - Michael van Gerwen

• 2020 - Peter Wright

• 2021 - Gerwyn Price

• 2022 - Peter Wright

• 2023 - Michael Smith

• 2024 - Luke Humphries

How many 180s were scored last year?

A record 914 maximum 180s were recorded across the 16 days of the 2024 tournament, beating the record of 901 set 12 months earlier.

There have been 14 nine-dart finishes in the history of the tournament, with the last coming from Michael Smith when he beat Michael van Gerwen in the 2023 final.