The 2024/25 PDC World Championship gets up and running this evening as the best players in the world take to the Alexandra Palace stage to compete for the Sid Waddell Trophy.
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The 2024-2025 edition of the PDC World Darts Championship has a lot to live up to after last year’s darting extravaganza made headlines on both the front pages as well as the back pages. Luke Littler shot to stardom at the event twelve months ago, and the British nation was gripped by the 16-year-old’s oche antics. ‘The Nuke’ would roar past Christian Kist, Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell, Raymond van Barneveld, Brendan Dolan and Rob Cross before going toe-to-toe with Luke Humphries in the final. Humphries stood firm to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy, but a new darting sensation was born, and Littler’s year since has been full of highs.
Despite continually being in the media spotlight since, Luke Littler has thrived and grown throughout 2024. Having won this year’s Premier League, World Series Finals and Grand Slam of Darts crowns, ‘The Nuke’ is the favourite to go one better at Ally Pally this time around and reign supreme as world champion. Winning the Grand Slam of Darts has proved to be a lucky omen in previous years. Humphries went on to lift the World Championship trophy aloft following his Grand Slam victory last year, and so did Michael ‘Bully Boy’ Smith after he reigned supreme in Wolverhampton in 2022.
Defending world champion Luke Humphries has also been on fire this season, winning the World Matchplay and the Players Championship Finals. In the latter of those tournaments, "Cool Hand Luke" held his nerve to beat Luke Littler once again in the final, and it may give him a psychological edge as he now turns his attention to the World Championships. Humphries aims to become the first player since Gary Anderson in 2016 to win back-to-back world titles.
Ally Pally is calling, and so are 96 of the world's best darts players as the 32nd edition of the PDC World Darts Championship gets up and running from London, with defending champion and world number one Luke Humphries hoping to go back-to-back after beating teenage sensation Luke Littler in last year's final.
Humphries' victory over a then 16-year-old Littler in the January 2024 decider was one of the biggest stories to come out of darts for many a year, and with Littler now ranked fourth in the world and former champions Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith both keen to win back the crown, get set for an extraordinary few weeks of world-class darts.
With the top 32 of the 96 players seeded, they head straight into the second round to face off against winning qualifiers as Round 1 is played simultaneously, leading into a Christmas break before the decisive matches are held in early January 2025. The number of sets and legs per match increases with every two rounds, with the final set to be played in a first-to-seven, best-of-13 format.
As the world's best players and the world's most passionate darts fans prepare for one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar to welcome 2025 with a bang, The Sporting News has all the TV details you'll need to follow every single throw from Ally Pally.
When is the 2024/25 World Darts Championship?
The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship gets up and running at 7:00 p.m. local time (GMT) on Sunday, December 15, with four matches in the first evening session to kick off Round 1, which will span the first six days of the tournament in tandem with some Round 2 matches – including one for reigning champion Humphries on opening night.
After a three-day break Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, the action returns with Rounds 3 and 4, leading into the quarterfinals getting underway on New Year's Day and the semifinals on January 2 – with the World Championship Final being decided on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. local time (GMT).
When is the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship?
The 2024-2025 PDC World Darts Championship gets underway at Alexandra Palace from 19:00 GMT on Sunday, December 15, with 3 first-round matches and 1 second-round match. The action continues daily/nightly until Monday, December 23, and then the tournament breaks for Christmas. The action returns on Friday, December 27, and the daily/nightly routine continues until Monday, December 30. There are no matches on New Year’s Eve, but we’re back on Wednesday, January 1, with four quarter-final encounters. The semi-finals take place on Thursday, January 2, with a best-of-13 sets final scheduled for the following night (Friday, January 3). Throughout the PDC World Darts Championship, afternoon sessions will commence at 12:30 pm (GMT), and night sessions will get underway at 19:00 (GMT).
2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship - Venue & location
The PDC World Darts Championship moved from the Circus Tavern in Purfleet to the Alexandra Palace for the first time in 2008, so this will be the 18th edition played at the North London venue. Alexandra Palace’s West Hall, which hosts the World Championship, has a capacity of 3,200 people.
Opened in 1873 and intended as a 'palace for the people', Alexandra Palace's (often referred to as 'Ally Pally') original purpose was to serve as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment and North London's equivalent of Crystal Palace in South London. Aside from the World Darts Championship, the Alexandra Palace has staged the Masters snooker tournament annually every January since 2012.
How to watch the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship will be available to watch live and exclusively on Sky Sports in the UK from Sunday, December 15 2024, to Friday, January 3 2025.
If you're an existing Sky customer, you can add Sky Sports online or through the My Sky app at any time. Packages start from £20 per month with Sky Stream. Sky Sports+ is included at no extra cost, allowing the viewer to watch many more live events across a range of sports. The Sky Sports app allows subscribers to download and watch live sport on the go and is available on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
NOW TV offers a variety of sign-ups for the avid sports watcher, including the ‘Sports Day Membership, which allows access to all 12 Sky Sports channels for a 24-hour period for £14.99. NOW’s ‘Fully Flexible Sports Month Membership’ again gives unlimited Sky Sports access but over a 30-day period instead. That costs £29.99 a month and auto-renews unless cancelled before the end of the month.
What is the format for the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship?
The PDC World Darts Championship is a set-play tournament. Each set is won by the player who wins three legs.
First & Second round - Best of 5 sets
Third & Fourth - Best of 7 sets
Quarter-finals - Best of 9 sets
Semi-finals - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
What's the prize money for the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship?
The total prize money on offer for the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship is £2.5 million, and that is broken down as follows:
Winner - £500,000
Runner-up - £200,000
Losing semi-finalist - £100,000
Losing quarter-finalist - £50,000
Fourth Round losers - £35,000
Third Round losers - £25,000
Second Round losers - £15,000
First Round losers - £7,500
Tournament sponsors Paddy Power have also pledged a £60,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish hit during the tournament to the player, Prostate Cancer UK, and a fan in the Alexandra Palace crowd during the match it was hit.
WATCH►► https://bcoda2007liv.blogspot.com/2024/12/pdc.html
The 2024-2025 edition of the PDC World Darts Championship has a lot to live up to after last year’s darting extravaganza made headlines on both the front pages as well as the back pages. Luke Littler shot to stardom at the event twelve months ago, and the British nation was gripped by the 16-year-old’s oche antics. ‘The Nuke’ would roar past Christian Kist, Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell, Raymond van Barneveld, Brendan Dolan and Rob Cross before going toe-to-toe with Luke Humphries in the final. Humphries stood firm to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy, but a new darting sensation was born, and Littler’s year since has been full of highs.
Despite continually being in the media spotlight since, Luke Littler has thrived and grown throughout 2024. Having won this year’s Premier League, World Series Finals and Grand Slam of Darts crowns, ‘The Nuke’ is the favourite to go one better at Ally Pally this time around and reign supreme as world champion. Winning the Grand Slam of Darts has proved to be a lucky omen in previous years. Humphries went on to lift the World Championship trophy aloft following his Grand Slam victory last year, and so did Michael ‘Bully Boy’ Smith after he reigned supreme in Wolverhampton in 2022.
Defending world champion Luke Humphries has also been on fire this season, winning the World Matchplay and the Players Championship Finals. In the latter of those tournaments, "Cool Hand Luke" held his nerve to beat Luke Littler once again in the final, and it may give him a psychological edge as he now turns his attention to the World Championships. Humphries aims to become the first player since Gary Anderson in 2016 to win back-to-back world titles.
Ally Pally is calling, and so are 96 of the world's best darts players as the 32nd edition of the PDC World Darts Championship gets up and running from London, with defending champion and world number one Luke Humphries hoping to go back-to-back after beating teenage sensation Luke Littler in last year's final.
Humphries' victory over a then 16-year-old Littler in the January 2024 decider was one of the biggest stories to come out of darts for many a year, and with Littler now ranked fourth in the world and former champions Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith both keen to win back the crown, get set for an extraordinary few weeks of world-class darts.
With the top 32 of the 96 players seeded, they head straight into the second round to face off against winning qualifiers as Round 1 is played simultaneously, leading into a Christmas break before the decisive matches are held in early January 2025. The number of sets and legs per match increases with every two rounds, with the final set to be played in a first-to-seven, best-of-13 format.
As the world's best players and the world's most passionate darts fans prepare for one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar to welcome 2025 with a bang, The Sporting News has all the TV details you'll need to follow every single throw from Ally Pally.
When is the 2024/25 World Darts Championship?
The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship gets up and running at 7:00 p.m. local time (GMT) on Sunday, December 15, with four matches in the first evening session to kick off Round 1, which will span the first six days of the tournament in tandem with some Round 2 matches – including one for reigning champion Humphries on opening night.
After a three-day break Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, the action returns with Rounds 3 and 4, leading into the quarterfinals getting underway on New Year's Day and the semifinals on January 2 – with the World Championship Final being decided on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. local time (GMT).
When is the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship?
The 2024-2025 PDC World Darts Championship gets underway at Alexandra Palace from 19:00 GMT on Sunday, December 15, with 3 first-round matches and 1 second-round match. The action continues daily/nightly until Monday, December 23, and then the tournament breaks for Christmas. The action returns on Friday, December 27, and the daily/nightly routine continues until Monday, December 30. There are no matches on New Year’s Eve, but we’re back on Wednesday, January 1, with four quarter-final encounters. The semi-finals take place on Thursday, January 2, with a best-of-13 sets final scheduled for the following night (Friday, January 3). Throughout the PDC World Darts Championship, afternoon sessions will commence at 12:30 pm (GMT), and night sessions will get underway at 19:00 (GMT).
2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship - Venue & location
The PDC World Darts Championship moved from the Circus Tavern in Purfleet to the Alexandra Palace for the first time in 2008, so this will be the 18th edition played at the North London venue. Alexandra Palace’s West Hall, which hosts the World Championship, has a capacity of 3,200 people.
Opened in 1873 and intended as a 'palace for the people', Alexandra Palace's (often referred to as 'Ally Pally') original purpose was to serve as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment and North London's equivalent of Crystal Palace in South London. Aside from the World Darts Championship, the Alexandra Palace has staged the Masters snooker tournament annually every January since 2012.
How to watch the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship will be available to watch live and exclusively on Sky Sports in the UK from Sunday, December 15 2024, to Friday, January 3 2025.
If you're an existing Sky customer, you can add Sky Sports online or through the My Sky app at any time. Packages start from £20 per month with Sky Stream. Sky Sports+ is included at no extra cost, allowing the viewer to watch many more live events across a range of sports. The Sky Sports app allows subscribers to download and watch live sport on the go and is available on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
NOW TV offers a variety of sign-ups for the avid sports watcher, including the ‘Sports Day Membership, which allows access to all 12 Sky Sports channels for a 24-hour period for £14.99. NOW’s ‘Fully Flexible Sports Month Membership’ again gives unlimited Sky Sports access but over a 30-day period instead. That costs £29.99 a month and auto-renews unless cancelled before the end of the month.
What is the format for the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship?
The PDC World Darts Championship is a set-play tournament. Each set is won by the player who wins three legs.
First & Second round - Best of 5 sets
Third & Fourth - Best of 7 sets
Quarter-finals - Best of 9 sets
Semi-finals - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
What's the prize money for the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship?
The total prize money on offer for the 2024-25 PDC World Darts Championship is £2.5 million, and that is broken down as follows:
Winner - £500,000
Runner-up - £200,000
Losing semi-finalist - £100,000
Losing quarter-finalist - £50,000
Fourth Round losers - £35,000
Third Round losers - £25,000
Second Round losers - £15,000
First Round losers - £7,500
Tournament sponsors Paddy Power have also pledged a £60,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish hit during the tournament to the player, Prostate Cancer UK, and a fan in the Alexandra Palace crowd during the match it was hit.
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