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.

Humphries, as is customary, will get his campaign going on the opening night, while Littler starts his 2024 tournament on Saturday December 21 in the evening session.

Full 2024/25 World Darts Championship schedule

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

• Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito R1
• Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont R1
• Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry R1
• Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito R2

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

• Wesley Plaisier v Ryusei Azemoto R1
• Luke Woodhouse v Lourence Ilagan R1
• Alan Soutar v Kai Gotthardt R1
• James Wade v Wattimena/Bellmont R2

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

• Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen R1
• Connor Scutt v Ben Robb R1
• Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates R1
• Gerwyn Price v Huybrechts/Barry R2

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

• James Hurrell v Jim Long R1
• Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven R1
• Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas R1
• Mike De Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan R2

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

• Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting R1
• Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong R1
• Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock R1
• Peter Wright v Plaisier/Azemoto R2

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

• Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida R1
• Madars Razma v Christian Kist R1
• Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers R1
• Nathan Aspinall v Menzies/Gates R2

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

• Chris Landman v Lok Yin Lee R1
• Callan Rydz v Romeo Grbavac R1 x
• Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar R1
• Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen R2

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

• Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz R1
• Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell R1
• Scott Williams v Niko Springer R1
• Michael Smith v Doets/Van Leuven R2

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

• Stephen Burton v Alexander Merkx R1
• Wessel Nijman v Cameron Carolissen R1
• Ian White v Sandro Eric Sosing R1
• Stephen Bunting v Soutar/Gotthardt R2

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

• Mickey Mansell v Tomoya Goto R1
• Florian Hempel v Jeffrey De Zwaan R1
• William O'Connor v Dylan Slevin R1
• Michael van Gerwen v Hurrell/Long R2

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

• Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin R1
• Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo R1
• Brendan Dolan v Landman/Lee R2
• Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx R2

Evening Session (7pm)
4x Second Round

• Danny Noppert v Joyce/Labanauskas R2
• Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz R2
• Luke Littler v Meikle/Sherrock R2
• Damon Heta v Scutt/Robb R2

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

• Ryan Searle v Suljovic/Campbell R2
• Dirk van Duijvenbode v Razma/Kist R2
• Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen R2
• Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing R2

Evening Session (7pm)
4x Second Round

• Martin Schindler v Rydz/Grbavac R2
• Ross Smith v J Williams/Nebrida R2
• Gary Anderson v De Graaf/Sweeting R2
• Dimitri Van den Bergh v O'Connor/Slevin R2

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

• Krzysztof Ratajski v Veenstra/Toylo R2
• Andrew Gilding v Lukeman/Kumar R2
• Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin R2
• Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto R2

Evening Session (7pm)
4x Second Round

• Gian van Veen v Pietreczko/Zong R2
• Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan R2
• Dave Chisnall v Evans/Mathers R2
• Rob Cross v S Williams/Springer R2

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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