World Darts Championship: FULL schedule and results as Littler and Co reach Christmas break and head into Round 3

THE Christmas break has started for darts stars with the first two rounds now in the books.

It was the most dramatic opening nine days ever at the World Darts Championship with a record 14 seeded players losing in the first two rounds – with the likes of Gary Anderson, Michael Smith, Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall all out.

Luke Humphries will defend his World Darts Championship title in DecemberCredit: Taylor Lanning

Luke Humphries rubber-stamped his name in darts history by beating teen sensation Luke Littler to lift the 2023/24 crown and earn World No 1 status for the first time in his career.

It was a match fit to be labelled as the showpiece event, with Humphries marginally winning 7-4 despite being 4-2 down at one stage.

Last year, the tournament broke records by recording the most 180s achieved (914), raising £914,000 for charity, which was ultimately rounded up to £1 million.

And with competition rife as ever, especially between the two Lukes, fans are in for another super spectacle at Alexandra Palace.

When is the World Darts Championship?

The World Darts Championship got underway on Sunday, December 15 and will conclude on Friday, January 3, 2025.
Afternoon sessions are scheduled to start from 12.30pm GMT while the evening sessions take place from 7pm GMT.
There is no play from December 24-26.
Alexandra Palace in North London is the chosen venue for this iconic competition.
Luke Humphries pipped Luke Littler to the 2023/24 title with a 7-4 win.

What TV channel is the World Darts Championship on and can it be live streamed?

The 2024/25 World Darts Championship will be broadcast LIVE on Sky Sports in the UK.
Fans in the UK can stream the entire action on NOW TV.
Matches are also available to watch on PDCTV or their worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay.
SunSport will also have a rolling LIVE BLOG that will cover every match and all the latest news from the tournament.

What is the World Darts Championship format?

It will be the best of five sets in the first and second rounds of the tournament.

As the rounds progress, matches go to best of seven, then nine before reaching best of 11.

While the final will be the best of 13 sets.

The 32 highest-ranking darts players have already automatically qualified for the second round.

List of all-time Darts World Champions

BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.

The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.

That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.

1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries

Most World Titles

14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries

World Darts Championship 2024/25 schedule

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

Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (R1)
Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Keane Barry (R1)
Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (R2)

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

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)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

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)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long (R1)
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1)
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Mike De Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse (R2)

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

Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting (R1)
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong (R1)
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier (R2)

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

Jim Williams 2-3 Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist (R1)
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers (R1)
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates (R2)

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

Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee (R1)
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac (R1)
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar (R1)
Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen (R2)

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

Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets (R2)

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

Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx (R1)
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen (R1)
Ian White vs Sandro Eric Sosing (R1) – White wins by walkover after Sosing withdraws
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt (R2)

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