2025 PDC World Darts Championship Draw Revealed
25/11/2024 By Aaron Nijjar
The complete draw for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship has been announced.
From December 15th, the 96 players will compete for the £500,000 jackpot and the chance to be crowned World Champion on January 3rd.
The defending champion, Luke Humphries, will kick-start his title defence on December 15, as he will take on the winner of the first-round match between Thibault Tricole and Joe Comito.
Number four seed Luke Littler will try to emulate his heroic run from his debut to the final last season and will face either Ryan Meikle or the Queen of the Palace, Fallon Sherrock.
In his first tournament match, former champion Michael Smith could face Kevin Doets Alexandra Palace debutant Noa-Lynn van Leuven. This draw could prove difficult, considering van Leuven’s ability and the recent reminder that Doets almost caused a shock exit against Smith in last year’s edition.
Michael van Gerwen’s bid to regain form sees him play the winner of James Hurrell and Jim Long, but there is a possibility of him taking on two-time champion Gary Anderson in the fourth round.
Recent first-time TV ranking event winners Mike De Decker and Ritchie Edhouse arrive into the tournament seeded for the first time, as both will play against either Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan and Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing, respectively.
Top Half:
Luke Humphries (1) vs Thibault Tricole/Joe Comito
Raymond van Barneveld (32) vs Nick Kenny vs Stowe Buntz
James Wade (16) vs Jermaine Wattimena vs Stefan Bellmont
Stephen Bunting (8) vs Alan Soutar vs Kai Gotthardt
Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) vs Madars Razma vs Christian Kist
Damon Heta (9) vs Connor Scutt vs Ben Robb
Mike De Decker (24) vs Luke Woodhouse vs Lourence Ilagan
Luke Littler (4) vs Ryan Meikle vs Fallon Sherrock
Ritchie Edhouse (29) vs Ian White vs Sandro Eric Sosing
Danny Noppert (13) vs Ryan Joyce vs Darius Labanauskas
Ryan Searle (20) vs Mensur Suljovic vs Matt Campbell
Rob Cross (5) vs Scott Williams vs Niko Springer
Gian van Veen (28) vs Ricardo Pietreczko vs Zong Xiao Chen
Nathan Aspinall (12) vs Cameron Menzies vs Leonard Gates
Andrew Gilding (21) vs Martin Lukeman vs Nitin Kumar
Bottom Half:
Michael Smith (2) vs Kevin Doets vs Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Krzystof Ratajski (31) vs Richard Veenstra vs Alexis Toylo
Chris Dobey (15) vs Stephen Burton vs Alexander Merkx
Josh Rock (18) vs Karel Sedlacek vs Rhys Griffin
Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel vs Jeffrey de Zwaan
Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts vs Keane Barry
Joe Cullen (23) vs Wessel Nijman vs Cameron Carolissen
Michael van Gerwen (3) vs James Hurrell vs Jim Long
Brendan Dolan (30) vs Chris Landman vs Rashad Sweeting
Ross Smith (19) vs Jim Williams vs Paolo Nebrida
Dave Chisnall (6) vs Ricky Evans vs Gordon Mathers
Gabriel Clemens (27) vs Niels Zonneveld vs Robert Owen
Dimitri Van den Bergh (11) vs William O’Connor vs Dylan Slevin
Martin Schindler (22) vs Callan Rydz vs Romeo Grbavac
Image taken by Taylor Lanning.
