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 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.
Follow all the action from the World Darts Championship as it happens with SunSport’s LIVE blogLast 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.
The likes of Stephen Bunting, Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen are all all safely into round 3, which resumes on Friday, December 27.
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 HumphriesMost 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 HumphriesWorld 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 16Afternoon 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 17Afternoon 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 19Afternoon 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 20Afternoon 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
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto (R1) Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1) William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin (R1) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell (R2)Saturday, December 21Afternoon Session (12.30pm)4x Second Round
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin (R1) Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo (R1) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok-Yin Lee (R2) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx (R2)Evening Session (7pm)4x Second Round
Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce (R2) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny (R2) Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle (R2) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt (R2)Sunday, December 22Afternoon Session (12.30pm)4x Second Round
Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell (R2) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma (R2) Joe Cullen 0-3 Wessel Nijman (R2) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White (R2)Evening Session (7pm)4x Second Round
Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz (R2) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida (R2) Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey De Graaf (R2) Dimitri van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin (R2)Monday, December 23Afternoon Session (12.30pm)4x Second Round
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo (R2) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman (R2) Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin (R2) Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell (R2)Evening Session (7pm)4x Second Round
Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko (R2) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel (R2) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans (R2) Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams (R2)World Darts Championship - top stories
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All the action as it happens in our LIVE BLOG Everything you need to know about the Ally Pally extravaganza How much prize money can be won? What is the format for the tournament? Who are the Sky Sports presenters and pundits?News, features and interviews:
Mardle to take step back after tragic death of wife Donna Emma Paton reveals rise as Queen of Darts MVG pays tribute to Wayne Mardle’s wife Donna Watch Littler hit 180 as Bullseye makes return to TV Littler reveals why he broke down in tears Sosing diagnosed with serious and rare condition after falling ill at Alexandra Palace Barry from EastEnders entertains crowd with singing ‘Weird Kettering lad’ Ricky Evans wins one of the ‘greatest games ever’Friday, December 27Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Third Round
Damon Heta vs Luke Woodhouse Johnny Clayton vs Daryl Gurney Stephen Bunting vs Madars RazmaEvening Session (7pm)3x Third Round
Gerwyn Price vs Joe Cullen Jermaine Wattimena vs Peter Wright Luke Humphries vs Nick KennySaturday, December 28Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Third Round
Ryan Joyce vs Ryan Searle Scott Williams vs Ricardo Pietreczko Nathan Aspinall vs Andrew GildingEvening Session (7pm)3x Third Round
Chris Dobey vs Josh Rock Michael van Gerwen vs Brendan Dolan Luke Littler vs Ian WhiteSunday, December 29Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Third Round
Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paolo Nebrida Kevin Doets vs Krzysztof Ratajski Dimitri van den Bergh vs Callan RydzEvening Session (7pm)1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round
Ricky Evans vs Robert Owen 2x Fourth Round games – TBCMonday, December 30Afternoon Session (12.30pm)3x Fourth Round
Evening Session (7pm)3x Fourth Round
Wednesday, January 1Afternoon 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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