Fresh from victory in Bahrain, Stephen Bunting is about to defend another title as the Winmau World Masters Darts 2025 tournament gets under way in Buckinghamshire.
The 2024 champion, who was crowned the Bahrain Darts Masters champion 2025 earlier this month, will face some of the world’s best players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen in this latest tournament.
It is the 13th Masters to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and the first under the World Masters brand.
And it promises to be a tightly-fought event as it is now a full-ranking tournament, counting towards players’ world rankings and order of merit.
Stephen Bunting is defending his Masters title (Photo: Zac Goodwin/PA)The World Darts Masters is being held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes from Wednesday 29 January to Sunday 2 February.
Wednesday saw the preliminary round in which 126 players competed for eight places in the first round along with the top 24 ranked players in the world.
ITV has exclusive television rights to show the event live and this will be available on ITV4.
Fans will also be able to stream it live or on catch-up on ITVX.
What is the tournament schedule and who’s competing?
The 32 players who have made it to the first round are:
Luke Humphries Joe Cullen Josh Rock Jermaine Wattimena Damon Heta Ross Smith Gerwyn Price Florian Hempel Rob Cross William O’Connor Danny Noppert Michael Smith Stephen Bunting William Borland Peter Wright Kevin Doets Luke Littler Andy Baetens James Wade Mike De Decker Jonny Clayton Martin Schindler Chris Dobey Ryan Searle Michael van Gerwen Bradley Brooks Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Dave Chisnall Cameron Menzies Nathan Aspinall Andrew Gilding World number three Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands is also competing in the tournament (Photo: Rene Nijhuis/MB Media/Getty)First Round
Thursday 30 January from 7pm
Josh Rock vs Jermaine Wattimena Damon Heta vs Ross Smith Rob Cross vs William O’Connor Gerwyn Price vs Florian Hempel Peter Wright vs Kevin Doets Luke Humphries vs Joe Cullen Stephen Bunting vs William Borland Danny Noppert vs Michael SmithFriday 31 January from 7pm
James Wade vs Mike De Decker Dave Chisnall vs Cameron Menzies Jonny Clayton vs Martin Schindler Nathan Aspinall vs Andrew Gilding Chris Dobey vs Ryan Searle Luke Littler vs Andy Baetens Michael van Gerwen vs Bradley Brooks Gary Anderson vs Dimitri Van den BerghSecond Round
Saturday 1 February
Afternoon session from 12.45
Four matchesEvening session from 7pm
Four matchesQuarter-finals
Sunday 2 February
Afternoon session from 12.45pmSunday 2 February from 7pm
Format
First Round – Best of five sets, best of three legs per set Second Round – Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set Quarter-finals – Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set Semi-finals – Best of nine sets, best of three legs per set Final – Best of 11 sets, best of three legs per set Luke Littler, left, and Stephen Bunting will be competing for the £100,000 prize money (Photo: Rene Nijhuis/MB Media/Getty)How much prize money is on offer?
There is a total prize fund of £500,000 on offer for the Winmau World Masters 2025.
All 32 participants in the main tournament are guaranteed £5,000 in prize money and the winner will walk away with £100,000.
Here is the prize fund breakdown:
Winner – £100,000 Runner-up – £50,000 Semi-finalists – £30,000 Quarter-finalists – £17,500 Second round losers – £10,000 First round losers – £5,000 Read More Details
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