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 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.

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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.

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.

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

• 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 21
Afternoon 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 22
Afternoon 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 23
Afternoon 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)

Friday, December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

• Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
• Johnny Clayton vs Daryl Gurney
• Stephen Bunting vs Madars Razma

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

• Gerwyn Price vs Joe Cullen
• Jermaine Wattimena vs Peter Wright
• Luke Humphries vs Nick Kenny

Saturday, December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

• Ryan Joyce vs Ryan Searle
• Scott Williams vs Ricardo Pietreczko
• Nathan Aspinall vs Andrew Gilding

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

• Chris Dobey vs Josh Rock
• Michael van Gerwen vs Brendan Dolan
• Luke Littler vs Ian White

Sunday, December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

• Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paolo Nebrida
• Kevin Doets vs Krzysztof Ratajski
• Dimitri van den Bergh vs Callan Rydz

Evening Session (7pm)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

• Ricky Evans vs Robert Owen
• 2x Fourth Round games – TBC

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