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2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	December 2024 – January 2025
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Sets Final – first to 7 sets
«2024 2026»

Qualification

Defending champion Luke Humphries will be number one seed going into the tournament.

Luke Littler was runner-up at the 2024 event.

Seeding

Order of Merit
Second round (seeded)

Seeded Players (Top 32 on PDC World Championship Race Order of Merit) as of 27 May 2024 (post-2024 Dutch Darts Championship (ET7))

1.  Luke Humphries
2.  Michael Smith
3.  Michael van Gerwen
4.  Rob Cross
5.  Gerwyn Price
6.  Jonny Clayton
7.  Damon Heta
8.  Nathan Aspinall
9.  Dave Chisnall
10.  Dimitri Van den Bergh
11.  Stephen Bunting
12.  Peter Wright
13.  Chris Dobey
14.  Luke Littler
15.  Danny Noppert
16.  Gary Anderson
17.  Josh Rock
18.  Joe Cullen
19.  Andrew Gilding
20.  Ryan Searle
21.  James Wade
22.  Martin Schindler
23.  Ross Smith
24.  Brendan Dolan
25.  Gabriel Clemens
26.  Dirk van Duijvenbode
27.  Daryl Gurney
28.  Krzysztof Ratajski
29.  Raymond van Barneveld
30.  Gian van Veen
31.  Ricardo Pietreczko
32.  Luke Woodhouse

Pro Tour Order of Merit
First round

1.  Ritchie Edhouse
2.  Jermaine Wattimena
3.  Ryan Joyce
4.  Mike De Decker
5.  Cameron Menzies
6.  Richard Veenstra
7.  Callan Rydz
8.  Niels Zonneveld
9.  Kevin Doets
10.  Scott Williams
11.  Madars Razma
12.  Dom Taylor
13.  Karel Sedláček
14.  Martin Lukeman
15.  William O'Connor
16.  James Hurrell
17.  Berry van Peer
18.  Thibault Tricole
19.  Ian White
20.  Wessel Nijman
21.  Andy Baetens
22.  Mickey Mansell
23.  Alan Soutar
24.  José de Sousa
25.  Graham Hall
26.  Leighton Bennett
27.  Daniel Klose
28.  Ricky Evans
29.  Steve Lennon
30.  Jeffrey Sparidaans
31.  Stephen Burton
32.  Lukas Wenig
33.  Chris Landman

Draw

Top half

Section 1

First round (best of 5 sets) December

Second round (best of 5 sets) December

Third round (best of 7 sets) December

Fourth round (best of 7 sets) December

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) January

1

Luke Humphries

Q

32

Luke Woodhouse

Q

16

James Wade

Q

17

Ryan Searle

Q

8

Damon Heta

Q

25

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Q

9

Stephen Bunting

Q

24

Gabriel Clemens

Q

Section 2

First round (best of 5 sets) December

Second round (best of 5 sets) December

Third round (best of 7 sets) December

Fourth round (best of 7 sets) December

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) January

4

Rob Cross

Q

29

Gian van Veen

Q

13

Chris Dobey

Q

20

Gary Anderson

Q

5

Dave Chisnall

Q

28

Krzysztof Ratajski

Q

12

Peter Wright

Q

21

Ross Smith

Q

Bottom half

Section 3

First round (best of 5 sets) December

Second round (best of 5 sets) December

Third round (best of 7 sets) December

Fourth round (best of 7 sets) December

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) January

2

Michael Smith

Q

31

Ricardo Pietreczko

Q

15

Josh Rock

Q

18

Danny Noppert

Q

7

Gerwyn Price

Q

26

Daryl Gurney

Q

10

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Q

23

Martin Schindler

Q

Section 4

First round (best of 5 sets) December

Second round (best of 5 sets) December

Third round (best of 7 sets) December

Fourth round (best of 7 sets) December

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) January

3

Michael van Gerwen

Q

30

Raymond van Barneveld

Q

14

Luke Littler

Q

19

Andrew Gilding

Q

6

Jonny Clayton

Q

27

Brendan Dolan

Q

11

Nathan Aspinall

Q

22

Joe Cullen

Q