Ally Pally is calling, and so are 96 of the world’s best darts players as the 32nd edition of the PDC World Darts Championship gets up and running in London, with defending champion and world number one Luke Humphries looking to win back-to-back titles after beating teenage sensation Luke Littler in last year’s final.
Humphries’ victory over a 16-year-old Littler in the January 2024 decider was one of the biggest stories to come out of darts for many a year, and with Littler now ranked fourth in the world having won the Premier League Darts competition earlier this year, get set for an extraordinary few weeks of world-class darts.
With the top 32 of the 96 players seeded, they’ll go straight into the second round to face the winning players from Round 1 as both play out simultaneously, leading into the Christmas break before the tournament-deciding matches are held in January 2025. The number of sets and legs per match increases with every two rounds, with the final set to be played in a first-to-seven, best-of-13 format.
As the world’s best players and the world’s most passionate darts fans prepare for one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar to welcome 2025 with a bang, The Sporting News has all the TV details you’ll need to follow every single throw from Ally Pally.
When is the 2024/25 World Darts Championship?
The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship gets up and running from the Alexandra Palace in London at 7:00 p.m. local time (GMT) on Sunday, December 15, with four matches in the first evening session to kick off Round 1, which will span the first six days of the tournament in tandem with some Round 2 matches – including reigning champion Luke Humphries against either France’s Thibault Tricole or Australian Joe Comito on opening night.
After a three-day break for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, the action returns with Rounds 3 and 4, leading into the quarterfinals getting underway on New Years’ Day and the semifinals on January 2 – with the World Championship Final being decided on Friday, January 3 2025 at 8:00 p.m. local time (GMT).
Here’s a full breakdown of how the 2024/25 tournament will play out from Ally Pally in London:
| Date | Stage | Start Time (GMT) |
| Sunday, December 15 | Round 1, Round 2 | 7:00 p.m. |
| Monday, December 16 | Round 1, Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Tuesday, December 17 | Round 1, Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Wednesday, December 18 | Round 1, Round 2 | 7:00 p.m. |
| Thursday, December 19 | Round 1, Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Friday, December 20 | Round 1, Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Saturday, December 21 | Round 1, Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Sunday, December 22 | Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Monday, December 23 | Round 2 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Friday, December 27 | Round 3 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Saturday, December 28 | Round 3 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Sunday, December 29 | Round 3, Round 4 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Monday, December 30 | Round 4 |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Wednesday, January 1 | Quarterfinals |
12:30 p.m. (afternoon session) 7:00 p.m. (evening session) |
| Thursday, January 2 | Semifinals | 7:30 p.m. |
| Friday, January 3 | Final | 8:00 p.m. |
How to watch 2024/25 World Darts Championship: TV channel, live stream
- TV Channel: Sky Sports Darts
- Live Stream: Sky Go
Sky Sports is the home of darts in the UK, and have exclusive TV broadcasting rights to the PDC World Championship. Their dedicated Darts channel will be showing every single throw from this year’s tournament, as well as providing build-up and analysis live from the oche at Ally Pally.
Sky Go is the place to go for fans wanting to live stream the action on their mobile phones and tablets.
2024/25 World Darts Championship prize money
The World Darts Championship is arguably the biggest event the sport has to offer – and as a result there’s a huge prize fund to match, with the 96 players all competing for a share of a whopping £2.5million in total and the winner set to take home a fifth of this amount at £500,000.
Every single competitor is in line for a sizeable windfall at the 2024/25 World Championship as the prize fund stays at £2.5million for the seventh year in a row. Even a First Round exit will see players pocket £7,500, while there’s also £60,000 on offer for any player who hits a nine-darter.
Sponsors Paddy Power are also donating £60,000 to Prostate Cancer UK for each nine-dart finish achieved, as well as a lucky fan selected at random in the Ally Pally crowd!
- Winner – £500,000
- Runner-Up – £200,000
- Semifinalists – £100,000
- Quarterfinalists – £50,000
- Fourth Round – £35,000
- Third Round – £25,000
- Second Round – £15,000
- First Round – £7,500
- Nine-Dart Finish – £60,000
