2025 IDF All-Star Challenge

2025 IDF All-Star Challenge
Tournament information
Dates	6–7 September 2025
Venue	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Location	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Organisation(s)	International Darts Federation (IDF)
Format	Legs Final – first to 13 legs
Prize fund	$500,000
Winner's share	$120,000
High checkout	170 Alex Brow
Champion(s)
Logan White
«2024 2026»

The 2025 IDF All-Star Challenge was a professional darts exhibition tournament organised by the International Darts Federation (IDF). It was held from 6 to 7 September 2025 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The tournament was the second edition of the IDF All-Star Challenge, an invitational event featuring leading IDF players, selected international representatives, emerging players and fan-voted wildcard entries.

Although the event did not carry ranking status, it was staged as one of the IDF's major televised showcase tournaments and was positioned between the summer majors and the final part of the 2025 season. The 2025 edition featured a 16-player field and was played in a straight knockout format, with matches contested over legs rather than sets.

Logan White won the tournament, defeating Alex Brow 13–11 in the final. It was White's first IDF All-Star Challenge title and his first televised IDF invitational win. Brow, who had won the 2025 IDF World Darts Championship earlier in the year, recorded the tournament's highest checkout with a 170 finish during his semi-final victory over Max Mad.

Overview

Background

The IDF All-Star Challenge was introduced in 2024 as a short-format invitational tournament designed to bring together established IDF names and selected rising players in a high-profile televised event. Unlike ranking majors such as the IDF World Darts Championship, IDF World Matchplay and IDF Champions Cup, the All-Star Challenge was not included on the IDF Order of Merit. Instead, it was promoted as a showcase event built around player rivalries, crowd appeal and broadcast-friendly match formats.

The 2025 edition was held in Adelaide, continuing the IDF's use of Australia as a major host market. The field was expanded to include a formal fan-vote wildcard system, with two places awarded to players selected through online voting. The remaining places were filled by Order of Merit invitations, international selections and development nominations.

The event was notable for bringing Alex Brow back to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre following his world championship victory earlier in the season. Max Mad, the first two-time IDF world champion, also entered the tournament, while Logan White competed as the highest-ranked international player in the field.

Format

The tournament featured 16 players in a single-elimination draw. All matches were played using the standard 501, straight-in, double-out format. Matches were played over progressively longer distances.

Round	Match format
First round	First to 8 legs
Quarter-finals	First to 10 legs
Semi-finals	First to 11 legs
Final	First to 13 legs

No tie-break rule was used. If a match reached the deciding leg, the player who threw first in that leg was determined by the pre-match bull-off.

Prize money

The total prize fund for the tournament was $500,000.

Position (no. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	$120,000
Runner-up	(1)	$65,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	$40,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	$25,000
First round losers	(8)	$15,625

Qualification

The 16-player field consisted of eight Order of Merit invitations, four international invitations, two development nominations and two fan-voted wildcard selections.

Order of Merit invitations

• Logan White
• Alex Brow
• Max Mad
• Elias Storm
• Lukas Parker
• Mason Owens
• Zion Carter
• Theo Bartlett

International invitations

• Kai Mitchell
• Rhys Donovan
• Damon Edwards
• Noah Draven

Development nominations and wildcards

• Jordan Pike
• Isaac Drummond
• Harrison Lewis
• Tanner Vaughn

Summary

First round

The first round was played on 6 September. Logan White opened the tournament with an 8–4 victory over Tanner Vaughn, averaging 99.14 and producing four maximums. Vaughn stayed within two legs until 5–4, but White won the final three legs to advance.

Theo Bartlett defeated Noah Draven 8–6 in the opening close match of the tournament. Draven led 5–4 after a 121 checkout, but Bartlett responded with a 12-dart leg and later broke throw in the fourteenth leg to close out the match. Elias Storm defeated Jordan Pike 8–5, while Lukas Parker beat Damon Edwards 8–3 with the highest average of the opening session.

In the evening session, Alex Brow defeated Isaac Drummond 8–4 in front of a home crowd. Brow began slowly and trailed 3–2, but he won six of the final seven legs and finished the match with a 124 checkout. Zion Carter beat Mason Owens 8–7 after Owens missed two match darts in the deciding leg. Max Mad defeated Harrison Lewis 8–5, while Rhys Donovan edged Kai Mitchell 8–6.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 7 September. White defeated Bartlett 10–7 in a high-quality contest, averaging 101.52 and hitting six 180s. Bartlett levelled at 7–7 after White missed darts at double 16, but White broke throw in the fifteenth leg and won the next two legs to reach the semi-finals.

Storm produced one of his best televised performances of the season in a 10–6 win over Parker. Parker led 4–2, but Storm increased his scoring power after the second interval and won eight of the final ten legs. Brow defeated Carter 10–8 in a tense match that featured multiple momentum swings. Carter missed a dart at bullseye to level at 9–9, allowing Brow to return and finish 64 for victory. Mad completed the semi-final line-up with a 10–5 win over Donovan.

Semi-finals

White defeated Storm 11–8 in the first semi-final. Storm led 6–4 and looked capable of reaching the final, but White levelled with back-to-back 13-dart legs before moving ahead for the first time at 8–7. Storm briefly stopped the run, but White won three of the last four legs to reach the final.

The second semi-final was contested between Brow and Mad, renewing one of the IDF's leading rivalries. Mad led 7–5 before Brow produced the tournament's highest checkout, a 170 finish, to reduce the gap. Brow then won five of the next six legs to take an 11–8 victory. Mad averaged 100.33 in defeat, while Brow finished with a 102.46 average.

Final

The final was played on the evening of 7 September between White and Brow. Brow was attempting to win a major televised event in Adelaide for the second time in 2025, while White was looking for his first IDF invitational title.

Brow started strongly and led 4–2 after landing a 121 checkout. White responded by winning four of the next five legs to lead 6–5, but Brow levelled at the second interval. The match remained close throughout the middle phase, with neither player leading by more than two legs.

At 10–10, Brow missed one dart at double 12 to move ahead. White punished the miss with a 76 finish and then held throw in 14 darts to go 12–10 ahead. Brow kept the match alive with a 13-dart leg, but White sealed victory in the twenty-fourth leg by finishing 84 on double 12. White averaged 103.18 in the final, while Brow averaged 101.77.

Draw

Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seeded players for the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name show their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.

	First round First to 8 legs 6 September					Quarter-finals First to 10 legs 7 September					Semi-finals First to 11 legs 7 September					Final First to 13 legs 7 September
	1	Logan White 99.14	8
	WC	Tanner Vaughn 93.02	4
						1	Logan White 101.52	10
						8	Theo Bartlett 98.47	7
	8	Theo Bartlett 96.85	8
	INT	Noah Draven 94.71	6
											1	Logan White 102.08	11
											4	Elias Storm 99.31	8
	4	Elias Storm 98.66	8
	DN	Jordan Pike 95.44	5
						4	Elias Storm 100.86	10
						5	Lukas Parker 96.74	6
	5	Lukas Parker 101.03	8
	INT	Damon Edwards 89.27	3
																1	Logan White 103.18	13
																2	Alex Brow 101.77	11
	2	Alex Brow 98.92	8
	DN	Isaac Drummond 94.18	4
						2	Alex Brow 99.76	10
						7	Zion Carter 98.90	8
	7	Zion Carter 96.21	8
	6	Mason Owens 95.79	7
											2	Alex Brow 102.46	11
											3	Max Mad 100.33	8
	3	Max Mad 100.14	8
	WC	Harrison Lewis 96.03	5
						3	Max Mad 101.25	10
						INT	Rhys Donovan 95.62	5
	INT	Rhys Donovan 97.41	8
	INT	Kai Mitchell 96.89	6

Final

First to 13 legs Referee: Huw Ware Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 7 September 2025
Logan White	13–11	Alex Brow
103.18	Average (3 darts)	101.77
29	100+ scores	31
18	140+ scores	16
9	180 scores	7
146	Highest checkout	121
4	100+ checkouts	3
13/31 (41.9%)	Checkout summary	11/29 (37.9%)

Highest averages

This table shows all three-dart averages over 100 achieved during the tournament.

Player	Round	Average	Opponent	Result
Logan White	Final	103.18	Alex Brow	Won
Alex Brow	Semi-finals	102.46	Max Mad	Won
Logan White (2)	Semi-finals	102.08	Elias Storm	Won
Alex Brow (2)	Final	101.77	Logan White	Lost
Logan White (3)	Quarter-finals	101.52	Theo Bartlett	Won
Max Mad	Quarter-finals	101.25	Rhys Donovan	Won
Lukas Parker	First round	101.03	Damon Edwards	Won
Elias Storm	Quarter-finals	100.86	Lukas Parker	Won
Max Mad (2)	Semi-finals	100.33	Alex Brow	Lost
Max Mad (3)	First round	100.14	Harrison Lewis	Won

Records and statistics

Finalist appearances

Rank	Player	Winner	Runner-up	Finals
1	Logan White	1	0	1
2	Alex Brow	0	1	1

High checkouts

Player	Checkout	Round	Opponent	Result
Alex Brow	170	Semi-finals	Max Mad	Won
Logan White	146	Final	Alex Brow	Won
Theo Bartlett	136	Quarter-finals	Logan White	Lost
Alex Brow	132	First round	Isaac Drummond	Won
Noah Draven	121	First round	Theo Bartlett	Lost

Broadcasting

The tournament was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Fox Sports in Australia, and through the IDF's international streaming service in other territories.

References

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