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The '''2025 | The '''2025 IDF World Darts Championship''' (known for sponsorship reasons as the '''2024/25 World Champs Event''') is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will be held from 18 October 2025 to 21 October 2025 at Alexandra Palace in London, England for the first few rounds and then the other rounds will be held in January 2026. It will be the 1st World Darts Championship to be organised by the [[International Darts Federation]] and the 1st to be held at Alexandra Palace. The winner is intended to receive $1,250,000 from a total prize fund of $2,500,000. | ||
The tournamnent is intended to be a new edition of the [[Home Darts Championship]] events that also began in [[2025 Home Masters Championship|2025]], in which [[Lukas Parker]] won the inaugural event. For this reason, the IDF had Parker as the number one seed with [[Alex Brow]] being the second seed, having them both start in the second round. | |||
The tournament featured 96 players, with the top 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded through to the second round. Luke Humphries was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Littler 7–4 in the 2024 final. However, Humphries lost 4–1 to Peter Wright in the fourth round. | |||
In his 3–1 second-round victory over Ryan Meikle, Littler set a new record for the highest three-dart set average in a World Championship match, with 140.91 in the final set. Littler went on to beat Nathan Aspinall 5–2 in the quarter-finals and Stephen Bunting 6–1 in the semi-finals to reach a second consecutive final, where he defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–3 to win his first world title. Aged 17 years and 347 days, Littler became the youngest world champion in darts history. He also won the ''Ballon d'Art'' trophy for scoring the most 180s in the tournament, with 76. | |||
Christian Kist and Damon Heta both hit nine-dart finishes at the tournament, with both players earning a £60,000 bonus. | |||
== Prize money == | == Prize money == | ||
The prize fund remained at $2,500,000 with $1,250,000 going to the winner. | The prize fund remained at $2,500,000 with $1,250,000 going to the winner. | ||
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== Schedule == | == Schedule == | ||
== Draw == | == Draw == | ||
=== Finals === | === Finals === | ||
Revision as of 11:40, 21 February 2025
| 2025 IDF World Darts Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | December 10, 2024 — January 7, 2025 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Internaional Darts Federation (IDF) | ||
| Format | Sets | ||
| Prize fund | $2,500,000 | ||
| Winner's share | $1,250,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish | Dimitri Van den Bergh | ||
| High checkout | TBA | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| TBA | |||
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The 2025 IDF World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024/25 World Champs Event) is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will be held from 18 October 2025 to 21 October 2025 at Alexandra Palace in London, England for the first few rounds and then the other rounds will be held in January 2026. It will be the 1st World Darts Championship to be organised by the International Darts Federation and the 1st to be held at Alexandra Palace. The winner is intended to receive $1,250,000 from a total prize fund of $2,500,000.
The tournamnent is intended to be a new edition of the Home Darts Championship events that also began in 2025, in which Lukas Parker won the inaugural event. For this reason, the IDF had Parker as the number one seed with Alex Brow being the second seed, having them both start in the second round.
The tournament featured 96 players, with the top 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded through to the second round. Luke Humphries was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Littler 7–4 in the 2024 final. However, Humphries lost 4–1 to Peter Wright in the fourth round.
In his 3–1 second-round victory over Ryan Meikle, Littler set a new record for the highest three-dart set average in a World Championship match, with 140.91 in the final set. Littler went on to beat Nathan Aspinall 5–2 in the quarter-finals and Stephen Bunting 6–1 in the semi-finals to reach a second consecutive final, where he defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–3 to win his first world title. Aged 17 years and 347 days, Littler became the youngest world champion in darts history. He also won the Ballon d'Art trophy for scoring the most 180s in the tournament, with 76.
Christian Kist and Damon Heta both hit nine-dart finishes at the tournament, with both players earning a £60,000 bonus.
Prize money
The prize fund remained at $2,500,000 with $1,250,000 going to the winner.
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money
(Total: £800,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | $1,250,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | $500,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | $125,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | $60,000 |
| Second round | (8) | $25,000 |
| First round | (16) | $3,750 |