2025 IDF World Darts Championship
| 2024 Betfred World Matchplay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 13–21 July 2024 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £800,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £200,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish | Dimitri Van den Bergh | ||
| High checkout | |||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Luke Humphries | |||
| |||
The 2025 New Year's Open will be the 1st annual staging of the New Year's Open event, organised by the International Darts Federation. The tournament will take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 13 to 21 January 2025.
Max Mad, who is known from his career in soft-tip darts, who won three world championships, will make his debut and is set to play Luke Humphries in the first round. Humphries was previously the world champion after winning the PDC's 2024's World Championship event, Humphries was intended to be a seed to begin in Round Two, but was changed to start in Round One.
Luke Humphries won his first World Matchplay title, beating Michael van Gerwen 18–15 in the final.[1] He became the fourth player to win the World Darts Championship and the World Matchplay in the same year after Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright and only the second player after Phil Taylor to average more than 100 in all five matches on the way to the title.[2]
Dimitri Van den Bergh hit a nine-darter during his first round win against Martin Schindler.[3]
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £800,000, with £200,000 going to the winner.[4]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money
(Total: £800,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £200,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £100,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £50,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £30,000 |
| Second round | (8) | £15,000 |
| First round | (16) | £10,000 |
Draw
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 01 | 1 | Thibault Tricole 80.61 | 3–1 | Joe Comito 81.25 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — |
| 02 | Jermaine Wattimena 98.54 | 3–0 | Stefan Bellmont 92.95 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | ||
| 03 | Kim Huybrechts 96.92 | 1–3 | Keane Barry 94.97 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | |
| 04 | 2 | Luke Humphries 90.79 | 3–0 | Thibault Tricole 85.62 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | |
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 05 | 1 | Wesley Plaisier 82.56 | 3–2 | Ryusei Azemoto 79.23 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 06 | Luke Woodhouse 94.38 | 3–0 | Lourence Ilagan 81.11 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | ||
| 07 | Alan Soutar 84.19 | 1–3 | Kai Gotthardt 89.10 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | |
| 08 | 2 | James Wade 97.01 | 0–3 | Jermaine Wattimena 99.17 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — | |
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 09 | 1 | Niels Zonneveld 93.19 | 1–3 | Robert Owen 91.64 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |
| 10 | Connor Scutt 101.92 | 3–0 | Ben Robb 82.64 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | ||
| 11 | Cameron Menzies 83.77 | 1–3 | Leonard Gates 82.96 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | |
| 12 | 2 | Gerwyn Price 91.32 | 3–0 | Keane Barry 86.81 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | |
Tuesday, 17 December
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 | James Hurrell 88.75 | 3–0 | Jim Long 79.17 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | |
| 14 | Kevin Doets 88.13 | 3–1 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven 87.02 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | |
| 15 | Ryan Joyce 92.97 | 3–1 | Darius Labanauskas 89.62 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | |
| 16 | 2 | Mike De Decker 87.38 | 1–3 | Luke Woodhouse 88.38 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — |
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 17 | 1 | Jeffrey de Graaf 92.30 | 3–1 | Rashad Sweeting 82.88 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — |
| 18 | Ricardo Pietreczko 88.68 | 3–0 | Xiaochen Zong 84.03 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | ||
| 19 | Ryan Meikle 83.53 | 3–2 | Fallon Sherrock 81.81 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |
| 20 | 2 | Peter Wright 89.63 | 3–1 | Wesley Plaisier 93.77 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — |
Wednesday, 18 December
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 21 | 1 | Jim Williams 94.10 | 2–3 | Paolo Nebrida 86.63 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| 22 | Madars Razma 90.65 | 3–1 | Christian Kist 94.90 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | |
| 23 | Ricky Evans 86.23 | 3–2 | Gordon Mathers 87.57 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| 24 | 2 | Nathan Aspinall 88.03 | 3–1 | Leonard Gates 83.41 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — |
Thursday, 19 December
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 25 | 1 | Chris Landman 80.71 | 1–3 | Lok Yin Lee 84.40 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |
| 26 | Callan Rydz 107.06 | 3–0 | Romeo Grbavac 97.92 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | ||
| 27 | Martin Lukeman 86.66 | 3–1 | Nitin Kumar 85.77 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | |
| 28 | 2 | Gabriel Clemens 92.39 | 1–3 | Robert Owen 98.97 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — |
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 29 | 1 | Nick Kenny 87.66 | 3–0 | Stowe Buntz 87.26 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | |
| 30 | Mensur Suljovic 88.44 | 2–3 | Matt Campbell 93.31 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | |
| 31 | Scott Williams 96.24 | 3–1 | Niko Springer 98.92 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | |
| 32 | 2 | Michael Smith 96.93 | 2–3 | Kevin Doets 96.90 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–6 |
Friday, 20 December
| Match no. | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon session (12:30 GMT) | |||||||||
| 33 | 1 | Stephen Burton 75.63 | 0–3 | Alexander Merkx 78.41 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — | |
| 34 | Wessel Nijman 94.83 | 3–2 | Cameron Carolissen 95.90 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
| 35 | Ian White | w/o | Sandro Eric Sosing | — | |||||
| 36 | 2 | Stephen Bunting 92.12 | 3–1 | Kai Gotthardt 89.40 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — |
| Evening session (19:00 GMT) | |||||||||
| 37 | 1 | Mickey Mansell 81.34 | 3–1 | Tomoya Goto 82.22 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — |
| 38 | Florian Hempel 92.73 | 3–1 | Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.36 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | |
| 39 | William O'Connor 85.92 | 1–3 | Dylan Slevin 86.35 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | — | |
| 40 | 2 | Michael van Gerwen 94.85 | 3–0 | James Hurrell 89.32 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | |
- ↑ "Humphries beats Van Gerwen in World Matchplay final to seal darts double". PA Sport. The Guardian. 21 July 2024.
- ↑ "Humphries beats Van Gerwen to win Matchplay title". BBC Sport. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ↑ "World Matchplay Darts: Dimitri Van den Bergh hits nine-darter as Rob Cross survives scare and Peter Wright goes out". Sky Sports. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ↑ "Increased prize funds confirmed for PDC televised events". PDC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ↑ Gorton, Josh (15 December 2024). "Humphries opens World Championship title defence with routine win". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ↑ Keogh, Frank (15 December 2024). "Humphries begins title defence with emphatic win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ↑ Gorton, Josh (16 December 2024). "Price powers through on Day Two, as Wattimena dumps out Wade". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ↑ "James Wade crashes out of World Darts Championship in second-round shock". The Guardian. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.