Gary Anderson, Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall and Rob Cross are among those who will not return to the World Darts Championship after Christmas.
The early stages of the tournament came to an end on Monday, with crowd favourite Ricky Evans and Scott Williams beating Chisnall and Cross respectively to seal the final two spots in the third round at Alexandra Palace.
There has been no shortage of shocks so far. After second seed Michael Smith fell to Kevin Doets in a five-set thriller, James Wade lost in straight sets to Jermaine Wattimena and Danny Noppert lost to Ryan Joyce, no14 seed Anderson lost 3-0 to Jeffrey de Graaf.
Gian van Veen was beaten by Ricardo Pietreczko on Monday night, adding to the list of seeds falling at the first hurdle.
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There were no such problems for the likes of Luke Humphries, Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen, who very much remain the three to beat at Ally Pally.
Humphries will take centre stage on Friday night, with Littler and Van Gerwen following a day later.
World Darts Championship schedule
(Seeds in brackets, all times GMT)
Friday, December 27
Third round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(9) Damon Heta vs Luke Woodhouse
(7) Jonny Clayton vs Daryl Gurney (26)
(8) Stephen Bunting vs Madars Razma
Evening Session (7pm)
(10) Gerwyn Price vs Joe Cullen (23)
Jermaine Wattimena vs Peter Wright (17)
(1) Luke Humphries vs Nick Kenny
Saturday, December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Joyce vs Ryan Searle (20)
Scott Williams vs Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Nathan Aspinall vs Andrew Gilding (21)
Evening Session (7pm)
(15) Chris Dobey vs Josh Rock (18)
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(3) Michael van Gerwen vs Brendan Dolan (30)
(4) Luke Littler vs Ian White
Sunday, December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets vs Krzysztof Ratajski (31)
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Callan Rydz
Evening Session (7pm)
Ricky Evans vs Robert Owen
Fourth Round (x2)
Monday, December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Fourth Round (x3)
Evening Session (7pm)
Fourth Round (x3)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Quarter-finals (x2)
Evening Session (7pm)
Quarter-finals (x2)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
Semi-Finals (x2)
Friday, January 3 (8pm)
Final
Latest results
Sunday, December 15
Evening Session (7pm)
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts
(1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole
Monday, December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
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Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)
Evening Session (7pm)
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates
(10) Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry
Tuesday, December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker
Evening Session (7pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Wednesday, December 18
Evening Session (7pm)
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Thursday, December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
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Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Evening Session (7pm)
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Friday, December 20
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)
(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Evening Session (7pm)
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Saturday, December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
Evening Session (7pm)
(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
(4) Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle
(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Sunday, December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(20) Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
(23) Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
(29) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
Evening Session (7pm)
(22) Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
(19) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
(14) Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin
Monday, December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo
(21) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman
(18) Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell
Evening Session (7pm)
(28) Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
(26) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel
(6) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans
(5) Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams
How can I watch the World Darts Championship?
TV channel: The tournament will be covered live in full on Sky Sports. Both the afternoon and evening sessions will be shown on Sky Sports Darts, with many sessions also on Sky Sports Main Event.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch the game through the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship latest odds
Luke Littler 11/8
Luke Humphries 3/1
Michael van Gerwen 13/2
Gerwyn Price 18/1
Chris Dobey 25/1
33/1 bar
Odds via Betfair. Subject to change
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