Luke Littler is safely through to the last 16 at the 2025 World Darts Championship.
The title favourite and last year’s runner-up did not have things all his own way against ‘The Diamond’ Ian White in Saturday night’s eventful evening session at Alexandra Palace after another slow start and some uncharacteristic struggles on the doubles, but recovered to hit 12 maximums in total and wrap up an impressive 4-1 victory.
Littler now moves on to a first-ever meeting with Ryan Joyce in round four, after the latter edged 20th seed Ryan Searle in a thriller earlier on day 11.
Michael van Gerwen is also into the last 16 after holding off a spirited fightback from Brendan Dolan, while Chris Dobey outlasted Josh Rock in an entertaining clash.
12th seed Nathan Aspinall made light work of Andrew Gilding, after Ricardo Pietreczko had eased past Scott Williams.
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There is more thrilling action coming up on Sunday at Ally Pally, with defending champion Luke Humphries in a potentially feisty encounter against rival and two-time winner Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright. Gerwyn Price also meets Jonny Clayton for a spot in the quarter-finals.
World Darts Championship schedule
(Seeds in brackets, all times GMT)
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
(7) Jonny Clayton vs Gerwyn Price (10)
(1) Luke Humphries vs Peter Wright (17)
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)
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Quarter-finals (x2)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
Semi-Finals (x2)
Friday, January 3 (8pm)
Final
World Darts Championship 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)
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)
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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)
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
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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
Friday, December 27
Third round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(9) Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
(7) Jonny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney (26)
(8) Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma
Evening Session (7pm)
(10) Gerwyn Price 4-3 Joe Cullen (23)
Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright (17)
(1) Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny
Saturday, December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle (20)
Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding (21)
Evening Session (7pm)
(15) Chris Dobey 4-2 Josh Rock (18)
(3) Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Brendan Dolan (30)
(4) Luke Littler 4-1 Ian White
How to 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 also be able to watch on a live stream online through the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship latest odds
Luke Littler: 11/8
Luke Humphries: 9/4
Michael van Gerwen: 13/2
Gerwyn Price: 14/1
Stephen Bunting: 18/1
Chris Dobey: 22/1
33/1 bar
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
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