2025 World Darts Championship draw in full as Luke Littler and Luke Humphries learn opponents

Luke Littler will kickstart his bid to win his first World Darts Championship title with a second round tie against Fallon Sherrock or Ryan Meikle.

The Runcorn-born sensation, who finished as runner-up to Luke Humphries in an 11-leg thriller at Alexandra Palace back in January, has enjoyed a fine debut season and will be looking to add the Sid Waddell Trophy to the ever-growing list of titles he has won in 2024. Littler lifted the Premier League in May and followed that up with victories in the World Series and Grand Slam.

He is set to go into the World Championship ranked fourth in the world behind Humphries, Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen and will face a stern test in his first game. The winner of Meikle and Sherrock will go head-to-head with Littler in the second round, with the date for that tie yet to be confirmed.

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Elsewhere, Luke Humphries will begin his defence of the World Championship with a tie against Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito. Humphries won the Players Championship on Sunday to add to his collection and will be hoping to become the first back-to-back world champion since Gary Anderson in 2016.

Meanwhile, Smith is set to go up against the winner of Kevin Doets and Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Van Gerwen will pit his wits against either James Hurrell or Jim Long, while fifth-seed Rob Cross is up against Scott Williams or Niko Springer. There are 32 first round ties in full, with 32 second round ties to follow.

With this in mind, below is the World Championship draw in full. The tournament is set to get underway on Sunday, December 15 and will run to Friday, January 3.

Opening quarter

Luke Humphries (1) vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito

Raymond van Barneveld (32) vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz

James Wade (16) vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont

Peter Wright (17) vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto

Stephen Bunting (8) vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt

Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) vs Madars Razma or Christian Kist

Damon Heta (9) vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb

Mike De Decker (24) vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

Second quarter

Luke Littler (4) vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock

Ritchie Edhouse (29) vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing

Danny Noppert (13) vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas

Ryan Searle (20) vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell

Rob Cross (5) vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer

Gian van Veen (28) vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong

Nathan Aspinall (12) vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates

Andrew Gilding (21) vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

Third quarter

Michael Smith (2) vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Krzysztof Ratajski (31) vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo

Chris Dobey (15) vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx

Josh Rock (18) vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin

Jonny Clayton (7) vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto

Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan

Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry

Joe Cullen (23) vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

Bottom quarter

Michael van Gerwen (3) vs James Hurrell or Jim Long

Brendan Dolan (30) vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee

Gary Anderson (14) vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting

Ross Smith (19) vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida

Dave Chisnall (6) vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers

Gabriel Clemens (27) vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen

Dimitri Van den Bergh (11) vs William O'Connor or Dylan Slevin

Martin Schindler (22) vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac