Confirmed time for Luke Littler's World Darts Championship quarter final
THE race for the Sid Waddell Trophy is hotting up - and Luke "The Nuke" Littler is still in the hunt.
The Warringtonian teenager remains in contention to lift the World Darts Championship after emerging through a thrilling fourth-round contest against Ryan Joyce.
The fourth seed and bookies favourite was pushed all the way to a deciding set but prevailed 4-3 to avoid being the latest big name to be dumped out of the tournament.
He will now face good friend and stablemate Nathan Aspinall in the quarter-finals on New Year's Day, with their clash rounding off the action in the evening session and scheduled to start around 9pm.
The Paddy Power World Darts Championship is being broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK.
2024/25 PADDY POWER WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINALS, SEMI-FINALS AND FINAL SCHEDULE:
Wednesday January 1:
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT):
Chris Dobey 5 Gerwyn Price 3
Michael Van Gerwen 5 Callan Rydz 3
(Dobey to face van Gerwen in Thursday night's semi-finals)
Evening Session (1900 GMT):
Peter Wright vs Stephen Bunting - 7.15pm
Luke Littler vs Nathan Aspinall - 9pm
(evening session winners to face off in Thursday night's semi-finals)
Thursday January 2 (1930 GMT):
Semi-Finals
Friday January 3 (2000 GMT):
Final
PADDY POWER WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS CHECK:
The Paddy Power World Darts Championship will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK
32nd staging of the World Darts Championship
96 players from around the globe competing for the coveted Sid Waddell Trophy
14 debutants and 28 countries represented in the £2.5 million showpiece
No1 seed Humphries aims to emulate Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson by winning back-to-back titles.
PADDY POWER WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE FUND:
Winner - £500,000
Runner-Up - £200,000
Semi-Finalists - £100,000
Quarter-Finalists - £50,000
Fourth Round - £35,000
Third Round - £25,000
Second Round - £15,000
First Round - £7,500
Total - £2,500,000
Players will also be competing for the Ballon d’Art trophy – created by title sponsor Paddy Power for the player who hits the most 180s during the event.
The award - won by Humphries last year - is an addition to The BIGGER 180 Campaign, which will again see Paddy Power donate £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK for every maximum scored during the 2024/25 World Darts Championship.
In addition, a £180,000 bonus will be paid out for every nine-darter achieved during the tournament, to be split equally with £60,000 each to Prostate Cancer UK, the player who hits the perfect leg and one lucky fan in the crowd.
PADDY POWER WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT:
First Round - Best of five sets
Second Round - Best of five sets
Third Round - Best of seven sets
Fourth Round - Best of seven sets
Quarter-Finals - Best of nine sets
Semi-Finals - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
TIE-BREAKS:
From the Second Round onwards, there will be a tie-break rule employed in all matches; where a deciding set must be won by two clear legs. If the score in the final set reaches 5-5 then a sudden-death leg will be played.
There would be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.
2024/25 PADDY POWER WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS:
First round:
Thibault Tricole 3 Joe Comito 1
Jermaine Wattimena 3 Stefan Bellmont 0
Kim Huybrechts 1 Keane Barry 3
Wesley Plaisier 3 Ryusei Azemoto 2
Luke Woodhouse 3 Lourence Ilagan 0
Alan Soutar 1 Kai Gotthardt 3
Niels Zonneveld 1 Robert Owen 3
Connor Scutt 3 Ben Robb 0
Cameron Menzies 1 Leonard Gates 3
James Hurrell 3 Jim Long 0
Kevin Doets 3 Noa-Lynn van Leuven 0
Ryan Joyce 3 Darius Labanauskas 1
Jeffrey de Graaf 3 Rashad Sweeting 1
Ricardo Pietreczko 3 Xiaochen Zong 0
Ryan Meikle 3 Fallon Sherrock 2
Jim Williams 2 Paolo Nebrida 3
Madars Razma 3 Christian Kist (9 darter) 1
Ricky Evans 3 Gordon Mathers 2
Chris Landman 1 Lok Yin Lee 3
Callan Rydz 3 Romeo Grbavac 0
Martin Lukeman 3 Nitin Kumar 1
Nick Kenny 3 Stowe Buntz 0
Mensur Suljovic 2 Matt Campbell 3
Scott Williams 3 Niko Springer 1
Stephen Burton 0 Alexander Merkx 3
Wessel Nijman 3 Cameron Carolissen 2
Ian White bye v Sandro Eric Sosing
Mickey Mansell 3 Tomoya Goto 1
Florian Hempel 3 Jeffrey De Zwaan 1
William O’Connor 1 Dylan Slevin 3
Karel Sedlacek 0 Rhys Griffin 3
Second round:
Luke Humphries 3 Tricole/Comito 0
James Wade 0 Wattimena 3
Gerwyn Price 3 Barry 0
Mike De Decker 1 Woodhouse 3
Peter Wright 3 Wesley Plaisier 1
Nathan Aspinall 3 Leonard Gates 1
Gabriel Clemens 1 Robert Owen 3
Michael Smith 2 Kevin Doets 3
Stephen Bunting 3 Kai Gotthardt 1
Michael van Gerwen 3 James Hurrell 0
Brendan Dolan 3 Lok Yin Lee 0
Chris Dobey 3 Alexander Merkx 1
Danny Noppert 1 Ryan Joyce 3
Raymond van Barneveld 1 Nick Kenny 3
Luke Littler 3 Ryan Meikle 1
Damon Heta 3 Connor Scutt 1
Ryan Searle 3 Matt Campbell 0
Dirk van Duijvenbode 1 Madars Razma 3
Joe Cullen 3 Wessel Nijman 0
Ritchie Edhouse 1 Ian White 3
Martin Schindler 0 Callan Rydz 3
Ross Smith 0 Paolo Nebrida 3
Gary Anderson 0 Jeffrey de Graaf 3
Dimitri Van den Bergh 3 Dylan Slevin 0
Krzysztof Ratajski 3 Alexis Toylo 1
Andrew Gilding 3 Martin Lukeman 1
Josh Rock 3 Rhys Griffin 0
Jonny Clayton 3 Mickey Mansell 2 (R2)
Gian van Veen 1 Ricardo Pietreczko 3
Daryl Gurney 3 Hempel/De Zwaan 2
Dave Chisnall 2 Ricky Evans 3
Rob Cross 1 Scott Williams 3
Third round:
Damon Heta (9 darter) 3 Luke Woodhouse 4
Jonny Clayton 4 Daryl Gurney 3
Stephen Bunting 4 Madars Razma 1
Gerwyn Price 4 Joe Cullen 3
Jermaine Wattimena 2 Peter Wright 4
Luke Humphries 4 Nick Kenny 0
Ryan Joyce 4 Ryan Searle 3
Scott Williams 1 Ricardo Pietreczko 4
Nathan Aspinall 4 Andrew Gilding 0
Chris Dobey 4 Josh Rock 2
Michael van Gerwen 4 Brendan Dolan 2
Luke Littler 4 Ian White 1
Jeffrey de Graaf 4 Paolo Nebrida 1
Kevin Doets 4 Krzysztof Ratajski 3
Dimitri Van den Bergh 0 Callan Rydz 4
Ricky Evans 2 Robert Owen 4
Fourth round:
Jonny Clayton 2 Gerwyn Price 4
Luke Humphries 1 Peter Wright 4
Kevin Doets 3 Chris Dobey 4
Callan Rydz 4 Robert Owen 3
Ricardo Pietreczko 0 Nathan Aspinall 4
Stephen Bunting 4 Luke Woodhouse 0
Michael van Gerwen 4 Jeffrey de Graaf 2
Luke Littler 4 Ryan Joyce 3
