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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
PDC World Championship schedule released as fans hail ‘mind-melting amount of darts this Christmas'
SPORTS fans are in for a very merry footballdartsmas this year after the schedule for the Darts World Championship was released. The PDC have expanded the tournament to 128 players for the 2025/26 edition of the Alexandra Palace showpiece. 2 The PDC have revealed the schedule for the 2025/26 Darts World Championship Credit: PA 2 The competition has been expanded with more players, more money and more fans Credit: Alamy This comes with a record-breaking prize pot of £5million on the line, with this year's winner set to pocket an eye-watering £1m. And the schedule for the expanded competition has now been revealed by organisers. It will be a 20-day darts bonanza held across 36 sessions which is expected to welcome more than 100,000 fans. The likes of READ MORE IN DARTS Round one will last over a week through to Friday, December 19, with every day except for the opening day and Wednesday, December 17 featuring an afternoon and evening session. Those who progress will then commence with the second round from Saturday, December 20, which will be played through to Tuesday, December 23 when the competition then takes a break for Christmas. The darts then return with round three action on Saturday, December 27. That will last through to Monday, December 29, when three round three clashes play out at the same time as two round four games. Most read in Darts BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK The remainder of round four will be played out across two sessions on Tuesday, December 30. Similarly, the quarter-finals will take place across an afternoon and evening session on New Year's Day. Darts legend Bobby George sends stark message to Luke Littler as he warns sensation he can 'go from hero to zero quick' Friday, January 2 will see the semi-finals played out, before the darts festival then concludes on Saturday, January 3. Fans have called the tournament a "a mind-melting amount of darts". However, A record 40,000 were bought by annual members in the first 30 minutes of pre-sale for the event last year. The PDC website struggled to cope with the traffic and some fans fumed as they got stuck on a "black screen". Other fans were left furious after touts got their hands on tickets before reselling them on some sites for a colossal £800. List of all-time Darts World Champions BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year. The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions. That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included. 1994 - Dennis Priestley 1995 - Phil Taylor 1996 - Phil Taylor (2) 1997 - Phil Taylor (3) 1998 - Phil Taylor (4) 1999 - Phil Taylor (5) 2000 - Phil Taylor (6) 2001 - Phil Taylor (7) 2002 - Phil Taylor (8) 2003 - John Part 2004 - Phil Taylor (9) 2005 - Phil Taylor (10) 2006 - Phil Taylor (11) 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld 2008 - John Part (2) 2009 - Phil Taylor (12) 2010 - Phil Taylor (13) 2011 - Adrian Lewis 2012 - Adrian Lewis (2) 2013 - Phil Taylor (14) 2014 - Michael van Gerwen 2015 - Gary Anderson 2016 - Gary Anderson (2) 2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2) 2018 - Rob Cross 2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3) 2020 - Peter Wright 2021 - Gerwyn Price 2022 - Peter Wright (2) 2023 - Michael Smith 2024 - Luke Humphries 2025 - Luke Littler Most World Titles 14 - Phil Taylor 3 - Michael van Gerwen 2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright 1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Play on NOW as Van Barneveld CRASHES OUT, Humphries and Bunting wait
WAIT AND SEA Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Play on NOW as Van Barneveld CRASHES OUT, Humphries and Bunting wait – updates DAY 1 of the Baltic Sea Darts Open is underway - and some of the world's best will be chasing glory in Germany. Dutch star Raymond van Barneveld went crashing out to Andy Baetens following a 6-4 defeat in round one. World No1 Luke Humphries, the Bullet Stephen Bunting and defending champion Rob Cross will have to wait until Saturday to kickstart their tournament. While Luke Littler misses out as the teen sensation continues his European Tour boycott. Start time : 12pm/6pm BST : 12pm/6pm BST Live stream / TV: PDCTV / DAZN Follow ALL the action with our live blog below…
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Play on NOW as Van Barneveld headlines on day 1, Humphries and Bunting wait
WAIT AND SEA Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Play on NOW as Van Barneveld headlines on day 1, Humphries and Bunting wait DAY 1 of the Baltic Sea Darts Open is underway - and some of the world's best will be chasing glory in Germany. Dutch star Raymond van Barneveld features on day 1 in a tricky test against Belgian Andy Baetens. Advertisement World No1 Luke Humphries, the Bullet Stephen Bunting and defending champion Rob Cross will have to wait until Saturday to kickstart their tournament. While Luke Littler misses out as the teen sensation continues his European Tour boycott. Start time : 12pm/6pm BST : 12pm/6pm BST Live stream / TV: PDCTV / DAZN Follow ALL the action with our live blog below…
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Van Barneveld features on day 1, Humphries and Bunting made to wait
WAIT AND SEA Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Van Barneveld features on day 1, Humphries and Bunting made to wait – updates DAY 1 of the Baltic Sea Darts Open is finally here - and some of the world's best will be chasing glory in Germany. Dutch star Raymond van Barneveld features on day 1 in a tricky test against Belgian Andy Baetens. World No1 Luke Humphries, the Bullet Stephen Bunting and defending champion Rob Cross will have to wait until Saturday to kickstart their tournament. While Luke Littler misses out as the teen sensation continues his European tour boycott. Start time : 12pm BST : 12pm BST Live stream / TV: PDCTV / DAZN Follow ALL the action with our live blog below…
The Sun
11-07-2025
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- The Sun
Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Van Barneveld features on day 1, Humphries and Van Gerwen made to wait
DAY 1 of the Baltic Sea Darts Open is finally here - and some of the world's best will be chasing glory in Germany. Dutch star Raymond van Barneveld features on day 1 in a tricky test against Belgian Andy Baetens. World No1 Luke Humphries, flying Dutchman Michael van Gerwen and defending champion Rob Cross will have to wait until Saturday to kickstart their tournament. While Luke Littler misses out as the teen sensation continues his European tour boycott. Start time: 12pm BST Live stream / TV: PDCTV / DAZN Follow ALL the action with our live blog below… 2 minutes ago By Laurence Ryan Order of play - afternoon sessions Mickey Mansell v Miroslaw Grudziecki Luke Woodhouse v Liam Maendl-Lawrance Cameron Menzies v Yorick Hofkens Gian van Veen v Johan Engstrom Jermaine Wattimena v Callan Rydz Richard Veenstra v Krzysztof Ratajski Wessel Nijman v Martin Kramer Kim Huybrechts v Ian White 3 minutes ago By Laurence Ryan Welcome to the Baltic Sea Darts Open! Welcome to SunSport's coverage of the Baltic Sea Darts Open! A huge weekend of darting action awaits at the Wunderino Arena in Kiel, as some of the best in darts head over to compete. World No 1 Luke Humphries will return to action, after missing last weekend's Polish Darts Masters - but Luke Littler does not feature. The teenage sensation misses the tournament, after a string of disappointing exits in the World Cup of Darts, US Darts Masters and Polish Darts Masters. Rob Cross returns to the tournament, having won the 2024 iteration of the competition. Voltage aims to win the tournament yet again, with the action this weekend set to be cracking! SunSport will keep you covered for all the action this weekend.
