World Matchplay Darts Schedule, Draw And Prize Money

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Jonty Colman

BBC Sport journalist

The 2025 World Matchplay Darts gets nether measurement connected Saturday, July 19 and runs until Sunday, July 27.

The tourney - 1 of nan Professional Darts Corporation's fields - features 32 players and takes spot astatine Blackpool's Winter Gardens.

The apical 16 successful nan PDC's Order of Merit qualified automatically, pinch nan different 16 places fixed to nan 16 highest-ranked players successful nan ProTour's Order of Merit.

That intends immoderate large names person not qualified - including erstwhile world number 1 and 2023 world champion Michael Smith, who conscionable missed retired via nan Order of Merit.

World number 1 Luke Humphries is nan defending champion, having beaten Michael van Gerwen 18-15 successful past year's final.

How does nan World Matchplay work?

Luke Humphries holding nan 2024 World Matchplay Darts title

The apical 16 players successful nan world are seeded, meaning their first-round opponents will beryllium those who person qualified via nan ProTour.

The seeded players person been drawn successful specified a measurement nan number 1 seed would look nan number 16 seed if they some triumph their first-round match, and truthful on.

In nan first round, matches are nan champion of 19 legs, which increases to a champion of 21 successful nan 2nd round.

The quarter-finals are nan champion of 31 legs, pinch nan semi-finals and last perchance past 33 and 35 legs respectively.

What is nan World Matchplay prize money?

The victor of nan 2025 World Matchplay will return location £200,000 successful prize money from nan tournament's prize excavation of £800,000.

The runner-up will triumph £100,000, pinch 2 losing semi-finalists securing £50,000 each.

An exit successful nan quarter-finals earns players £30,000 each, while those knocked retired successful nan 2nd information will unafraid £15,000 each.

Those beaten successful nan first information will return location £10,000.

World Matchplay tie and schedule

First information (best of 19 legs)

Saturday, 19 July

James Wade (9) v Joe Cullen
Danny Noppert (16) v Cameron Menzies
Luke Humphries (1) v Gian van Veen
Nathan Aspinall (8) v Wessel Nijman

Sunday, 20 July

Damon Heta (7) v Andrew Gilding
Rob Cross (10) v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Peter Wright (15) v Jermaine Wattimena
Dave Chisnall (12) v Mike De Decker
Gary Anderson (13) v Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton (5) v Martin Schindler
Luke Littler (2) v Ryan Searle
Stephen Bunting (4) v Ryan Joyce

Monday, 21 July

Chris Dobey (6) v Ricardo Piertreczko
Gerwyn Price (11) v Daryl Gurney
Michael van Gerwen (3) v Raymond van Barneveld
Ross Smith (14) v Josh Rock

Second round

Tuesday, 22 July

Humphries aliases Van Veen v Noppert aliases Menzies
Aspinall aliases Nijman v Wade aliases Cullen
Bunting aliases Joyce v Anderson aliases Woodhouse
Clayton aliases Schindler v Chisnall aliases De Decker

Wednesday, 23 July

Littler aliases Searle v Wright aliases Wattimena
Heta aliases Gilding v Cross aliases Van Duijvenbode
Van Gerwen aliases Van Barneveld v Smith aliases Rock
Dobey aliases Pietreczko v Price aliases Gurney

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