Arrows are buzzing, Alexandra Palace is raging: the Darts World Cup is a huge spectacle every year. In addition to a lot of alcohol – among the spectators – a large amount of prize money also flows to the professionals.
It started on December 15th and the finale is on January 3rd, 2025. For the first time, six German players took part.
Game plan and mode at the Darts World Cup 2025
In the first two rounds, the winner must win three sets to win the match. A set consists of three legs, in each leg the players have to throw from 501 to 0 points. The last arrow must land in a double square for the leg to be won.
From the third round onwards, the “best-of-seven” mode applies, which means that the first player to win four sets advances to the next round. In the quarter-finals you have to win five sets to advance, in the semi-finals it is played best-of-eleven. In the final, the first player to win seven sets wins. 17-year-old Luke Littler is in the final again at his second World Cup. He will face three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen, who last won the title in 2019.
Friday, January 3, 2025
- 9 p.m., final: Luke Littler (England) vs. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands), Sports1 and Dazn
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Chris Dobey (England) vs. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 1:6
- Stephen Bunting (England) vs. Luke Littler (England) 1:6
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Chris Dobey (England) vs. Gerwyn Price (Wales) 5:3
- Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) vs. Callan Rydz (England) 5:3
- Peter Wright (Scotland) vs. Stephen Bunting (England) 2:5
- Luke Littler (England) vs. Nathan Aspinall (England) 5:2
Darts World Cup 2025: German game plan
Gotthardt surprised in his first round game and beat the Scot Alan Soutar 3-1 after coming from leg down. In the second round he lost to Stephen Buntingworld ranking 18, 1:3. Celebrated as expected Pietreczko an unchallenged opening win against the Chinese Xiaochen Zong and has to face against Gian van Veen ran.
On December 19th, it was a bad day for the German players. First failed Clemens Gabriel Surprisingly to Robert Owen with 1:3 sets, and as expected it was over in the evening Niko Springerwho lost to last year’s semifinalist Scott Williams. On December 22nd it was over for the German number 1. Martin Schindler had huge problems on the doubles field, only hitting three of his 22 attempts and losing 0-3 against Callan Rydz.
Florian Hempel had the opportunity to equalize in the deciding set in a crazy game against Northern Irishman Daryl Gurney. But he narrowly missed the double.
Ricardo Pietreczko was the last German to lose in the round of 16. In the third round he clearly defeated “Deutschland-Schreck” Scott Williams 4-1 and had no chance against number 12 seed Nathan Aspinall.
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Darts World Cup: Results of the Germans – 3rd round
- Mon, December 30th: Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Nathan Aspinall (England) 0:4
Darts World Cup: Results of the Germans – 3rd round
- Sat, December 28th: Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Scott Williams (England) 4:1
Darts World Cup: Results of the Germans – 2nd round
- Thu, December 19th: Gabriel Clemens vs. Robert Owen (Wales) 1:3
- Fri, December 20th: Kai Gotthardt vs. Stephen Bunting (England) 1:3
- Sun, December 22nd: Martin Schindler vs. Callan Rydz (England) 0:3
- Mon, December 23rd: Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Gian van Veen (Netherlands) 3:1
- Mon, December 23rd: Florian Hempel vs. Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland) 2:3
Darts World Cup: Results of the Germans – 1st round
- Mon, December 16th: Kai Gotthardt vs. Alan Soutar (Scotland) 3:1
- Tue, December 17th: Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Xiaochen Zong (China) 3:0
- Thu, December 19th: Niko Springer vs. Scott Williams (England) 1:3
- Fri, December 20th: Florian Hempel vs. Jeffrey de Zwaan (Netherlands) 3:1
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Prize money distribution at a glance
In total, around 2.5 million pounds (almost three million euros) will be paid out at the tournament. This means that the prize money remains unchanged compared to the previous year.
- Winner: 500,000 British pounds (approx. 580,000 euros)
- Finalist: 200,000 British pounds (around 230,000 euros)
- Semi-final: 100,000 British pounds (approx. 115,000 euros)
- Quarterfinals: 50,000 British pounds (approx. 58,000 euros)
- 4th round: 35,000 British pounds (approx. 40,000 euros)
- 3rd round: 25,000 British pounds (approx. 30,000 euros)
- 2nd round: 15,000 British pounds (approx. 18,000 euros)
- 1st round: 7,500 British pounds (approx. 9,000 euros)
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