PDC World Championship: Date, schedule, history, odds & more

The 32nd staging of the PDC World Championship takes place at the Ally Pally in London, starts just before Christmas and runs all the way through to the final in the early hours of Saturday 4th January, 2025.

Luke Humphries is the defending champion and is one of two standout candidates to lift the 2025 title along with teenage darts sensation Luke Littler.

That pair fought out the final 12 months ago, with Cool Hand prevailing 7-4 against The Nuke.

The main Australian interest comes with ninth seed Damon Heta, who reached the fourth round of the 2024 competition before losing to eventual semi-finalist Scott Williams.

PDC World Championship dates

The 2025 PDC World Championship starts on Monday 16th December, 2024 and continues until Tuesday 24th December before taking a break for Christmas.

The tournament restarts on Friday 27th December and eventually finishes up with the final in the early hours of Saturday 4th January, 2025.

PDC World Championship times

2025 PDC World Championship action takes place in two sessions on every day of the tournament up until the semi-final stage, apart from the first day, which features just an evening session.

The afternoon session starts at 23:30 AEST, while the evening session gets underway at 06:00 AEST.

Semi-final action begins at 06:30 on Friday 3rd January, 2025 and the final is scheduled to begin at 07:00 on Saturday 4th January, 2025.

PDC World Championship venue

The 2025 PDC World Championship will be played at the famous Alexandra Palace in London.

Affectionately known as Ally Pally, it has been the venue for the tournament since 2008, with the 1994-2007 events having been staged at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet.

PDC World Championship how to watch, TV channel & live streaming

The 2025 PDC World Championship will be available to watch live in Australia on Fox Sports and via Foxtel, while it will also be streamed on the official PDC website.

PDC World Championship history

Following a major split in darts, the first PDC World Championship was held in 1994 and was won by Englishman Dennis Priestley, who beat compatriot Phil Taylor 6-1.

Taylor would gain revenge with four final victories over Priestley in the next six years and would go on to claim the title an amazing 14 times, as well as losing five finals.

Next on the list is Michael van Gerwen with three world titles - won in 2014, 2017 and 2019 - while Gary Anderson, Adrian Lewis, John Part and Peter Wright are all two-time champions.

There are only six other players who have been crowned world champion - Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Priestley, Michael Smith, Raymond van Barneveld and defending champion Humphries.

PDC World Championship odds

The outright odds market for the 2025 PDC World Championship hints at a two-way battle for the title, with Littler the market leader at 3.00 and reigning champion Humphries 3.75.

Two-time winner Anderson comes next at 10.00, with three-time champion Van Gerwen 11.00.

There is then a major gap back to World Grand Prix winner Mike De Decker at 23.00, 2023 champion Smith at 29.00 and 2018 winner Cross at 34.00.

Any odds displayed were correct at the time of writing and are subject to fluctuation.