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Day one of the PDC Darts World Championship is here!
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Former winners of the event Luke Littler and Michael Smith will take to the stage tonight.
Four games will be played on day one to kick off the first round of 64 games, which will be played over the next week.
2025 PDC Darts World Championship Schedule and Results
Below are the scores and schedule for the first round of games on day one.
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Day 1 (evening session)
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Contest |
date |
Time (local time) |
Fraction |
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Kim Hubrecht vs Arnold Merck |
Thursday, December 11 |
7:00 pm |
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Michael Smith VS Lisa Ashton |
Thursday, December 11 |
8:00 pm |
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Luke Littler vs. Darius Labanauskas |
Thursday, December 11 |
9:00 pm |
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Madas Razma VS Jamai van den Herik |
Thursday, December 11 |
10:00 pm |
brackets
*Updated as of today’s end
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Q1
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Littler/Labanaskas VS Vanden Bogarde/Davies |
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Cullen/Brooks VS Surjovic/Cameron |
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Hertha/Lennon VS Van Barneveld/Belmont |
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Kroos/Dekker vs. White/King |
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Dobby/Zong VS Gilding/Crabtree |
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Woodhouse/Kerma VS Lookman/Hope |
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Price/Gawlas vs. Wenig/Plaisier |
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Joyce/Bates VS Lataski/Toilo |
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Q2
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Bunting/Bialecki VS Veenstra/Kumar |
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Van Duivenbode/Bertens VS Hurrell/Bontz |
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Schindler/Burton VS Barry/Poussey |
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Sale/Randleman VS Dolan/Dudeney |
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Clayton/Lipscomb VS Taylor/Lukasiak |
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Smith/Ashton VS Zoneveld/Puha |
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Smith/Harrison VS Terry Cole/Sakai |
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Chisnall/Sherlock VS Pietrecko/De Souza |
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Q3
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Humphreys/Evitz VS DeGraaf/Lin |
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Niemann/Sedlacek VS Clemens/Spellman |
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Aspinall/Ilagan vs Mansell/Gates |
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Dedecker/Munya VS Dots/Dennant |
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Wade/Azemoto VS Evans/Liang |
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Menzies/Manby VS Campbell/Sevada |
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Van Veen/Reyes vs. Sutta vs. Hayu |
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Van den Berg/Beveridge VS Razma/Van den Herrick |
Q4
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Van Gerwen/Libo VS O’Connor/Kciuk |
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Wright/Van Leeuwen VS Hubrechts/Merck |
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Anderson/Hunter vs. Scutt/Whitlock |
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Vatimena/Grulic VS Williams/Nebrida |
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Norpert/Vandervelde VS Kenny/Hood |
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Edhaus/Tata vs Mikel/Zarate |
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Locke/Haite vs. Springer/Comito |
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Gurney/Greaves VS Reitz/Kovac |