Reigning champion Luke Humphries has been knocked out of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship before reaching the quarter finals.
Humphries lost to two-time former champion Peter Wright in the fourth round on Sunday 29 December.
The 54-year-old Scottish player, with his trademark Mohican hairstyle, secured a 4-1 victory over Humphries at the tournament at Alexandra Palace, London.
Humphries departure has cleared the path for teenage sensation Luke Littler, who is currently favourite among the bookmakers.
96 players have been competing in the darts tournament for £2.5m in prize money.
Now down to the last 16, only one can take home the Sid Waddell Trophy, the top prize of £500,000 and the title of World Champion.
We take a look at how the tournament is panning out.
What is the World Darts Championship schedule?
The Paddy Power World Darts Championship runs from Sunday 15 December 2024 until Friday 3 January at Alexandra Palace in London.
The schedule of play remaining is:
Monday 30 December
Afternoon Session – 12.30pm (GMT)
3x Fourth Round
- Kevin Doets v Chris Dobey R4
- Robert Owen v Callan Rydz R4
- Ricardo Pietreczko v Nathan Aspinall R4
Evening Session – 7.30pm (GMT)
3x Fourth Round
- Stephen Bunting v Luke Woodhouse R4
- Michael van Gerwen v Jeffrey de Graaf R4
- Luke Littler v Ryan Joyce R4
Wednesday 1 January
Afternoon Session – 12.30pm (GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Evening Session – 7pm (GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Thursday 2 January
Evening Session – 7.30pm (GMT)
Semi-Finals
Friday 3 January
Evening Session – 8pm (GMT)
Final
What is the format of the tournament?
The tournament begins with a best-of-five-sets format in the first and second rounds, the number of sets then increases as the championship progresses until the final which involves a best of 13 sets.
- First round – Best of five sets
- Second round – Best of five sets
- Third round – Best of seven sets
- Fourth round – Best of seven sets
- Quarter-finals – Best of nine sets
- Semi-finals – Best of 11 sets
- Final – Best of 13 sets
What are the results so far?
Last 96
- Thibault Tricole 3 – 1 Joe Comito
- Nick Kenny 3 – 0 Stowe Buntz
- Jermaine Wattimena 3 – 0 Stefan Bellmont
- Wesley Plaisier 3 – 2 Ryusei Azemoto
- Kai Gotthardt 3 – 1 Alan Soutar
- Madars Razma 3 – 1 Christian Kist
- Connor Scutt 3 – 0 Ben Robb
- Luke Woodhouse 3 – 0 Lourence Ilagan
- Ryan Meikle 3 – 2 Fallon Sherrock
- Ian White BYE – -Sandro Eric Sosing
- Ryan Joyce 3 – 1 Darius Labanauskas
- Matt Campbell 3 – 2 Mensur Suljovic
- Scott Williams 3 – 1 Niko Springer
- Ricardo Pietreczko 3 – 0 Xiaochen Zong
- Leonard Gates 3 – 1 Cameron Menzies
- Martin Lukeman 3 – 1 Nitin Kumar
- Kevin Doets 3 – 1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
- Alexis Toylo 3 – 0 Richard Veenstra
- Alexander Merkx 3 – 0 Stephen Burton
- Rhys Griffin 3 – 0 Karel Sedlacek
- Mickey Mansell 3 – 1 Tomoya Goto
- Florian Hempel 3 – 1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
- Keane Barry 3 – 1 Kim Huybrechts
- Wessel Nijman 3 – 2 Cameron Carolissen
- James Hurrel 3 – 0 Jim Long
- Lok Yin Lee 3 – 1 Chris Landman
- Jeffrey De Graaf 3 – 1 Rashad Sweeting
- Paolo Nebrida 3 – 2 Jim Williams
- Ricky Evans 3 – 2 Gordon Mathers
- Rob Owen 3 – 1 Niels Zonneveld
- Dylan Slevin 3 – 1 William O’Connor
- Callan Rydz 3 – 0 Romeo Grbavac
Last 64
- Luke Humphries 3 – 0 Thibault Tricole
- Nick Kenny 3 – 1 Raymond van Barneveld
- Jermaine Wattimena 3 – 0 James Wade
- Peter Wright 3 – 1 Wesley Plaisier
- Stephen Bunting 3 – 1 Kai Gotthardt
- Madars Razma 3 – 1 Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Damon Heta 3 – 1 Connor Scutt
- Luke Woodhouse 3 – 1 Mike De Decker
- Luke Littler 3 – 1 Ryan Meikle
- Ian White 3 – 1 Ritchie Edhouse
- Ryan Joyce 3 – 1 Danny Noppert
- Ryan Searle 3 – 0 Matt Campbell
- Scott Williams 3 – 1 Rob Cross
- Ricardo Pietreczko 3 – 1 Gian van Veen
- Nathan Aspinall 3 – 1 Leonard Gates
- Andrew Gilding 3 – 1 Martin Lukeman
- Kevin Doets 3 – 2 Michael Smith
- Krzysztof Ratajski 3 – 1 Alexis Toylo
- Chris Dobey 3 – 1 Alexander Merkx
- Josh Rock 3 – 0 Rhys Griffin
- Jonny Clayton 3 – 2 Mickey Mansell
- Daryl Gurney 3 – 2 Florian Hempel
- Gerwyn Price 3 – 0 Keane Barry
- Joe Cullen3 – 0Wessel Nijman
- Michael van Gerwen3 – 0James Hurrell
- Brendan Dolan 3 – 0 Lok Yin Lee
- Jeffrey De Graaf 3 – 0 Gary Anderson
- Paolo Nebrida 3 – 0 Ross Smith
- Ricky Evans 3 – 2 Dave Chisnall
- Rob Owen 3 – 1 Gabriel Clemens
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 3 – 0 Dylan Slevin
- Callan Rydz 3 – 0 Martin Schindler
Last 32
- Luke Humphries 4 – 0 Nick Kenny
- Peter Wright 4 – 2 Jermaine Wattimena
- Stephen Bunting 4 – 1 Madars Razma
- Luke Woodhouse 4 – 3 Damon Heta
- Luke Littler 4 – 1 Ian White
- Ryan Joyce 4 – 3 Ryan Searle
- Ricardo Pietreczko 4 – 1 Scott Williams
- Nathan Aspinall 4 – 0 Andrew Gilding
- Kevin Doets 4 – 3 Krzysztof Ratajski
- Chris Dobey 4 – 2 Josh Rock
- Jonny Clayton 4 – 3 Daryl Gurney
- Gerwyn Price 4 – 3 Joe Cullen
- Michael van Gerwen 4 – 2 Brendan Dolan
- Jeffrey De Graaf 4 – 1 Paolo Nebrida
- Rob Owen 4 – 2 Ricky Evans
- Callan Rydz 4 – 0 Dimitri Van den Berg
Last 16
- Peter Wright 4 – 1 Luke Humphries
- Gerwyn Price 4 – 2 Jonny Clayton
How can I watch the World Darts Championship on TV?
In the UK, the tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports dedicated darts channel from 15 December to 3 January.
Viewers can also stream the action on NOW TV. Both will require viewers to subscribed to the service.
Radio station talkSPORT will also have coverage of the World Darts Championships, via the talkSPORT app and on DAB digital radio.
Are there still tickets for the World Darts Championship?
Tickets for the 2024/25 World Darts Championship went on staggered sale from Monday 29 July via this link. They have now sold out for every session for the duration of the tournament. However, there is a fan-to-fan resale page here.
