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Darts tournament
Darts tournament
The 2025 World Series of Darts Finals (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals)[1] is a professional darts tournament that is being held at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 12 to 14 September 2025. It is the 11th staging of the World Series of Darts Finals by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The total prize fund is £400,000, with the winner receiving £80,000.
The tournament serves as the culmination to the 2025 World Series of Darts, a collection of seven unranked events held by the PDC in seven different countries. It features 32 players, comprising qualifiers from the World Series Order of Merit and the top four players from the PDC Order of Merit who had not already qualified, as well as six Tour Card holder qualifiers.
Luke Littler is the defending champion, having defeated Michael Smith 11–4 in the 2024 final.
Overview
Background
The 2025 World Series of Darts Finals is the 11th edition of the tournament to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since the 2015 event.[2] The World Series of Darts was launched by the PDC in 2013 with the aim of growing the popularity of darts around the world.[3] The inaugural year of the tour consisted of two events, the Dubai Masters and the Sydney Masters, which were won by Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor respectively.[4][5] The format of World Series events pits invited PDC representatives against regional qualifiers in the opening round.[6] As the tour expanded, the World Series of Darts Finals was introduced in 2015, where the top eight players on the World Series rankings and an additional international qualifiers would compete to close out the year.[7] The first edition of the tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen.[8] In 2024, the World Series of Darts Finals expanded from 24 to 32 players.[9]
The 2025 edition is taking place from 12 to 14 September 2025 at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[2] Dutch casino brand Jack’s Casino continued its sponsorship of the event, having first acted as title sponsor for the 2019 edition.[10] Reigning world champion Luke Littler will enter the tournament as defending champion after winning the title for the first time by defeating Michael Smith 11–4 in the 2024 final.[11][12] Littler, Luke Humphries, two-time champion Gerwyn Price and Josh Rock were considered favourites to win the tournament.[13]
Format
The top eight players on the 2025 World Series of Darts Order of Merit were seeded in the first round, while the other 24 players were drawn into the bracket at random.[14] All matches are in leg play format, with the number of legs required to win increasing as the tournament progresses:[15]
- First and second round: Best of 11 legs
- Quarter-finals: Best of 19 legs
- Semi-finals and final: Best of 21 legs
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £400,000 after increasing the previous year.[15] The winner receives £80,000.[2]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £400,000) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £80,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £40,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £25,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £17,500 |
| Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £10,000 |
| Last 32 (first round) | (16) | £5,000 |
Broadcasts
The tournament is being broadcast on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. Other broadcasters include Viaplay in the Netherlands, Iceland, Scandinavia and the Baltic states; DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; FanDuel in the United States and Canada; Fox Sports in Australia; Sky Sport in New Zealand; VTM in Belgium; Nova in Czechia and Slovakia; Pragosport in Hungary and Zonasport in Croatia. It is also available on the PDC’s streaming service, PDCTV, to international subscribers.[16]
Qualification
The 2025 World Series of Darts consisted of seven events:[17]
The top eight players on the 2025 World Series Order of Merit – a ranking of players based on points earned across the seven events – qualified for the tournament as seeds, and were joined by additional qualifiers from the World Series Order of Merit and the top four players on the PDC Order of Merit who had not already qualified. Gary Anderson and Paolo Nebrida declined their invitation.[14] The remaining places went to six PDC Tour Card holders from a qualifying event held in Milton Keynes on 27 August.[18]
Draw
The draw was announced on 1 September.[19][20] Numbers to the left of a player’s name show the seedings for the top 8 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player’s name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.[21]
References
- ^ “Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals”. Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 27 July 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b c “World Series of Darts Finals 2025”. Mastercaller. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “Dubai Duty Free Masters Launched”. Professional Darts Corporation. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “Mighty Mike Is First Dubai Master!”. Professional Darts Corporation. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Tomarchio, Cameron (1 September 2013). “Phil Taylor defeats Michael van Gerwen to claim inaugural Sydney Darts Masters victory”. news.com.au. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “What is the PDC’s World Series of Darts”. The Sporting News. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “World Series Finals Heads To Glasgow”. Professional Darts Corporation. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “World Series of Darts Finals 2015: MVG wins in Glasgow”. Sporting Life. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (13 March 2024). “Expanded World Series of Darts Finals field & schedule confirmed”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “Jack’s Casino Title Sponsor World Series of Darts Finals”. Matchroom. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ “Littler wins maiden World Series of Darts Finals”. BBC Sport. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Hodge, Stuart (16 September 2024). “Luke Littler wins World Series of Darts Finals with victory over Michael Smith in Amsterdam”. Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Hammer, Chris (11 September 2025). “World Series of Darts Finals 2025: Predictions, betting tips and preview for the ITV 4-televised event in Amsterdam”. Sporting Life. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ a b Gorton, Josh (20 August 2025). “Littler, Humphries & Bunting to headline Jack’s Casino World Series Finals”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b Gorton, Josh (12 September 2024). “2024 Jack’s World Series of Darts Finals preview”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (12 September 2025). “Where to watch the 2025 Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (14 October 2024). “2025 World Series of Darts schedule confirmed”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (27 August 2025). “Nijman headlines 2025 World Series Finals qualifiers”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (1 September 2025). “Littler to begin World Series Finals title defence against Whitlock”. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ “World Series of Darts Finals schedule and results: Luke Littler to begin title defence against Simon Whitlock in Amsterdam”. Sky Sports. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ “World Series of Darts Finals 2025”. Mastercaller. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
