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2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Schedule of Play
Sunday December 15 (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont (R1)
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry (R1)
Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito (R2)

Monday December 16
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Wesley Plaisier v Ryusei Azemoto (R1)
Luke Woodhouse v Lourence Ilagan (R1)
Alan Soutar v Kai Gotthardt (R1)
James Wade v Wattimena/Bellmont (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen (R1)
Connor Scutt v Ben Robb (R1)
Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates (R1)
Gerwyn Price v Huybrechts/Barry (R2)

Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
James Hurrell v Jim Long (R1)
Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1)
Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Mike De Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting (R1)
Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong (R1)
Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Peter Wright v Plaisier/Azemoto (R2)

Wednesday December 18 (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Madars Razma v Christian Kist (R1)
Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers (R1)
Nathan Aspinall v Menzies/Gates (R2)

Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Chris Landman v Lok Yin Lee (R1)
Callan Rydz v Romeo Grbavac (R1)
Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar (R1)
Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams v Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith v Doets/Van Leuven (R2)

Friday December 20
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Stephen Burton v Alexander Merkx (R1)
Wessel Nijman v Cameron Carolissen (R1)
Ian White v Sandro Eric Sosing (R1)
Stephen Bunting v Soutar/Gotthardt (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Mickey Mansell v Tomoya Goto (R1)
Florian Hempel v Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1)
William O’Connor v Dylan Slevin (R1)
Michael van Gerwen v Hurrell/Long (R2)

Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
2x First Round, 2x Second Round
Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin (R1)
Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo (R1)
Brendan Dolan v Landman/Lee (R2)
Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
4x Second Round
Danny Noppert v Joyce/Labanauskas (R2)
Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz (R2)
Luke Littler v Meikle/Sherrock (R2)
Damon Heta v Scutt/Robb (R2)

Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
4x Second Round
Ryan Searle v Suljovic/Campbell (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Razma/Kist (R2)
Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen (R2)
Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
4x Second Round
Martin Schindler v Rydz/Grbavac (R2)
Ross Smith v J Williams/Nebrida (R2)
Gary Anderson v De Graaf/Sweeting (R2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v O’Connor/Slevin (R2)

Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
4x Second Round
Krzysztof Ratajski v Veenstra/Toylo (R2)
Andrew Gilding v Lukeman/Kumar (R2)
Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
4x Second Round
Gian van Veen v Pietreczko/Zong (R2)
Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Evans/Mathers (R2)
Rob Cross v S Williams/Springer (R2)
 
Everyone is expecting one of the Lukes to win it....I'm hoping for a LL win ....but I'm going for an unexpected winner this year, not as unexpected as a Deller but not a top seed.
 
The sponsors have basically got the betting as a 2 horse race

Luke Littler 7/4
Luke Humphries 3/1
Gary Anderson 10/1
Michael van Gerwen 11/1
Mike de Decker 25/1
Michael Smith 25/1
Wessel Nijman 28/1
Gerwyn Price 28/1
Chris Dobey 33/1
Gian van Veen 40/1

Probably the longest price MVG has started a worlds in for over a decade! I wouldn't be backing Smith at 25/1 with stolen money!

Van Veen is probably long odds cos he's in Littlers quarter which is actually a fairly tasty quarter (got The Asp, Cross, Noppy and Rockin Ryan in that section as well). If the draw pans out he'll need to beat Pikachu, Cross, Asp and then Littler just to make the semis.
 
Psycho Ned said:
The sponsors have basically got the betting as a 2 horse race

Luke Littler 7/4
Luke Humphries 3/1
Gary Anderson 10/1
Michael van Gerwen 11/1
Mike de Decker 25/1
Michael Smith 25/1
Wessel Nijman 28/1
Gerwyn Price 28/1
Chris Dobey 33/1
Gian van Veen 40/1

Probably the longest price MVG has started a worlds in for over a decade! I wouldn't be backing Smith at 25/1 with stolen money!

Van Veen is probably long odds cos he's in Littlers quarter which is actually a fairly tasty quarter (got The Asp, Cross, Noppy and Rockin Ryan in that section as well). If the draw pans out he'll need to beat Pikachu, Cross, Asp and then Littler just to make the semis.
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What price is Kirk Shepherd :p

I'll never forget that year, Shepherd was 1000/1. I backed Part at 33/1, my dad backed Mardle at 33/1. Mardle came from 3-0 down to beat Taylor and faced Shepherd in the semi, Part beat Painter 6-2 to make the final. Looked a dead cert we'd be playing each other for the title but that obviously didn't happen :D
 
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Peter Wright is 125/1 if you want to back a no hoper? :p

That year 2008 was Mardles year, he finally beat Taylor after spending most of the previous god knows how many years getting pumped by him then goes and loses to a total outsider in the semi!
 
Psycho Ned said:
Peter Wright is 125/1 if you want to back a no hoper? :p

That year 2008 was Mardles year, he finally beat Taylor after spending most of the previous god knows how many years getting pumped by him then goes and loses to a total outsider in the semi!
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I did back Wright at 125/1 the year he lost 7-4 to MVG, maybe 2013 that was? Seems to have a knack of finding decent outsiders although I backed Van Veen at 66/1 last year, Littler was the same price and it was a coin flip between the 2. Great decision that was :rolleyes:

Wright is still decent on his day, I'd rather pick him than Price at 33/1. His career is done. Edit - just checked his recent results, I stand corrected.. what a shocking run.

Yeah, classic Mardle that is. Never won a sodding thing and blew it when he had a golden chance.
 
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It's the darting equivalent of truffle hunting this next 7-8 days, you'll find the occasional truffle but there will be a ton of pig **** to sift through to find them :p

Huybrechts v Barry should be a decent game tonight at least.
 
Psycho Ned said:
It's the darting equivalent of truffle hunting this next 7-8 days, you'll find the occasional truffle but there will be a ton of pig **** to sift through to find them :p

Huybrechts v Barry should be a decent game tonight at least.
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Yeah, it can be truly dreadful until the prelims and first round are out of the way. Having to watch matches between players from the arse end of nowhere randomly chuck darts around the place
 
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