The 2025 World Matchplay Darts will get beneath means on Saturday, July 19 and runs till Sunday, July 27.
The match – one of many Skilled Darts Company’s majors – options 32 gamers and takes place at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.
The highest 16 within the PDC’s Order of Benefit certified mechanically, with the opposite 16 locations given to the 16 highest-ranked gamers within the ProTour’s Order of Benefit.
Meaning some huge names haven’t certified – together with former world primary and 2023 world champion Michael Smith, who simply missed out by way of the Order of Benefit.
World primary Luke Humphries is the defending champion, having overwhelmed Michael van Gerwen 18-15 in final yr’s last.
How does the World Matchplay work?
Luke Humphries holding the 2024 World Matchplay Darts title
The highest 16 gamers on the earth are seeded, that means their first-round opponents can be those that have certified by way of the ProTour.
The seeded gamers have been drawn in such a means the primary seed would face the quantity 16 seed in the event that they each win their first-round match, and so forth.
Within the first spherical, matches are one of the best of 19 legs, which will increase to a better of 21 within the second spherical.
The quarter-finals are one of the best of 31 legs, with the semi-finals and last probably final 33 and 35 legs respectively.
What’s the World Matchplay prize cash?
The winner of the 2025 World Matchplay will take residence £200,000 in prize cash from the match’s prize pool of £800,000.
The runner-up will win £100,000, with two shedding semi-finalists securing £50,000 every.
An exit within the quarter-finals earns gamers £30,000 every, whereas these knocked out within the second spherical will safe £15,000 every.
These overwhelmed within the first spherical will take residence £10,000.
World Matchplay draw and schedule
First spherical (better of 19 legs)
Saturday, 19 July
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James Wade (9) v Joe Cullen
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Danny Noppert (16) v Cameron Menzies
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Luke Humphries (1) v Gian van Veen
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Nathan Aspinall (8) v Wessel Nijman
Sunday, 20 July
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Damon Heta (7) v Andrew Gilding
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Rob Cross (10) v Dirk van Duijvenbode
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Peter Wright (15) v Jermaine Wattimena
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Dave Chisnall (12) v Mike De Decker
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Gary Anderson (13) v Luke Woodhouse
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Jonny Clayton (5) v Martin Schindler
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Luke Littler (2) v Ryan Searle
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Stephen Bunting (4) v Ryan Joyce
Monday, 21 July
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Chris Dobey (6) v Ricardo Piertreczko
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Gerwyn Worth (11) v Daryl Gurney
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Michael van Gerwen (3) v Raymond van Barneveld
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Ross Smith (14) v Josh Rock
Second spherical
Tuesday, 22 July
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Humphries or Van Veen v Noppert or Menzies
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Aspinall or Nijman v Wade or Cullen
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Bunting or Joyce v Anderson or Woodhouse
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Clayton or Schindler v Chisnall or De Decker
Wednesday, 23 July
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Littler or Searle v Wright or Wattimena
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Heta or Gilding v Cross or Van Duijvenbode
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Van Gerwen or Van Barneveld v Smith or Rock
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Dobey or Pietreczko v Worth or Gurney
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