2025 World Series of Darts Finals: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

Alex Walsh

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As the calendar turns to September, we enter Fall, when several key majors/tournaments will take place.

The first of several events to take place in the last four months of the year is the World Series of Darts Finals, which will be held in Amsterdam from September 12 to September 14.

What to know about the World Series of Darts Finals

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

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2025 World Series of Darts draw & schedule

*Schedule TBA

First round

MatchDate
(1) Stephen Bunting vs. Danny NoppertFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Krzysztof Ratajaski vs. Josh RockFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(8) Mike De Decker vs. Gabriel ClemensFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Damon Heta vs. Joe CullenFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(4) Luke Humphries vs. James WadeFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Kevin Doets vs. Jermaine WattimenaFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(5) Rob Cross vs. Haupai PuhaFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Wessel Nijman vs. Michael van GerwenFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(2) Luke Littler vs. Simon WhitlockFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Jonny Clayton vs. Jason BrandonFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(7) Nathan Aspinall vs. Dave ChisnallFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Jonny Tata vs. Ross SmithFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(3) Gerwyn Price vs. Danny LaubyFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Cor Dekker vs. Raymond van BarneveldFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
(6) Chris Dobey vs. Luke WoodhouseFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13
Cameron Menzies vs. Peter WrightFri., Sept. 12 or Sat., Sept. 13

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Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

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

Format

The World Series of Darts field totals 32 players who qualified through various routes.

The top 8 seeds are arranged in the bracket in the typical bracket-seeded format, with the rest of the players being assigned matchups in the random draw.

The tournament starts on Friday and ends on Sunday, with all the first round games taking place on either Friday (evening session) or Saturday (afternoon session).

All players who advance to the second round (round of 16) will play during the evening session on Saturday. First and second round games will be played best-of-11 legs (first to 6 legs).

The quarterfinals (best-of-19 legs), semifinals (best-of-21 legs) and final (best-of-21 legs) will all be played across the two sessions on Sunday.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.