The draw has been made for the 2025 PDC World Darts championships with Irish duo Willie O’Connor and Dylan Slevin pitted against each other in the first round.
Cappamore’s O’Connor against Borrisokane’s Slevin, it’s like a Munster club hurling quarter final.
The World Darts Championships takes place over the festive period in the Alexandra Palace, beginning with the first round on Sunday December 15.
Willie O’Connor, Keane Barry and Dylan Slevin are among the Irish in action, with Mickey Mansell, Josh Rock and Brendan Dolan also in the mix.
Luke Humphries is the defending champ having defeated teen sensation Luke Littler in last year’s final. The pair renewed acquaintances on Sunday night with Humphries coming out on top once more, winning 11-7 in the Players Championship final.
Littler could potentially face Fallon Sherrock in the second round, if she beats her opponent Ryan Meikle in their first round clash. Meanwhile, Humphries is taking on the winner of Thibault Tricole/Joe Comito in Round Two.
The top 32 ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit join the competition in the second round with the first round between the order of merit qualifiers and international qualifiers.
Darts will take over our screens on Sky Sports right up until Christmas, when there will be a two-day-break until St Stephen’s day, with the final going ahead on January 3.
Ireland’s Dylan Slevin took one of the last four qualifying spots in Wigan on Monday afternoon, retaining his tour card for 2025 and booking a spot in the championships for the second year in a row.
Full World Darts Championship draw 2025
Luke Humphries vs Thibault Tricole/Joe Comito
Raymond van Barneveld vs Nick Kenny/Stowe Buntz
James Wade vs Jermaine Wattimena/Stefan Bellmont
Peter Wright vs Wesley Plaisier/Ryusei Azemoto
Stephen Bunting vs Alan Soutar/Kai Gotthardt
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Razma/Christian Kist
Damon Heta vs Connor Scutt/Ben Robb
Mike De Dekker vs Luke Woodhouse/Lourence Ilagan
Luke Littler vs Ryan Meikle/Fallon Sherrock
Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White/Sandro Eric Sosing
Danny Noppert vs Ryan Joyce/Darius Labanauskas
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Rob Cross vs Scott Williams/Nico Springer
Gian van Veen vs Ricardo Pietreczko/Xiaochen Zong
Nathan Aspinall vs Cameron Menzies/Leonard Gates
Andrew Gilding vs Martin Lukeman/Nitin Kumar
Michael Smith vs Kevin Doets/Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Krzysztof Ratajski vs Richard Veenstra/Alexis Toylo
Chris Dobey vs Stephen Burton/Alexander Merkx
Josh Rock vs Karel Sedlacek/Rhys Griffin
Jonny Clayton vs Mickey Mansell/Tomoya Goto
Daryl Gurney vs Florian Hempel/Jeffrey de Zwaan
Gerwyn Price vs Kim Huybrechts/Keane Barry
Joe Cullen vs Wessel Nijman/Cameron Carolissen
Michael van Gerwen vs James Hurrell/Jim Long
Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman/Lok Yin Lee
Gary Anderson vs Jeffrey De Graaf/Rashad Sweeting
Ross Smith vs Jim Williams/Paolo Nebriba
Dave Chisnall vs Ricky Evans/Gordon Mathers
Gabriel Clemens vs Niels Zonneveld/Robert Owen
Dimitri van den Bergh vs Willie O’Connor/Dylan Slevin
Martin Schindler vs Callan Rydz/Romeo Grbavac
