2025 PDC World Masters
| 2025 Winmau World Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 30 January–2 February 2025 | ||
| Venue | Marshall Arena | ||
| Location | Milton Keynes, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Sets (best of 3 legs) Final – first to 6 sets | ||
| Prize fund | £500,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
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The 2025 PDC World Masters (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Winmau World Masters)[1] is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will take place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, from 30 January to 2 February 2025.[2] It will be the 13th Masters to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, but will be the first time the tournament is ranked[3] and using set play.[4]
Stephen Bunting is the defending champion after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–7 in the 2024 final.[5]
Prize money
[edit]The prize money for the tournament will be £500,000 in total. The winner's prize money will be £100,000.[6][7]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £500,000) | |
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| Winner | (1) | £100,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £50,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £30,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £17,500 |
| Second round losers | (8) | £10,000 |
| First round losers | (16) | £5,000 |
| Preliminary round Last 16 losers | (8) | £2,500 |
| Preliminary round Last 32 losers | (16) | £1,000 |
| Preliminary round Last 64 losers | (32) | £750 |
Qualifiers
[edit]The World Masters will feature the top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship[8] automatically qualifying for the first round, while the 2025 Tour Card Holders ranked outside the top 24 will play in preliminary rounds held on 29 January 2025, alongside players from affiliated tours. The top sixteen players on the Order of Merit will be seeded for the tournament.[4][9]
The provisional list of participants is as follows:
Number 1–24 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)
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Luke Humphries - Luke Littler
Michael van Gerwen - Rob Cross
- Stephen Bunting
- Dave Chisnall
Jonny Clayton 
Damon Heta - Gerwyn Price
- Chris Dobey
- Nathan Aspinall
Peter Wright - Danny Noppert
- Gary Anderson
- James Wade
Josh Rock - Michael Smith
Dimitri Van den Bergh - Ryan Searle
- Andrew Gilding
- Ross Smith
Martin Schindler - Joe Cullen
- Mike De Decker
Number 25–56 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in preliminary round last 64)
[edit]- Daryl Gurney
- Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Gian van Veen
- Ritchie Edhouse
- Ryan Joyce
- Ricardo Pietreczko
- Brendan Dolan
Krzysztof Ratajski - Luke Woodhouse
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Jermaine Wattimena
- Scott Williams
- Gabriel Clemens
- Martin Lukeman
- Cameron Menzies
- Callan Rydz
- Kevin Doets
Madars Razma - Mickey Mansell
- Ricky Evans
José de Sousa - Kim Huybrechts
- Richard Veenstra
- Niels Zonneveld
- Ian White
Keane Barry - Jim Williams
- William O'Connor
Matt Campbell - Wessel Nijman
- Florian Hempel
- Alan Soutar
Number 57–88 on the PDC Order of Merit (seeded in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]- Dylan Slevin
- Robert Owen
- Ryan Meikle
- Stephen Burton
- Connor Scutt
Mensur Suljović 
Jeffrey de Graaf - Nick Kenny
Thibault Tricole - James Hurrell
- Dom Taylor
- Chris Landman
- Mario Vandenbogaerde
- Andy Baetens
- Berry van Peer
- Nathan Rafferty
- Steve Lennon
- Radek Szagański
- Lukas Wenig
- Rhys Griffin
- Patrick Geeraets
- Matthew Dennant
- Darren Beveridge
- Jitse Van der Wal
Benjamin Reus 
Danny Lauby - Robert Grundy
- George Killington
- Owen Bates
- Brett Claydon
- Martijn Dragt
- Adam Hunt
Number 89–128 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]
Haupai Puha - Jelle Klaasen
- William Borland
- Tim Wolters
- Joshua Richardson
Michele Turetta - Jules van Dongen
- Wesley Plaisier
- Christian Kist
- Niko Springer
- Sebastian Białecki
PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Development Tour series who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the preliminary round group stage.
- Beau Greaves
- Jurjen van der Velde
- Dominik Grüllich
- Tavis Dudeney
- Henry Coates
- Owen Roelofs
- Charlie Manby
- Daniel Perry
PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
PDC Women's Series qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
Darius Labanauskas - Johan Engström
- Oskar Lukasiak
Marko Kantele 
Cor Dekker - Teemu Harju
- Jani Laurila
- Kent Jøran Sivertsen
PDC Asian Tour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Asian Tour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
Alexis Toylo - Lourence Ilagan
- Paolo Nebrida
Ryusei Azemoto 
Man Lok Leung - Tomoya Goto
- Sandro Eric Sosing
- Haruki Muramatsu
CDC ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 CDC ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
- Leonard Gates
- Jim Long
- Stowe Buntz
- Adam Sevada
- David Cameron
- Alex Spellman
- Jacob Taylor
- Jake Womack
DartsPlayers Australia ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 DartsPlayers Australia ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
- Joe Comito
- Brandon Weening
- Jeremy Fagg
- Brenton Lloyd
- Gordon Mathers
- Harley Kemp
- Rob Modra
- James Bailey
DartsPlayers New Zealand ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 DartsPlayers New Zealand ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
- Kayden Milne
- Mark Cleaver
- Ben Robb
- John Hurring
- Jaymie Hilton-Jones
- Darren Herewini
- Stu Irwin
- Wayne McRae
Junior Darts Corporation Representatives (starting in preliminary round group stage)
[edit]Four Junior Darts Corporation representatives qualified for the first round.
- Daniel Stephenson
Draw
[edit]| First round (best of 5 sets) 30–31 January | Second round (best of 7 sets) 1 February | Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 2 February | Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 2 February | Final (best of 11 sets) 2 February | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Luke Humphries
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| 16 |  Josh Rock
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| 8 |  Damon Heta
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| 9 |  Gerwyn Price
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| 4 | Rob Cross
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| 13 |  Danny Noppert
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| 5 | Stephen Bunting
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| 12 |  Peter Wright
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| 2 | Luke Littler
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| 15 | James Wade
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| 7 | Jonny Clayton
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| 10 | Chris Dobey
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| 3 | Michael van Gerwen
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| 14 | Gary Anderson
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| 6 | Dave Chisnall
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| 11 | Nathan Aspinall
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Media coverage
[edit]The tournament will be broadcast on ITV Sport in the United Kingdom, DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Viaplay in the Netherlands.[10]
References
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- ^ a b Gill, Samuel (25 December 2024). "Format confirmed for 2025 Winmau World Masters including much-loved sets returning". Darts News. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Cazoo Masters: Stephen Bunting beats Michael van Gerwen to win maiden televised PDC title". BBC Sport. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (24 December 2024). "£500,000 prize fund announced for 2025 Winmau World Masters". PDC. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (24 December 2024). "Here's how much players can earn in Prize Money at 2025 Winmau World Masters with huge amount set". Darts News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | 2024 PDC Order of Merit Rules - Announced January 16 2024. | 3. Invitations and Seedings". PDC.
- ^ Allen, Scott (4 December 2024). "2025 Darts Calendar: Every major televised tournament, dates, results and where to watch". PlanetSport. Retrieved 31 December 2024.