World Darts Championship live stream 2025 — how to watch darts online, schedule, seeds, Day 16, final

Luke Littler of England, wearing purple shirt with yellow accents on the sleeves, throws a dart ahead of his assault on the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship
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The World Darts Championship final is today, as darting prodigy Luke Littler takes on three-time champion Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace. You can watch World Darts Championship 2025 live streams from anywhere with a VPN and potentially for FREE!

World Darts Championship 2025 live stream details

The World Darts Championship 2025 takes between Sunday, December 15, 2024 and Friday, January 3, 2025.
• FREE Sport1 (Germany)
• U.K.
Sky Sports
• U.S. DAZN
• CAN — PDCTV
• AUS — Fox / Kayo Sports
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And then there were two. After three weeks' titanic tungsten action, it's the up-and-coming kid Littler against MVG, who has 90 PDC titles to his name and has excelled on this stage many times before.

Both finalists delivered brutally efficient displays in their respective last-four encounters. Van Gerwen beat Chris Dobey 6-1 and averaged over 98 in beating the amiable Geordie, but it was the 17-year-old who truly shone. The Nuke averaged north of 105 against Bunting, who himself averaged a ton, with the teenager's power scoring and clutch finishing producing a display of near darting perfection.

It will be a case of repeat for Littler to win tonight, while Van Gerwen will start in the unusual role as underdog. The Green Machine should relish that and will be determined to delay Littler's ascension to the top of the sport – if the latter win's, he takes Van Gerwen's record as the youngest world champion.

So step up to the Ally Pally oche and prepare to watch the world's best go dart-for-dart for the £500,000 first prize. Here's how to watch World Darts Championship 2025 live streams online, no matter where in the world you are.

Day 16 schedule – Friday, January 3

Evening session (from 2 p.m. / 7 p.m. GMT)

Final

Luke Littler vs Michael van Gerwen

Can I watch the darts world championship for free?

Can you watch the darts for free

FREESport1.de offers a free live stream

The PDC Darts World Championship is FREE to watch in Germany, where Sport1.de offers a free live stream covering all the action from Alexandra Palace. Abroad? You'll need to use NordVPN (save 70% below) to access your usual German stream from anywhere.

How to watch World Darts Championship 2025 from anywhere

Away from home (e.g. Germany) at the moment and geo-blocked from watching the darts on your usual subscription?

You can still watch World Darts Championship 2025 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN. It's the best on the market:

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Watch World Darts Championship 2025 in the U.K.

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Sky Sports is the official broadcaster of PDC darts in the U.K., and the World Darts Championship 2025 is no different. It takes place between Sunday, December 15, 2024, and Friday, January 3, 2025.

If you already have a Sky subscription that doesn't include Sports, you'll need to pay £22/month to add those channels. The darts will be shown across its Sky Sports Main Event, Darts, Action and Arena channels.

Sky Glass is another option. This gives you Sky TV within a 4K TV that has a built-in Dolby Atmos soundbar, and without the need for a dish. Prices start at £6/month for the TV, plus a Sky sub on top of that.

If you don't want to shell out for a full Sky subscription, you could also consider its Now Sports streaming service. This gives you 24-hour access for £14.99 or £34.99/month — currently down to £26.

Note that if you subscribe to PDCTV, the platform will not be showing World Darts Championship 2025 in the U.K.

If you're not in the U.K., you can still follow World Darts Championship 2025 live streams by using one of the best VPN services, such as NordVPN.

How to watch World Darts Championship 2025 in the U.S. online

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Specialist sports streaming service DAZN (pronounced 'da zone') is the place to live stream the darts in the U.S..

A subscription to DAZN in U.S. will set you back $29.99/month or $234.88/year (paid monthly).

As well as on web browsers and smartphones, DAZN is available on a variety of the best streaming devices.

You can also watch through the PDC's own streaming platform.

Overseas and still want to watch your darts live stream on DAZN or PDCTV but find that it's geo-blocked? You'll need to use a VPN to do so.

How to watch a World Darts Championship 2025 live stream in Canada

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Strangely, DAZN isn't carrying coverage of the World Darts Championship 2025 north of the border. That means the only place to watch in Canada is on the dedicated PDCTV platform on laptops and smartphones.

It's priced in GBP, with a monthly subscription for £9.99 (around CAD$17.50) and a whole year for £59.99 (CAD$105). Lower cost multi-day passes are also available.

Canadian overseas? You'll need to use a VPN to unblock PDC TV and watch your usual darts stream from anywhere.

How to watch PDC Darts Championship in Australia

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Fox Sports and Foxtel have the rights Down Under to show the World Darts Championship 2025, starting in the early hours of Monday, December 15, 2024.

Don't have Foxtel and don't want to subscribe? Specialist streaming service Kayo Sports is also showing the auction, with its affordable, commitment-free plans starting from just $25/month, and hosting plenty of cricket, AFL, rugby, F1 and loads of other live sports to enjoy.

For darts fanatics, PDCTV is another way to watch this tournament in Australia.

World Darts Championship 2025 schedule and times

Wednesday, January 1:
Quarter-finals — from 12.30 p.m. GMT / 7.30 a.m. ET (afternoon session) & 7 p.m. GMT / 2 p.m. ET (evening session)

Thursday, January 2:
Semi-finals — from 7.30 p.m. GMT / 2.30 p.m. ET (evening session)

Friday, January 3:
Final — 8 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. ET (evening session)

World Darts Championship 2025 seeds

Here are the 32 seeded players for the World Darts Championship 2025, each of whom have byes straight into the second round...

1. Luke Humphries
2. Michael Smith
3. Michael van Gerwen
4. Luke Littler
5. Rob Cross
6. Dave Chisnall
7. Jonny Clayton
8. Stephen Bunting
9. Damon Heta
10. Gerwyn Price
11. Dimitri van den Bergh
12. Nathan Aspinall
13. Danny Noppert
14. Gary Anderson
15. Chris Dobey
16. James Wade
17. Peter Wright
18. Josh Rock
19. Ross Smith
20. Ryan Searle
21. Andrew Gilding
22. Martin Schindler
23. Joe Cullen
24. Mike de Decker
25. Dirk van Duijvenbode
26. Daryl Gurney
27. Gabriel Clemens
28. Gian van Veen
29. Ritchie Edhouse
30. Brendan Dolan
31. Krzysztof Ratajski
32. Raymond van Barneveld

What are the rules for the World Darts Championship 2025?

The World Darts Championship is one of the few tournaments over the course of the tungsten season to feature set play, instead of the more regular matchplay featuring leg play.

Set play is similar to classic tennis scoring, with each set contested over the best of five legs, or first to three.

The further you go in the tournament, the longer the matches. First and second round matches are best of five sets, third and fourth rounds are best of seven, quarter-finals are nine, semi-finals 11 and the final 13.

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