2025 WDF World Darts Championship

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The 2025 WDF World Darts Championship (officially the 2025 WDF Lakeside World Championship) was a darts tournament that was held from 28 November to 7 December 2025 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, England. It was the fourth World Darts Championship to be organised by the World Darts Federation since it succeeded the now-defunct British Darts Organisation.[2] The tournament was broadcast on television by Welsh channel S4C and on YouTube by the WDF and S4C.[3][4] The open tournament,[a] women's tournament, youth tournament,[a] and girls' tournament shared a total prize fund of £221,000, with the open champion receiving the biggest winner's prize of £50,000.

Dates28 November – 7 December 2025
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey, England
Organisation(s)World Darts Federation (WDF)
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2025 WDF World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 November – 7 December 2025
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey, England
Organisation(s)World Darts Federation (WDF)
FormatSets
Prize fund£221,000 (total)
Winner's share£50,000 (open)
£25,000 (women)
£3,000 (youth)
£1,500 (girls)
High checkout170 Cliff Prior[1]
Champion(s)
 Jimmy van Schie (NED) (open)
 Deta Hedman (ENG) (women)
 Mitchell Lawrie (SCO) (youth)
 Zehra Gemi (TUR) (girls)
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In the senior competitions, Shane McGuirk was the defending open champion, having defeated Paul Lim 6–3 in the 2024 final to win his first world title, but lost 4–1 to Jimmy van Schie in the quarter-finals. Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves, who won her third women's world title in 2024, did not defend her title as she accepted a place in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. 15-year-old Mitchell Lawrie, who qualified for the open and youth tournaments, became the youngest player to compete in a senior WDF World Championship, surpassing the record previously held by Luke Littler.[6]

Jimmy van Schie won his first world title with a 6–3 victory in the open final against Mitchell Lawrie, who became the first teenager to reach the final of the tournament.[7] Van Schie, who overturned a 3–0 deficit in the final, was the fourth Dutch player to win the main title at Lakeside.[8] Competing in her fourth women's world final, 66-year-old Deta Hedman defeated Lerena Rietbergen 4–1 to win her first world title and become the oldest world champion in darts history.[9][10] The youth and girls' finals were won by Lawrie and Zehra Gemi respectively, with Gemi becoming the first Turkish world champion across all levels.[11][12]

Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £221,000. The winner of the open event received £50,000.[13]

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Position Prize money
Open Women Youth Girls
Winner £50,000 £25,000 £3,000 £1,500
Runner-up £16,000 £8,000 £1,500 £1,000
Semi-finalist £8,000 £4,000 £1,000 £500
Quarter-finalist £4,000 £2,000 £500 N/a
Last 16 £2,000 £1,000 N/a
Last 24[b] N/a £750
Last 32 £1,250 N/a
Last 48 £750
Event totals £146,000 £63,000 £8,500 £3,500
Overall total £221,000
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Open

Format and qualifiers

The open event consisted of 48 players. Qualification for the event followed these criteria:[15]

  1. Top 16 players in WDF world rankings (seeded in the second round)
  2. Winners of the Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments
  3. First and second-ranked players from each of seven regional tables
  4. Next highest-ranked players in the WDF world rankings to bring the total entry list to 44
  5. Four qualifiers from the final qualification tournament[16]

Shane McGuirk entered the tournament as the defending champion, having defeated Paul Lim 6–3 in the 2024 final to win his first world title.[17] Leonard Gates, Alex Spellman, David Cameron, Jonny Tata and Lourence Ilagan originally qualified for the tournament, but decided to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship and were replaced. The list of participants is shown below.[14]

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November.[21] Numbers to the left of a player's name show the 16 seeded players for the tournament. The 3 qualifier winners are indicated by 'Q'. The two replacement players are indicated by 'Alt'. Figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.[22][23]

First round
(best of 5 sets)
28–30 November		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
29 November–3 December		Third round
(best of 5 sets)
4 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 7 sets)
5 December		Semi-finals
(best of 9 sets)
6 December		Final
(best of 11 sets)
7 December
 Alex Williams 82.9131 Jimmy van Schie 87.933
Q Romeo Grbavac 81.922 Alex Williams 81.910
1 Jimmy van Schie 95.843
16 Paul Krohne 86.241
  Marko Kantele 81.29116 Paul Krohne 85.113
 Dalibor Šmolík 85.673 Dalibor Šmolík 86.391
1 Jimmy van Schie 97.364
 Shane McGuirk 95.261
  Ryan Hogarth 85.4518 Corné Groeneveld 89.032
 Jonas Masalin 89.223 Jonas Masalin 87.393
  Jonas Masalin 91.011
 Shane McGuirk 92.983
 Shane McGuirk 91.5239 Stefan Schröder 84.051
Q Petri Rasmus 87.531 Shane McGuirk 91.433
1 Jimmy van Schie 93.075
Alt Sybren Gijbels 85.971
  Dennis Nilsson 86.6834 James Beeton 79.413
 Shane Sakchekapo 84.350 Dennis Nilsson 81.092
4 James Beeton 82.403
 Caleb Hope 80.852
  Caleb Hope 78.00313 Liam Maendl-Lawrance 86.020
 Darren Johnson 83.620 Caleb Hope 85.413
4 James Beeton 82.751
Alt Sybren Gijbels 86.004
  Karl Schaefer 73.2625 Benjamin Pratnemer 82.663
 Daniel Bauerdick 74.893 Daniel Bauerdick 78.420
5 Benjamin Pratnemer 90.521
Alt Sybren Gijbels 86.303
 Kevin Luke 82.822Alt Marcus Maier 70.631
Alt Sybren Gijbels 83.273Alt Sybren Gijbels 80.743
1 Jimmy van Schie 93.216
 Mitchell Lawrie 93.183
  Mitchell Lawrie 90.4632 Jason Brandon 89.550
 Tomoya Maruyama 84.350 Mitchell Lawrie 97.213
  Mitchell Lawrie 93.063
 Jeff Springer 78.480
  Bradley Kirk 82.48115 Andy Davidson [d]
 Jeff Springer 82.453 Jeff Springer w/o
  Mitchell Lawrie 92.064
10 François Schweyen 84.650
  Vince Tipple 76.1017 Matt Clark 85.483
 Haruki Muramatsu 85.103 Haruki Muramatsu 79.321
7 Matt Clark 80.881
10 François Schweyen 81.233
  Brian Raman 85.69210 François Schweyen 84.163
 Jeffrey Sparidaans 86.443 Jeffrey Sparidaans 82.662
  Mitchell Lawrie 96.335
 Jenson Walker 93.622
  Ben Robb 91.5633 Neil Duff 87.391
 Johan Engström 89.411 Ben Robb 96.293
  Ben Robb 91.723
Q Stephen Rosney 82.950
 Jim McEwan 84.15014 Thomas Junghans 79.180
Q Stephen Rosney 84.813Q Stephen Rosney 89.653
  Ben Robb 82.512
 Jenson Walker 83.354
  Jenson Walker 84.0436 David Fatum 73.511
 Jiří Brejcha 76.810 Jenson Walker 78.243
 Jenson Walker 92.703
11 Raymond Smith 89.741
  Cliff Prior 83.18011 Raymond Smith 90.143
 Clint Clarkson 78.583 Clint Clarkson 81.650

Women's

Format and qualifiers

The women's event consisted of 25 players. Qualification for the event followed the same criteria as the open tournament, with the top eight players in the WDF women's rankings being seeded in the second round.[15] Having originally consisted of 24 players, the WDF announced that a calculation error had led to Maud Jansson receiving the final place in the tournament before the last-chance qualifiers took place, ahead of Lisa Zollikofer. The WDF elected to allow both players to compete, with Zollikofer replacing the first qualifier in the draw. As a result, Nina Lech-Musialska and Mayumi Ouchi, the players who won the two last-chance qualifiers, faced off in a play-in match where the winner advanced to the last 24.[14] Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves, who defeated Sophie McKinlay 4–1 in the 2024 final to win her third women's world title,[24] was unable to defend her title, having opted to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship.[25] The list of participants is shown below.[14]

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November.[21][22]

Preliminary round
(best of 3 sets)
28 November
   
Q  Mayumi Ouchi 56.88 0
Q  Nina Lech-Musialska 64.10 2
First round
(best of 3 sets)
29–30 November		Second round
(best of 3 sets)
1–4 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 5 sets)
5 December		Semi-finals
(best of 5 sets)
6 December		Final
(best of 7 sets)
7 December
  Aletta Wajer 74.0521 Lerena Rietbergen 71.412
 Aaja Jalbert 69.370 Aletta Wajer 69.191
1 Lerena Rietbergen 69.523
 Eve Watson 66.260
  Joanne Hadley 64.5208 Aileen de Graaf 68.570
 Eve Watson 78.202 Eve Watson 78.592
1 Lerena Rietbergen 73.863
5 Rhian O'Sullivan 75.812
  Irina Armstrong 70.1014 Nicole Regnaud 66.270
 Maria Carli 69.622 Maria Carli 63.192
 Maria Carli 61.091
5 Rhian O'Sullivan 68.863
  Jitka Císařová 65.3725 Rhian O'Sullivan 77.742
 Maud Jansson 61.460 Jitka Císařová 63.790
1 Lerena Rietbergen 70.071
3 Deta Hedman 72.014
  Paula Murphy 61.8302 Lorraine Hyde 73.102
 Emine Dursun 73.432 Emine Dursun 70.801
2 Lorraine Hyde 71.391
 Priscilla Steenbergen 72.393
  Priscilla Steenbergen 69.5927 Tracy Feiertag 61.350
Q Nina Lech-Musialska 68.930 Priscilla Steenbergen 69.562
 Priscilla Steenbergen 73.781
3 Deta Hedman 82.243
  Kirsi Viinikainen 74.3113 Deta Hedman 76.192
 Mikuru Suzuki 73.992 Mikuru Suzuki 77.521
3 Deta Hedman 69.393
6 Sophie McKinlay 74.900
  Paige Pauling 69.8726 Sophie McKinlay 69.672
 Lisa Zollikofer 66.400 Paige Pauling 67.331

Youth

Format and qualifiers

The youth event consisted of eight players. The top four players in the WDF youth rankings were seeded, and were matched up against four qualifiers in the quarter-finals. The list of participants is shown below.[14]

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November.[21]

Quarter-finals
(best of 3 sets)
4–5 December 		Semi-Finals
(best of 5 sets)
6 December 		Final
(best of 7 sets)
7 December
         
1  Mitchell Lawrie 89.87 2
Q  Ádám Sepsi 73.49 0
1  Mitchell Lawrie 91.91 3
4  Kaya Baysal 88.25 0
4  Kaya Baysal 80.29 2
Q  Thees Kogelnik 73.33 1
1  Mitchell Lawrie 89.35 4
2  Florian Preis 88.45 2
2  Florian Preis 87.91 2
Q  Archie Self 88.50 0
2  Florian Preis 85.43 3
3  Mason Teese 76.37 2
3  Mason Teese 75.95 2
Q  Benedek Szabó 70.90 1

Girls'

Format and qualifiers

The girls' event consisted of four players. The top two players in the WDF girls' rankings were seeded, and were matched up against two qualifiers in the semi-finals. The list of participants is shown below.[14]

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 2 November.[21]

Semi-finals
(best of 3 sets)
6 December 		Final
(best of 5 sets)
7 December
      
1  Paige Pauling 71.05 1
Q  Zehra Gemi 71.41 2
Q  Zehra Gemi 77.07 3
Q  Rebecca Allen 65.54 0
2  Ruby Grey 58.92 0
Q  Rebecca Allen 66.25 2

Statistics

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

Open

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# Player Round Average Result Score
1 Jimmy van Schie QF97.36Won4–1
2 Mitchell Lawrie R297.21Won3–0
3 Mitchell Lawrie (2)SF96.33Won5–2
4 Ben Robb R296.29Won3–1
5 Jimmy van Schie (2)R395.84Won3–1
6 Shane McGuirk QF95.26Lost1–4
7 Jenson Walker SF93.62Lost2–5
8 Jimmy van Schie (3)F93.21Won6–3
9 Mitchell Lawrie (3)F93.18Lost3–6
10 Jimmy van Schie (4)SF93.07Won5–1
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Women's

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# Player Round Average Result Score
1 Deta Hedman SF82.24Won3–1
2 Eve Watson R278.59Won2–0
3 Eve Watson (2)R178.20Won2–0
4 Rhian O'Sullivan R277.74Won2–0
5 Mikuru Suzuki R277.52Lost1–2
6 Deta Hedman (2)R276.19Won2–1
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The WDF's "men's" and "boys'" categories were renamed to "open" and "youth" following a change in the WDF's eligibility criteria that saw participation in women's and girls' events restricted to those born as female.[5]
  2. [b]
    The loser of the women's preliminary match also received the same prize money as players in the last 24.[14]
  3. [c]
    David Pallett withdrew from the tournament due to personal reasons. Reserve player Marcus Maier took his place in the second round.[18]
  4. [d]
    Andy Davidson withdrew from the tournament due to health reasons. His opponent, Jeff Springer, received a bye to the third round.[19]
  5. [e]
    Boris Krčmar withdrew from the tournament due to scheduling conflicts. Reserve player Sybren Gijbels took his place in the first round.[20]

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