2025 World Darts Championship draw in full as Luke Littler and Luke Humphries learn opponents

Luke Littler is set to begin his quest for his first World Darts Championship title with a second round tie against either Fallon Sherrock or Ryan Meikle. Littler, who was the runner-up to Luke Humphries in an 11-leg thriller at Alexandra Palace earlier this year, has had an impressive debut season and will be aiming to add the Sid Waddell Trophy to his growing list of titles in 2024.

After winning the Premier League in May, he followed it up with victories in the World Series and Grand Slam. Ranked fourth in the world behind Humphries, Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen, boyhood Manchester United supporter Littler faces a tough challenge in his first game.

The winner of the Meikle against Sherrock will take on Littler in the second round, with the date yet to be confirmed. In other news, Luke Humphries will start his defence of the World Championship with a tie against Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito.

Humphries added the Players Championship to his trophy cabinet on Sunday and hopes to become the first back-to-back world champion since Gary Anderson in 2016. Meanwhile, Smith will face the winner of Kevin Doets and Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Van Gerwen will take on either James Hurrell or Jim Long, while fifth-seed Rob Cross will play against Scott Williams or Niko Springer.

There are 32 first round ties in total, with 32 second round ties to follow. Here is the full draw for the World Championship. The tournament kicks off on Sunday, December 15 and will run until Friday, January 3.

Opening quarter

Luke Humphries (1) vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito

Raymond van Barneveld (32) vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz

James Wade (16) vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont

Peter Wright (17) vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto

Stephen Bunting (8) vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt

Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) vs Madars Razma or Christian Kist

Damon Heta (9) vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb

Mike De Decker (24) vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

Second quarter

Luke Littler (4) vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock

Ritchie Edhouse (29) vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing

Danny Noppert (13) vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas

Ryan Searle (20) vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell

Rob Cross (5) vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer

Gian van Veen (28) vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong

Nathan Aspinall (12) vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates

Andrew Gilding (21) vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

Third quarter

Michael Smith (2) vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Krzysztof Ratajski (31) vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo

Chris Dobey (15) vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx

Josh Rock (18) vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin

Jonny Clayton (7) vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto

Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan

Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry

Joe Cullen (23) vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

Bottom quarter

Michael van Gerwen (3) vs James Hurrell or Jim Long

Brendan Dolan (30) vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee

Gary Anderson (14) vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting

Ross Smith (19) vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida

Dave Chisnall (6) vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers

Gabriel Clemens (27) vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen

Dimitri Van den Bergh (11) vs William O'Connor or Dylan Slevin

Martin Schindler (22) vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac