2025 WDF World Darts Championship
The 2025 WDF World Darts 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. The tournament was broadcast on television by Welsh channel S4C and on YouTube by the WDF and S4C. The open tournament, women's tournament, youth tournament, and girls' tournament shared a total prize fund of £221,000, with the open champion receiving the biggest winner's prize of £50,000.
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.
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. Van Schie, who overturned a 3–0 deficit in the final, was the fourth Dutch player to win the main title at Lakeside. 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. The youth and girls' finals were won by Lawrie and Zehra Gemi respectively, with Gemi becoming the first Turkish world champion across all levels.
Prize money
The total prize fund remained at £221,000. The winner of the open event received £50,000.Open
Format and qualifiers
The open event consisted of 48 players. Qualification for the event followed these criteria:- Top 16 players in WDF world rankings
- Winners of the Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments
- First and second-ranked players from each of seven regional tables
- Next highest-ranked players in the WDF world rankings to bring the total entry list to 44
- Four qualifiers from the final qualification tournament
1–16 in WDF rankings
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Draw
The draw was confirmed on 2 November. 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.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. 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. Reigning women's champion Beau Greaves, who defeated Sophie McKinlay 4–1 in the 2024 final to win her third women's world title, was unable to defend her title, having opted to participate in the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. The list of participants is shown below.1–8 in WDF rankings
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Draw
The draw was confirmed on 2 November.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.1–4 in WDF rankings
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Draw
The draw was confirmed on 2 November.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.1–2 in WDF rankings
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