World Masters darts TV channel, order of play, draw and prize money

Phil Haigh

Published January 30, 2025 11:28am Updated January 30, 2025 11:29am

TOTO Dutch Darts Masters 2025 — Stephen Bunting is the defending champion in Milton Keynes (Picture: Getty Images)

The Winmau World Masters gets underway on Thursday night after a complete revamp to the tournament this season.

The event is now ranked and featuring 32 players competing in set-play for the first time at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.

24 players automatically qualified for the main stages, while eight came through the preliminary rounds on Wednesday.

Jermaine Wattimena, Cameron Menzies, Bradley Brooks, Andy Baetens, Florian Hempel, William Borland, William O’Connor and Kevin Doets were those eight players who are into the first round.

They join the top 24 on the PDC Order of Merit, with the likes of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen among the favourites.

It was a very different tournament that Stephen Bunting won a year ago, beating Van Gerwen 11-7 in the final.

This year the first round is played over a best of five sets, the second round and quarter-finals over a best of seven, semis a best of nine and the final contested over a best of 11 sets.

Luke Littler of England celebrates during the final of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) — Luke Littler is in action on Friday night (Picture: AP)

What channel is the World Masters on?

ITV4 will be showing the tournament live in the UK with streaming available on ITVX.

World Masters draw and schedule

Thursday January 30

7pm
First Round
Josh Rock v Jermaine Wattimena
Damon Heta v Ross Smith
Rob Cross v William O’Connor
Gerwyn Price v Florian Hempel
Peter Wright v Kevin Doets
Luke Humphries v Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting v William Borland
Danny Noppert v Michael Smith

2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship - Day Ten — Luke Humphries meets Joe Cullen in the first round (Picture: Getty Images)

Friday January 31

7pm
First Round
James Wade v Mike De Decker
Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies
Jonny Clayton v Martin Schindler
Nathan Aspinall v Andrew Gilding
Chris Dobey v Ryan Searle
Luke Littler v Andy Baetens
Michael van Gerwen v Bradley Brooks
Gary Anderson v Dimitri Van den Bergh