Where to watch World Darts Championship 2024/25 final: Luke Littler vs. Michael van Gerwen start time, TV channel, live stream | Sporting News

The day is finally upon us, as the world of darts comes together for the deciding match of the 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship from London’s iconic Ally Pally, and following a tournament jam-packed with upsets and shock exits, Luke Littler faces Michael van Gerwen looking to win a first world title at the three-time champion’s expense.

From the very first matches of this year’s tournament, no player no matter highly ranked has been safe, with 2023 champion Michael Smith going out in the second round, world number one and defending champion Luke Humphries exiting in the fourth, and Christian Kist and Damon Heta’s nine-darters not being enough to spare them from defeats in Rounds 1 and 3 respectively.

That didn’t make things much easier for any of the four semifinalists though, with Van Gerwen avoiding an upset against unseeded qualifier Callan Rydz, Bunting getting past Peter Wright – who knocked out Humphries the previous round – and Littler overcoming Nathan Aspinall to reach the last four.

The semifinals, though, were much more straight forward for Van Gerwen and Littler, who both recorded 6-1 victories over Chris Dobey and Bunting respectively at Ally Pally. Up to 13 sets of darts remain before the 2025 victor is decided, with MVG looking to win his fourth title and Littler eyeing up history as the youngest world champion of all time.

As Littler and Van Gerwen do battle to decide who will end this year’s headline tournament on top of the world of Darts, The Sporting News has all the TV details you’ll need to follow every single throw from the 2025 World Championship Final from Ally Pally.

When is the 2024/25 World Darts Championship final?

The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship began on Sunday, December 15, with Round 1 spanning the first six days of the tournament in tandem with some Round 2 matches before the start of the second round proper, and after a three-day Christmas break, the action returned with the start of Rounds 3 and 4, leading into the quarterfinals on New Year’s Day.

With both semifinals decided on Thursday, January 2, the stage is set for the 2025 World Darts Championship final, which takes place between Littler and Van Gerwen on Friday, January 3, 2025 from 8:00 p.m. local time (GMT). 

Here’s how those start times translate for darts fans across the world for the sport’s showpiece event:

How to watch 2024/25 World Darts Championship: TV channel, live stream

UK: Sky Sports is the home of darts in the UK, and have exclusive TV broadcasting rights to the PDC World Championship via their decicated Darts channel. Sky Sports’ streaming app Sky Go is the place to go for fans wanting to live stream the action on their mobile phones and tablets.

USA: DAZN‘s streaming service are broadcasting full and exclusive coverage of this year’s tournament for viewers Stateside, with darts fans able to follow all of the action both live and on catch-up.

Canada: The PDC’s subscription service PDCTV are providing live coverage and streaming of the World Darts Championship for fans across the globe, including Canada, the US and all other countries outside the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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2024/25 World Darts Championship prize money

The World Darts Championship is arguably the biggest event the sport has to offer – and as a result there’s a huge prize fund to match, with the 96 players all competing for a share of a whopping £2.5million ($3.15M USD) in total – and the winning finalist set to take home a fifth of this amount at £500,000 ($631.5K USD).

Every single competitor is in line for a sizeable windfall at this year’s World Championship as the prize fund stays the same for the seventh edition in a row. Even a First Round exit saw losing players pocket £7,500 ($9.5K USD), and there’s also £60,000 ($75.7K USD) on offer for any player to hit a nine-darter.

Sponsors PaddyPower are also donating £60,000 ($75.7K USD) to Prostate Cancer UK for each nine-dart finish achieved, as well as a lucky fan selected at random in the Ally Pally crowd. Two nines have been hit already by Christian Kist and Damon Heta in Rounds 1 and 3 respectively – will we see another on the biggest stage of all?

• Winner – £500,000 ($631.5K USD)
• Runner-Up – £200,000 ($252.6K USD)
• Semifinalists – £100,000 ($126.3K USD)
• Quarterfinalists – £50,000 ($63.1K USD)
• Fourth Round – £35,000 ($44.2K USD)
• Third Round – £25,000 ($31.5K USD)
• Second Round – £15,000 ($18.9K USD)
• First Round – £7,500 ($9.5K USD)
• Nine-Dart Finish – £60,000 ($75.7K USD)