2025 Players Championship Finals: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

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The Darts World Championship is just a few weeks away, but before we turn our attention to that, we still have a very exciting tournament taking place this weekend.

The 2025 Players Championship Finals will be played from Friday to Sunday, with players looking to make a run to end the year off strong.

What to know about the Players Championship Finals

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

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2025 Players Championship Finals draw & schedule

Here is the schedule of play and draw for the first round.

Match

Date

(32) Rob Cross v (33) Sebastian Bialecki

Fri., Nov. 21

(27) Dave Chisnall v (38) Ryan Joyce

Fri., Nov. 21

(28) Mike De Decker v (37) Cam Crabtree

Fri., Nov. 21

(15) Danny Noppert v (50) Ricky Evans

Fri., Nov. 21

(19) James Wade v (46) Mickey Mansell

Fri., Nov. 21

(12) Jonny Clayton v (53) James Hurrell

Fri., Nov. 21

(4) Ross Smith v (Replacement) Ryan Meikle

Fri., Nov. 21

Match

Date

(24) Bradley Brooks v (41) Martin Lukeman

Fri., Nov. 21

(30) Andrew Gilding v (35) Dom Taylor

Fri., Nov. 21

(23) Scott Williams v (42) Ian White

Fri., Nov. 21

(17) Niels Zonneveld v (48) Nick Kenny

Fri., Nov. 21

(22) Kevin Doets v (43) Callan Rydz

Fri., Nov. 21

(9) Cameron Menzies v (56) Adam Lipscombe

Fri., Nov. 21

(25) Brendan Dolan v (40) Daryl Gurney

Fri., Nov. 21

(21) Luke Woodhouse v (44) Alan Soutar

Fri., Nov. 21

(13) William O'Connor v (52) Ricardo Pietreczko

Fri., Nov. 21

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Match

Date

(16) Martin Schindler v (49) Michael Smith

Fri., Nov. 21

(10) Josh Rock v (55) Gabriel Clemens

Fri., Nov. 21

(1) Gerwyn Price v (64) Max Hopp

Fri., Nov. 21

(8) Stephen Bunting v (57) Ritchie Edhouse

Fri., Nov. 21

(29) Jeffrey de Graaf v (36) Luke Littler

Fri., Nov. 21

(7) Gian van Veen v (58) Luke Humphries

Fri., Nov. 21

(31) Karel Sedlacek v (34) Nathan Aspinall

Fri., Nov. 21

Match

Date

(6) Jermaine Wattimena v (59) Wesley Plaisier

Fri., Nov. 21

(11) Ryan Searle v (54) Darren Beveridge

Fri., Nov. 21

(2) Wessel Nijman v (63) Richard Veenstra

Fri., Nov. 21

(26) Krzysztof Ratajski v (39) Raymond van Barneveld

Fri., Nov. 21

(18) Dirk van Duijvenbode v (47) Madars Razma

Fri., Nov. 21

(20) Gary Anderson v (45) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Fri., Nov. 21

(14) Joe Cullen v (51) Peter Wright

Fri., Nov. 21

(3) Damon Heta v (62) Justin Hood

Fri., Nov. 21

(5) Chris Dobey v (60) Keane Barry

Fri., Nov. 21

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Bracket

Here is the bracket for the tournament after the first round.

Match

Date

Gerwyn Price vs. Sebastian Bialecki

Sat., Nov. 22

Martin Schindler vs. Nick Kenny

Sat., Nov. 22

Stephen Bunting vs. Daryl Gurney

Sat., Nov. 22

Adam Lipscombe vs. Bradley Brooks

Sat., Nov. 22

Ross Smith vs. Luke Littler

Sat., Nov. 22

Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Gary Anderson

Sat., Nov. 22

Chris Dobey vs. Cam Crabtree

Sat., Nov. 22

James Hurrell vs. Luke Woodhouse

Sat., Nov. 22

Richard Veenstra vs. Nathan Aspinall

Sat., Nov. 22

Danny Noppert vs. Madars Razma

Sat., Nov. 22

Gian van Veen vs. Krzysztof Ratajski

Sat., Nov. 22

Josh Rock vs. Scott Williams

Sat., Nov. 22

Justin Hood vs. Andrew Gilding

Sat., Nov. 22

Peter Wright vs. James Wade

Sat., Nov. 22

Jermaine Wattimena vs. Ryan Joyce

Sat., Nov. 22

Ryan Searle vs.  Callan Rydz

Sat., Nov. 22

Match

Date

Gerwyn Price vs. Martin Schindler

Sat., Nov. 22

Daryl Gurney vs. Adam Lipscombe

Sat., Nov. 22

Luke Littler vs. Ricardo Pietreczko

Sat., Nov. 22

Chris Dobey vs. James Hurrell

Sat., Nov. 22

Nathan Aspinall vs. Danny Noppert

Sat., Nov. 22

Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Josh Rock

Sat., Nov. 22

Andrew Gilding vs. James Wade

Sat., Nov. 22

Jermaine Wattimena vs. Ryan Searle

Sat., Nov. 22

Match

Date

Gerwyn Price vs. Daryl Gurney

Sun., Nov. 23

Luke Littler vs. Chris Dobey

Sun., Nov. 23

Nathan Aspinall vs. Josh Rock

Sun., Nov. 23

James Wade vs. Jermaine Wattimena

Sun., Nov. 23

Match

Date

Gerwyn Price vs. Luke Littler

Sun., Nov. 23

Nathan Aspinall vs. Jermaine Wattimena

Sun., Nov. 23

Match

Date

Luke Littler vs. Nathan Aspinall

Sun., Nov. 23

Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

Position (no. of players)

Prize money(Total: £600,000)

Winner

(1)

£120,000

Runner-Up

(1)

£60,000

Semi-finalists

(2)

£30,000

Quarter-finalists

(4)

£20,000

Last 16 (third round)

(8)

£10,000

Last 32 (second round)

(16)

£6,500

Last 64 (first round)

(32)

£3,000

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Format

After 34 Players Championship events in 2025, the top 64 players on that order of merit qualify for the Players Championship Finals in Minehead.

The seeding doesn't necessarily reflect the players' seeding on the Main OoM (Ex, Luke Humphries is the #58 seed).

The tournament starts on Friday and ends on Sunday.

For the first two days, there will be games played on the main stage in front of a large crowd, while other games will be played at the same time on stage two, for the first, second and third rounds.

The first and second round games will be played to best-of-11 legs.

The third round and quarterfinals will be played to best-of-19 legs.

The semifinals and final will be played to best-of-21 legs.

The first round will be played on Friday, the second and third rounds will be played on Saturday and the remaining rounds will be played across the two sessions on Sunday.

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