Overview
- The World Championship restarts on 27 December in London with the round of 32 following the Christmas pause.
- This year’s edition features an expanded 128-player field and a doubled £5 million purse, with £1 million to the winner.
- Early rounds produced major shocks, including Gerwyn Price’s 0–3 defeat to Wesley Plaisier, with 17 of the 32 seeds already eliminated.
- Germany remains well represented as Ricardo Pietreczko, Martin Schindler, Gabriel Clemens and Arno Merk reach the last 32, with Merk set to face Michael van Gerwen.
- International qualifiers have made decisive impacts, from Kenyan David Munyua’s win to India’s Nitin Kumar’s breakthrough, as the PDC invests over £3 million in global partner tours and adds a second Africa berth next year.