Gary Anderson, Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall and Rob Cross were knocked out in the second round, but Luke Humphries, Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen are among those restarting their bid to claim the Sid Waddell trophy.
Jonny Clayton and Stephen Bunting are in action in the first session back after Christmas, while Humphries and Gerwyn Price play in the evening session on Friday.
Littler and Van Gerwen take centre stage in a blockbuster session on Saturday.
Winning start: Defending champion Luke Humphries beat Thibault Tricole 3-0 in his opening match
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World Darts Championship schedule
(Seeds in brackets, all times GMT)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(9) Damon Heta vs Luke Woodhouse
(7) Jonny Clayton vs Daryl Gurney (26)
(8) Stephen Bunting vs Madars Razma
(10) Gerwyn Price vs Joe Cullen (23)
Jermaine Wattimena vs Peter Wright (17)
(1) Luke Humphries vs Nick Kenny
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Joyce vs Ryan Searle (20)
Scott Williams vs Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Nathan Aspinall vs Andrew Gilding (21)
(15) Chris Dobey vs Josh Rock (18)
(3) Michael van Gerwen vs Brendan Dolan (30)
(4) Luke Littler vs Ian White
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets vs Krzysztof Ratajski (31)
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Callan Rydz
Ricky Evans vs Robert Owen
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts
(1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates
(10) Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)
(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(20) Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
(23) Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
(29) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
(22) Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
(19) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
(14) Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo
(21) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman
(18) Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell
(28) Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
(26) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel
(6) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans
(5) Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams
How can I watch the World Darts Championship?
TV channel: The tournament will be covered live in full on Sky Sports. Both the afternoon and evening sessions will be shown on Sky Sports Darts, with many sessions also on Sky Sports Main Event.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch the game through the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship latest odds
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