The time has almost come, the 32nd edition of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship is about to start. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, sixteen Dutch people are participating in the tournament. We tell you where you can watch the 2025 Darts World Cup.
The first match starts on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 8 p.m. at Alexandra Palace in London. The tournament will end according to tradition in the new year, on January 3, 2025. And for the first time since 2022, the tournament can be followed for free on Viaplay.
Watch the 2025 Darts World Cup for free with Viaplay until Christmas
In the Netherlands, Viaplay has managed the rights for broadcasting darts since 2022. Previously, you had to have a subscription to the streaming service to enjoy the biggest darts tournament of the year. This year, Viaplay has decided to do things differently.
Viaplay broadcasts the first two rounds of the World Cup darts are played for free. This means that you can watch all matches for free on Viaplay TV’s open network until Christmas. Depending on your provider, this can be seen on channel 12 (Odido, NLZiet and Youfone) or 19 (KPN, Ziggo, Delta, Caiway). The third round starts on December 27, from then on you will need a Viaplay subscription again. You can take out this subscription from 13.79 euros per month.
For the first time with 16 Dutch people to the World Cup
For the first time in history, the Netherlands is represented at the Darts World Cup with sixteen darts players. Michael van Gerwen (third in the world rankings) is the highest ranked Dutchman. He will be hunting for his fourth world title during the World Cup.
‘MVG’ is not the only Dutch contender. Gian van Veen won the youth darts World Cup on November 24 and Dirk van Duijvenbode and Danny Noppert are also very strong in the last televised tournaments.
Darts legend Raymond van Barneveld seems to be returning to form just in time. He recently won a friendly match against Stephen Bunting with an average of almost 107 points. Finally, Wessel Nijman and Niels Zonneveld can sometimes surprise. On paper they have a favorable draw.
The complete list of Dutch players at the 2025 Darts World Cup:
- Michael van Gerwen
- Danny Noppert
- Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Gian van Veen
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Wessel Nijman
- Jermaine Wattimena
- Niels Zonneveld
- Wesley Plaisier
- Kevin Doets
- Richard Veenstra
- Chris Landman
- Noa-Lynn van Leuven
- Christian Kist
- Alexander Merkx
- Jeffrey de Zwaan
Favorites for the World Cup title
Despite the fact that Van Gerwen is the highest ranked Dutchman at the Darts World Cup, he is not the favorite for the world title. For much of the past year he has had to give credit to world number one Luke Humphries and youth sensation Luke Littler. Both Luke’s have already won eighteen titles together in the past year.
Here the only seventeen-year-old Englishman takes the cake. He already won ten titles in his debut season and hopes to add an eleventh to this number. If the Englishman succeeds, he will dethrone Van Gerwen (24 years old at the time) as the youngest world champion.
Gary Anderson and Mike De Decker are seen as dangerous outsiders. They have had a very high, but also consistent, average in recent months before the world championship.
In any case, it promises to be another incredibly exciting tournament. And only time will tell who will face each other in the final in ‘Ally Pally’. In any case, the final will start on January 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM and can be seen on Viaplay.
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