THE newly-revamped Winmau World Masters in Milton Keynes will host the world’s top darts players THIS WEEK!
The Marshall Arena sees a big change in format from leg play to classic World Masters set play (best of three legs in a set).
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Last week, Rob Cross denied Stephen Bunting back-to-back titles to claim the Toon Greebe Trophy in Den Bosch 8-5.
Bunting, who beat Luke Littler in the semi, has restored himself as a force on the PDC tour and will be looking to defend his 2024 title – now that it is ranked.
Newly crowned world champion Littler overcame Michael van Gerwen in the Netherlands but would go no further despite a 107.59 average.
Chris Dobey, Nathan Aspinall and Luke Humphries all suffered first round defeats last week.
While Bahrain finalist Gerwyn Price would lose to eventual champion Cross.
The Masters will feature the top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit, who will automatically qualify for the first round with the rest of the pack decided via preliminaries.
Winmau World Masters 2025 prize money
Below is a full breakdown for the prize money on offer in the Winmau World Masters in Milton Keynes:
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £50,000
Semi-finals: £30,000
Quarter-finals: £17,000
First round: £5,000
Total prize pot: £500,000
How to watch the Winmau World Masters 2025
The Dutch Darts Masters takes place from Thursday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2.
ITV4 will show all the action in the UK
Fans can also stream it on ITVX for free – a login is required.
Coverage starts at 6pm with the first matches at around 7pm GMT.
Alternatively, SunSport will live blog all the action as it happens.
Winmau World Masters 2025 seedings and qualifiers
The world’s top 16 will be seeded in the draw, while the remaining eight spots will come from the preliminary rounds the day before the tournament starts.
The full draw, schedule and results can be found here.
Seeded players and qualifiers are listed below:
Seeded
Gerwyn Price
Chris Dobey
Nathan Aspinall
Peter Wright
Danny Noppert
Gary Anderson
James Wade
Josh Rock
Order of Merit qualifiers
Michael Smith
Dimitri van den Bergh
Ryan Searle
Andrew Gilding
Ross Smith
Martin Schindler
Joe Cullen
Mike de Decker
Preliminary Round qualifiers
Kevin Doets
Bradley Brooks
Andy Baetens
Florian Hempel
William Borland
Jermaine Wattimena
Cameron Menzies
William O’Connor
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