[Darts] 2025 PDC World Darts Championship 🎯180🎯

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Quote from: cygan on January 04, 2025, 02:58:02 AM

after Luke 'the nuke' Littler had to pay a lesson in last year's final, yesterday was the day and the 17-yo was crowned the youngest world champion in darts history.
with a total of 12 180s, an average of 102.73 and a double rate of 56%, he gave MvG no chance
i think he will dominate the darts world for the next few years

Wasn't able to see the match but from everything I read, Littler dominated the final and it was one-sided. This kid is just phenomenal and as you say, he will dominate the next couple of years. Two years ago, almost nobody has heard of Littler, nowadays he is the next superstar in Darts as he is also approachable and just fun to watch.

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after Luke 'the nuke' Littler had to pay a lesson in last year's final, yesterday was the day and the 17-yo was crowned the youngest world champion in darts history.
with a total of 12 180s, an average of 102.73 and a double rate of 56%, he gave MvG no chance
i think he will dominate the darts world for the next few years

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Quote from: LTU_btc on January 03, 2025, 05:05:08 PM

Congrats to Luke Littler with becoming World Champion at age of 17. Guys, try to remember what you were doing being 17 years old Cheesy

? Ok, he was favorite tonight, but I didn't expected such one sided match. And Littler didn't even played phenomenal match - yeah, he was good, but he can do better. It's more about how bad van Gerwen was tonight. He wasn't same like he played all tournament long. Yeah, MVG didn't gave up, but when you lose first sets 4:0, it's too late to make a comeback against player like Littler.

Yeah, this was pure domination. I wonder what we can expect from this kid. Like I said before, this isn't even his final stage. He has so much time to improve his game because he is so young. If he stays focussed on the sport and doesn't drift away because of his stardom the sky is the limit for him. Guys play into their 50s sometimes, so has a solid 30 years or more ahead of him if he wants to. A lot of time to claim a title like GOAT or something.

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Congrats to Luke Littler with becoming World Champion at age of 17. Guys, try to remember what you were doing being 17 years old Cheesy

? Ok, he was favorite tonight, but I didn't expected such one sided match. And Littler didn't even played phenomenal match - yeah, he was good, but he can do better. It's more about how bad van Gerwen was tonight. He wasn't same like he played all tournament long. Yeah, MVG didn't gave up, but when you lose first sets 4:0, it's too late to make a comeback against player like Littler.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on January 02, 2025, 06:02:51 PM

Quote from: babygun on January 02, 2025, 09:04:14 AM

If all goes according to plan, we could have a dream final of Van Gerwen vs Littler. My money would be on Littler but you can never rule out Van Gerwen. There were periods (some years ago) that Van Gerwen was simply unbeatable and he would win tournament after tournament.

And as expected, we have Littler vs van Gerwen in the final. Both didn't faced much competition in the semifinals which were prety much one sided action. Well, at least People's Champion Bunting managed to win one set and extend action at Ally Pally a bit.
It should be epic final - lot of great words were already said about Littler, not going to repeat. But MVG is looking like in his prime time few years ago when he dominated completely. I think I already said it some time ago - I see Littler as only one who can stop him

I will try to see the match of Littler vs Van Gerwen as it could be a great match or it could be completely one sided. Littler is the favorite to win the title and my money is on him. He got experience from last year also and already beat Van Gerwen quite recently.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on January 02, 2025, 06:02:51 PM

Quote from: babygun on January 02, 2025, 09:04:14 AM

If all goes according to plan, we could have a dream final of Van Gerwen vs Littler. My money would be on Littler but you can never rule out Van Gerwen. There were periods (some years ago) that Van Gerwen was simply unbeatable and he would win tournament after tournament.

And as expected, we have Littler vs van Gerwen in the final. Both didn't faced much competition in the semifinals which were prety much one sided action. Well, at least People's Champion Bunting managed to win one set and extend action at Ally Pally a bit.
It should be epic final - lot of great words were already said about Littler, not going to repeat. But MVG is looking like in his prime time few years ago when he dominated completely. I think I already said it some time ago - I see Littler as only one who can stop him

Thanks for the update, and I will still stick to my prediction of Van Gerwen winning this tournament but it could be very close. Unlike their wins in the semis with a complete domination with a 6-1 victory.

However, Van Gerwen here is a huge underdog against Littler. But this match is so intriguing on how Van Gerwen performed against the kid sensation.

And if by chance Littler win here, he will shatter the record of Van Gerwen as the youngest to win at 17 years old.

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Quote from: babygun on January 02, 2025, 09:04:14 AM

If all goes according to plan, we could have a dream final of Van Gerwen vs Littler. My money would be on Littler but you can never rule out Van Gerwen. There were periods (some years ago) that Van Gerwen was simply unbeatable and he would win tournament after tournament.

And as expected, we have Littler vs van Gerwen in the final. Both didn't faced much competition in the semifinals which were prety much one sided action. Well, at least People's Champion Bunting managed to win one set and extend action at Ally Pally a bit.
It should be epic final - lot of great words were already said about Littler, not going to repeat. But MVG is looking like in his prime time few years ago when he dominated completely. I think I already said it some time ago - I see Littler as only one who can stop him

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Quote from: cygan on January 02, 2025, 07:07:20 AM

Quote from: LTU_btc on January 01, 2025, 12:26:06 PM

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Remaining 2 games in evening session - Bunting - Wright and Littler - Aspinall. Would love to see Wright - Littler semifinal.

the results of the remaining two games were as follows last night:
Stephen 'the bullet' Bunting defeated Peter 'snakebite' Wright with 5:-2 and in the second match 17-yo youngster Luke Littler prevailed 5-2 over Nathan Aspinall as well

the semi-finals will look like this:
Chris Dobey - Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting - Luke Littler

If all goes according to plan, we could have a dream final of Van Gerwen vs Littler. My money would be on Littler but you can never rule out Van Gerwen. There were periods (some years ago) that Van Gerwen was simply unbeatable and he would win tournament after tournament.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on January 01, 2025, 12:26:06 PM

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Remaining 2 games in evening session - Bunting - Wright and Littler - Aspinall. Would love to see Wright - Littler semifinal.

the results of the remaining two games were as follows last night:
Stephen 'the bullet' Bunting defeated Peter 'snakebite' Wright with 5:-2 and in the second match 17-yo youngster Luke Littler prevailed 5-2 over Nathan Aspinall as well

the semi-finals will look like this:
Chris Dobey - Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting - Luke Littler

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New Year delivered us some epic 1/4 finals. Michael van Gerven beats Callan Rydz 5:3. It was top level match, high averages, over 30 180s, MVG being so close from making 9 darter. Rydz got a bit unlucky to face MVG because playing like he did today he would beat anyone. But today it was just prime Time van Gerven who dominated few years.
Chris Dobey eliminates Gerwyn Price, but damn, he almost choked when he missed 5 match darts. But that didn't helped for Price and Dobey still managed to win game.
Remaining 2 games in evening session - Bunting - Wright and Littler - Aspinall. Would love to see Wright - Littler semifinal.

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Darts is my favorite sport! I play it at my dacha, in the office, in my apartment, basically, wherever I can. I am quite good at throwing darts, in particular, I can throw darts with my right hand, my left hand, and even with both hands at the same time (although, of course, I am far from being a champion in this sport).

It never occurred to me that this amateur pastime would eventually become such a popular sport. That is why I missed the start of this legendary darts tournament in December 2024.

In my opinion, this is an exciting competition and I will be very interested in starting to place bets on this event next year (in December 2025).

I have already made a corresponding reminder in my electronic calendar. In the meantime, I will try to collect as much information as possible about this tournament and its participants.

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Quote from: cygan on December 31, 2024, 05:43:45 AM

the pairings for the quarterfinals are now set and look like this... the games will be played on 01 january

Chris Dobey - Gerwyn Price
Michael van Gerwen - Callan Rydz
Peter Wright - Stephen Bunting
Luke Littler - Nathan Aspinall

And this are the odds so far:

The Chris Dobey vs Gerwyn Price match though is almost 50/50, so it's going to be very hard to bet on it.

Who's your favorite though to win here? For me I will go with van Gerwen. Best of luck for those who will put some money in this tournament.

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This is a great sport and in my opinion it is one of those underrated sports that every sports betting fan should learn. Besides the fact that you can have a great time just watching a sporting event, you can also make money here. True, not all bookmakers have lines on darts. And not even all prediction platforms like Polimarket bet on it. However, this sport has a great future. I will try to devote more time to darts.The fact that this tournament starts in December and covers the New Year holidays around the world allows it to gather more interested viewers.

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Quote from: cygan on December 31, 2024, 05:43:45 AM

the pairings for the quarterfinals are now set and look like this... the games will be played on 01 january

Chris Dobey - Gerwyn Price
Michael van Gerwen - Callan Rydz
Peter Wright - Stephen Bunting
Luke Littler - Nathan Aspinall

Plenty of big names still in the field even though a lot a favorites busted out in the previous rounds already. Everybody will look at the Littler match obviously. In the round of the last 16 he had some trouble so this match is not a given as well. Too bad that these games are all quite late in my time zone, especially the last ones. Maybe I have to watch the highlights only but it's always so hard not to get the result spoiled in advance. Cry

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Quote from: cygan on December 31, 2024, 05:43:45 AM

the pairings for the quarterfinals are now set and look like this... the games will be played on 01 january

Chris Dobey - Gerwyn Price
Michael van Gerwen - Callan Rydz
Peter Wright - Stephen Bunting
Luke Littler - Nathan Aspinall

Mainly looking forward to Littler vs Aspinall, that could be a good match! Surprising that Wright won against Humphries last round; he played not good at all this year and suddingly he is back and throws phenomenal and he is the favorite against Bunting.

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the pairings for the quarterfinals are now set and look like this... the games will be played on 01 january

Chris Dobey - Gerwyn Price
Michael van Gerwen - Callan Rydz
Peter Wright - Stephen Bunting
Luke Littler - Nathan Aspinall

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Quote from: TravelMug on December 25, 2024, 12:24:52 AM

Nebrida's next match,

https://www.sofascore.com/team/darts/nebrida-paolo/458523

And again, he is a huge underdog, in his match against De Graaf here, 3:1

In his previous upset win,

Against Williams, 4:1 underdog (round 1)

Against Smith, 7:1 underdog ( round of 64)

So it's the question whether the Filipino can keep up with his giant killing spree in this tournament.

It was the end of our very own, Paolo Nebrida in this tournament as his giant killing has come to an end as he lost to De Graaf.

De Graaf now will face Van Gerwen, Michael.

Van Gerwen is Group G, and rank second behind Anderson.

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Quote from: babygun on December 28, 2024, 05:01:40 AM

Quote from: AHOYBRAUSE on December 25, 2024, 11:36:40 PM

I have no interest in darts whatsoever but for some strange reason, every Christmas I am following the World Darts Championships, haha. I wonder why that is. Is it the lack of other sporting events or just the insane atmosphere sometimes at Ally Pally?
What the 17 year old Littler guy is toing (yet again) is beyond insane. I mean honestly, this guy is 17. He has like 30-40 years of darts ahead of him. After his career is all said and done nobody will remember Phil Taylor or the other legendary guys that people sing songs about. It will only be "There's only ooooooone Luke Littler!" . Grin

Or at least until the next wonder child is entering the scene.

Littler is a blessing for the sport, he enjoys it and it is always entertaining to watch him play in contrary to some other players. Taylor is still the GOAT in darts with 16 world titles and this will be hard to beat, even for Littler.

True that, ti's gonna be tough for anybody to even get close to the amount of titles that Taylor won. Still, considering how young Littler is there is a chance if he keeps this up. And I mean, he can still improve, A LOT, since he is so young still. I doubt he is in his prime already, far from that! And obviously Darts is a sport that you can play even at a higher age. Prime would be like in their 30s I would say.
Anyway, fresh blood is always great for the sport of course. Nobody wants to see the same guys competing year after year.

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the results of day #12...
as already mentioned by LTU_btc, the reigning champion Luke Humphries is out and so the dying of the favorites at this year pdc world championship continues...
Gerwyn Price also qualified for the quarter-finals by beating Jonny Clayton

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Reigning champion Luke Humphries got eliminated by former champion Peter Wright:
https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/1873505073726210329
That's something what I didn't expected to see, but I'm very happy to see such performance by Wright, he is one of my favorite players.
Also, we were very close from another 9 darter today - de Graaf had chance to win whole match by throwing 9 darter, but he didn't managed to do it. Anyway, he still won game against Nebrida.

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