Luke Littler is again to defend his Premier League Darts title, now with a PDC World Championship win beneath his belt.
The eight-player event began on Thursday, 6 February, with weekly fixtures constructing in direction of the ultimate in London on Thursday, 29 Might.
You may comply with reside textual content commentary from every match night time on the BBC Sport web site.
What’s the Premier League?
It’s an annual event contested by eight gamers, run by the Skilled Darts Company (PDC).
The highest 4 on the planet rankings qualify mechanically and 4 others are chosen as ‘wildcard’ entries.
The event has been going since 2005 and has a £1m prize pot.
How does the Premier League darts work?
Each Thursday, the eight gamers go head-to-head in a straight knockout event. So, every participant shall be entered on the quarter-final stage, earlier than shifting to the semi-finals after which a remaining.
These matches are all performed over the most effective of 11 legs (or video games of darts).
Gamers take house factors from every of those rounds. The winner of the night time will get 5 factors, the runner-up three factors, and every semi-finalist wins two factors.
All eight gamers are re-entered into the event for the subsequent spherical on the next Thursday.
The gamers will meet one another as soon as on the quarter-final stage from weeks one to seven, after which once more in weeks 9 to fifteen. The matches in weeks eight and 16 shall be performed primarily based on place within the league at that time.
The 4 gamers on the high of the desk by the tip of night time 16 qualify for the ultimate play-offs, which occur on Thursday, 29 Might.
The semi-finals of the play-offs are performed over 19 legs, whereas the winner is topped in a remaining match performed throughout the most effective of 21 legs.
Full schedule for 2025
Evening one – Thursday, 6 February, Belfast –
Evening two – Thursday, 13 February, Glasgow –
Evening three – Thursday, 20 February, Dublin –
Evening 4 – Thursday, 27 February, Exeter
Evening 5 – Thursday, 6 March, Brighton
Evening six – Thursday, 13 March, Nottingham
Evening seven – Thursday, 20 March, Cardiff
Evening eight – Thursday, 27 March, Newcastle
Evening 9 – Thursday, 3 April, Berlin
Evening 10 – Thursday, 10 April, Manchester
Evening 11 – Thursday, 17 April, Rotterdam
Evening 12 – Thursday, 24 April, Liverpool
Evening 13 – Thursday, 1 Might, Birmingham
Evening 14 – Thursday, 8 Might, Leeds
Evening 15 – Thursday, 15 Might, Aberdeen
Evening 16 – Thursday, 22 Might, Sheffield
Play-offs – Thursday, 29 Might, London
Is Luke Littler taking part in?
Luke Littler makes his return to the Premier League because the defending champion, having defeated Luke Humphries to win in 2024.
Humphries joins the line-up alongside PDC World Championship runner-up Michael van Gerwen, and Rob Cross, who
All 4 gamers certified by means of the the world rating system for skilled darts gamers.
The remaining 4 gamers – Stephen Bunting, Chris Dobey, Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Value – had been handed ‘wildcard’ entries.
The PDC informed BBC Sport its board of administrators “discusses a variety of things” when deciding who will get a wildcard place, together with “kind, achievements, whether or not a participant is taken into account ‘prepared’ for the Premier League, their expertise and profile”.
Michael van Gerwen is essentially the most profitable Premier League participant of all time with seven titles.
Which gamers missed out?
Former world champions within the line-up regardless of that includes within the 2024 league.
Dave Chisnall, world quantity six when the line-up was introduced, is the highest-ranked participant within the PDC Order of Advantage to not function.
additionally misses out and is the primary participant to take action regardless of successful a serious event.
What is the prize cash?
There’s a £1m prize pot for the competitors.
The winner of every night time takes house £10,000. The remainder of the pot is break up primarily based on the ultimate positions within the league desk.
Winner: £275,000
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-finalists: £85,000
Fifth: £75,000
Sixth: £70,000
Seventh: £65,000
Eighth: £60,000
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