Luke Littler is again to defend his Premier League Darts title, now with a PDC World Championship win below his belt.
The eight-player match began on Thursday, 6 February, with weekly fixtures constructing in the direction of the ultimate in London on Thursday, 29 Might.
You possibly can observe reside textual content commentary from every match evening on the BBC Sport web site.
What’s the Premier League?
It’s an annual match contested by eight gamers, run by the Skilled Darts Company (PDC).
The highest 4 on the planet rankings qualify robotically and 4 others are chosen as ‘wildcard’ entries.
The match 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 match. So, every participant will likely be entered on the quarter-final stage, earlier than transferring to the semi-finals after which a remaining.
These matches are all performed over the very best of 11 legs (or video games of darts).
Gamers take dwelling factors from every of those rounds. The winner of the evening will get 5 factors, the runner-up three factors, and every semi-finalist wins two factors.
All eight gamers are re-entered into the match for the following 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 will likely be performed primarily based on place within the league at that time.
The 4 gamers on the prime of the desk by the tip of evening 16 qualify for the ultimate play-offs, which happen 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 very best 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 way 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 instructed 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 probably 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 characteristic.
additionally misses out and is the primary participant to take action regardless of profitable a serious match.
What is the prize cash?
There’s a £1m prize pot for the competitors.
The winner of every evening takes dwelling £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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