Luke Littler will begin his defence of the Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals against Simon Whitlock on Saturday afternoon.
The 32-player event in Amsterdam runs from Friday to Sunday with the winner scooping the £80,000 top prize and the total prize pot standing at £400,000.
Littler, the winner of back-to-back World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in August, beat Michael Smith 11-4 in the 2024 World Series finale.
The teenager is seeded second in the Netherlands after finishing behind Stephen Bunting in the World Series rankings.
A mouth-watering first-round match on Friday night pits reigning Premier Leaguer Darts champion Luke Humphries, the fourth seed, against James Wade. The pair met in the semi-finals of last weekend’s Czech Darts Open, Humphries powering to a 7-1 victory on his way to retaining the trophy.
The second round will be staged on Saturday evening with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final on Sunday.
Luke Humphries will take on James Wade in the first round in Amsterdam
World Series of Darts Finals schedule and results
All times UK and Ireland
Round one
Friday September 12 (from 6pm)
Kevin Doets v Jermaine Wattimena
Krzysztof Ratajski v Josh Rock
Damon Heta v Joe Cullen
Mike De Decker v Gabriel Clemens
Luke Humphries v James Wade
Wessel Nijman v Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting v Danny Noppert
Rob Cross v Haupai Puha
Saturday September 13 (from 11.45am)
Chris Dobey v Luke Woodhouse
Cameron Menzies v Peter Wright
Jonny Tata v Ross Smith
Cor Dekker v Raymond van Barneveld
Gerwyn Price v Danny Lauby
Luke Littler v Simon Whitlock
Jonny Clayton v Jason Brandon
Nathan Aspinall v Dave Chisnall
Round two
Saturday September 13 (from 6pm)
De Decker/Clemens v Heta/Cullen
Bunting/Noppert v Ratajski/Rock
Humphries/Wade v Doets/Wattimena
Cross/Puha v Nijman/Van Gerwen
Price/Lauby v Dekker/Van Barneveld
Dobey/Woodhouse v Menzies/Wright
Littler/Whitlock v Clayton/Brandon
Aspinall/Chisnall v Tata/R Smith
Quarter-finals
Sunday September 14 (from 11.45am)
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
Semi-finals and final
Sunday September 14 (from 6pm)
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
Live darts is back on Sky Sports from October 6-12 as the BoyleSports World Grand Prix is held in Leicester.
