Luke Humphries v Gian van Veen live stream | World Darts Championship 2025/26 Preview
Former World Champion Luke Humphries takes on reigning European Champion Gian van Veen in a mouth-watering World Darts Championship quarter-final on New Year’s Day.
The latest instalment of a fascinating developing rivalry sees Humphries bidding to end a run of three consecutive defeats to the Dutchman in major competition this season.
Van Veen prevailed 10-8 in the opening round of the World Matchplay before a fairy-tale 11-10 success in the final to clinch his first major title at the European Championship.
The back-to-back World Youth champion then added a 6-5 victory in Round One of the Players Championship Finals but now faces a much sterner test over the longer sets format.
Champion here two years ago, Humphries is defending £500,000 in prize money against his Order of Merit tally and began in commanding fashion by defeating Ted Evetts 3-1 with a 98.5 average.
The reigning Premier League champion then powered past 71-year-old Paul Lim for the loss of just one leg before fending off a gallant test from a resurgent Gabriel Clemens to prevail 4-2 with a 100 average and going on to recover from a set down to reel off four in a row to dispatch Kevin Doets in the final televised match of 2025.
Van Veen could end the day ranked inside the world’s top four for the first time defending on Clayton’s result earlier in the day as he seeks to secure an automatic spot in this year’s Premier League.
The 23-year-old registered the highest average of the tournament so far (108.28) in a 3-1 win over Alan Soutar to back up a 98.3 average in his opening round win over Spain’s Cristo Reyes by the same scoreline.
He has since gone on to record commanding 4-1 wins over Madars Razma and Charlie Manby with successive 98 averages for a place in his sixth major ranking quarter-final since 2023.
The match gets under way from around 9.20pm GMT and will be contested over the best of nine sets, with two-time World Champion Gary Anderson awaiting the winner in the semi-finals on Friday night.
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