Gian van Veen v Gary Anderson live stream | World Darts Championship 2025/26 Semi-Final Preview
Two-time World Champion Gary Anderson takes on European Champion Gian van Veen in a mouth-watering World Darts Championship semi-final on Friday.
The two box office stars go head-to-head for a date with destiny at Alexandra Palace as they vie to remain in contention for the £1m top prize and the Sid Waddell Trophy.
Anderson has rolled back the years to recapture his vintage best form on the sport’s most iconic stage booking his place in an eighth Ally Pally semi-final.
Back-to-back World Champion in 2015 and 2016, Anderson is out to emulate that success a decade later, just over a week on from his 55th birthday.
The Flying Scotsman, whose best results had come away from the major stages in 2025 with a European Tour and a ProTour title, has racked up a tournament-high 40 maximums during his blistering run so far.
After atoning for last year’s shock opening round exit by battling back from 2-1 down to edge out his former protégé Adam Hunt, Anderson then recovered from dropping the first set to reel off three in a row for victory over Connor Scutt with a 105.4 average.
The eight-time major winner came through an epic tie break to deny Jermaine Wattimena with a 102.2 average, firing in 14 maximums and missing double 12 for a nine-darter in the process, before punishing costly missed doubles from Michael van Gerwen to seal a 4-1 win over his great rival in the Last 16.
Anderson then ended the fairy-tale debut run of Justin Hood with a 5-2 success on New Year’s Day with a 99 average ton continue his charge in the capital.
Van Veen has enjoyed an unforgettable campaign over the past fortnight, having previously failed to win a match on the sport’s greatest stage in his two previous appearances.
The back-to-back World Youth Champion is through to his third major ranking semi-final and is provisionally ranked world number three and the new Dutch number one as a result.
Set for a debut appearance in this year’s Premier League, Van Veen is vying to join Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen as the third PDC World Champion from the Netherlands.
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 went on to record commanding 4-1 wins over Madars Razma and Charlie Manby with successive 98 averages, before hammering 2024 World Champion Luke Humphries 5-1 in the quarter-finals with a 105.4 average.
Van Veen is bidding to avenge his 16-14 defeat to his darting idol Anderson in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and become the third Dutchman to reach the final of the PDC World Championship.
The match gets under way from around 9.30pm GMT and will be contested over the best of 11 sets, with either defending champion Luke Littler or 20th seed Ryan Searle awaiting the winner in Saturday’s final.
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