Jimmy van Schie v Mitchell Lawrie live stream | WDF World Championship Final preview
Top seed Jimmy van Schie and teenage sensation Mitchell Lawrie go head-to-head in the final of the 2025 WDF World Championship at Lakeside on Sunday.
History beckons for the box office duo as they bid to become the latest new name on the men’s trophy at ‘the home of world darts’.
Van Schie is looking to follow in the footsteps of his Dutch compatriots Raymond van Barneveld, Jelle Klaasen and Christian Kist in claiming the Lakeside crown, while Lawrie is out to become the first Scotsman to lift the trophy here since Les Wallace back in 1997.
Van Schie arrived at Frimley Green fresh from clinching the World Masters title, as well as several other WDF ranking titles this year including the Antwerp Open, Belfry Open, Belgium Open and Catalonia Open.
The 32-year-old has underlined his position as number one seed by blitzing through the top half of the draw with a tournament average of 93.55.
Dutch giant Van Schie blitzed past Alex Williams in straight sets in Round Two before averaging 95.8 in an impressive 3-1 win over former PDC Tour Card holder Paul Krohne.
He then recovered from a set down to reel off four in a row and dethrone defending champion Shane McGuirk on Friday night with a 97.4 average, before thrashing Belgium’s Sybrel Gijbels 5-1 in Saturday’s semi-finals.
Standing in the way of Van Schie and the £50,000 top prize is 15-year-old history-maker Lawrie – looking to pull off an unprecedented achievement in the sport.
The Scottish sensation eclipsed Luke Littler’s record as the youngest-ever participant in the men’s event at Lakeside, has exploded onto the famous stage in fairy-tale fashion.
A month on from his 15th birthday, Lawrie has stormed into the final for the loss of just two sets, averaging above 90 for the tournament.
Lawrie announced his arrival by landing a 10-darter and a brace of 145 checkouts in a straight sets rout of Tomoya Maruyama in his opening match, before averaging 97 in thrashing second seed Jason Brandon.
He then powered past Jeff Springer Jr in three unanswered sets, before going on to whitewash Belgium’s Francois Schweyen 4-0 and dispatch 19-year-old Jenson Walker 5-2 on Saturday afternoon with the aid of ten 180s and a 96.3 average.
The reigning World Youth Master is also vying to become the first player to win both the Boys’ and Men’s titles at Lakeside in the same day as he takes on Germany’s Florian Preis in the Boys’ final earlier in the afternoon.
The final gets under way from around 4.30pm GMT and will be contested over the best of 13 sets.
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