WDF World Championship 2025 Draw | Fixtures confirmed for Lakeside showpiece
The draw for the 2025 WDF World Championship has been confirmed, with 85 players competing across four events at Lakeside.
The fourth staging of the WDF World Championship will take place from November 28 to December 7 at the iconic Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green.
A total of 48 men, 25 women, eight boys and four girls will compete for the respective titles and an overall prize fund of £221,000.
Reigning men’s champion Shane McGuirk will begin the defence of his title with a clash against Finland’s Petri Rasmus for the right to take on ninth seed Stefan Schroder in round two.
Jimmy van Schie is the number one seed and will open up against either Welshman Alex Williams or Croatia’s Romeo Grbavac in the second round.
Grbavac’s Croatian compatriot Boris Krcmar is one of 24 debutants in this year’s men’s event and has been drawn to face Kevin Luke of the USA in round one.
Former champion Neil Duff, the number three seed, starts out against either New Zealand’s Ben Robb or Sweden’s Johan Engstrom.
Former PDC Tour Card holders Brian Raman and Jeffrey Sparidaans also collide in round one, while second seed Jason Brandon awaits the winner of the tie between 14-year-old Scottish sensation Mitchell Lawrie and Japan’s Tomoya Maruyama.
Lawrie will also feature in the boys’ competition – where he has been drawn to face Hungary’s Adam Sepsi in the quarter-finals.
A new name will be etched onto the women’s trophy, with reigning champion Beau Greaves having opted to compete in the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace.
Lerena Rietbergen is the top seed and will face either Aletta Wajer or Aaja Jalbert in round two.
Last year’s runner-up Sophie McKinlay returns to take on either 2024 Girls’ champion Paige Pauling or Lisa Zollikofer.
Deta Hedman, 66, will make her 15th Lakeside appearance and meets either former champion Mikuru Suzuki or Finland’s Kirsi Viinikainen.
Newly-crowned Women’s World Master Lorraine Hyde will start out against either Paula Murphy or Emine Dursun in the Last 16.
Due to an administrative error made during the final qualifier in Budapest which saw Maud Jansson being invited and included in the draw rather than Lisa Zollikofer, the WDF elected to invite both players, taking the number of participants for the WDF Women’s World Championship to 25.
Zollikofer takes the place of Qualifier 1 in the draw, while Qualifier 2 will be determined by a play-in match on the first day of Lakeside between the two winners of the last-chance Budapest qualifier.
The full schedule of play is due to be confirmed on Wednesday.
Men’s WDF Lakeside World Championship 2025 Draw
First Round
Alex Williams v Romeo Grbavac
Marko Kantele v Dalibor Smolik
Ryan Hogarth v Jonas Masalin
Shane McGuirk v Petri Rasmus
Dennis Nilsson v Shane Sakchekapo
Caleb Hope v Darren Johnson
Karl Schaefer v Daniel Bauerdick
Kevin Luke v Boris Krcmar
Mitchell Lawrie v Tomoya Maruyama
Bradley Kirk v Jeff Springer Jr
Vince Tipple v Haruki Muramatsu
Brian Raman v Jeffrey Sparidaans
Ben Robb v Johan Engstrom
Jim McEwan v Stephen Rosney
Jenson Walker v Jiri Brejcha
Cliff Prior v Clint Clarkson
Second Round
Jimmy van Schie (1) v Williams/Grbavac
Paul Krohne (16) v Kantele/Smolik
Corne Groeneveld (8) v Hogarth/Masalin
Stefan Schroder (9) v McGuirk/Rasmus
James Beeton (4) v Nilsson/Sakchekapo
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (13) v Hope/Johnson
Benjamin Pratnemer (5) v Schaefer/Bauerdick
David Pallett (12) v Luke/Krcmar
Jason Brandon (2) v Lawrie/Maruyama
Andy Davidson (15) v Kirk/Springer Jr
Matt Clark (7) v Tipple/Muramatsu
Francois Schweyen (10) v Raman/Sparidaans
Neil Duff (3) v Robb/Engström
Thomas Junghans (14) v McEwan/Rosney
David Fatum (6) v Walker/Brejcha
Raymond Smith (11) v Prior/Clarkson
WDF Women’s World Championship 2025 Draw
First Round
Aletta Wajer v Aaja Jalbert
Joanne Hadley v Eve Watson
Irina Armstrong v Maria Carli
Jitka Cisarova v Maud Jansson
Paula Murphy v Emine Dursun
Priscilla Steenbergen v Mayumi Ouchi OR Nina Lech-Musialska
Kirsi Viinikainen v Mikuru Suzuki
Paige Pauling v Lisa Zollikofer
Second Round
Lerena Rietbergen v Wajer/Jalbert
Aileen de Graaf v Hadley/Watson
Nicole Regnaud v Armstrong/Carli
Rhian O’Sullivan v Cisarova/Jansson
Lorraine Hyde v Murphy/Dursun
Tracy Feiertag v Steenbergen/Ouchi/Lech-Musialska
Deta Hedman v Viinikainen/Suzuki
Sophie McKinlay v Pauling/Zollikofer
WDF Youth World Championship 2025 Draw
Quarter-Finals
Mitchell Lawrie (SCO) v Adam Sepsi (HUN)
Kaya Baysal (ENG) v Thees Kogelnik (GER)
Florian Preis (GER) v Archie Self (ENG)
Mason Teese (ENG) v Benedek Szabo (HUN)
WDF Girls World Championship 2025 Draw
Semi-Finals
Paige Pauling (ENG) v Zehra Gemi (TUR)
Ruby Grey (ENG) v Rebecca Allen (IRE)
