2025 Australian Darts Masters: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

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The schedule for the World Series of Darts in 2025 is winding down, with this weekend's Australian Darts Masters event as the latest tournament on the darts calendar.

8 PDC representatives will face off against 8 regional qualifiers.

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What to know about the 2025 Australian Darts Masters

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

2025 Australian Darts Masters draw and schedule

Here are the first-round matchups.

First round

MatchDateTime (local)
Mike De Decker vs. Brandon WeeningFri., Aug. 87:15 p.m.
Gerwyn Price vs. Joe ComitoFri., Aug. 87:45 p.m.
Stephen Bunting vs. Brody KlingeFri., Aug. 88:15 p.m.
Luke Humphries vs. Jonny TataFri., Aug. 88:45 p.m.
Damon Heta vs. James BaileyFri., Aug. 89:15 p.m.
Luke Littler vs. Haupai PuhaFri., Aug. 89:45 p.m.
Josh Rock vs. Simon WhitlockFri., Aug. 810:15 p.m.
Chris Dobey vs. Tim PuseyFri., Aug. 810:45 p.m.

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Tournament bracket

Here are the matchups for the tournament after the first round.

Quarterfinals

MatchDateTime (local)
Bunting vs. RockSat., Aug. 97:00 p.m.
Littler vs. HetaSat., Aug. 97:30 p.m.
Price vs. DobeySat., Aug. 98:00 p.m.
Humphries vs. De DeckerSat., Aug. 98:30 p.m.

Semifinals

MatchDateTime (local)
TBDSat., Aug. 99:00 p.m.
TBDSat., Aug. 99:40 p.m.

Final

MatchDateTime (local)
TBDSat., Aug. 910:30 p.m.

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Prize Money

*Via Wikipedia

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £100,000)
Winner(1)£30,000
Runner-up(1)£16,000
Semi-finalists(2)£10,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£5,000
First round(8)£1,750

Format

Each PDC representative was matched up with an Oceania qualifier for the round of 16 on Friday.

The eight winners will advance and play in the quarterfinals on Saturday night.

The semifinals and final follow the quarterfinal round on Saturday night.

The round of 16 and quarterfinal round matches will be best of 11 legs.

The semifinal round games are best of 13 legs, and the final to crown the winner will be a best-of-15 game.

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