Poland Darts Masters 2025: Order of play, full schedule and times as Luke Littler defends his title
Reigning champ Luke Littler begins his back-to-back bid at the Superbet Poland Darts Masters against Czech star Karel Sedlacek.
The third edition of the World Series event takes place in Gliwice as the sport's biggest names compete for silverware across two days of competition at the PreZero Arena.
Littler stormed to victory on debut 12 months ago as he sank Peter Wright, Michael Smith and Rob Cross to clinch his second World Series of Darts crown.
The World Champion will make his return to Polish soil against the Czech No.1, who steered his nation to a first World Cup of Darts quarter-final in Frankfurt last month.
Friday's first round will see eight PDC superstars take on eight Eastern European representatives for a place in Saturday's Finals Day as 2023 champion Michael van Gerwen also takes centre stage.
The Dutch superstar returned to big stage action in New York last weekend following a five-week hiatus and he will kick off his campaign against Croatian Tour Card Holder Pero Ljubic.
Welsh No.1 Jonny Clayton meets home hero Krzysztof Ratajski, while his World Cup partner Gerwyn Price also faces Polish opposition of his own in former UK Open quarter-finalist Sebastian Bialecki.
Top seed Stephen Bunting will play Tytus Kanik for a place in the quarter-finals and 2024 runner-up Rob Cross is up against Krzysztof Kciuk in his opening round tie.
Nathan Aspinall, a finalist at last weekend's US Darts Masters, Radek Szaganski, while Chris Dobey makes his Poland Darts Masters debut against Hungarian qualifier Gyorgy Jehirszki.
Following Friday's first round action, the Superbet Poland Darts Masters will conclude on Saturday evening with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final during a bumper session of action in Gliwice.
Order of Play
Friday July 4 (6pm UK time)
First Round
Chris Dobey v Gyorgy Jehirszki
Gerwyn Price v Sebastian Bialecki
Rob Cross v Krzysztof Kciuk
Michael van Gerwen v Pero Ljubic
Stephen Bunting v Tytus Kanik
Luke Littler v Karel Sedlacek
Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski
Nathan Aspinall v Radek Szaganski
Best of 11 legs
Saturday July 5 (6pm UK time)
Quarter-Finals
Best of 11 legs
Semi-Finals
Best of 13 legs
Final
Best of 15 legs
WHERE TO WATCH: The tournament will be broadcast live on ITV4 in the UK through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay and on PDCTV.
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