Littler booked his spot in the quarter-finals with a tense 4-3 win over Ryan Joyce, while Van Gerwen put on a vintage display to beat Jeffrey de Graaf.
Wright turned the formbook upside down to stun big favourite Humphries, who was well below par in a 4-1 defeat.
Marching on: Luke Littler beat Ian White to reach the last 16 at the World Darts Championship
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World Darts Championship schedule
(Seeds in brackets, all times GMT)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Dobey (15) vs Gerwyn Price (10)
Michael van Gerwen (3) vs Callan Rydz
Peter Wright (17) vs Stephen Bunting (8)
Luke Littler (4) vs Nathan Aspinall (12)
Thursday, January 2 (7.30pm)
Rydz/Van Gerwen vs Dobey/Price
Littler/Aspinall vs Wright/Bunting
World Darts Championship results
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Keane Barry 3-0 Kim Huybrechts
(1) Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 James Wade (16)
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Leonard Gates
(10) Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
(17) Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Paolo Nebrida 3-2 Jim Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
(12) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
(27) Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
(2) Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alexander Merkx 3-0 vs Stephen Burton
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing (walkover)
(8) Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
(3) Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
(30) Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
(15) Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
(13) Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
(32) Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
(4) Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle
(9) Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(20) Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
(25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
(23) Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
(29) Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
(22) Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
(19) Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
(14) Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
(11) Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(31) Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo
(21) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman
(18) Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin
(7) Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell
(28) Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
(26) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel
(6) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans
(5) Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
(9) Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
(7) Jonny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney (26)
(8) Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma
(10) Gerwyn Price 4-3 Joe Cullen (23)
Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright (17)
(1) Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle (20)
Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding (21)
(15) Chris Dobey 4-2 Josh Rock (18)
(3) Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Brendan Dolan (30)
(4) Luke Littler 4-1 Ian White
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf 4-1 Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets 4-3 Krzysztof Ratajski (31)
(11) Dimitri van den Bergh 0-4 Callan Rydz
Ricky Evans 2-4 Robert Owen
(7) Jonny Clayton 2-4 Gerwyn Price (10)
(1) Luke Humphries 1-4 Peter Wright (17)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Kevin Doets 3-4 Chris Dobey (15)
Robert Owen 3-4 Callan Rydz
Ricardo Pietreczko 0-4 Nathan Aspinall (12)
Stephen Bunting (8) 4-0 Luke Woodhouse
Michael van Gerwen (3) 4-2 Jeffrey de Graaf
Luke Littler (4) 4-3 Ryan Joyce
How to watch the World Darts Championship
TV channel: The tournament will be covered live in full on Sky Sports. Both the afternoon and evening sessions will be shown on Sky Sports Darts, with many sessions also on Sky Sports Main Event.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to watch on a live stream online through the Sky Go app.
World Darts Championship latest odds
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
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