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Preamble
It’s a communicative arsenic aged arsenic time: an undisputed champion breaks nan tone of allcomers until a superb young talent emerges to connection a caller and formidable challenge. That’s nan group up for tonight’s PDC World Championship last astatine Alexandra Palace, wherever nan world champion Luke Littler meets nan world younker champion Gian van Veen.
The twist is that nan world champion is 5 years younger than nan world younker champion. That’s because Littler took nan top shortcut successful darts history by winning nan world title astatine nan property of 17; now he is aiming to go nan first personification since Gary Anderson a decade agone to clasp nan Sid Waddell Trophy.
Littler, an 18-year-old veteran, and Van Veen person a mixed property of 41, making this easy nan youngest world title final. It’s hardly 2 years since they met successful nan world younker title last astatine Minehead, a thrilling crippled that Littler won 6-4. Van Veen has been nan world younker champion successful nan past 2 years. He didn’t hit Littler successful either of those tournaments but did person nan amended of their 5 contests successful 2025: Littler 2-3 Van Veen. He won’t beryllium intimidated tonight, not moreover erstwhile Littler goes into beast mode.
Everyone knew really bully Van Veen was, yet he went into this year’s title having ne'er won a lucifer astatine Ally Pally. While Littler reached nan last connected his first 2 appearances, and won nan point past year, Van Veen mislaid to Man Lok Leung and Ricardo Pietreczko.
Now they are successful nan last together. A twelvemonth aliases 2 earlier than expected, perhaps, but it was ever going to beryllium for illustration this.
The players will beryllium connected shape astatine 8.15pm GMT.
