2025 New Zealand Darts Masters
| 2025 SkyCity New Zealand Darts Masters | |||
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| Dates | 15–16 August 2025 | ||
| Venue | Spark Arena | ||
| Location | Auckland | ||
| Country |  New Zealand | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £100,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
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The 2025 New Zealand Darts Masters, known as the 2025 SkyCity New Zealand Darts Masters for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the upcoming fifth staging of the professional darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), and the seventh event in the 2025 World Series of Darts. The tournament will feature 16 players (eight elite PDC players and eight Oceania representatives) and will be held at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand on 15 and 16 August 2025.[2]
Luke Humphries is the defending champion after defeating Damon Heta 8–2 in the 2024 final.[3][4]
Overview
[edit]Format
[edit]Eight elite PDC representatives will be drawn to play eight Oceania representatives in the first round on Friday 15 August; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all take place on Saturday 16 August.[5] All matches are in leg play format, with the number of legs required to win increasing as the tournament progresses:
- First round and quarter-finals: Best of eleven legs
- Semi-finals: Best of thirteen legs
- Final: Best of fifteen legs
Prize money
[edit]The winner will receive £30,000. The total prize fund is £100,000.[6]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £100,000) | |
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| Winner | (1) | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £16,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £10,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £5,000 |
| First round | (8) | £1,750 |
Qualifiers
[edit]The PDC announced the first six players participating as their elite representatives on 14 May, with two more players to be confirmed. Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall were absent from the lineup due to family reasons.[7] On 15 July, 2025 World Cup winner Josh Rock and 2024 World Grand Prix winner Mike De Decker were announced as the final two PDC representatives, who will both make their World Series debut the week prior at the Australian Masters.[5]
Luke Humphries - Luke Littler
Damon Heta - Stephen Bunting
Gerwyn Price - Chris Dobey
Josh Rock 
Mike De Decker
The first two Oceania representatives announced were Simon Whitlock, who has competed in every World Series event held in Oceania, and Haupai Puha, who is a PDC Tour Card holder.[7] They were joined by the three highest-ranked players on the Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Order of Merit: Jonny Tata, Mark Cleaver and John Hurring.[8] Ben Robb and Dean Reyland qualified for the tournament through DPNZ qualifiers.[9] The final place was claimed by Gordon Mathers, who won the Dartplayers Australia (DPA) qualifier.[10]
| Qualification | Player |
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| Invitees |  Simon Whitlock
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| PDC Tour Card holders | Haupai Puha
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| DPNZ qualifiers | Jonny Tata
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| Mark Cleaver
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| John Hurring
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| Ben Robb
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| Dean Reyland
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| DPA qualifier | Gordon Mathers
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Draw
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References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Dave (12 May 2025). "New Zealand Darts Masters given boost with SkyCity sponsorship". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "PDC Darts 2025 season: Tournament calendar, fixtures and results". Sporting Life. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Humphries claims maiden World Series title in NZ". BBC Sport. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Luke Humphries stuns Luke Littler with New Zealand Masters semi-final comeback en route to title". Sky Sports. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b Gorton, Josh (15 July 2025). "Rock & De Decker to make World Series debuts Down Under". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "New Zealand Darts Masters 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b Gorton, Josh (14 May 2025). "Humphries & Littler to headline World Series double-header Down Under". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (27 May 2025). "Puha & Tata clinch DPNZ ProTour titles in Hamilton". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (7 July 2025). "DPNZ trio secure World Series of Darts qualification". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Gordon Mathers Secures a Return to the PDC World Series of Darts Stage". dartplayersaustralia.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.