Luke Littler will begin his defence of the Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals against Simon Whitlock on Saturday afternoon.

The 32-player event in Amsterdam runs from Friday to Sunday with the winner scooping the £80,000 top prize and the total prize pot standing at £400,000.

Littler, the winner of back-to-back World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in August, beat Michael Smith 11-4 in the 2024 World Series finale.

The teenager is seeded second in the Netherlands after finishing behind Stephen Bunting in the World Series rankings.

A mouth-watering first-round match on Friday night pits reigning Premier Leaguer Darts champion Luke Humphries, the fourth seed, against James Wade. The pair met in the semi-finals of last weekend’s Czech Darts Open, Humphries powering to a 7-1 victory on his way to retaining the trophy.

The second round will be staged on Saturday evening with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final on Sunday.

World Series of Darts Finals schedule and results

All times UK and Ireland

Round one

Friday September 12 (from 6pm)
Kevin Doets v Jermaine Wattimena
Krzysztof Ratajski v Josh Rock
Damon Heta v Joe Cullen
Mike De Decker v Gabriel Clemens
Luke Humphries v James Wade
Wessel Nijman v Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting v Danny Noppert
Rob Cross v Haupai Puha

Saturday September 13 (from 11.45am)
Chris Dobey v Luke Woodhouse
Cameron Menzies v Peter Wright
Jonny Tata v Ross Smith
Cor Dekker v Raymond van Barneveld
Gerwyn Price v Danny Lauby
Luke Littler v Simon Whitlock
Jonny Clayton v Jason Brandon
Nathan Aspinall v Dave Chisnall

Round two

Saturday September 13 (from 6pm)
De Decker/Clemens v Heta/Cullen
Bunting/Noppert v Ratajski/Rock
Humphries/Wade v Doets/Wattimena
Cross/Puha v Nijman/Van Gerwen
Price/Lauby v Dekker/Van Barneveld
Dobey/Woodhouse v Menzies/Wright
Littler/Whitlock v Clayton/Brandon
Aspinall/Chisnall v Tata/R Smith

Quarter-finals

Sunday September 14 (from 11.45am)
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC

Semi-finals and final

Sunday September 14 (from 6pm)
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC

Live darts is back on Sky Sports from October 6-12 as the BoyleSports World Grand Prix is held in Leicester.