Overview
- Littler defeated Nathan Aspinall 11–8 in the Players Championship Finals decider in Minehead.
- Seeding for the Dec. 11–Jan. 3 World Championship is finalized with Littler at No. 1, while Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen are placed on the opposite half.
- The upcoming World Championship expands to 128 participants for the first time.
- Germany’s Martin Schindler earns a career-high No. 13 seed, the best by a German, with the country’s other seven entrants unseeded.
- Gian van Veen retained the junior title by beating Beau Greaves 6–3 after Greaves became the first woman to reach that final.