Overview
- Top seed Jimmy van Schie defeated Mitchell Lawrie 6-3 in the Lakeside final after winning six consecutive sets from 0-3 down.
- Lawrie, 15, became the first teenager to reach a WDF World Championship final and the youngest player to win a match at the venue.
- Earlier on finals day, Lawrie won the WDF Open Youth title by beating Germany’s Florian Preis 4-2.
- Lawrie produced tournament averages reported north of 90 and an unmatched 56 maximum 180s, underlining his high-scoring surge.
- Van Schie hailed Lawrie as “the future of darts,” while Luke Littler praised the youngster on social media; Deta Hedman claimed the women’s crown 4-1 over Lerena Rietbergen to become the oldest world champion on the Lakeside stage.