2024 Betfred World Matchplay: Preview, title odds, how to follow
The 2024 Betfred World Matchplay is here.
In this article, you’ll find out:
- who’s involved
- the prize money on offer
- the schedule of play
- how you can follow it with us
Who’s involved in the Betfred World Matchplay?
The field is made up of the top 16 from the:
- PDC Order of Merit
- Pro Tour Order of Merit
At the end of the latest Players Championship event. The players who qualified are:
PDC Order of Merit
- Luke Humphries
- Michael van Gerwen
- Michael Smith
- Gerwyn Price
- Nathan Aspinall
- Rob Cross
- Dave Chisnall
- Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Peter Wright
- Jonny Clayton
- Damon Heta
- Danny Noppert
- Ross Smith
- Chris Dobey
- Joe Cullen
- Stephen Bunting
Pro Tour Order of Merit
- Gary Anderson
- Josh Rock
- Ryan Searle
- Martin Schindler
- Gian van Veen
- Luke Littler
- Ricardo Pietreczko
- Daryl Gurney
- Ryan Joyce
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Brendan Dolan
- Ritchie Edhouse
- Krzysztof Ratajski
- Luke Woodhouse
- Andrew Gilding
- James Wade
Prize Money
There is £800,000 in prize money for the 2024 Betfred World Matchplay. It’s broken down like this:
Winner – £200,000
Runner Up – £100,000
Semi Finals – £50,000
Quarter Finals – £30,000
Second Round – £15,000
First Round – £10,000
Michael van Gerwen will defend £200,000 on his Order of Merit ranking, after winning the title in 2022. The Green Machine can only drop to third in the world rankings though, as he also has to defend the money he won for securing the World Grand Prix and Players Championship Finals titles in that same year.
Gerwyn Price was his opponent in 2019, and he will be defending £100,000 this time around. He has already dropped to provisional world number six for losing this money on his ranking, and could drop lower if he fails to go deep once again in Blackpool.
You can view the live Order of Merit on the DartsRankings website.
How does the draw look?
Michael van Gerwen will play Luke Littler in the tie of round one at the 2024 Betfred World Matchplay, one of the most high profile round one games in the tournament history.
You can view the full draw here.
What’s the schedule of play for the Betfred World Matchplay?
As defending champion, Nathan Aspinall will headline the opening night of the 2024 event, which also features world champion and world number one Luke Humphries.
Micahel van Gerwen and Luke Littler’s hotly anticipated clash is on Monday night, as is another huge game between Michael Smith and Gary Anderson.
In addition, the opening Sunday session timings have changed, to not clash with Spain v England in the Euro 2024 final.
The full schedule looks like this:
Saturday 13 July (19.30 BST)
Round One x4
Gerwyn Price v Daryl Gurney
Jonny Clayton v Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Humphries v Ricardo Pietreczko
Nathan Aspinall v Luke Woodhouse
Sunday 14 July (12.00 BST)
Round One x4
Ross Smith v Josh Rock
Danny Noppert v James Wade
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Martin Schindler
Stephen Bunting v Ryan Joyce
Sunday 14 July (16.30 BST)
Round One x4
Rob Cross v Gian van Veen
Joe Cullen v Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright v Andrew Gilding
Dave Chisnall v Krzysztof Ratajski
Monday 15 July (19.00 BST)
Round One x4
Damon Heta v Ryan Searle
Michael Smith v Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen v Luke Littler
Chris Dobey v Ritchie Edhouse
Tuesday 16 July (19.00 BST)
Round Two x4
Wednesday 17 July (19.00 BST)
Round Two x4
Thursday 18 July (20.00 BST)
Quarter Finals x2
Friday 19 July (20.00 BST)
Quarter Finals x2
Saturday 20 July (20.00 BST)
Semi Finals x2
Sunday 21 July (13.00 BST)
Women’s World Matchplay – Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final
Sunday 21 July (20.00 BST)
Final
Who are the favourites for the title?
The number one seed Humphries is currently favourite at 3/1 to lift the World Matchplay title for the first time with title sponsors Betfred. Littler is 4/1 and second favourite, followed by Gerwyn Price at 15/2 and van Gerwen 9/1.
2019 winner Rob Cross is 14/1, while 2021 champion Peter Wright is 66/1.
You must be 18 or over to bet on the World Matchplay. begambleaware.org.
How can I follow the Betfred World Matchplay?
The Betfred World Matchplay will be live on Sky Sports in the UK. You can also watch it outside the UK via the PDC’s broadcast partners, such as RTL or DAZN.
You can also live stream the event. Find out more here.
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