The 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship is taking place between Thursday 15 December 2022 and Tuesday 3 January 2023.

Held at Alexandra Palace, London, 96 of the world’s top darts players fight it out for the right to be crowned the World Darts Champion.

The draw has been made and as expected and the schedule for the opening two rounds has been announced. As expected, defending champion Peter Wright will headline the opening night. He’ll play the winner of the first game, Mickey Mansell v Ben Robb.

World number one Gerwyn Price begins his campaign for a second world title in three years on Monday 19 December. 2019 champion Michael van Gerwen starts his quest for a fourth World title on Wednesday 21 December.

Here’s a look at all the results and schedule of play for the 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship.

2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship Results and Schedule of Play

Thursday 15 December

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Ben Robb (R1)
Grant Sampson 3-1 Keane Barry (R1)
Nathan Rafferty 3-2 Jermaine Wattimena (R1)
Peter Wright 3-0 Mickey Mansell (R2)

Friday 16 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Alan Soutar 3-0 Mal Cuming (R1)
Boris Krcmar 3-0 Toru Suzuki (R1)
Adrian Lewis 3-0 Daniel Larsson (R1)
Kim Huybrechts 3-0 Grant Sampson (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Lourence Ilagan 3-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez (R1)
William O‘Connor 3-0 Beau Greaves (R1)
Florian Hempel 3-2 Keegan Brown (R1)
Michael Smith 3-0 Nathan Rafferty (R2)

Saturday 17 December

Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Martin Lukeman 3-0 Nobuhiro Yamamoto (R1)
Simon Whitlock 3-2 Christian Perez (R1)
Adam Gawlas 3-2 Richie Burnett (R1)
Alan Soutar 3-0 Daryl Gurney (R2)

Evening Session (2000 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Lisa Ashton (R1)
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Diogo Portela (R1)
Josh Rock 3-1 Jose Justicia (R1)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Lourence Ilagan (R2)

Sunday 18 December

Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Madars Razma 3-1 Prakash Jiwa (R1)
Karel Sedlacek 3-0 Raymond Smith (R1)
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Vladyslav Omelchenko (R1)
Damon Heta 3-0 Adrian Lewis (R2)

Evening Session (2000 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Mike De Decker 3-1 Jeff Smith (R1)
Scott Williams 3-0 Ryan Joyce (R1)
Danny Baggish 3-0 Matt Campbell (R1)
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Boris Krcmar (R2)

Monday 19 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Andrew Gilding 3-2 Robert Owen (R1)
Danny Jansen 3-2 Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Lewy Williams 3-0 Niels Zonneveld (R1)
Jose de Sousa 3-2 Simon Whitlock (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Leonard Gates 3-1 Geert Nentjes (R1)
David Cameron 3-2 Ritchie Edhouse (R1)
Danny van Trijp 3-0 Steve Beaton (R1)
Gerwyn Price 3-1 Luke Woodhouse (R2)

Tuesday 20 December

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round One, 1x Round Two
Jim Williams 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki (R1)
Jimmy Hendriks 3-1 Jamie Hughes (R1)
Ricky Evans 3-1 Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 Ryan Meikle (R2)

Wednesday 21 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

2x Round One, 2x Round Two
Darius Labanauskas 3-2 John O’Shea (R1)
Martijn Kleermaker 3-0 Xicheng Han (R1)
Josh Rock 3-0 Callan Rydz (R2)
Dave Chisnall 3-1 Andrew Gilding (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

4x Round One
Mervyn King 3-2 Danny Baggish (R2)
Gabriel Clemens 3-0 William O‘Connor (R2)
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Lewy Williams (R2)
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Leonard Gates (R2)

Thursday 22 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Round Two
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Danny Jansen (R2)
Ryan Searle 3-0 Adam Gawlas (R2)
Mensur Suljovic 3-0 Mike De Decker (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-1 Karel Sedlacek (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

4x Round Two
Gary Anderson 3-1 Madars Razma (R2)
Jim Williams 3-2 James Wade (R2)
Luke Humphries 3-2 Florian Hempel (R2)
Vincent van der Voort 3-1 Cameron Menzies (R2)

Friday 23 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Round Two
Brendan Dolan 3-1 Jimmy Hendriks (R2)
Chris Dobey 3-0 Martijn Kleermaker (R2)
Ross Smith 3-0 Darius Labanauskas (R2)
Rob Cross 3-1 Scott Williams (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

4x Round Two
Martin Schindler 3-1 Martin Lukeman (R2)
Danny Noppert 3-1 David Cameron (R2)
Jonny Clayton 3-0 Danny Van Trijp (R2)
Joe Cullen 3-1 Ricky Evans (R2)

Tuesday 27 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Round Three
Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-1 Krzysztof Ratajski
Josh Rock 4-3 Nathan Aspinall
Jonny Clayton 4-1 Brendan Dolan

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round Three
Gabriel Clemens 4-3 Jim Williams
Gerwyn Price 4-0 Raymond van Barneveld
Kim Huybrechts 4-1 Peter Wright

Wednesday 28 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Round Three
Jose de Sousa 4-3 Ryan Searle
Alan Soutar 4-2 Danny Noppert
Chris Dobey 4-1 Gary Anderson

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round Three
Joe Cullen v Damon Heta
Michael van Gerwen v Mensur Suljovic
Michael Smith v Martin Schindler

Thursday 29 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Round Three
Dirk van Duijvenbode 4-3 Ross Smith
Rob Cross 4-1 Mervyn King
Stephen Bunting 4-2 Dave Chisnall

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

1x Round Three, 2x Round Four
Luke Humphries 4-3 Vincent van der Voort (R3)
Gerwyn Price 4-1 Jose de Sousa (R4)
Jonny Clayton 4-3 Josh Rock (R4)

Friday 30 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Round Four
Kim Huybrechts v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Gabriel Clemens v Alan Soutar
Michael Smith v Joe Cullen

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Round Four
Chris Dobey 4-2 Rob Cross
Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Stephen Bunting 4-1 Luke Humphries

Sunday 1 January 2023

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

2x Quarter Finals
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Jonny Clayton
Michael Smith v Stephen Bunting

Evening Session (1930 GMT)

2x Quarter Finals
Gerwyn Price v Gabriel Clemens
Michael van Gerwen v Chris Dobey

Monday 2 January 2023

Evening Session (1930 GMT)

2x Semi Finals
Michael Smith 6-2 Gabriel Clemens
Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Tuesday 3 January 2023

Evening Session (2000 GMT)

Final
Michael Smith v Michael van Gerwen

Schedule subject to change

Format

Round One – Best of five sets
Round Two – Best of five sets
Round Three – Best of seven sets
Round Four – Best of seven sets
Quarter Finals – Best of nine sets
Semi Finals – Best of 11 sets
Final – Best of 13 sets

Tie Breaks

Round One matches will not have a tie-break. If the fifth set reaches 2-2 in legs, then the fifth leg will be sudden-death.

From Round Two onwards, there will be a tie-break rule employed in all matches. Where a deciding set must be won by two clear legs, if the score in the final set reaches 5-5 then a sudden death leg will be played.

There would be no throw for the bull in any sudden death legs.