The draw for the 2020/21 William Hill World Darts Championship has been confirmed.
Defending champion Peter Wright will face either Steve West or Amit Gilitwala on Tuesday 15 December. That round one match will be the first of the tournament, with the winner to play Snakebite later in the evening.
Ryan Murray and Lourence Ilagan will face each other in first round, with the victor playing world number one Michael van Gerwen in round two. Gerwyn Price takes on Luke Woodhouse or Jamie Lewis, with Michael Smith facing Jason Lowe or Dmitriy Gorbunov.
Other stand out first round ties include:
(1) Michael van Gerwen v Ryan Murray / Lourence Ilagan
(32) Ricky Evans v Mickey Mansell / Haupai Puha
(16) Joe Cullen v Wayne Jones / Ciaran Teehan
(17) Jonny Clayton v John Henderson / Marko Kantele
(8) Dave Chisnall v Keegan Brown / Ryan Miekle
(25) Danny Noppert v Martijn Kleermaker / Cameron Carolissen
(9) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Luke Humphries / Paul Lim
(24) Jermaine Wattimena v Derk Telnekes / Nick Kenny
(4) Michael Smith v Jason Lowe / Dmitriy Gorbunov
(29) Devon Petersen v Steve Lennon / Daniel Larsson
(13) Gary Anderson v Madars Razma / Toru Suzuki
(20) Mensur Suljovic v Maik Kuivenhoven / Matthew Edgar
(5) Rob Cross v Dirk Van Duijvenbode / Bradley Brooks
(28) Jamie Hughes v Adam Hunt / Lisa Ashton
(12) Glen Durrant v Steve Beaton / Diogo Portela
(21) Adrian Lewis v Damon Heta / Danny Baggish
(2) Peter Wright v Steve West / Amit Gilitwala
(31) Gabriel Clemens v Andy Hamilton / Nico Kurz
(15) Krzysztof Ratajski v Ryan Joyce / Karel Sedlacek
(18) Simon Whitlock v Darius Labanauskas / Chengan Liu
(7) James Wade v Callan Rydz / James Bailey
(26) Stephen Bunting v Andy Boulton / Deta Hedman
(10) Ian White v Kim Huybrechts / Di Zhuang
(23) Jeffrey de Zwaan v Ryan Searle / Danny Lauby
(3) Gerwyn Price v Luke Woodhouse / Jamie Lewis
(30) Brendan Dolan v Mike De Decker / Edward Foulkes
(14) Jose De Sousa v Ross Smith / David Evans
(19) Mervyn King v Max Hopp / Gordon Mathers
(6) Nathan Aspinall v Scott Waites / Matt Campbell
(27) Vincent van der Voort v Ron Meulenkamp / Boris Krcmar
(11) Daryl Gurney v William O’Connor / Neils Zonneveld
(22) Chris Dobey v Jeff Smith / Keane Bearry
The draw for the 2020/21 PDC World Darts Championship sees the top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit qualify for round two automatically. They make up the 32 seeds for the event.
The top 32 players on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, who are not already on the main Order of Merit, qualify for round one, as do 32 international qualifiers. The Pro Tour players and the qualifiers play each other to take on a seed in round two.
The seeded player then faces the winner of a round one game. Whoever wins that moves onto round three, where 32 players remain. If all the seeds qualify, then it would be 1 v 32, 2 v 31, and so on.
The semi finals will be the winner of section one v winner of section two. The winners of sections three and four will play in the other semi final.
The two semi final winners will play in the final, with the victor being crowned the William Hill World Darts Champion.
Tuesday December 15 (1800 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Wednesday December 16 (1200 GMT)
Afternoon Session
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Thursday December 17
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Friday December 18
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Saturday December 19
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Sunday December 20
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Monday December 21 (1800 GMT)
4x Second Round
Tuesday December 22
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
4x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
4x Second Round
Wednesday December 23
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
4x Second Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
4x Second Round
Sunday December 27
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x Third Round
Monday December 28
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x Third Round
Tuesday December 29
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round
Wednesday December 30
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
3x Fourth Round
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
3x Fourth Round
Friday January 1
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (1800 GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Saturday January 2 (1800 GMT)
Semi-Finals
Sunday January 3 (1930 GMT)
Final
The PDC have announced tickets for the event will be available for fans. They go on sale to PDC-TV Annual Subscribers from 12pm GMT on Thursday 3 December. Tickets then go on general sale from 12pm GMT on Friday 4 December.
The key information around purchasing tickets is that:
You can find full information on the PDC website.
Once again, there will be £2.5 million in prize money up for grabs. Here’s how it’s broken down:
Winner – £500,000
Runner Up – £200,000
Semi Finals – £100,000
Quarter Finals – £50,000
Fourth Round – £35,000
Third Round – £25,000
Second Round – £15,000
First Round – £7,500
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