The schedule for the Betfred World Matchplay has been confirmed.

As expected, defending champion Dimitri van den Bergh headlines the opening night. The Dream Maker will play Devon Petersen on Saturday 17 July.

World number one and world champion Gerwyn Price gets his campaign underway the same evening. He will take on Jermaine Wattimena, who replaces Mensur Suljovic after the Austrian pulled out of the tournament on medical grounds.

Peter Wright plays Danny Noppert on Sunday evening, while Michael van Gerwen takes on Damon Heta 24 hours later , in one of the ties of the first round.

World Matchplay
Dimitri Van den Bergh headlines the opening night of the Betfred World Matchplay schedule. Credit: Lawrence Lustig/PDC

2021 Betfred World Matchplay schedule

All session start times are BST.

Saturday 17 July (19.00 BST)

First round x4

Dave Chisnall 10-8 Vincent Van der Voort

Jonny Clayton 10-7 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Gerwyn Price 10-4 Jermaine Wattimena

Dimitri van den Bergh 10-5 Devon Petersen

Sunday 18 July (13.00 BST)

First round x4

Krzysztof Ratajski 10-4 Brendan Dolan

Callan Rydz 10-6 Glen Durrant

Rob Cross 10-8 Ross Smith

Luke Humphries 10-3 James Wade

Sunday 18 July (19.30 BST)

First round x4

Joe Cullen 10-8 Chris Dobey

Michael Smith 10-7 Ryan Searle

Peter Wright 10-2 Danny Noppert

Jose de Sousa 10-2 Gabriel Clemens

Monday 19 July (19.00 BST)

First round x4

Ian White 10-7 Daryl Gurney

Nathan Aspinall 10-6 Mervyn King

Michael van Gerwen 10-7 Damon Heta

Gary Anderson 10-5 Stephen Bunting

Tuesday 20 July (19.00 BST)

Second round x4

Callan Rydz 11-8 Rob Cross

Krzysztof Ratajski 11-5 Luke Humphries

Gerwyn Price 11-3 Jonny Clayton

Dimitri van den Bergh 11-8 Dave Chisnall

Wednesday 21 July (19.00 BST)

Second round x4

Michael Smith v Jose De Sousa

Gary Anderson v Nathan Aspinall

Michael van Gerwen v Ian White

Peter Wright v Joe Cullen

Thursday 22 July (19.00 BST)

Quarter finals x2

Krzysztof Ratajski 16-8 Callan Rydz

Dimitri Van den Bergh 16-9 Gerwyn Price

Friday 23 July (19.00 BST)

Quarter finals x2

Peter Wright 16-7 Michael Smith

Michael van Gerwen 16-9 Nathan Aspinall

Saturday 24 July (19.00 BST)

Semi finals x2

Dimitri Van den Bergh 17-9 Krzysztof Ratajski

Peter Wright 17-10 Michael van Gerwen

Sunday 25 July (20.30 BST)

Final

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Peter Wright

Can I still get tickets?

Yes. There are still limited tickets available for the 2021 Betfred World Matchplay.

Visit the PDC website to find out more.