The full draw, schedule and prize money for the World Darts Championship in London | Darts

As the holidays approach, the most important moment of the year begins for darts players. The World Cup will start on December 15 in the Alexandra Palace in London, with no fewer than twelve Dutch participants. The final is on January 3, 2023. View the full schedule and prize money information here.

First round (December 15-21)

Luke Woodhouse – Vladyslav Omelchenko
Ryan Meikle – Lisa Ashton
Adam Gawlas – Richie Burnett
Simon Whitlock – Christian Perez
Jim Williams – Sebastian Bialecki
William O’Connor – Beau Greaves
Ritchie Edhouse – David Cameron
Alan Soutar – Mal Cuming

Jermaine Wattimena -Nathan Rafferty
Martin Lukeman – Nobuhiro Yamamoto
Ricky Evans – Fallon Sherrock
Adrian Lewis – Daniel Larsson
Keegan Brown – Florian Hempel
Cameron Menzies – Diogo Portela
Andrew Gilding – Robert Owen
Geert Nentjes -Leonard Gates

Mickey Mansell – Ben Robb
Keane Barry – Grant Sampson
Rowby John Rodriguez – Lourence Ilagan
Danny Jansen – Paolo Nebrida
Steve Beaton – Danny van Tripp
Jamie Hughes – Jimmy Hendriks
Boris Krcmar – Toru Suzuki
Josh Rock – Jose Justicia

Niels Zonneveld -Lewy Williams
Mike de Decker – Jeff Smith
Karel Sedlacek – Raymond Smith
John O’Shea – Darius Labanauskas
Scott Williams – Ryan Joyce
Matt Campbell – Danny Baggish
Madars Razma – Prakash Jiwa
Martin Tailor – Xicheng Han

Michael van Gerwen is on the hunt for his fourth world title. © Taylor Lanning/PDC

Second round (December 15-23)

Gerwyn Price (1) – Luke Woodhouse / Vladyslav Omelchenko
Raymond van Barneveld (32) -Ryan Meikle/Lisa Ashton
Ryan Searle (16) Adam Gawlas / Richie Burnett
Jose de Sousa (17) – Simon Whitlock / Christian Perez
James Wade (8) – Jim Williams / Sebastian Bialecki
Gabriel Clemens (25) – William O’Connor / Beau Greaves
Danny Noppert (9) – Ritchie Edhouse / David Cameron
Daryl Gurney (24) – Alan Soutar / Mal Cuming

Michael Smith (4) – Jermaine Wattimena / Nathan Rafferty
Martin Schindler (29) – Martin Lukeman / Nobuhiro Yamamoto
Joe Cullen (13) Ricky Evans / Fallon Sherrock
Damon Heta (20) – Adrian Lewis / Daniel Larsson
Luke Humphries (5) – Keegan Brown / Florian Hempel
Vincent van der Voort (28) – Cameron Menzies / Diogo Portela
Dave Chisnall (12) – Andrew Gilding / Robert Owen
Stephen Bunting (21) – Geert Nentjes /Leonard Gates

Peter Wright (2) – Mickey Mansell / Ben Robb
Kim Huybrechts (31) – Keane Barry / Grant Sampson
Dimitri van den Bergh (15) – Rowby-John Rodriguez / Lourence Ilagan
Krzysztof Ratajski (18) – Danny Jansen / Paolo Nebrida
Jonny Clayton (7) – Steve Beaton / Danny van Tripp
Brendan Dolan (26) – Jamie Hughes / Jimmy Hendriks
Nathan Aspinall (10) – Boris Krcmar / Toru Suzuki
Callan Rydz (23) – Josh Rock / Jose Justicia

Michael van Gerwen (3)Niels Zonneveld / Lewy Williams
Mensur Suljovic (30) – Mike de Decker / Jeff Smith
Dirk van Duijvenbode (14) – Karel Sedlacek / Raymond Smith
Ross Smith (19) – John O’Shea / Darius Labanauskas
Rob Cross (6) – Scott Williams / Ryan Joyce
Mervyn King (27) – Matt Campbell / Danny Baggish
Gary Anderson (11) – Madars Razma / Prakash Jiwa
Chris Dobey (22) – Martin Tailor / Xicheng Han

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld may skip the first round.

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld may skip the first round. © Taylor Lanning/PDC

These are the other playing dates at the World Cup darts

December 27 – 29: Third round
December 29 – 30: Fourth round
January 1: Quarterfinals
January 2: Semifinals
January 3: Final

This is the prize money at the World Darts Championship

Winner: £500,000
Losing finalist: £200,000
Semifinalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Fourth round: 35,000 pounds
Third round: 25,000 pounds
Second round: 15,000 pounds
First round: 7500 lbs

The matches will be played in front of a frenzied crowd at Alexandra Palace in London.

The matches will be played in front of a frenzied crowd at Alexandra Palace in London. ©AFP


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