Reigning World Darts Championship champion Michael Smith is set to take on either Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz when he begins the defence of his title next month. The illustrious tournament will begin on Friday, December 15 at Alexandra Palace in London. Smith defeated Dutch ace Michael van Gerwen 7-4 in the final last time around to win the tournament for the first time in his career. And the draw for the latest World Darts Championship took place on Monday afternoon.
The top 32 players will enter the tournament in the second round, with the other 64 unseeded players getting started in the first round. The tournament comprises seven rounds, with the final taking place on Sunday, January 3 2024.
Fallon Sherrock will take on Jermaine Wattimena in the first round, with the winner of that contest going on to face Martin Schindler.
Elsewhere, second seed Michael Van Gerwen, who has won the tournament on three occasions will play against either Keane Barry or Reynaldo Rivera in the second round. Third seed Luke Humphries will face off with either Lee Evans or Sandro Eric Sosing in his first match, while fourth seed Peter Wright will go up against Jim Williams or Norman Madhoo.
Gerwyn Price (5) has been drawn to take on Connor Scutt or Krysztof Kychuk in the second round, while Nathan Aspinall (6) will go head-to-head with either Ricky Evasn or Simon Adams.
World Darts Championship 2024 Full Draw
Michael Smith v Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz
Madars Razman v Mike De Decker or Dragutin Horvat
Ross Smith v Niels Zonneveld or Darren Webster
Chris Dobey v William O’Connor or Bhav Patel
Rob Cross v Mario Vandenbogaerde or Thibault Tricole
Jose De Sousa v Richie Edhouse or Jeffrey De Graaf
Jonny Clayton v Steve Lennon or Owen Bates
Krzysztof Ratajski v Jamie Hughes or David Cameron
Peter Wright v Jim Williams or Norman Madhoo
Raymond van Barneveld v Radek Szaganski or Marko Kantele
James Wade v Matt Campbell or Lourence Ilagan
Andrew Gilding v Christian Kist or Luke Littler
Gerwyn Price v Connor Scutt r Krzystof Kcuik
Brendan Dolan v Mickey Mansell or Xiaochen Zong
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Keegan Brown or Boris Krcmar
Gary Anderson v Simon Whitlock or Paolo Nebrida
Michael van Gerwen v Keane Barry or Reynaldo Rivera
Kim Huybrechts v Richard Veenstra or Ben Robb
Dimitri van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin or Florian Hempel
Stephen Bunting v Ryan Joyce or Alex Spellman
Danny Noppert v Scott Williams or Haruki Muramatsu
Martin Schindler v Jermaine Wattimena or Fallon Sherrock
Damon Heta v Martin Lukeman or Haupai Puha
Josh Rock v Luke Woodhouse or Berry van Peer
Luke Humphries v Lee Evans or Sandro Eric Sosing
Callan Rydz v Ricardo Pietreczko or Mikuru Suzuki
Joe Cullen v Jules van Dongen or Darren Penhall
Ryan Searle v Ian White or Tomoya Goto
Nathan Aspinall v Ricky Evans or Simon Adams
Daryl Gurney v Steve Beaton or Wessel Nijman
Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies or Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Gabriel Clemens v Gian van Veen or Man Lok Leung
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