Beginning from 15th December at London’s Alexandra Place, showpiece event of Darts known as World Darts Championship 2022-2023 will kick-off with star-studded line-up, we examine the tournament format, playing line-up, schedule, dates, tickets, draw, fixtures, & prize money
With the first and second round play schedules already known, Peter Wright will begin defending his Cazoo World Darts Championship championship on the first night of the 2022–23 competition. Mickey Mansell or Ben Robb will be Peter Wright’s opponents when he starts his title defense.
World Darts Championship 2022-2023 Schedule, Dates, Time, Draw, Format, Players Entry List Lineup, Tickets, Prize Money, Live Stream On TV Coverage
"I’m in the top 32 now, and I’m proud of myself. I am really happy, and if you feel happy, then anything is possible."
Raymond van Barneveld is set to celebrate his 30-year anniversary at the sport’s top level at this year's Cazoo World Darts Championship! 🇳🇱👇
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 2, 2022
2023 PDC World Darts Championship Schedule, Venue, Draw, Format, & Playing Line-up
Wright won his second World Championship title at Alexandra Palace one year ago after mounting a remarkable comeback to defeat Michael Smith and replicate his achievements from 2020. In his opening game, Wright will play the winner of first-round clash between Robb and Mansell. As they compete for the chance to face the seeded players, the ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers will face-off against the Qualifiers & International Representatives in the first round action. Elsewhere, the winner of the first-round match between Luke Woodhouse and Vladyslav Omelchenko will face top-seed Gerwyn Price.
Michael van Gerwen, a three-time winner, could start his quest for a fourth Sid Waddell Trophy with an all-Dutch matchup against Niels Zonneveld, who will face Lewy Williams of Wales in the opening round. Michael Smith, who just won the Grand Slam, will face a challenging test against the winner of first-round clash featuring Nathan Rafferty vs Jermaine Wattimena. On her return to the venue where she made history three years ago by defeating a man at the PDC World Championship, Fallon Sherrock will face Ricky Evans. Later, the winner of this match will qualify for the second round, where they will face Masters champion Joe Cullen.
In other matches, if Stoke-on-Trent star Adrian Lewis wins his match against Sweden’s Daniel Larsson in the first round, the two-time World Champion might play Australia’s World Cup victor Damon Heta. Heta’s World Cup partner Simon Whitlock will compete against Christian Perez, the winner of the PDC Asian Championship, for the chance to face Jose de Sousa in a thrilling second-round matchup. Tickets can be purchased by the fans from here.
2023 PDC World Darts Championship Draw & Schedule
15th December Evening Schedule (19:00 GMT)
Mickey Mansell v Ben Robb (First Round)
Keane Barry v Grant Sampson (First Round)
Jermaine Wattimena v Nathan Rafferty (First Round)
Peter Wright v Mansell/Robb (Second Round)
16th December Afternoon Schedule (11:00 GMT)
Alan Soutar v Mal Cuming (First Round)
Boris Krcmar v Toru Suzuki (First Round)
Adrian Lewis v Daniel Larsson (First Round)
Kim Huybrechts v Barry/Sampson (Second Round)
16th December Evening Schedule (20:00 GMT)
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Lourence Ilagan (First Round)
William O‘Connor v Beau Greaves (First Round)
Keegan Brown v Florian Hempel (First Round)
Michael Smith v Wattimena/Rafferty (Second Round)
17th December Afternoon Schedule (11:00 GMT)
Martin Lukeman v Nobuhiro Yamamoto (First Round)
Simon Whitlock v Christian Perez (First Round)
Adam Gawlas v Richie Burnett (First Round)
Daryl Gurney v Soutar/Cuming (Second Round)
17th December Evening Schedule (20:00 GMT)
Ryan Meikle v Lisa Ashton (First Round)
Cameron Menzies v Diogo Portela (First Round)
Josh Rock v Jose Justicia (First Round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Rodriguez/Ilagan (Second Round)
18th December Afternoon Schedule (11:00 GMT)
Madars Razma v Prakash Jiwa (First Round)
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond Smith (First Round)
Luke Woodhouse v Vladyslav Omelchenko (First Round)
Damon Heta v Lewis/Larsson (Second Round)
18th December Evening Schedule (20:00 GMT)
Mike De Decker v Jeff Smith (First Round)
Scott Williams v Ryan Joyce (First Round)
Matt Campbell v Danny Baggish (First Round)
Nathan Aspinall v Krcmar/Suzuki (Second Round)
19th December Afternoon Schedule (12:30 GMT)
Andrew Gilding v Robert Owen (First Round)
Danny Jansen v Paolo Nebrida (First Round)
Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams (First Round)
Jose de Sousa v Whitlock/Perez (Second Round)
19th December Evening Schedule (19:00 GMT)
Geert Nentjes v Leonard Gates (First Round)
Ritchie Edhouse v David Cameron (First Round)
Steve Beaton v Danny van Trijp (First Round)
Gerwyn Price v Woodhouse/Omelchenko (Second Round)
20th December Evening Schedule (19:00 GMT)
Jim Williams v Sebastian Bialecki (First Round)
Jamie Hughes v Jimmy Hendriks (First Round)
Ricky Evans v Fallon Sherrock (First Round)
Raymond van Barneveld v Meikle/Ashton (Second Round)
21st December Afternoon Schedule (12:30 GMT)
John O’Shea v Darius Labanauskas (First Round)
Martijn Kleermaker v Xicheng Han (First Round)
Callan Rydz v Rock/Justicia (Second Round)
Dave Chisnall v Gilding/Owen (Second Round)
21st December Evening Schedule (19:00 GMT)
Mervyn King v Campbell/Baggish (Second Round)
Gabriel Clemens v O‘Connor/Greaves (Second Round)
Michael van Gerwen v Zonneveld/L Williams (Second Round)
Stephen Bunting v Nentjes/Gates (Second Round)
22nd December Afternoon Schedule (12:30 GMT)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Jansen/Nebrida (Second Round)
Ryan Searle v Gawlas/Burnett (Second Round)
Mensur Suljovic v De Decker/J Smith (Second Round)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Sedlacek/R Smith (Second Round)
22nd December Evening Schedule (20:00 GMT)
Gary Anderson v Razma/Jiwa (Second Round)
James Wade v J Williams/Bialecki (Second Round)
Luke Humphries v Brown/Hempel (Second Round)
Vincent van der Voort v Menzies/Portela (Second Round)
23rd December Afternoon Schedule (12:30 GMT)
Brendan Dolan v Hughes/Hendriks (Second Round)
Chris Dobey v Kleermaker/Han (Second Round)
Ross Smith v O’Shea/Labanauskas (Second Round)
Rob Cross v S Williams/Joyce (Second Round)
23rd December Evening Schedule (19:00 GMT)
Martin Schindler v Lukeman/Yamamoto (Second Round)
Danny Noppert v Edhouse/Cameron (Second Round)
Jonny Clayton v Beaton/Van Trijp (Second Round)
Joe Cullen v Evans/Sherrock (Second Round)
Prize Money Pool Distribution of 2023 PDC World Darts Championship
From the net prize fund of £2,500,000, the champion of 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship will get prize money of £500,000, while runner-up of this prestigious tournament will bag £200,000. At this tournament, each player is guaranteed reward of £7,500 and semi-final losers are assured of £100,000.
| Position | No. of Players | Prize Money |
| Winner | 1 | £500,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | £200,000 |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | £100,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | £50,000 |
| Fourth round losers | 8 | £35,000 |
| Third round losers | 16 | £25,000 |
| Second round losers | 32 | £15,000 |
| First round losers | 32 | £7,500 |
| Total | 128 | £2,500,000 |
When And Where to Watch: Live Stream And TV Telecast Coverage
Live coverage of the competition will be available on PDCTV, DAZN, & the PDC’s international broadcast partners, including Viaplay. In UK, Sky Sports will provide coverage of this competition, while Nova TV will stream this competition in numerous countries like Slovakia and Czech Republic.
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