World Darts Championship draw LIVE: Michael Smith, Luke Humphries and Fallon Sherrock discover first and second round opponents
Michael Smith is the current World Champion and will enter the draw in the second round
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Your support makes all the difference.The World Darts Championship returns in December as 96 international stars head to Alexandra Palace to compete for the Sid Waddell Trophy and claim the title of World Champion.
England’s Michael Smith is the current champion having defeated Michael van Gerwen 7-4 in the 2022/23 showpiece back in January this year. Smith will face either Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz when he enters the tournament in the second round whil Van Gerwen is set for a clash against Keane Barry or Reynaldo Rivera.
Fallon Sherrock has qualified for the tournament yet again and plays Jermaine Wattimena in the opening round ahead of a potential second round tie versus Martin Schindler.
Relive the World Darts Championship draw live below:
World Darts Championship draw
Dirk van Duijvenbode (12) takes on Keegan Brown or Boris Krcmar.
Gary Anderson (21) will face either Simon Whitlock or Paolo Nebrida.
Michael Van Gerwen (2) will play Keane Barry or Reynaldo Rivera.
Kim Huybrechts (21) faces Richard Veenstra or Ben Robb.
World Darts Championship draw
Laurence Gilding faces either Christian Kist or Luke Littler.
James Wade (13) plays either Matt Campbell or Lourence Ilagan.
Gerwyn Price (5) will play Connor Scutt or Krysztof Kychuk.
World Darts Championship draw
Johnny Clayton (9) will play either Steve Lennon or Owen Bates.
Peter Wright (4) will face Jim Williams or Norman Madhoo.
Raymond Van Barneveld (29) takes on either Radek Szaganski or Marcko Kantele.
World Darts Championship draw
Ross Smith (16) faces Niels Zonneveld or Darren Webster.
Chris Dobey (17) faces William O’Connor or Bhav Patel
Rob Cross (8) will play Either Mario Vandenbogaerde or Thibault Tricole
World Darts Championship draw
Madars Razma (32) takes on Mike De Decker or Dragutin Horvat.
World Darts Championship draw
The first and second round draws take place concurrently so first up:
Michael Smith (1) will play Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz.
World Darts Championship draw
A total of 96 players take part.
The 32 highest-ranked players in the PDC Order of Merit are seeded and go straight to the second round in a fixed bracket.
The next 32 highest-ranked players from the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and another 32 qualifiers are then drawn against each other in the first round.
World Darts Championship draw
Here we go.
The World Darts Championship draw is about to get going. Wayne Mardle is speaking on Sky Sports and claims that this tournament will be better than last year’s.
Bold statement.
Full field confirmed
The final four players at the 2024 World Darts Championship have been confirmed in the last few moments.
Florian Hempel impressed in a 7-5 win over Alan Soutar, while Rusty-Jake Rodriguez will also be in north London next month after beating George Killington.
Darren Webster is back for his 11th world championship appearance having beaten Daniel Klose 7-5 and Croatian star Boris Krcmar rounds out the quartet.
Luke Humphries a favourite to win
Luke Humphries is one of the favourites to take the trophy home this year.
Nicknamed Cool Hand Luke, he won isx legs in a row to come from 9-5 down to stun the Michael van Gerwen 11-9 in a thrilling final of the Players Championship Final at Butlins’ Minehead.
It was an incredible fightback and the 28-year-old lifted a third major TV crown within seven weeks.
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