The 2023-24 Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship

KevIRL

2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship

Schedule of Play

Friday December 15 (1900 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Kevin Doets v Stowe Buntz (R1)

Cameron Menzies v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (R1)

Simon Whitlock v Paolo Nebrida (R1)

Michael Smith v Doets/Buntz (R2)

Saturday December 16

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Lee Evans v Sandro Eric Sosing (R1)

Connor Scutt v Krzysztof Kciuk (R1)

Jules van Dongen v Darren Penhall (R1)

Dave Chisnall v Menzies/Rodriguez (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Jamie Hughes v David Cameron (R1)

Keane Barry v Reynaldo Rivera (R1)

Scott Williams v Haruki Muramatsu (R1)

Gary Anderson v Whitlock/Nebrida (R2)

Sunday December 17

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Ricky Evans v Simon Adams (R1)

Jim Williams v Norman Madhoo (R1)

Matt Campbell v Lourence Ilagan (R1)

Joe Cullen v Van Dongen/Penhall (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Dylan Slevin v Florian Hempel (R1)

Niels Zonneveld v Darren Webster (R1)

Jermaine Wattimena v Fallon Sherrock (R1)

Luke Humphries v Evans/Eric Sosing (R2)

Monday December 18 (1900 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Mario Vandenbogaerde v Thibault Tricole (R1)

Gian van Veen v Man Lok Leung (R1)

Martin Lukeman v Haupai Puha (R1)

Gerwyn Price v Scutt/Kciuk (R2)

Tuesday December 19

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Ian White v Tomoya Goto (R1)

Ritchie Edhouse v Jeffrey de Graaf (R1)

Keegan Brown v Boris Krcmar (R1)

James Wade v Campbell/Ilagan (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Steve Beaton v Wessel Nijman (R1)

Mike De Decker v Dragutin Horvat (R1)

Ricardo Pietreczko v Mikuru Suzuki (R1)

Michael van Gerwen v Barry/Rivera (R2)

Wednesday December 20

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Radek Szaganski v Marko Kantele (R1)

Steve Lennon v Owen Bates (R1)

William O'Connor v Bhav Patel (R1)

Ross Smith v Zonneveld/Webster (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Ryan Joyce v Alex Spellman (R1)

Richard Veenstra v Ben Robb (R1)

Christian Kist v Luke Littler (R1)

Peter Wright v J Williams/Madhoo (R2)

Thursday December 21

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

2x First Round, 2x Second Round

Mickey Mansell v Xiaochen Zong (R1)

Luke Woodhouse v Berry van Peer (R1)

Madars Razma v De Decker/Horvat (R2)

Rob Cross v Vandenbogaerde/Tricole (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

4x Second Round

Andrew Gilding v Kist/Littler (R2)

Danny Noppert v S Williams/Muramatsu (R2)

Gabriel Clemens v Van Veen/Leung (R2)

Damon Heta v Lukeman/Puha (R2)

Friday December 22

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Second Round

Brendan Dolan v Mansell/Zong (R2)

Jose de Sousa v Edhouse/De Graaf (R2)

Krzysztof Ratajski v Hughes/Cameron (R2)

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Brown/Krcmar (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

4x Second Round

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Slevin/Hempel (R2)

Martin Schindler v Wattimena/Sherrock (R2)

Raymond van Barneveld v Szaganski/Kantele (R2)

Chris Dobey v O’Connor/Patel (R2)

Saturday December 23

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

4x Second Round

Kim Huybrechts v Veenstra/Robb (R2)

Callan Rydz v Pietreczko/Suzuki (R2)

Jonny Clayton v Lennon/Bates (R2)

Daryl Gurney v Beaton/Nijman (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

4x Second Round

Ryan Searle v White/Goto (R2)

Josh Rock v Woodhouse/Van Peer (R2)

Stephen Bunting v Joyce/Spellman (R2)

Nathan Aspinall v Evans/Adams (R2)

Wednesday December 27

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Third Round

Thursday December 28

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

3x Third Round

Friday December 29

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

Saturday December 30

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

3x Fourth Round

Evening Session (1930 GMT)

3x Fourth Round

Monday January 1

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

2x Quarter-Finals

Tuesday January 2 (1930 GMT)

Semi-Finals

Wednesday January 3 (2000 GMT)

Final

The schedule of play for the third round onwards to be confirmed at pdc.tv and on OfficialPDC social media channels throughout the event.

Format

First Round - Best of five sets

Second Round - Best of five sets

Third Round - Best of seven sets

Fourth Round - Best of seven sets

Quarter-Finals - Best of nine sets

Semi-Finals - Best of 11 sets

Final - Best of 13 sets

PTH2009

Schedule

roosterman71

Always felt it unfair for one first round winner to be asked to play a second round the same evening. No one else is asked to do that

KevIRL

Big afternoon for the Irish on Wed Dec 20th

ArmaniJeanss

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121433484#Comment_121433484

Only alternative would be to have the first night compromising of only 4 first round games. Would be fine by me as there is usually enough decent names outside the Top 32 to build the session around.

But it would also mean that the defending champion couldn't play in the first session, which has kinda become a thing.

PTH2009

I wouldn't be surprised to see Smith go out on night 1

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121433535#Comment_121433535

Big also in terms of the Tour Cards. Depending on how other matches go to that point, Steve and Radek will likely know exactly how far they need to go in the tournament to keep their cards.

ThebitterLemon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121425595#Comment_121425595

And such a beautiful throwing action.

Great tan too…😆

TbL

ThebitterLemon

Dirk VD is plagued by injuries and I fancy him to lose his first match.

Must check the odds

TbL

KevIRL

In news that should surprise absolutely no one, PP will not change the colour of the dartboard for the Worlds

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/11/30/big-180-paddy-power-reveal-prostate-cancer-uk-partnership.

A pretty decent charity initiative tbf

US3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436726#Comment_121436726

Fair play to them. Over 900 maximums last year so they could be donating close to a million. I know it's only pocket change for them but it's a great cause.

PTH2009

https://games.pdc.tv/?fbclid=IwAR1bA_-YML2RK73HwoNL1eIiz6SYZo9lfqjk-l_99mD_F9zjk3-IOuu-b8c

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Degag

PP have an offer where if you back the winner of the tournament (e/w 5e min bet) you’ll get a 2e free bet for every 180 they throw in their first match.

Probably need to be some way tactical as the big guns often don’t throw many 180s in their first games as they can steamroll their opponent.

Ideally pick a player who might be in a 3-2 game.

Flip side is if a player is struggling to win 3-2, they’re unlikely to come close to win the tournament.

Loafing Oaf

Going a bit mad this year...

Michael van Gerwen @ 7/2

Tournament Winner Outrigh

Luke Humphries @ 7/2

Most Tournament 180's

Stephen Bunting @ 14/1

To Reach the Final

Josh Rock @ 14/1

To Reach the Final

Ryan Searle @ 28/1

To Reach the Final

Gian van Veen vs Gerwyn Price @ 50/1

Name the Finalists

Dave Chisnall vs Gerwyn Price @ 66/1

Name the Finalists

Cameron Menzies @ 125/1

4th Quarter Winner

Luke Woodhouse @ 80/1

3rd Quarter Winner

PTH2009

The day has come

Think we'll see a shock this weekend, going for a Chizzy exit

roosterman71

Did they have a few sessions of this on youtube last year?

ThebitterLemon

Was gonna back Humphries but not at those odds

TbL

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121500645#Comment_121500645

Got him at 12/1 in October

ThebitterLemon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121500702#Comment_121500702

Fantastic odds

Not a fan of Humphries but hope you win hope some cash 💰

TbL

KevIRL

Doets pretty much secured his tour card for next year with that win

PTH2009

Rusty John Rodriguez what an awesome and stupid name

retalivity

Menzies looked like he was on the lash all day

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121501010#Comment_121501010

He comes across as very dislikable

Rented Mule

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121500855#Comment_121500855

I drank the Buntz kool-aid. I thought he would get out of the first round.

He looked like he was in his own head.

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121500855#Comment_121500855

And RJR has definitely lost his.

PTH2009

Whitlock a shadow of his former self

Rented Mule

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121501150#Comment_121501150

Good enough to get through.

Gary Anderson is going to eat him alive in the next round.

Mushy

Fair play to Doets, not allowing Smith have it all his own way

paulie21

Smith under fierce pressure here despite playing well

retalivity

That 142 out was clutch from Smith

Mushy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121501629#Comment_121501629

Doets face said it all..."what am I supposed to do here"

Mushy

Cracking match in fairness

Dillonb3

Evans Sosing match really dull

TheChrisD

Add Kciuk and van Dongen to card losers

Dillonb3

I think Van Dongen was commuting over from the States for the pro tour events. Hard to build up any form with all that travelling

Mushy

Barry off to a slow start, certainly not one for the purists here (and no, I'd be as far away from that myself)

Newtown90

Very hard to play this lad Rivera with his pace of play... Must be very annoying.

Mushy

Lovely checkout for the set!

Kingp35

Tough going for Barry alright. I don't think it's gamesmanship from Rivera, it's just how he plays. Barry can get no rhythm gong though so he'd just want to get through this match and not really care about his average.

ThebitterLemon

I think Barry’s progress has stalled, in fact he’s regressed as far as I can see over the last 12 months.

For me the way his darts land is a liability

TbL

MileHighGuy

Barry was let off the hook in the 2nd, but I assume will easily kick on to win now.

Not an impressive showing though (stating the obvious, I know)

Sultan of Bling

Hard to see the winner of this troubling MVG in the next round.

MileHighGuy

Just regarding Rivera's pace, I'm used to seeing players slow in the throw, but so slow to get on the oche and fetch the darts..... I don't recall anyone dallying so much. I see Russ Bray has looked over his shoulder a couple of times wondering where he is.

MileHighGuy

Has Barry just conceded this set to get the darts in the next? He's second best by a long way here.

MileHighGuy

.... He had the darts in this set.... Wow

Kingp35

In fairness, Rivera could be winning this if his doubles were better. This is far from over.

MileHighGuy

Barry really does miss a lot of doubles, and by some margin.... Rarely on the wire.

If he gets through I couldn't even see him winning a leg against mvg.

MileHighGuy

Made a meal of it, but a nice checkout to win. Will be great to see him play MVG.

Dillonb3

Good win in the end for Barry. The faster pace against MVG will suit him

shockframe

That's right up there with the least enjoyable games in the history of Ally Pally.