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Tickets:
Priority Sale: Monday 5 Nov from 10am GMT (UTC)
General Sale: Tuesday 6 Nov 2018 from 10am
Live on ITV 4
Live on ITV 4
World Darts Championship 2017
Alexandra Palace, London
15 Dec 2016 - 2 Jan 2017
Defending Champion: Gary Anderson
Dec 14: New 5-year term (till 2025) agreed with Sky Sports to provide live coverage
Tickets
Priority Sale: Wednesday July 20
General Sale: Monday July 25
Format of Play
Preliminary Round - Best of 3 sets
Round 1 - Best of 5 sets
Round 2 - Best of 7 sets
Round 3 - Best of 7 sets
Quarter-Final - Best of 9 sets
Semi-Final - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
Each set is best of 5 legs.
There is no tie break in the Preliminary Round.
Tie break applies only to the deciding set of all other rounds where a player has to win by two clear legs with the 11th leg as a sudden-death leg.
Live Coverage (Check locally)
Sky Sports UK & Ireland – dedicated Darts Channel
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1/DAZN - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
OSN - Middle East & North Africa
Kwese - South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa
DAZN - Japan
Eleven Sports - Belgium
Pragosport - Hungary
Nova - Czech Republic
Viasat - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Baltic States
Fox - Italy, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Israel
Vox - Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ESPN - US & Latin America and
PDC TV for members only
Prize Fund
increased from £1.5M to £1.65M ..
Winner: £350,000
Runner-Up: £160,000
S-Final: £80,000
Q-Final: £38,000
3rd Round: £25,000
2nd Round: £17,000
1st Round: £10,000
P-Round: £4,500
Total: £1,650,000
9-darter bonus: £25,000
Another Increase
The prize fund for this tournament is set to increase to £1.8M in 2017
Session Times
Thursday December 15 (7pm)
4x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Friday December 16 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Saturday December 17
Afternoon Session (1pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £36
Tiered Seat Ticket £26
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Sunday December 18
Afternoon Session (1pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £36
Tiered Seat Ticket £26
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Monday December 19 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Tuesday December 20 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Wednesday December 21 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 4x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Thursday December 22 (7pm)
4x First Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Friday December 23
Afternoon Session (1pm)
3x Second Round
Table Seat Ticket £36
Tiered Seat Ticket £26
Evening Session (7pm)
3x Second Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Tuesday December 27
Afternoon Session (1pm)
3x Second Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Evening Session (8pm)
3x Second Round
Table Seat Ticket £46
Tiered Seat Ticket £36
Wednesday December 28
Afternoon Session (1pm)
3x Second Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Second Round, 2x Third Round
Table Seat Ticket £46
Tiered Seat Ticket £36
Thursday December 29
Afternoon Session (1pm)
3x Third Round
Table Seat Ticket £41
Tiered Seat Ticket £31
Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round
Table Seat Ticket £46
Tiered Seat Ticket £36
Friday December 30
Afternoon Session (1pm)
2x Quarter-Finals
Table Seat Ticket £51
Tiered Seat Ticket £41
Evening Session (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals
Table Seat Ticket £51
Tiered Seat Ticket £41
Sunday January 1 (7pm)
Semi-Finals
Table Seat Ticket £61
Tiered Seat Ticket £51
Monday January 2 (8pm)
Final
Table Seat Ticket £61
Tiered Seat Ticket £51
The Players
PDC Order of Merit
1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Gary Anderson
3 Peter Wright
4 Phil Taylor
5 Adrian Lewis
6 James Wade
7 Dave Chisnall
8 Mensur Suljović
9 Robert Thornton
10 Jelle Klaasen
11 Michael Smith
12 Raymond van Barneveld
13 Kim Huybrechts
14 Ian White
15 Benito van de Pas
16 Sephen Bunting
17 Simon Whitlock
18 Terry Jenkins
19 Gerwyn Price
20 Vincent van der Voort
21 Alan Norris
22 Mervyn King
23 Brendan Dolan
24 Daryl Gurney
25 Mark Webster
26 Justin Pipe
27 Steve Beaton
28 Joe Cullen
29 Jamie Caven
30 Jamie Lewis
31 John Henderson
32 Cristo Reyes
Unseeded Players
33 James Wilson
34 Steve West
35 Chris Dobey
36 Robbie Green
37 Josh Payne
38 Jermaine Wattimena
39 Ronny Huybrechts
40 Joe Murnan
41 Darren Webster
42 Devon Petersen
43 Rowby-John Rodriguez
44 Christian Kist
45 Jonny Clayton
46 Ricky Evans
47 Andrew Gilding
48 Kevin Painter
49 Jeffrey de Graaf
50 Max Hopp
51 Dimitri Van den Bergh
52 Ron Meulenkamp
53 Mark Frost
54 Mick McGowan
55 Magnus Caris
56 John Michael
57 Jerry Hendriks/Warren Parry
58 Zoran Lerchbacher/Simon Stevenson
59 Tengku Shah/Masumi Chino
60 Kevin Simm/Gilbert Ulang
61 Qiang Sun/Corey Cadby
62 John Bowles/David Platt
63 Ross Snook/Kim Viljanen
64 Boris Koltsov/Dragutin Horvat
Top Half
(Local time GMT)
Bottom Half
Preliminary Round
Best of 3 sets
Round 1 - Best of 5 sets
Preliminary Round
Best of 3 sets
Round 1 - Best of 5 sets
13
Ross Snook
Kim Viljanen
0
2
29
Boris Koltsov
Dragutin Horvat
1
2
16
14
15
32
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Kim Viljanen
Cristo Reyes (32)
Dimitri van den Bergh
Stephen Bunting (16)
Darren Webster
Simon Whitlock (17)
Dragutin Horvat
3
0
3
2
2
3
3
0
9
Tengku Shah
Masumi Chino
2
1
3
11
12
10
Gary Anderson (2)
Mark Frost
John Henderson (31)
Andrew Gilding
Benito van de Pas (15)
Tengku Shah
Terry Jenkins (18)
Josh Payne
3
0
2
3
3
1
3
1
33
Zoran Lerchbacher
Simon Stevenson
2
1
34
19
36
22
Mensur Suljovic (8)
Ron Meulenkamp
Mark Webster (25)
Joe Murnan
Robert Thornton (9)
Zoran Lerchbacher
Daryl Gurney (24)
Jermaine Wattimena
3
0
3
0
3
0
3
1
25
Qiang Sun
Corey Cadby
0
2
27
28
31
23
Adrian Lewis (5)
Magnus Caris
Joe Cullen (28)
Corey Cadby
Raymond van Barneveld (12)
Robbie Green
Alan Norris (21)
John Michael
3
0
3
1
3
0
3
2
21
John Bowles
David Platt
0
2
24
1
40
38
Phil Taylor (4)
David Platt
Jamie Caven (29)
Kevin Painter
Kim Huybrechts (13)
James Wilson
Vincent van der Voort (20)
Max Hopp
3
0
1
3
3
0
1
3
39
18
37
30
Dave Chisnall (7)
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Justin Pipe (26)
Chris Dobey
Jelle Klaasen (10)
Jeffrey de Graaf
Brendan Dolan (23)
Christian Kist
3
2
1
3
3
1
3
1
35
7
4
26
James Wade (6)
Ronny Huybrechts
Steve Beaton (27)
Devon Petersen
Michael Smith (11)
Ricky Evans
Mervyn King (22)
Steve West
3
0
3
1
3
2
3
2
8
2
20
6
Peter Wright (3)
Jerry Hendriks
Jamie Lewis (30)
Mick McGowan
Ian White (14)
Kevin Simm
Gerwyn Price (19)
Jonny Clayton
3
0
3
2
3
0
1
3
Round 2
Best of 7 sets
Fri 23 Dec: 1pm 1-3 7pm 4-6 Tue 27: 1pm 7-9 8pm 10-12
Wed 28 Dec: 1pm 13-15 7pm 16 (+ 2x Round 3)
Top Half
Bottom Half
12
4
7
8
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Cristo Reyes (32)
Darren Webster
Simon Whitlock (17)
Mensur Suljovic (8)
Mark Webster (25)
Robert Thornton (9)
Daryl Gurney (24)
4
2
4
0
3
4
3
4
12
4
7
8
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Cristo Reyes (32)
Darren Webster
Simon Whitlock (17)
Mensur Suljovic (8)
Mark Webster (25)
Robert Thornton (9)
Daryl Gurney (24)
4
2
4
0
3
4
3
4
6
10
11
13
Adrian Lewis (5)
Joe Cullen (28)
Raymond van Barneveld (12)
Alan Norris (21)
Phil Taylor (4)
Kevin Painter
Kim Huybrechts (13)
Max Hopp
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
14
2
16
1
James Wade (6)
Steve Beaton (27)
Michael Smith (11)
Mervyn King (22)
Peter Wright (3)
Jamie Lewis (30)
Ian White (14)
Jonny Clayton
4
1
4
3
4
0
4
1
Round 3
Best of 7 sets
Wed 28 Dec: 7pm 1-2
Thu 29: 1pm 3-5 7pm 6-8
Q-Final
Best of 9 sets
Fri 30 Dec: 1pm 1-2
7pm 3-4
8
3
2
7
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Darren Webster
Mark Webster (25)
Daryl Gurney (24)
Adrian Lewis (5)
Raymond van Barneveld (12)
Phil Taylor (4)
Kim Huybrechts (13)
4
1
3
4
3
4
4
2
3
4
2
1
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Daryl Gurney (24)
Raymond van Barneveld (12)
Phil Taylor (4)
Gary Anderson (2)
Dave Chisnall (7)
James Wade (6)
Peter Wright (3)
5
1
5
3
5
3
3
5
1
4
5
6
Gary Anderson (2)
Benito van de Pas (15)
Dave Chisnall (7)
Jelle Klaasen (10)
James Wade (6)
Michael Smith (11)
Peter Wright (3)
Ian White (14)
4
2
4
2
4
3
4
1
S-Final
Best of 11 sets
Sun 1st Jan 2017 7pm
2
1
Michael van Gerwen
Raymond van Barneveld
Gary Anderson
Peter Wright
6
2
6
3
Final
Best of 13 sets
Mon 2nd Jan 2017 8pm
Michael van Gerwen
Gary Anderson
7
3
Schedule Thu 15 Dec 7pm 1-4 Fri 16 Dec 7pm: 5-8 Sat 17 Dec 1pm: 9-12 7pm 13-16 Sun 18 Dec 1pm: 17-20 7pm:21-24
Mon 19 Dec 7pm 25-28 Tue 20 Dec 7pm 29-32 Wed 21 Dec 7pm 33-36 Thu 22 Dec 7pm 37-40
Jerry Hendriks
Warren Parry
Kevin Simm
Gilbert Ulang
2
0
2
0
5
17