World Darts Championship 2021

Premier Events

World Darts Championship 2021

Alexandra Palace, London

15 Dec 2020 - 3 Jan 2021

Defending Champion: Peter Wright

Live on Sky Sports

SID WADDELL TROPHY

Format of Play

Rounds 1 & 2 - Best of 5 sets

Rounds 3 & 4 - Best of 7 sets

Q-Final - Best of 9 sets

S-Final - Best of 11 sets

Final - Best of 13 sets

Each set is best of 5 legs

Tie-Break (Round 2 and beyond)

Applies to the last set of each match.

The set has to be won with two clear legs except at leg 11, which is sudden-death

Live Broadcast

UK & Ireland - Sky Sports

Other countries may include (check locally)

Africa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, Middle East,

Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, USA,

Prize Fund

Winner

R-Up

S-Final

Q-Final

Round 4

Round 3

Round 2

Round 1

Total

£500,000

£200,000

£100,000

£50,000

£35,000

£25,000

£15,000

£7,500

£2,500,000

Participants

PDC OOM Top 32 (seeded to Round 2)

1 Michael van Gerwen

2 Peter Wright

3 Gerwyn Price

4 Michael Smith

5 Rob Cross

6 Nathan Aspinall

7 James Wade

8 Dave Chisnall

9 Dimitri van den Bergh

10 Ian White

15 Krzysztof Ratajski

16 Joe Cullen

19 Mervyn King

22 Chris Dobey

24 Jermaine Wattimena

25 Danny Noppert

26 Stephen Bunting

27 Vincent van der Voort

32 Ricky Evans

Pro Tour OOM Top 32

1 Damon Heta

2 Ryan Searle

3 Dirk van Duijvenbode

12 Jason Lowe

15 Darius Labanauskas

16 Mickey Mansell

17 Adam Hunt

18 Max Hopp

21 Ryan Murray

26 Callan Rydz

29 Steve West

30 Wayne Jones

31 Andy Hamilton

32 John Henderson

Rest of the world

Amit Gilitwala – Indian Darts Federation

Boris Krčmar – Eastern Europe

Bradley Brooks – World Youth Champion

Cameron Carolissen – Africa

Chengan Liu – PDC China

Ciarán Teehan – UK Tour Card Holders

Daniel Larsson – PDC Nordic & Baltic

Danny Baggish – CDC USA

Danny Lauby – CDC Continental Cup

David Evans – PDC Challenge Tour

Deta Hedman – PDC Women's Series

Di Zhuang – PDC Asia China

Diogo Portela – South America

Dmitriy Gorbunov - EADC

Edward Shoji – PDJ Japanese Championship

Gordon Mathers – DPA Pro Tour

Haupai Puha – DPNZ Order of Merit

James Bailey – DPA Pro Tour

Jamie Lewis – UK Tour Card Holders

Karel Sedláček – Rest of World Tour Card Holders

Keane Barry – PDC Development Tour

Lisa Ashton – PDC Women's Series

Lourence Ilagan – PDC Asia Philippines

Marko Kantele – PDC Nordic & Baltic

Matt Campbell – CDC Canadian Series

Matthew Edgar – UK Tour Card Holders

Nick Kenny – UK Tour Card Holders

Nico Kurz – Superleague Germany

Niels Zonneveld – Rest of World Tour Card Holders

Paul Lim – PDC Asia Hong Kong

Ryan Meikle – PDC Development Tour

Toru Suzuki – PDC Asia Japan

WDC Roll of Honour

Rounds 1 & 2:

Tue 15 Dec: 6pm GMT 1-4

Wed 16 Dec: 12pm 5-8

6pm 9-12

Thu 17 Dec: 12pm 13-16

Thu 17 Dec: 6pm 17-20

Fri 18 Dec: 12pm 21-24

6pm 25-28

Sat 19 Dec: 12pm 29-32

Sat 19 Dec: 6pm 33-36

Sun 20 Dec: 12pm 37-40

6pm 41-44

Mon 21 Dec: 6pm 45-48

Tue 22 Dec: 12pm 49-52

6pm 53-56

Wed 23 Dec: 12pm 57-60

6pm 61-64

Round 1 <----- Best of 5 sets -----> Round 2

2021 World Darts Championship

15

21

23

26

42

41

27

37

38

29

13

39

25

11

2

35

1

33

5

22

10

34

31

19

17

14

6

9

30

18

7

3

Ryan Murray

Mickey Mansell

Wayne Jones

John Henderson

Keegan Brown

Martijn Kleermaker

Luke Humphries

Derk Telnekes

Jason Lowe

Steve Lennon

Madars Razma

Maik Kuivenhoven

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Adam Hunt

Steve Beaton

Damon Heta

Steve West

Andy Hamilton

Ryan Joyce

Darius Labanauskas

Callan Rydz

Andy Boulton

Kim Huybrechts

Ryan Searle

Luke Woodhouse

Mike de Decker

Ross Smith

Max Hopp

Scott Waites

Ron Meulenkamp

William O'Connor

Jeff Smith

3-1

3-0

3-2

3-0

bye

2-3

3-1

3-0

0-3

3-2

0-3

2-3

3-0

1-3

3-2

3-0

3-1

3-0

3-2

2-3

0-3

3-0

3-2

3-1

3-0

3-1

Lourence Ilagan

Haupai Puha

Ciaran Teehan

Marko Kantele

Ryan Meikle

Cameron Carolissen

Paul Lim

Nick Kenny

Dmitriy Gorbunov

Daniel Larsson

Toru Suzuki

Matthew Edgar

Bradley Brooks

Lisa Ashton

Diogo Portela

Danny Baggish

Amit Gilitwala

Nico Kurz

Karel Sedlacek

Chengan Liu

James Bailey

Deta Hedman

Di Zhuang

Danny Lauby

Jamie Lewis

Edward Foulkes

David Evans

Gordon Mathers

Matt Campbell

Boris Krcmar

Niels Zonneveld

Keane Barry

Michael van Gerwen (1)

Ricky Evans (32)

Joe Cullen (16)

Jonny Clayton (17)

Dave Chisnall (8)

Danny Noppert (25)

Dimitri van den Bergh (9)

Jermaine Wattimena (24)

Michael Smith (4)

Devon Petersen (29)

Gary Anderson (13)

Mensur Suljović (20)

Rob Cross (5)

Jamie Hughes (28)

Glen Durrant (12)

Adrian Lewis (21)

Peter Wright (2)

Gabriel Clemens (31)

Krzysztof Ratajski (15)

Simon Whitlock (18)

James Wade (7)

Stephen Bunting (26)

Ian White (10)

Jeffrey de Zwaan (23)

Gerwyn Price (3)

Brendan Dolan (30)

José de Sousa (14)

Mervyn King (19)

Nathan Aspinall (6)

Vincent van der Voort (27)

Daryl Gurney (11)

Chris Dobey (22)

3-1

3-0

3-1

3-0

3-1

1-3

3-1

2-3

0-3

3-0

1-3

3-1

3-0

3-2

3-0

3-2

1-3

0-3

3-2

3-1

3-2

Ryan Murray

Mickey Mansell

Wayne Jones

John Henderson

Keegan Brown

Cameron Carolissen

Paul Lim

Nick Kenny

Jason Lowe

Steve Lennon

Madars Razma

Matthew Edgar

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Adam Hunt

Diogo Portela

Danny Baggish

Steve West

Nico Kurz

Ryan Joyce

Darius Labanauskas

Callan Rydz

Andy Boulton

Kim Huybrechts

Ryan Searle

Jamie Lewis

Edward Foulkes

Ross Smith

Max Hopp

Scott Waites

Ron Meulenkamp

William O"Connor

Jeff Smith

36

57

50

44

61

53

56

62

64

54

58

60

55

24

12

52

4

48

45

51

28

59

46

43

47

49

20

32

63

40

16

8

Martijn Kleermaker withdrew (tested positive of COVID-19) Matches 44 & 58 swapped order of play

Round 3 Best of 7 sets Sun 27 Dec 12pm 1-3 6pm 4-6 Mon 28th 12pm 7-9 6pm 10-12 Tue 29th 12pm 13-15 6pm 16 + R4

6

4

16

3

15

10

8

12

Michael van Gerwen (1)

Joe Cullen (16)

Dave Chisnall (8)

Dimitri van den Bergh (9)

Jason Lowe

Gary Anderson (13)

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Glen Durrant (12)

4-0

4-3

4-2

4-0

0-4

4-3

4-0

4-2

Ricky Evans (32)

Jonny Clayton (17)

Danny Noppert (25)

Jermaine Wattimena (24)

Devon Petersen (29)

Mensur Suljović (20)

Adam Hunt

Danny Baggish

Peter Wright (2)

Krzysztof Ratajski (15)

James Wade (7)

Kim Huybrechts

Gerwyn Price (3)

José de Sousa (14)

Nathan Aspinall (6)

Daryl Gurney (11)

3-4

4-0

2-4

4-3

0-4

2-4

4-1

Gabriel Clemens (31)

Simon Whitlock (18)

Stephen Bunting (26)

Ryan Searle

Brendan Dolan (30)

Mervyn King (19)

Vincent van der Voort (27)

Chris Dobey (22)

5

1

13

2

11

7

9

14

9-dart finish: James Wade

Round 4 Best of 7 sets Tue 29 Dec 6pm 1-2 Wed 30th 12pm 3-5 6pm 6-8

2

8

5

6

Michael van Gerwen (1)

Dave Chisnall (8)

Devon Petersen (29)

Dirk van Duijvenbode

4-3

4-2

0-4

4-3

Joe Cullen (16)

Dimitri van den Bergh (9)

Gary Anderson (13)

Glen Durrant (12)

Gabriel Clemens (31)

Stephen Bunting (26)

Gerwyn Price (3)

Vincent van der Voort (27)

3-4

4-3

4-1

2-4

Krzysztof Ratajski (15)

Ryan Searle

Mervyn King (19)

Daryl Gurney (11)

1

4

7

3

Q-Final Best of 9 sets Fri 1 Jan 2021 12pm 1-2 6pm 3-4

4

2

Michael van Gerwen (1)

Gary Anderson (13)

0-5

5-1

Dave Chisnall (8)

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Krzysztof Ratajski (15)

Gerwyn Price (3)

3-5

5-4

Stephen Bunting (26)

Daryl Gurney (11)

1

3

S-Final Best of 11 sets Sat 2 Jan 6pm <-- --> Final Best of 13 sets Sun 3 Jan 7.30pm

2

1

Dave Chisnall (8)

Stephen Bunting (26)

3-6

4-6

Gary Anderson (13)

Gerwyn Price (3)

Gary Anderson

3-7

Gerwyn Price