World Darts Championship 2024

15 Dec 2023-3 Jan 2024

Alexandra Palace, London

Defending Champion: Michael Smith

SID WADDELL TROPHY

Live on Sky Sports

New three-year sponsorship by Paddy Power

Format

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 leg 11 which is sudden-death

Live Broadcast (check locally)

UK & Ireland - Sky Sports

DAZN - Austria, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, USA

FOX - Australia

L’EQUIPE - France

NOVA - Czech Republic, Slovakia
SETANTA - Philippines

SKY - New Zealand

SPORT TV - Hungary

SPTV - Croatia

SUPERSPORT - South Africa

VIAPLAY - Baltics, Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Scandinavia

ZAPPING - Chile

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

2.5M

Participants

PDC OOM Top 32 (seeded to Round 2)

PDC Order of Merit x32
Second Round (Seeded)

Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert, Rob Cross,

Jonny Clayton, Damon Heta, Dave Chisnall, Dirk van Duijvenbode, James Wade, Joe Cullen, Dimitri van den Bergh, Ross Smith,

Chris Dobey, Stephen Bunting, Ryan Searle, Andrew Gilding, Gary Anderson, Gabriel Clemens, Josh Rock, Krzysztof Ratajski,

José de Sousa, Martin Schindler, Daryl Gurney, Brendan Dolan, Raymond van Barneveld, Callan Rydz, Kim Huybrechts, Madars Razma

Pro Tour Order of Merit x32
First Round

Ricardo Pietreczko, Gian van Veen, Ryan Joyce, Luke Woodhouse, Mike de Decker, Ian White, Jim Williams, Mario Vandenbogaerde,

Radek Szagański, Richard Veenstra, Steve Beaton, Keane Barry, Simon Whitlock, Kevin Doets, Matt Campbell, Connor Scutt,

Martin Lukeman, Mickey Mansell, Dylan Slevin, Steve Lennon, William O'Connor, Scott Williams, Christian Kist, Ricky Evans,

Cameron Menzies, Lee Evans, Ritchie Edhouse, Jermaine Wattimena, Jules van Dongen, Jamie Hughes, Niels Zonneveld, Keegan Brown

Rest of the world

African Darts Group Qualifier - Simon Adams

CDC Main Tour Top American - Alex Spellman

CDC Main Tour Top Canadian - David Cameron

CDC Top-Ranked Non-Qualified Player - Stowe Buntz

CLDC Tour OOM Winner - Norman Madhoo

DPA Oceanic Masters Winner - Haupai Puha

DPA ProTour Champion - Darren Penhall

DPNZ Qualifier Winner - Ben Robb

East Europe Qualifier - Krzysztof Kciuk

Indian Qualifier - Bhav Patel

PDC Asian Championship top 2 - Haruki Muramatsu,

Sandro Eric Sosing

Rest of the world ...continued

PDC Asian Tour OOM top 5 - Lourence llagan, Tomoya Goto,

Paolo Nebrida, Reynaldo Rivera, Leung Man Lok

PDC China Premier League Winner - Zong Xiaochen

PDC Europe Super League Champion - Dragutin Horvat

PDCNB ProTour top 2 - Marko Kantele, Jeffrey de Graaf

Tour Card Holder Qualifier x4 - Florian Hempel, Darren Webster,

Boris Krcmar, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
West Europe Qualifier - Thibault Tricole

Winmau Challenge Tour OOM top 2 - Berry van Peer, Owen Bates

Winmau Development Tour OOM top 2 - Luke Littler, Wessel Nijman

Women's Series OOM top 2 - Fallon Sherrock, Mikuru Suzuki

Russ Bray retires as referee after WDC 2024

Beau Greaves qualified through Women’s Matchplay but she decided to defend her WDF World Championships title at Lakeside

Asian Tour qualifiers increased by one; Bhav Patel replaces Prakash Jawa (under investigation)

WDC Roll of Honour

Rounds 1 & 2:

Fri 15 Dec 7pm GMT 1-4

16 Dec 12:30 5-8 7pm 9-12

17 Dec 12:30 13-16 7pm 17-20

Mon 18 Dec 7pm 21-24

19 Dec 12:30 25-28 7pm 29-32

20 Dec 12:30 33-36 7pm 37-40

21 Dec 12:30 41-44 7pm 45-48

22 Dec 12:30 49-52 7pm 53-56

23 Dec 12:30 57-60 7pm 61-64

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

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30

18

35

21

26

34

9

14

33

15

39

6

41

27

3

10

38

17

37

11

19

23

42

5

31

7

25

13

29

2

22

Kevin Doets

Mike de Decker

Niels Zonneveld

William O'Connor

Mario Vandenbogaerde

Ritchie Edhouse

Steve Lennon

Jamie Hughes

Jim Williams

Radek Szaganski

Matt Campbell

Christian Kist

Connor Scutt

Mickey Mansell

Keegan Brown

Simon Whitlock

Keane Barry

Richard Veenstra

Dylan Slevin

Ryan Joyce

Scott Williams

Jermaine Wattimena

Martin Lukeman

Luke Woodhouse

Lee Evans

Ricardo Pietreczko

Jules van Dongen

Ian White

Ricky Evans

Steve Beaton

Cameron Menzies

Gian van Veen

3-0

3-1

3-0

1-3

2-3

3-2

3-1

3-0

3-2

0-3

3-0

1-3

3-2

3-1

3-0

1-3

3-1

2-3

3-0

1-3

3-0

3-1

3-0

2-3

Stowe Buntz

Dragutin Horvat

Darren Webster

Bhav Patel

Thibault Tricole

Jeffrey de Graaf

Owen Bates

David Cameron

Norman Madhoo

Marko Kantele

Lourence Ilagan

Luke Littler

Krzysztof Kciuk
Zong Xiaochen
Boris Krcmar

Paolo Nebrida

Reynaldo Rivera

Ben Robb

Florian Hempel

Alex Spellman

Haruki Muramatsu

Fallon Sherrock

Haupai Puha

Berry van Peer

Sandro Eric Sosing

Mikuru Suzuki

Darren Penhall

Tomoya Goto

Simon Adams

Wessel Nijman

Rusty-Jake Rodrigue

Leung Man Lok

Michael Smith (1)

Madars Razma (32)

Ross Smith (16)

Chris Dobey (17)

Rob Cross (8)

Jose de Sousa (25)

Jonny Clayton (9)

Krzysztof Ratajski (24)

Peter Wright (4)

Raymond van Barneveld (29)

James Wade (13)

Andrew Gilding (20)

Gerwyn Price (5)

Brendan Dolan (28)

Dirk van Duijvenbode (12)

Gary Anderson (21)

Michael van Gerwen (2)

Kim Huybrechts (31)

Dimitri van den Bergh (15)

Stephen Bunting (18)

Danny Noppert (7)

Martin Schindler (26)

Damon Heta (10)

Josh Rock (23)

Luke Humphries (3)

Callan Rydz (30)

Joe Cullen (14)

Ryan Searle (19)

Nathan Aspinall (6)

Daryl Gurney (27)

Dave Chisnall (11)

Gabriel Clemens (22)

3-2

3-1

3-2

3-0

1-3

3-1

0-3

3-1

2-3

1-3

3-0

3-2

1-3

3-0

0-3

2-3

3-0

0-3

3-1

1-3

3-0

2-3

3-0

3-1

0-3

3-1

Kevin Doets

Mike de Decker

Niels Zonneveld

William O’Connor

Thibault Tricole

Jeffrey de Graaf

Steve Lennon

Jamie Hughes

Jim Williams

Radek Szaganski

Matt Campbell

Luke Littler

Connor Scutt

Mickey Mansell

Boris Krcmar

Simon Whitlock

Keane Barry

Richard Veenstra

Florian Hempel

Ryan Joyce

Scott Williams

Jermaine Wattimena

Martin Lukeman

Berry van Peer

Lee Evans

Ricardo Pietreczko

Darren Penhall

Tomoya Goto

Ricky Evans

Steve Beaton

Cameron Menzies

Leung Man Lok

4

43

36

56

44

50

59

51

40

55

28

45

24

49

52

12

32

57

53

63

46

54

48

62

20

58

16

61

64

60

8

47

Round 3 Best of 7 sets

Wed 27 Dec

12:30 1-3 7pm 4-6

28 Dec

12:30 7-9 7pm 10-12

29 Dec

12:30 13-15 7pm 16 + R4

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9

3

14

15

4

10

16

Michael Smith (1)

Ross Smith (16)

Rob Cross (8)

Jonny Clayton (9)

Jim Williams

Matt Campbell

Gerwyn Price (5)

Boris Krcmar

4-1

2-4

4-2

1-4

2-4

1-4

Madars Razma (32)

Chris Dobey (17)

Jeffrey de Graaf

Krzysztof Ratajski (24)

Raymond van Barneveld (29)

Luke Littler

Brendan Dolan (28)

Gary Anderson (21)

Michael van Gerwen (2)

Florian Hampel

Scott Williams

Damon Heta (10)

Luke Humphries (3)

Joe Cullen (14)

Ricky Evans

Dave Chisnall (11)

4-0

0-4

4-3

4-2

2-4

4-1

Richard Veenstra

Stephen Bunting (18)

Martin Schindler (26)

Berry van Peer

Ricardo Pietreczko

Ryan Searle (19)

Daryl Gurney (27)

Gabriel Clemens (22)

5

7

1

13

11

8

12

2

Round 4 Fri 29 7pm 1-2 30 Dec 12.30pm 3-5 7.30pm 6-8 Best of 7 sets

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5

7

6

Michael Smith (1)

Rob Cross (8)

Raymond van Barneveld (29)

Brendan Dolan (28)

0-4

4-0

1-4

4-3

Chris Dobey (17)

Jonny Clayton (9)

Luke Littler

Gary Anderson (21)

Michael van Gerwen (2)

Scott Williams

Luke Humphries (3)

Daryl Gurney (27)

4-0

4-1

4-3

2-4

Stephen Bunting (18)

Damon Heta (10)

Joe Cullen (14)

Dave Chisnall (11)

1

3

8

4

12.30pm <--- Q-Final Mon 1 Jan 2024 Best of 9 sets ---> 7.30pm

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Chris Dobey (17)

Luke Littler

4-5

5-1

Rob Cross (8)

Brendan Dolan (28)

Michael van Gerwen (2)

Luke Humphries (3)

3-5

5-1

Scott Williams

Dave Chisnall (11)

S-Final 2 Jan 7.30pm Best of 11 sets <--> Final 3 Jan 8pm Best of 13 sets

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Rob Cross (8)

Scott Williams

2-6

0-6

Luke Littler

Luke Humphries (3)

Luke Littler

4-7

Luke Humphries

Luke Humphries was awarded the inaugural Ballon d'Art trophy for the most 180s in the tournament

(73 in total with 23 scored in the final)