World Darts Championship 2023/24 full tournament results, draw, schedule as Michael Smith aims to defend world title

Alexandra Palace is once again the setting for the World Darts Championship between December 15, 2023 and January 3, 2024.

Top seed Michael Smith is defending the Sid Waddell trophy he won in 2022 in front of up to 3,200 fans in London. Smith beat Michael van Gerwen 7–4 in the final last year, hitting the only nine-dart finish of the tournament along the way.

A jackpot of £500,000 is on offer to the winner, with the runner-up receiving £200,000 as part of a total prize find of £2.5 million.

Here, The Sporting News provides the dates for the 2023/24 tournament, how each day looks in terms of schedule, as well as the format and the latest betting odds.

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PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Sessions and match schedule

All times are GMT.

Date
Time
Stage
Fri, Dec 29
12:30 p.m.
Heta vs Van Peer, Clayton vs Ratajski, Williams vs Van Barneveld
Fri, Dec 29
7 p.m.
1x R3, 2x R4, Krcmar vs Anderson (R3), 2x R4
Sat, Dec 30
12:30 p.m.,
Fourth round
Sat, Dec 30
7 p.m.
Fourth round
Mon, Jan 1
12:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Mon, Jan 1
7:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Tues, Jan 2
7:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Weds, Jan 3
8 p.m.
Final
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Fourth-round draw

Michael Smith vs Chris Dobey
Rob Cross/Jonny Clayton or Krzysztof Ratajski
Jim Williams/Raymond van Barneveld vs Luke Littler
Brendan Dolan vs Boris Krcmar/Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen vs Stephen Bunting
Scott Williams vs Damon Heta/Berry van Peer
Luke Humphries vs Joe Cullen
Daryl Gurney vs Dave Chisnall

PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Third-round draw

Michael Smith 4-1 Madars Razma
Ross Smith 2-4 Chris Dobey
Rob Cross 4-2 Jeffrey De Graaf
Jonny Clayton vs Krzysztof Ratajski
Jim Williams vs Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Littler 4-1 Matt Campbell
Gerwyn Price 2-4 Brendan Dolan
Boris Krcmar vs Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen 4-0 Richard Veenstra
Florian Hempel 0-4 Stephen Bunting
Scott Williams 4-3 Martin Schindler
Damon Heta vs Berry van Peer
Luke Humphries 4-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
Joe Cullen 4-2 Ryan Searle
Ricky Evans 2-4 Daryl Gurney
Dave Chisnall 4-1 Gabriel Clemens

PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Second-round draw

Michael Smith 3-2 Doets
Dave Chisnall 3-1 Menzies
Gary Anderson 3-0 Whitlock
Joe Cullen 3-0 Penhall
Luke Humphries 3-0 Evans
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Scutt
James Wade 2-3 Matt Campbell
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Keane Barry
Ross Smith 3-1 Niels Zonneveld
Peter Wright 0-3 J Williams
Madars Razma 3-1 De Decker
Rob Cross 3-0 Tricole
Andrew Gilding 1-3 Luke Littler
Danny Noppert 1-3 Scott Williams
Gabriel Clemens 3-1 Leung
Damon Heta 3-1 Lukeman
Brendan Dolan 3-2 Mansell
Jose de Sousa 1-3 Jeffrey De Graaf
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Hughes
Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Boris Krcmar
Dimitri Van den Bergh 2-3 Florian Hempel
Martin Schindler 3-1 Wattimena
Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 Radek Szaganski
Chris Dobey 3-2 William O’Connor
Kim Huybrechts 0-3 Richard Veenstra
Callan Rydz 2-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Steve Lennon
Daryl Gurney 3-1 Beaton
Ryan Searle 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Josh Rock 1-3 Berry van Peer
Stephen Bunting 3-0 Ryan Joyce
Nathan Aspinall 0-3 Ricky Evans

PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: First-round draw

Kevin Doets 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Cameron Menzies 3-0 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Simon Whitlock 3-2 Paolo Nebrida
Lee Evans 3-0 Sandro Eric Sosing
Connor Scutt 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk
Jules van Dongen 1-3 Darren Penhall
Jamie Hughes 3-1 David Cameron
Keane Barry 3-1 Reynaldo Rivera
Scott Williams 3-1 Haruki Muramatsu
Ricky Evans 3-0 Simon Adams
Jim Williams 3-0 Norman Madhoo
Matt Campbell 3-2 Lourence Ilagan
Dylan Slevin 1-3 Florian Hempel
Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Darren Webster
Jermaine Wattimena 3-1 Fallon Sherrock
Mario Vandenbogaerde 1-3 Thibault Tricole
Gian van Veen 2-3 Man Lok Leung
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Haupai Puha
Ian White 1-3 Tomoya Goto
Ritchie Edhouse 2-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
Keegan Brown 1-3 Boris Krcmar
Steve Beaton 3-1 Wessel Nijman
Mike De Decker 3-0 Dragutin Horvat
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Mikuru Suzuki
Radek Szaganski 3-2 Marko Kantele
Steve Lennon 3-2 Owen Bates
William O’Connor 3-0 Bhav Patel
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Alex Spellman
Richard Veenstra 3-0 Ben Robb
Christian Kist 0-3 Luke Littler
Mickey Mansell 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Luke Woodhouse 2-3 Berry van Peer
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Seeded players

Here’s how the seeds stand, following the PDC Order of Merit.

Player
Seeding
Michael Smith
1
Michael van Gerwen
2
Luke Humphries
3
Peter Wright
4
Gerwyn Price
5
Nathan Aspinall
6
Danny Noppert
7
Rob Cross
8
Jonny Clayton
9
Damon Heta
10
Dave Chisnall
11
Dirk van Duijvenbode
12
James Wade
13
Joe Cullen
14
Dimitri Van den Bergh
15
Ross Smith
16
Chris Dobey
17
Stephen Bunting
18
Ryan Searle
19
Andrew Gilding
20
Gary Anderson
21
Gabriel Clemens
22
Josh Rock
23
Krzysztof Ratajski
24
José de Sousa
25
Martin Schindler
26
Daryl Gurney
27
Brendan Dolan
28
Raymond van Barneveld
29
Callan Rydz
30
Kim Huybrechts
31
Madars Razma
32
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: What is the format?

Of the 96 players in the championship, 32 qualify by virtue of being the highest-ranked on organisers the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Order of Merit, and are seeded to the second round.

The next 32 participants consist of the highest-ranked players from the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, with the final 32 qualifying through various international routes.

After first and second-round matches that are best-of-five sets, the third and fourth rounds are best-of-seven.

The quarterfinals are best-of-nine sets, the semifinals best-of-11 sets and the final is best-of-13 sets. Players take it in turns to throw at the start of each set, which are won by the first player to take three legs.

First-round matches will not have a tie-break; if the fifth set reaches two-all in legs, the fifth leg will be sudden-death.

From the Second round onwards, a tie-break will be employed in all matches in which a deciding set must be won by two clear legs.

If the score in the final set reaches 5-5, a sudden-death leg will be played. There will be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.

Author(s)

Ben Miller is a content producer for The Sporting News.