DRAW PDC WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP: Van Gerwen meets Kist in first round, Taylor against Dobey

Defending champion Michael van Gerwen will take on Christian Kist in the first round of the PDC World Darts Championship. Van Gerwen defeated Gary Anderson 7-3 in last year's Ally Pally final, and the world number one will kick off his quest to win a third world title against Kist. Anderson will play Jeff Smith or Luke Humphries, while world number two Peter Wright faces Diogo Portela.
Daryl Gurney, the fourth seed, will play Ronnty Huybrechts. Phil Taylor, making his final Worlds appearance, takes on Chris Dobey in the first round. Exciting debutant Rob Cross must beat Seigo Asada or Gordon Mathers to set up a mouth-watering second round tie against Michael Smith - should 'Bully Boy' emerge victorious against Steve Lennon.
Here is the draw in full.
1 Michael van Gerwen v Christian Kist
32 James Wilson v Krzysztof Ratajski
16 Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts
17 Ian White v Willard Bruguier/Cody Harris
8 Dave Chisnall v Vincent van der Voort
25 Steve Beaton v William O'Connor
9 Raymond van Barneveld v Richard North
24 Kyle Anderson v Peter Jacques
5 Mensur Suljovic v Kevin Painter
28 Robert Thornton v Brendan Dolan/Alan Ljubic
12 Jelle Klaasen v Jan Dekker
21 Stephen Bunting v Dimitri van den Bergh
4 Daryl Gurney v Ronny Huybrechts
29 John Henderson v Marko Kantele
13 Michael Smith v Steve Lennon
20 Rob Cross v Seigo Asada/Gordon Mathers
2 Peter Wright v Diogo Portela
31 Jonny Clayton v Kenny Neyens/Jamie Lewis
15 Alan Norris v Kim Viljanen
18 Kim Huybrechts v James Richardson
7 Adrian Lewis v Aleksandr Oreshkin/Kevin Münch
26 Cristo Reyes v Antonio Alcinas
10 Simon Whitlock v Martin Schindler
23 Darren Webster v Devon Petersen
6 Phil Taylor v Chris Dobey
27 Justin Pipe v Xiao Chen Zong/Bernie Smith
11 James Wade v Keegan Brown
22 Mervyn King v Zoran Lerchbacher
3 Gary Anderson v Jeff Smith/Luke Humphries
30 Mark Webster v Kai Fan Leung/Paul Lim
14 Benito van de Pas v Steve West
19 Joe Cullen v Jermaine Wattimena