Draw 2021 PDC World Darts Championship confirmed

Peter Wright will start the defence of his PDC World Darts Championship title against Steve West or Amit Gilitwala.

The draw was made on Thursday for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, which will see 96 of the world's best players competing from December 15-January 3 for the Sid Waddell Trophy and £2.5 million in prize money. Wright claimed his first world title in 2020 after beating three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen in the final.

World Number One, Michael van Gerwen comes into the tournament after a barren year with his lack of TV titles changed slightly with victory in the Players Championship Finals. He will take on Ryan Murray who he famously hit two nine darters in a game against or ‘The Gunner’ Lourence Ilagan who will face off in the first round.

World Grand Prix champion Gerwyn Price will look to add his first World crown and also move to World Number One. He will face fellow Welshman, Jamie Lewis or Luke Woodhouse.

World Matchplay champion Dimitri van den Bergh is set to face either Luke Humphries or Paul Lim in a quality first round tie. Two-time World Champion Gary Anderson has had a knee injury as of late but is set to take on either Madars Razma or debutant Toru Suzuki.

Former World Champion Rob Cross seems to be getting back towards some form but he will have either World Grand Prix finalist Dirk van Duijvenbode or World Youth Champion, Bradley Brooks. Glen Durrant will face record breaking appearance maker Steve Beaton or Diogo Portela.

Jose de Sousa will be among the favourites and will have a tricky tie when he faces Ross Smith or David Evans. Adrian Lewis aims to recapture some form like Durrant but faces a tricky contest against Damon Heta or Danny Baggish.

Deta Hedman will make her debut in this years tournament and ‘The Heart of Darts’ who is bound to be a fans favourite could encounter Stephen Bunting if she gets past Andy Boulton.

[1] Michael van Gerwen v Ryan Murray/Lourence Ilagan

[32] Ricky Evans v Mickey Mansell/Haupai Puha

[16] Joe Cullen v Wayne Jones/Ciaran Teehan

[17] Jonny Clayton v John Henderson/Marko Kantele

[8] Dave Chisnall v Keegan Brown/Ryan Meikle

[25] Danny Noppert v Martijn Kleermaker/Cameron Carolissen

[9] Dimitri van den Bergh v Luke Humphries/Paul Lim

[24] Jermaine Wattimena v Derk Telnekes/Nick Kenny

[4] Michael Smith v Jason Lowe/Dmitriy Gorbunov

[29] Devon Petersen v Steve Lennon/Daniel Larsson

[13] Gary Anderson v Madars Razma/Toru Suzuki

[20] Mensur Suljovic v Maik Kuivenhoven/Matthew Edgar

[5] Rob Cross v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Bradley Brooks

[28] Jamie Hughes v Adam Hunt/Lisa Ashton

[12] Glen Durrant v Steve Beaton/Diogo Portela

[21] Adrian Lewis v Damon Heta/Danny Baggish

[2] Peter Wright v Steve West/Amit Gilitwala

[31] Gabriel Clemens v Andy Hamilton/Nico Kurz

[15] Krzysztof Ratajski v Ryan Joyce/Karel Sedlacek

[18] Simon Whitlock v Darius Labanauskas/Chengan Liu

[7] James Wade v Callan Rydz/James Bailey

[26] Stephen Bunting v Andy Boulton/Deta Hedman

[10] Ian White v Kim Huybrechts/Di Zhuang

[23] Jeffrey de Zwaan v Ryan Searle/Danny Lauby Jr

[3] Gerwyn Price v Luke Woodhouse/Jamie Lewis

[30] Brendan Dolan v Mike de Decker/Edward Foulkes

[14] Jose de Sousa v Ross Smith/David Evans

[19] Mervyn King v Max Hopp/Gordon Mathers

[6] Nathan Aspinall v Scott Waites/Matt Campbell

[27] Vincent van der Voort v Ron Meulenkamp/Boris Krcmar

[11] Daryl Gurney v William O'Connor/Niels Zonneveld

[22] Chris Dobey v Jeff Smith/Keane Barry