Draw North American Darts Championship: Defending champion Smith faces Mawson

The draw has been made for the North American Championship which will take place on Thursday after the US Darts Masters first round in Las Vegas.

It will see eight players who came through the qualifiers battle it out for the $10,000 top prize alongside a place in the 2019/2020 PDC World Darts Championship.

Jeff Smith is the defending champion in the event and he will kick off his campaign against the experienced former UK Open finalist Gary Mawson.

It all begins though with Daniel Baggish and Elliot Milk facing off with both players making their big stage debuts over the next few days. The winner will take on Leonard Gates or Shawn Brenneman with the latter having been involved in the event before.

The big match could come from the third Quarter-Final though with Darin Young set to take on Jim Long. Young will be one of the favourites for the title but Long also has big stage experience so a close battle will be expected. The winner will take on either Smith or Mawson in the second semi-final.

2019 Dafabet North American Championship
Thursday July 4 (1800 local time)
Quarter-Finals
Daniel Baggish v Elliot Milk
Leonard Gates v Shawn Brenneman
Darin Young v Jim Long
Gary Mawson v Jeff Smith

Semi-Finals
Baggish/Milk v Gates/Brenneman
Young/Long v Mawson/Smith

Final
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All games best of 11 legs

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