The field has been confirmed ahead of the 2020/21 PDC World Darts Championship after the conclusion of the PDPA Qualifiers on Monday afternoon.
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Michael van Gerwen heads up the field with being first in the PDC Order of Merit and like the rest of the top 32, a second round start will start the tournament off in just under two weeks.
Peter Wright is the defending champion and number two seed and will likely as is customary play on the opening night at the Alexandra Palace. Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and Rob Cross round out the top five.
Gabriel Clemens and Ricky Evans are the final two players sitting inside the top 32. While Damon Heta and Ryan Searle sit atop the ProTour Order of Merit after both claiming maiden ProTour wins this year.
Dirk van Duijvenbode will make his return for the first time since his infamous 180 bust against Raymond van Barneveld back in 2016 in a year which has seen him become a first time major finalist.
Steve Beaton will play in a record breaking 30th consecutive World Championship also next month. While there is a heavy Dutch contingent debuting including Martijn Kleermaker, Derk Telnekes, Maik Kuivenhoven and Niels Zonneveld with the latter qualifying earlier on Monday.
Multiple Lakeside World Champion, Scott Waites will also make his debut after coming through the ProTour Order of Merit.
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While International Qualifier wise, Matthew Edgar, Ciaran Teehan, Nick Kenny, Jamie Lewis as well as Zonneveld and Karel Sedlacek joined the field through the Qualifier.
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The legend Paul Lim and 'The Gunner' Lourence Ilagan will make returns to the Alexandra Palace once more, with the likes of Edward Shoji Foulkes, Di Zhuang and Toru Suzuki joining them as debutants from the Asian Qualifiers.
Lisa Ashton and Deta Hedman came through the Women's Series as qualifiers, while returns will take place for Keane Barry as well as CDC standouts Matt Campbell and Danny Baggish.
David Evans who has impressed so many will make his PDC ProTour debut next year but 'Stretch' is set for his PDC World Championship debut next month after winning the Challenge Tour.
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While there are also spots for German Superleague winner Nico Kurz and the dangerous multiple Soft Tip World Champion, Boris 'The Biggest' Krcmar who came through the East Europe Qualifier after his maiden year on the Tour.
The ProTour and International Qualifiers will find out their first round fate on Thursday December 3 when the draw takes place on Sky Sports News with the action kicking off on Tuesday, December 15.
Top 32 PDC Order of Merit
1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Peter Wright
3 Gerwyn Price
4 Michael Smith
5 Rob Cross
9 Dimitri van den Bergh
10 Ian White
11 Daryl Gurney
12 Glen Durrant
15 Krzysztof Ratajski
16 Joe Cullen
17 Jonny Clayton
18 Simon Whitlock
19 Mervyn King
20 Mensur Suljovic
21 Adrian Lewis
22 Chris Dobey
23 Jeffrey de Zwaan
24 Jermaine Wattimena
25 Danny Noppert
26 Stephen Bunting
27 Vincent van der Voort
28 Jamie Hughes
30 Brendan Dolan
31 Gabriel Clemens
32 Ricky Evans
Pro Tour Qualifiers
Damon Heta
Ryan Searle
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ross Smith
Madars Razma
Ryan Joyce
Martijn Kleermaker
Kim Huybrechts
Jeff Smith
William O'Connor
Steve Lennon
Jason Lowe
Maik Kuivenhoven
Derk Telnekes
Darius Labanauskas
Mickey Mansell
Adam Hunt
Max Hopp
Scott Waites
Andy Boulton
Ryan Murray
Keegan Brown
Steve Beaton
Luke Woodhouse
Luke Humphries
Callan Rydz
Mike De Decker
Ron Meulenkamp
Steve West
Wayne Jones
Andy Hamilton
John Henderson
International Qualifiers
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Lisa Ashton
Danny Baggish
James Bailey
Keane Barry
Bradley Brooks
Matt Campbell
Cameron Carolissen
David Evans
Edward Shouji Foulkes
Amit Gilitwala
Dmitriy Gorbunov
Deta Hedman
Lourence Ilagan
Marko Kantele
Boris Krcmar
Nico Kurz
Daniel Larsson
Danny Lauby
Paul Lim
Chengan Liu
Gordon Mathers
Ryan Meikle
Diogo Portela
Haupai Puha
Toru Suzuki
Di Zhuang
Ciaran Teehan
Matthew Edgar
Jamie Lewis
Nick Kenny
Niels Zonneveld
Karel Sedlacek
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