Schedule Friday night at World Series of Darts Finals 2023 including Clayton, Van Barneveld & Heta

Starting Friday night, the AFAS Live in Amsterdam will be the setting for the ninth edition of the World Series of Darts Finals. Tonight, the first sixteen players will be in action in the Dutch capital.

They will try to force a match against one of the top eight seeded players. Top players such as Michael van Gerwen, Dimitri van den Bergh, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith only enter from the second round.

That does not include Jonny Clayton, Damon Heta and Raymond van Barneveld, who do make their appearance Friday night. Dirk Van Duijvenbode and Danny Noppert even take on each other in the first round.

Van Barneveld will play Jeff Smith, who surprisingly made the finals at the US Darts Masters in New York earlier this year, in front of his own crowd. There are five other pots.

The evening session opens with a meeting between Daniel Klose and Krzysztof Ratajski, while Graham Usher starts his tournament against Haupai Puha. Gabriel Clemens and William O'Connor will decide who will be Van Gerwen's opponent in the second round. Keegan Brown will meet Simon Whitlock, and Jonny Clayton will be against Martin Schindler. Rounding off the evening will be Damon Heta and Ricky Evans.

The tournament will be broadcast in its entirety by ITV.

The prize pool for this event contains a total of 300,000 pounds. However, the prize money won does not count toward the PDC Order of Merit or other money rankings.

All participants are guaranteed £5,000 in prize money. This amount could eventually rise to a sum of £70,000 in prize money for the winner.

The World Series tournaments are international events of the PDC organized to promote the sport beyond the (Western) European borders.

Earlier this year, tournaments also took place in Bahrain, Denmark, the United States, Poland, New Zealand and Australia. Past World Series tournaments have also been scheduled in Dubai, Singapore, Japan, Scotland, China, Germany and Austria.

Daniel Klose v Krzysztof Ratajski

Graham Usher v Haupai Puha

Gabriel Clemens v William O'Connor

Keegan Brown v Simon Whitlock

Jonny Clayton v Martin Schindler

Raymond van Barneveld v Jeff Smith

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Danny Noppert

Damon Heta v Ricky Evans