The PDC has announced the playing
schedule for the
Players Championship Finals. From Nov. 24 to 26, 64 players will compete in the last official tournament before the World Darts Championship.
Due to the high number of participants, a main stage and a second stage will be used. The main stage will be televised, while board 2 can be seen via stream on PDC TV.
Quite a few big names such as
Michael van Gerwen,
Rob Cross,
James Wade,
Michael Smith,
Gary Anderson,
Gerwyn Price and
Luke Humphries are assigned to the main board in their opening round matches.
The 32 winners of the first round return for the second round on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 25, followed by the last 16 on Saturday evening. The eight quarter-finalists will compete for a spot in the final session on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 26. The semi-finals and finals will be completed on Sunday evening.
Schedule Players Championship Finals 2023
Friday, Nov. 24
First round
Afternoon session (from 12:45 p.m.)
Ross Smith v Scott Williams
Ryan Searle v Boris Krcmar
Damon Heta v Jules van Dongen
Gian van Veen v Chris Landman
Rob Cross v Cameron Menzies
Josh Rock v Rowby-John Rodriguez
James Wade v William O'Connor
Board 2
Radek Szaganski v Ian White
Luke Woodhouse v Simon Whitlock
Ryan Joyce v Daniel Klose
Mike De Decker v Mario Vandenbogaerde
Ricardo Pietreczko v Christian Kist
Stephen Bunting v Mickey Mansell
Gabriel Clemens v Connor Scutt
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Jim Williams
Jonny Clayton v Stephen Burton
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Main stage
Danny Noppert v Matt Campbell
Chris Dobey v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael Smith v Richard Veenstra
Gary Anderson v Steve Beaton
Gerwyn Price v Ricky Evans
Callan Rydz v Michael van Gerwen
Luke Humphries v Martin Lukeman
Board 2
Jose de Sousa v Kevin Doets
Krzysztof Ratajski v Maik Kuivenhoven
Brendan Dolan v Ritchie Edhouse
Andrew Gilding v Steve Lennon
Daryl Gurney v Niels Zonneveld
Kim Huybrechts v Martin Schindler
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Jermaine Wattimena
Joe Cullen v Jamie Hughes
Dave Chisnall v Lee Evans
Saturday, Nov. 25
Afternoon session (from 12:45 p.m.)
Second Round
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Third Round
Sunday, Nov. 26
Afternoon session (from 12:45 p.m.)
Quarterfinal
Evening session (from 7 p.m.)
Semifinals
Final