Schedule World Darts Championship 2024: See here when all darters should be in action

From December 15, 2023 to January 3, 2024, the great darts festival will once again burst into life at Alexandra Palace. View the playing schedule for the 2024 World Darts Championship here.

As usual, the World Darts Championship consists it two stages. During the first nine days of play, the first two rounds are completed. The 32 remaining players return after Christmas for the remainder of the World Darts Championship.

As has become the tradition, the reigning champion headlines the opening night of action. This time around, that is Michael Smith and 'BullyBoy' will open the defence of his crown against the winner of the first match of the tournament, either Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz. Also on the opening night is former world finalist, Simon Whitlock against Paolo Nebrida.

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Dave Chisnall and Gary Anderson are the seeds in action on the first Saturday, with the opening weekend being closed out on Sunday by Joe Cullen in the afternoon and pre-tournament favourite Luke Humphries on Sunday night against either Lee Evans or Sandro Eric Sosing. Fallon Sherrock will also return to the Palace in that session, hoping to make more history against Jermaine Wattimena.

Gerwyn Price makes his bow on Monday the 18th, with James Wade and Michael van Gerwen highlighting their respective sessions the following day, on Tuesday the 19th. Ross Smith and Peter Wright feature on the 20th, with round one coming to a conclusion on the afternoon of Thursday the 21st, all remaining games before Christmas are round 2 spectacles.

After Christmas, the tournament gets into the business end, ultimately concluding on Wednesday night, January 3rd where the next PDC World Darts Champion will be crowned.

World Darts Championship 2024 playing schedule

Friday, Dec. 15 (from 7 p.m.)

Kevin Doets v Stowe Buntz (R1)

Cameron Menzies v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (R1)

Simon Whitlock v Paolo Nebrida (R1)

Michael Smith v Doets/Buntz (R2)

Saturday, December 16

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Lee Evans v Sandro Eric Sosing (R1)

Connor Scutt v Krzysztof Kciuk (R1)

Jules van Dongen v Darren Penhall (R1)

Dave Chisnall v Menzies/Rodriguez (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Jamie Hughes v David Cameron (R1)

Keane Barry v Reynaldo Rivera (R1)

Scott Williams v Haruki Muramatsu (R1)

Gary Anderson v Whitlock/Nebrida (R2)

Sunday, Dec. 17

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Ricky Evans v Simon Adams (R1)

Jim Williams v Norman Madhoo (R1)

Matt Campbell v Lourence Ilagan (R1)

Joe Cullen v Van Dongen/Penhall (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Dylan Slevin v Florian Hempel (R1)

Niels Zonneveld v Darren Webster (R1)

Jermaine Wattimena v Fallon Sherrock (R1)

Luke Humphries v Evans/Eric Sosing (R2)

Monday, Dec. 18 (from 7 p.m.)

Mario Vandenbogaerde v Thibault Tricole (R1)

Gian van Veen v Man Lok Leung (R1)

Martin Lukeman v Haupai Puha (R1)

Gerwyn Price v Scutt/Kciuk (R2)

Tuesday, Dec. 19

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Ian White v Tomoya Goto (R1)

Ritchie Edhouse v Jeffrey de Graaf (R1)

Keegan Brown v Boris Krcmar (R1)

James Wade v Campbell/Ilagan (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Steve Beaton v Wessel Nijman (R1)

Mike De Decker v Dragutin Horvat (R1)

Ricardo Pietreczko v Mikuru Suzuki (R1)

Michael van Gerwen v Barry/Rivera (R2)

Wednesday, Dec. 20

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Radek Szaganski v Marko Kantele (R1)

Steve Lennon v Owen Bates (R1)

William O'Connor v Bhav Patel (R1)

Ross Smith v Zonneveld/Webster (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Ryan Joyce v Alex Spellman (R1)

Richard Veenstra v Ben Robb (R1)

Christian Kist v Luke Littler (R1)

Peter Wright v J Williams/Madhoo (R2)

Thursday, December 21

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Mickey Mansell v Xiaochen Zong (R1)

Luke Woodhouse v Berry van Peer (R1)

Madars Razma v De Decker/Horvat (R2)

Rob Cross v Vandenbogaerde/Tricole (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Andrew Gilding v Kist/Littler (R2)

Danny Noppert v S Williams/Muramatsu (R2)

Gabriel Clemens v Van Veen/Leung (R2)

Damon Heta v Lukeman/Puha (R2)

Friday, Dec. 22

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Brendan Dolan v Mansell/Zong (R2)

Jose de Sousa v Edhouse/De Graaf (R2)

Krzysztof Ratajski v Hughes/Cameron (R2)

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Brown/Krcmar (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Slevin/Hempel (R2)

Martin Schindler v Wattimena/Sherrock (R2)

Raymond van Barneveld v Szaganski/Kantele (R2)

Chris Dobey v O'Connor/Patel (R2)

Saturday, December 23

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

Kim Huybrechts v Veenstra/Robb (R2)

Callan Rydz v Pietreczko/Suzuki (R2)

Jonny Clayton v Lennon/Bates (R2)

Daryl Gurney v Beaton/Nijman (R2)

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

Ryan Searle v White/Goto (R2)

Josh Rock v Woodhouse/Van Peer (R2)

Stephen Bunting v Joyce/Spellman (R2)

Nathan Aspinall v Evans/Adams (R2)

Wednesday, Dec. 27

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

3x Third Round

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

3x Third Round

Thursday, December 28

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

3x Third Round

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

3x Third Round

Friday, Dec. 29

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

3x Third Round

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

1x Third round, 2x Fourth round

Saturday, December 30

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

3x Fourth Round

Evening session (from 7:30 p.m.)

3x Fourth Round

Monday, Jan. 1

Afternoon session (from 12:30 p.m.)

2x Quarter-finals

Evening session (from 7 p.m.)

2x Quarter-finals

Saturday, Jan. 2 (from 7:30 p.m.)

Semifinals

Wednesday, Jan. 3 (from 8 p.m.)

Final