See the draw Players Championship 29 right here including Michael Smith, Peter Wright & Gary Anderson
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Starting at 1 p.m., the 29th Players Championship tournament of the year gets underway in Leicester. The 128-strong field of participants includes plenty of notable names
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Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Ryan Searle and Luke Littler also did not travel to Leicester. World class players such as Michael Smith, Rob Cross, Dave Chisnall, Nathan Aspinall, James Wade, Peter Wright and Gary Anderson do make a bid for the day's victory.
A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.
See the draw in full down below!
Draw Players Championship 29
Last 128
Dave Chisnall - | - Ryan Meikle
Mickey Mansell - | - Joshua Richardson
Niels Zonneveld - | - Jurjen van der Velde
Stephen Burton - | - Jeffrey Sparidaans
Michael Smith - | - Jamie Hughes
Adam Gawlas - | - Jules van Dongen
Ritchie Edhouse - | - Adam Warner
Nathan Aspinall - | - Arron Monk
Danny Noppert - | - Andy Boulton
Keane Barry - | - Callan Rydz
Luke Woodhouse - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Patrick Geeraets - | - Nathan Rafferty
Gary Anderson - | - Matthew Dennant
Richie Burnett - | - Richard Veenstra
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Steve Beaton
Martijn Dragt - | - Ian White
Martin Schindler - | - Brett Claydon
Stefan Bellmont - | - Graham Hall
Joe Cullen - | - Daniel Klose
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Ricky Evans
Rob Cross - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Danny Jansen - | - Maik Kuivenhoven
Cameron Menzies - | - Jose De Sousa
Jacques Labre - | - Darius Labanauskas
Josh Rock - | - Karel Sedlacek
Kim Huybrechts - | - Adam Hunt
Brendan Dolan - | - William O'Connor
Matt Campbell - | - Madars Razma
Daryl Gurney - | - Justin Hood
George Killington - | - Jitse Van der Wal
James Wade - | - Scott Williams
Thibault Tricole - | - Alexander Merkx
Stephen Bunting - | - Danny Lauby
Darryl Pilgrim - | - Dylan Slevin
Alan Soutar - | - Vincent van der Voort
Connor Scutt - | - Rhys Griffin
Peter Wright - | - Jim Williams
William Borland - | - Dom Taylor
Mike De Decker - | - Andy Baetens
Berry van Peer - | - Martin Lukeman
Damon Heta - | - Jamie Atkins
Owen Bates - | - Robert Owen
Andrew Gilding - | - Wesley Plaisier
Jelle Klaasen - | - Jeffrey De Graaf
Gian van Veen - | - Keegan Brown
Owen Roelofs - | - Benjamin Reus
Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Simon Whitlock
Radek Szaganski - | - Mervyn King
Chris Dobey - | - Callum Goffin
Robert Grundy - | - Darren Beveridge
Gabriel Clemens - | - Graham Usher
John Henderson - | - Josh Payne
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Lee Evans
Mensur Suljovic - | - Lukas Wenig
Wessel Nijman - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
James Hurrell - | - Christian Kist
Ross Smith - | - Danny van Trijp
Kevin Doets - | - Jimmy van Schie
Ryan Joyce - | - Dragutin Horvat
Robbie Knops - | - Boris Krcmar
Jonny Clayton - | - Steve Lennon
Nick Kenny - | - Chris Landman
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Lee Cocks
Michele Turetta - | - Florian Hempel
Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
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