Seeds for 2020 PDC World Darts Championship confirmed

The seeds have been confirmed for the 2020 PDC World Championship as well as the draw brackets.

This is all ahead of the draw which takes place tonight at 7:30pm GMT on Sky Sports News.

Michael van Gerwen of course will be number one seed and his bracket will include James Wade and Ian White - two of his main rivals.

Gary Anderson as number five seed has Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall and Krzysztof Ratajski among others.

Rob Cross has Peter Wright and Dave Chisnall in his section; finally Daryl Gurney in the final seeded bracket has Gerwyn Price and Glen Durrant for company.

The qualifier lineup is also close to confirmation and with Luke Humphries winning the World Youth there is an extra spot on offer later today and also the second Ladies qualifier will also be confirmed.

Draw Bracket

1 Michael van Gerwen
32 Ricky Evans
16 Jonny Clayton
17 Stephen Bunting
8 James Wade
25 Steve Beaton
9 Ian White
24 Max Hopp

5 Gary Anderson
28 Steve West
12 Nathan Aspinall
21 Krzysztof Ratajski
4 Michael Smith
29 Dimitri van den Bergh
13 Adrian Lewis
20 Darren Webster

2 Rob Cross
31 Danny Noppert
15 Joe Cullen
18 Jermaine Wattimena
7 Peter Wright
26 Keegan Brown
10 Dave Chisnall
23 Jeffrey de Zwaan

6 Daryl Gurney
27 Glen Durrant
11 Mensur Suljovic
22 Chris Dobey
3 Gerwyn Price
30 John Henderson
14 Simon Whitlock
19 Mervyn King

Pro Tour Qualifiers

1. Jamie Hughes
2. José de Sousa
3. Vincent van der Voort
4. Brendan Dolan
5. Gabriel Clemens
6. Justin Pipe
7. William O’Connor
8. Ron Meulenkamp
9. Harry Ward
10. Ross Smith
11. Kyle Anderson
12. Kim Huybrechts
13. Ted Evetts
14. Andy Boulton
15. Ryan Joyce
16. Raymond van Barneveld
17. Luke Humphries
18. Darius Labanauskas
19. Ryan Searle
20. Arron Monk
21. Ritchie Edhouse
22. Mark McGeeney
23. Josh Payne
24. Cristo Reyes
25. James Richardson
26. Jelle Klaasen
27. James Wilson
28. Luke Woodhouse
29. Steve Lennon
30. Rowby-John Rodriguez
31. Ryan Meikle
32. Mickey Mansell

International qualifiers

1. Seigo Asada
2. Danny Baggish
3. Keane Barry
4. Matt Campbell
5. Jan Dekker
6. Damon Heta
7. Lourence Ilagan
8. Jose Justicia
9. Marko Kantele
10. Robbie King
11. Boris Koltsov
12. Nitin Kumar
13. Nico Kurz
14. Zoran Lerchbacher
15. Paul Lim
16. Noel Malicdem
17. Geert Nentjes
18. Devon Petersen
19. Diogo Portela
20. Benjamin Pratnemer
21. Madars Razma
22. Ben Robb
23. Callan Rydz
24. Mikuru Suzuki
25. Ciaran Teehan
26. Yuki Yamada
27. Darin Young
28. Xiaochen Zong
29. Benito van de Pas
30. Kevin Burness
31. Matthew Edgar
32. Fallon Sherrock

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