The draw for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship will take place on Thursday morning. From the 96 participants only 64 will go into the bags with the balls. The 32 seeded players have already been given a place in the tournament bracket.
The top 32 has a bye in the first round of the World Championship. The first round will see the 32 Pro Tour qualifiers taking on the 32 international qualifiers. Below you can read what else you need to know about the World Championship draw.
Just like the last few years, the draw will be broadcasted by Sky Sports News. The draw is expected to take place on Thursday morning at 09:30 GMT.
After the draw, the PDC will work on a schedule of play together with TV partners. It is expected that players will know at the end of this week or early next week when they have to play their first match.
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[32] Ricky Evans v
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[16] Joe Cullen v
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[17] Jonny Clayton v
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[8] Dave Chisnall v
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[25] Danny Noppert v
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[9] Dimitri van den Bergh v
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[24] Jermaine Wattimena v
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[4] Michael Smith v
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[29] Devon Petersen v
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[13] Gary Anderson v
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[20] Mensur Suljovic v
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[5] Rob Cross v
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[28] Jamie Hughes v
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[12] Glen Durrant v
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[21] Adrian Lewis v
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[2] Peter Wright v
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[31] Gabriel Clemens v
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[15] Krzysztof Ratajski v
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[18] Simon Whitlock v
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[7] James Wade v
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[26] Stephen Bunting v
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[10] Ian White v
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[23] Jeffrey de Zwaan v
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[3] Gerwyn Price v
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[30] Brendan Dolan v
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[14] Jose de Sousa v
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[19] Mervyn King v
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[6] Nathan Aspinall v
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[27] Vincent van der Voort v
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[11] Daryl Gurney v
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[22] Chris Dobey v
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Damon Heta
Ryan Searle
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ross Smith
Madars Razma
Ryan Joyce
Martijn Kleermaker
Kim Huybrechts
Jeff Smith
William O'Connor
Steve Lennon
Jason Lowe
Maik Kuivenhoven
Derk Telnekes
Darius Labanauskas
Mickey Mansell
Adam Hunt
Max Hopp
Scott Waites
Andy Boulton
Ryan Murray
Keegan Brown
Steve Beaton
Luke Woodhouse
Luke Humphries
Callan Rydz
Mike De Decker
Ron Meulenkamp
Steve West
Wayne Jones
Andy Hamilton
John Henderson
Lisa Ashton
Danny Baggish
James Bailey
Keane Barry
Bradley Brooks
Matt Campbell
Cameron Carolissen
David Evans
Edward Shouji Foulkes
Amit Gilitwala
Dmitriy Gorbunov
Deta Hedman
Lourence Ilagan
Marko Kantele
Boris Krcmar
Nico Kurz
Daniel Larsson
Danny Lauby
Paul Lim
Chengan Liu
Gordon Mathers
Ryan Meikle
Diogo Portela
Haupai Puha
Toru Suzuki
Di Zhuang
Ciaran Teehan
Matthew Edgar
Jamie Lewis
Nick Kenny
Niels Zonneveld
Karel Sedlacek