This is what you need to know ahead of the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship draw on Thursday morning

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.

Where and when can I watch the 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.

When will the schedule be announced?

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.

Tournament bracket

[1] Michael van Gerwen v

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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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Pro Tour qualifiers

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

International qualifiers

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