Current PDC World Champion Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis, will start the defence of his crown against the dangerous Nigel ‘The Undertaker’ Heydon.
15 times World Champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor is drawn against the winner of the preliminary qualifier of Japan Champion Haruki Muramatsu and Swedish Champion Dennis Nilsson.
5 times World Champion Raymond van Barnaveld will feature against Northampton qualifier James Richardson, and James Wade will play either Danish stalwart Per Laursen or Petri Korte.
The 2 PDPA World Championship qualifiers yesterday, Arron Monk and Joe Cullen will play Kevin Painer (Monk) and Oliver Ferenc (Cullen) in the preliminary match with the winner playing Terry Jenkins.
Other notable ties are, the 2 welsh wonders and former World Champions Richie Burnett & Mark Webster will face each other. Mark Dudbridge who is on the verge of dropping out or the top 32 faces an in form Dave Chisnall, Colin Osbourne faces a tough test against ‘Mighty Mike’ Michael van Gerwen, former BDO Champion Jelle Klaasen was drawn to face a very in form Peter Wright.
THE DRAW BRACKET
Phil Taylor v Muramatsu/Nilsson
Mark Dudbridge v Dave Chisnall
Vincent van der Voort v Mark Hylton
And Hamilton v Antonio Alcinas
Raymond van Barneveld v James Richardson
Brendan Dolan v Kim Huybrechts
Paul Nicholson v Mensur Suljovic
Alan Tabern v Burger/Perez
Simon Whitlock v Dennis Smith
Steve Beaton v Magnus Caris
Mervyn King v Geoff Kime
Colin Osborne v Michael van Gerwen
Gary Anderson v Jyhan Artut
Steve Brown v Petersen/de Sousa
Colin Lloyd v Darin Young
Andy Smith v Scott Rand
Adrian Lewis v Nigel Heydon
Robert Thornton v Ian White
Wayne Jones v Barham/MacKenzie
Jamie Caven v Roland Scholten
Wes Newton v Kurt van de Rijck
Justin Pipe v Sean Reed
Terry Jenkins v Cullen/Ferenc
Co Stompe v Michael Smith
Mark Webster v Richie Burnett
John Part v John Henderson
Mark Walsh v Finnan/French
Kevin Painter v Arron Monk
James Wade v Laursen/Korte
Peter Wright v Jelle Klaasen
Ronnie Baxter v Steve Farmer
Denis Ovens v Munch/Choon Peng
Youth players Arron Monk and Joe Cullen won through the PDPA Ladbrokes World Darts Qualifier in Wigan today.
Monk will be in the 1st round draw tommorrow after beating Cullen 5-3 in the final, Cullen will play in the Prelims against Oliver Ferenc.
Chris Thompson beat Tony Ayres in the 3rd place play – off 5-3 and will be the event reserve.
Monk beat Chris Thompson in semi-final one to get through with a hard fought 5-3 against the yorkshire man.
Joe Cullen after coming back from 1-4 down against twice former World Champion Denis Priestley to win 5-4 and finally 5-2 against Tony Ayres who had sneeked past Peter Manley in the previous round to get his place at the Alexandra Palace in December.
Both will now make their debuts in the World Championships at the Alexandra Palace, the preliminary draw has already taken place (Below) and the full draw will be live on SKY Sports News tommorrow at 12.00 Noon.
Ladbrokes World Darts Championship PDPA Qualifier
Monday November 28
Preliminary Round
Shaun Griffiths 5-4 Kevin Dowling
Dave Ladley 5-2 Steve Grubb
Darren Whittingham 5-2 Stephen Hardy
Adam Smith-Neale 5-0 Ryan Herrington
Brian Woods 5-1 John Ferrell
Jimmy Mann 5-1 Jimmy O’Regan
Ken Dobson 5-0 Wayne Mardle
Adam Hunt 5-0 Paul Schofield
Darrell Claydon 5-0 Darren Mawer
Adrian Gray 5-2 Gary Mawson
Mareno Michels 5-3 Paul Rowley
Sam Allen 5-3 Andy Pearson
Andy Pearce 5-1 Paul Hodkin
Simon Burt 5-1 Steven Pearson
Peter Hudson 5-4 Louis Blundell
First Round
Dennis Priestley (1) 5-2 Ian Jopling
Shaun Griffiths 5-2 Mick Todd
Chris Aubrey 5-2 Colin Monk (16)
Geoff Whitworth 5-2 Gary Eastwood
Joe Cullen (8) 5-0 John Walton
Martyn Turner 5-4 Dave Ladley
Mark Lawrence 5-4 Alex Roy (9)
Matthew Edgar 5-2 Darren Whittingham
Kirk Shepherd (5) 5-2 Jason Crawley
Ken MacNeil 5-3 Adam Smith-Neale
Tony Ayres (12) 5-2 Mark Stephenson
Mark Jones 5-1 Brian Woods
Terry Temple 5-2 Kevin McDine (4)
Jimmy Mann 5-0 Matt Padgett
Peter Manley (13) 5-3 Lee Palfreyman
Wayne Atwood 5-1 Ken Dobson
Mike Nott 5-1 Barrie Bates (2)
Adam Hunt 5-3 Dyson Parody
Nick Fulwell 5-4 Darren Johnson (15)
Dave Smith 5-4 Darrell Claydon
Mark Frost 5-1 Steve Maish (7)
Adrian Gray 5-2 Mark Jodrill
Prakash Jiwa 5-1 Matt Clark (10)
Arron Monk 5-3 Mareno Michels
Dave Honey 5-3 Steve Hine (6)
Sam Allen 5-4 Reece Robinson
Chris Thompson (11) 5-1 Tony Blundell
Nigel Birch 5-0 Andy Pearce
Tony Eccles (3) 5-0 Norman Fletcher
Michael Barnard 5-0 Simon Burt
Andy Jenkins (14) 5-3 Ashley Holgate
Andy Brown 5-4 Peter Hudson
Second Round
Dennis Priestley 5-3 Shaun Griffiths
Geoff Whitworth 5-2 Chris Aubrey
Joe Cullen 5-1 Martyn Turner
Mark Lawrence 5-4 Matthew Edgar
Kirk Shepherd 5-2 Ken MacNeil
Tony Ayres 5-2 Mark Jones
Terry Temple 5-4 Jimmy Mann
Peter Manley 5-4 Wayne Atwood
Adam Hunt 5-1 Mike Nott
Nick Fulwell 5-4 Dave Smith
Adrian Gray 5-2 Mark Frost
Arron Monk 5-3 Prakash Jiwa
Dave Honey 5-0 Sam Allen
Chris Thompson 5-0 Nigel Birch
Michael Barnard 5-4 Tony Eccles
Andy Jenkins 5-3 Andy Brown
Third Round
Dennis Priestley 5-0 Geoff Whitworth
Joe Cullen 5-2 Mark Lawrence
Tony Ayres 5-4 Kirk Shepherd
Peter Manley 5-4 Terry Temple
Nick Fulwell 5-3 Adam Hunt
Arron Monk 5-3 Adrian Gray
Chris Thompson 5-0 Dave Honey
Michael Barnard 5-1 Andy Jenkins
Quarter-Finals
Dennis Priestley 4-5 Joe Cullen
Tony Ayres 5-3 Peter Manley
Nick Fulwell 3-5 Arron Monk
Chris Thompson 5-4 Michael Barnard
Losers £250 (does not count towards Order of Merit)
Semi-Finals
Joe Cullen 5-2 Tony Ayres
Chris Thompson 3-5 Arron Monk
Losers £1,000 (does not count towards Order of Merit)
Final
Arron Monk 5-3 Joe Cullen
Third Place Play-Off
Chris Thompson 5-3 Tony Ayres
Winner receives place in Ladbrokes World Darts Championship First Round
Runner-Up receives place in Ladbrokes World Darts Championship Preliminary Round
32 Seeds from PDC OoM Table:
1 Phil Taylor – 2 Adrian Lewis – 3 James Wade - 4 Gary Anderson - 5 Simon Whitlock - 6 Mark Webster - 7 Wes Newton – 8 Raymond van Barneveld – 9 Paul Nicholson - 10 Terry Jenkins - 11 Mark Walsh - 12 Mervyn King - 13 Colin Lloyd - 14 Ronnie Baxter - 15 Wayne Jones - 16 Vincent van der Voort - 17 Andy Hamilton - 18 Jamie Caven - 19 Denis Ovens - 20 Andy Smith - 21 Colin Osborne - 22 Kevin Painter - 23 Co Stompe - 24 Alan Tabern - 25 Brendan Dolan - 26 Justin Pipe – 27 John Part - 28 Steve Beaton - 29 Steve Brown - 30 Peter Wright - 31 Robert Thornton - 32 Mark Dudbridge
16 Qualifiers from PC OoM Table:
1 Dave Chisnall - 2 Mark Hylton - 3 Scott Rand - 4 Richie Burnett - 5 Michael van Gerwen - 6 John Henderson - 7 Nigel Heydon – 8 Roland Scholten - 9 Steve Farmer - 10 James Richardson - 11 Magnus Caris - 12 Dennis Smith - 13 Jelle Klaasen - 14 Michael Smith - 15 Kim Huybrechts – 16 Ian White
4 Qualifiers from EOoM Table:
1 Antonio Alcinas – 2 Mensur Suljovic – 3 Jyhan Artut – 4 Kurt van de Rijk
World Qualifiers 1st Round:
Darin Young USA - Sean Reed & Geoff Kime Australia – Arron Monk PDPA Qualifier Winner
World Qualifiers Preliminary Round:
Danish Champion – Per Laursen
Swedish Champion – Dennis Nilsson
Finnish Champion – Petri Korte
Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Winner – Connie Finnan
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit Qualifier – Paul Barham
Greater China Qualifier – Scott MacKenzie
South Asia Qualifier – Lee Choon Peng
Japanese Champion – Haruki Muramatsu
Philippines Champion – Christian Perez
German Champion – Kevin Munch
New Zealand Champion – Warren French
South African Masters Winner – Devon Petersen
South European Qualifier – Oliver Ferenc
West European Qualifier – Jose Antonio Oliveira De Sousa
East European Qualifier – Dietmar Burger
PDPA (Q) Runner Up – Joe Cullen
Prelim Draw conducted by PDPA CEO Alan Warriner-Little
Connie Finnan v Warren French
Haruki Muramatsu v Dennis Nilsson
Devon Peterson v Jose De Sousa
Joe Cullen v Oliver Ferenc
Kevin Munch v Lee Choon Peng
Paul Barham v Scott McKensie
Par Laursen v Petri Korte
Dietmar Burger v Christain Perez
The full draw will take place tommorrow at 11.30 am live on SKY Sports news
