The draw and schedule for the William Hill World Darts Championship has been announced.

The schedule of play for the first and second rounds of the 2020/21 William Hill World Darts Championship has been confirmed, with reigning champion Peter Wright to compete on the opening night on Tuesday December 15.

The pre-Christmas period in the sport’s greatest tournament will see the first and second rounds played across nine days from December 15-23. The schedule of play has now been confirmed for the pre-Christmas period, which will include Wright’s clash with Steve West or Amit Gilitwala on the opening night.

An exciting first session will also see Steve Beaton compete in his record 30th successive World Championship as he plays Brazi’ls Diogo Portela, while Canada’s Jeff Smith takes on Irish prospect Keane Barry.

Tuesday December 15th

(Evening 18.00 GMT)
3x FIRST ROUND 1x SECOND ROUND
Steve West v Amit Gilitwala
Steve Beaton v Diogo Portela
Jeff Smith v Keane Barry
Peter Wright v West/Gilitwala

Wednesday December 16th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
6x FIRST ROUND 2x SECOND ROUND
Ryan Joyce v Karel Sedlacek
Ross Smith v David Evans
William O’Connor v Niels Zonneveld
Chris Dobey v J Smith/Barry
Max Hopp v Gordon Mathers
Callan Rydz v James Bailey
Adam Hunt v Lisa Ashton
Glen Durrant v Beaton/Portela

Thursday December 17th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
6x FIRST ROUND 2x SECOND ROUND
Madars Razma v Toru Suzuki
Mike De Decker v Edward Foulkes
Ryan Murray v Lourence Ilagan
Daryl Gurney v O’Connor/Zonneveld
Luke Woodhouse v Jamie Lewis
Ron Meulenkamp v Boris Krcmar
Ryan Searle v Danny Lauby
Jose de Sousa v R Smith/D Evans                                   

Friday December 18th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
6x FIRST ROUND 2x SECOND ROUND
Mickey Mansell v Haupai Puha
Darius Labanauskas v Chengan Liu
Wayne Jones v Ciaran Teehan
Jamie Hughes v Hunt/Ashton
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Bradley Brooks
John Henderson v Marko Kantele
Luke Humphries v Paul Lim
James Wade v Rydz/Bailey

Saturday December 19th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
6x FIRST ROUND 2x SECOND ROUND
Steve Lennon v Daniel Larsson
Scott Waites v Matt Campbell
Kim Huybrechts v Di Zhuang
Mervyn King v Hopp/Mathers
Andy Hamilton v Nico Kurz
Andy Boulton v Deta Hedman
Damon Heta v Danny Baggish
Michael van Gerwen v Murray/Ilagan

Sunday December 20th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
5x FIRST ROUND 3x SECOND ROUND
Derk Telnekes v Nick Kenny
Jason Lowe v Dmitriy Gorbunov
Maik Kuivenhoven v Matthew Edgar
Vincent van der Voort v Meulenkamp/Krcmar
Martijn Kleermaker v Cameron Carolissen
Keegan Brown v Ryan Meikle
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Searle/Lauby
Jonny Clayton v Henderson/Kantele

Monday December 21st

(Evening 18.00 GMT)
4x SECOND ROUND
Krzysztof Ratajski v Joyce/Sedlacek
Ian White v Huybrechts/Zhuang
Gerwyn Price v Woodhouse/J Lewis
Gabriel Clemens v Hamilton/Kurz

Tuesday December 22nd

Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
8x SECOND ROUND
Brendan Dolan v De Decker/Foulkes
Joe Cullen v Jones/Teehan
Simon Whitlock v Labanauskas/Liu
Adrian Lewis v Heta/Baggish
Danny Noppert v Kleermaker/Carolissen
Devon Petersen v Lennon/Larsson
Rob Cross v Van Duijvenbode/Brooks
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Humphries/Lim

Wednesday December 23rd

Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00)
8x SECOND ROUND
Ricky Evans v Mansell/Puha
Gary Anderson v Razma/Suzuki
Stephen Bunting v Boulton/Hedman
Mensur Suljovic v Kuivenhoven/Edgar
Dave Chisnall v Brown/Meikle
Jermaine Wattimena v Telnekes/Kenny
Nathan Aspinall v Waites/Campbell
Michael Smith v Lowe/Gorbunov

Sunday December 27th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
6x THIRD ROUND

Monday December 28th

Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
6x THIRD ROUND

Tuesday December 29th

Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
4x THIRD ROUND 2x FOURTH ROUND

Wednesday December 30th

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
FOURTH ROUND

Friday January 1st

(Afternoon/Evening 12.00 & 18.00 GMT)
QUARTER FINALS

Saturday January 2nd

(Evening 18.00 GMT)
SEMI FINALS

Sunday January 3rd

(Evening 19.30 GMT)
THE FINAL

2020/21 William Hill World Darts Championship

Draw Bracket – Second Round Onwards

(1) Michael van Gerwen v Ryan Murray/Lourence Ilagan
(32) Ricky Evans v Mickey Mansell/Haupai Puha
(16) Joe Cullen v Wayne Jones/Ciaran Teehan
(17) Jonny Clayton v John Henderson/Marko Kantele
(8) Dave Chisnall v Keegan Brown/Ryan Meikle
(25) Danny Noppert v Martijn Kleermaker/Cameron Carolissen
(9) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Luke Humphries/Paul Lim
(24) Jermaine Wattimena v Derk Telnekes/Nick Kenny
(4) Michael Smith v Jason Lowe/Dmitriy Gorbunov
(29) Devon Petersen v Steve Lennon/Daniel Larsson
(13) Gary Anderson v Madars Razma/Toru Suzuki
(20) Mensur Suljovic v Maik Kuivenhoven/Matthew Edgar
(5) Rob Cross v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Bradley Brooks
(28) Jamie Hughes v Adam Hunt/Lisa Ashton
(12) Glen Durrant v Steve Beaton/Diogo Portela
(21) Adrian Lewis v Damon Heta/Danny Baggish
(2) Peter Wright v Steve West/Amit Gilitwala
(31) Gabriel Clemens v Andy Hamilton/Nico Kurz
(15) Krzysztof Ratajski v Ryan Joyce/Karel Sedlacek
(18) Simon Whitlock v Darius Labanauskas/Chengan Liu
(7) James Wade v Callan Rydz/James Bailey
(26) Stephen Bunting v Andy Boulton/Deta Hedman
(10) Ian White v Kim Huybrechts/Di Zhuang
(23) Jeffrey de Zwaan v Ryan Searle/Danny Lauby
(3) Gerwyn Price v Luke Woodhouse/Jamie Lewis
(30) Brendan Dolan v Mike De Decker/Edward Foulkes
(14) Jose de Sousa v Ross Smith/David Evans
(19) Mervyn King v Max Hopp/Gordon Mathers
(6) Nathan Aspinall v Scott Waites/Matt Campbell
(27) Vincent van der Voort v Ron Meulenkamp/Boris Krcmar
(11) Daryl Gurney v William O’Connor/Niels Zonneveld
(22) Chris Dobey v Jeff Smith/Keane Barry