Alexandra Palace is once again the setting for the World Darts Championship between December 15, 2023 and January 3, 2024.
Top seed Michael Smith is defending the Sid Waddell trophy he won in 2022 in front of up to 3,200 fans in London. Smith beat Michael van Gerwen 7–4 in the final last year, hitting the only nine-dart finish of the tournament along the way.
A jackpot of £500,000 is on offer to the winner, with the runner-up receiving £200,000 as part of a total prize find of £2.5 million.
Here, The Sporting News provides the dates for the 2023/24 tournament, how each day looks in terms of schedule, as well as the format and the latest betting odds.
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PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: First-round draw
- Kevin Doets 3-0 Stowe Buntz
- Cameron Menzies 3-0 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
- Simon Whitlock 3-2 Paolo Nebrida
- Lee Evans 3-0 Sandro Eric Sosing
- Connor Scutt 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk
- Jules van Dongen 1-3 Darren Penhall
- Jamie Hughes 3-1 David Cameron
- Keane Barry 3-1 Reynaldo Rivera
- Scott Williams 3-1 Haruki Muramatsu
- Ricky Evans 3-0 Simon Adams
- Jim Williams 3-0 Norman Madhoo
- Matt Campbell 3-2 Lourence Ilagan
- Dylan Slevin 1-3 Florian Hempel
- Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Darren Webster
- Jermaine Wattimena 3-1 Fallon Sherrock
- Mario Vandenbogaerde vs Thibault Tricole
- Gian van Veen vs Man Lok Leung
- Martin Lukeman vs Haupai Puha
- Ian White vs Tomoya Goto
- Ritchie Edhouse vs Jeffrey de Graaf
- Keegan Brown vs Boris Krcmar
- Steve Beaton vs Wessel Nijman
- Mike De Decker vs Dragutin Horvat
- Ricardo Pietreczko vs Mikuru Suzuki
- Radek Szaganski vs Marko Kantele
- Steve Lennon vs Owen Bates
- William O’Connor vs Bhav Patel
- Ryan Joyce vs Alex Spellman
- Richard Veenstra vs Ben Robb
- Christian Kist vs Luke Littler
- Mickey Mansell vs Xiaochen Zong
- Luke Woodhouse vs Berry van Peer
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Second-round draw
- Michael Smith 3-2 Doets
- Dave Chisnall 3-1 Menzies
- Gary Anderson 3-0 Whitlock
- Joe Cullen 3-0 Penhall
- Luke Humphries 3-0 Evans
- Gerwyn Price vs Scutt
- James Wade vs Campbell
- Ross Smith vs Zonneveld
- Peter Wright vs J Williams
- Madars Razma vs De Decker/Horvat
- Rob Cross vs Vandenbogaerde/Tricole
- Andrew Gilding vs Kist/Littler
- Danny Noppert vs S Williams
- Gabriel Clemens vs Van Veen/Leung
- Damon Heta vs Lukeman/Puha
- Brendan Dolan vs Mansell/Zong
- Jose de Sousa vs Edhouse/De Graaf
- Krzysztof Ratajski vs Hughes
- Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Brown/Krcmar
- Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Hempel
- Martin Schindler vs Wattimena
- Raymond van Barneveld vs Szaganski/Kantele
- Chris Dobey vs O’Connor/Patel
- Kim Huybrechts vs Veenstra/Robb
- Callan Rydz vs Pietreczko/Suzuki
- Jonny Clayton vs Lennon/Bates
- Daryl Gurney vs Beaton/Nijman
- Ryan Searle vs White/Goto
- Josh Rock vs Woodhouse/Van Peer
- Stephen Bunting vs Joyce/Spellman
- Nathan Aspinall vs Evans
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Sessions and match schedule
All times are GMT.
| Date | Time | Stage |
| Fri, Dec 15 | 7 p.m. | Doets 3-0 Buntz, Menzies 3-0 Rodriguez, Whitlock 3-2 Nebrida, Smith 3-2 Doets |
| Sat, Dec 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Evans 3-0 Sosing, Scutt 3-0 Kciuk, Van Dongen 1-3 Penhall, Chisnall 3-1 Menzies |
| Sat, Dec 16 | 7 p.m. | Hughes 3-1 Cameron, Barry 3-1 Rivera, Williams 3-1 Muramatsu, Anderson 3-0 Whitlock |
| Sun, Dec 17 | 12:30 p.m. | Evans 3-0 Adams, Williams 3-0 Madhoo, Campbell 3-2 Ilagan, Cullen 3-0 Penhall |
| Sun, Dec 17 | 8 p.m. | Slevin 1-3 Hempel, Zonneveld 3-1 Webster, Wattimena 3-1 Sherrock, Humphries 3-0 Evans |
| Mon, Dec 18 | 7 p.m. | Vandenbogaerde vs Tricole, Van Veen vs Leung, Lukeman vs Puha. Price vs Scutt |
| Tues, Dec 19 | 12:30 p.m. | White vs Goto, Edhouse vs De Graaf, Brown vs Krcmar, Wade vs Campbell |
| Tues, Dec 19 | 7 p.m. | Beaton vs Nijman, De Decker vs Horvat, Pietreczko vs Suzuki, Van Gerwen vs Barry |
| Weds, Dec 20 | 12:30 p.m. | Szaganski vs Kantele,Lennon vs Bates, O’Connor vs Patel, Smith vs Zonneveld |
| Weds, Dec 20 | 7 p.m. | Joyce vs Spellman, Veenstra vs Robb, Kist vs Littler, Wright vs Williams |
| Thurs, Dec 21 | 12:30 p.m. | Mansell vs Zong, Woodhouse vs Van Pee, Razma vs De Decker/Horvat, Cross vs Vandenbogaerde/Tricole |
| Thurs, Dec 21 | 7 p.m. | Gilding vs Kist/Littler, Noppert vs S Williams, Clemens vs Van Veen/Leung, Heta vs Lukeman/Puha |
| Fri, Dec 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Dolan vs Mansell/Zong, De Sousa vs Edhouse/De Graaf, Ratajski vs Hughes, Van Duijvenbode vs Brown/Krcmar |
| Fri, Dec 22 | 7 p.m. | Van den Bergh vs Slevin, Schindler vs Wattimena, Van Barneveld vs Szaganski/Kantele, Dobey vs O’Connor/Patel |
| Sat, Dec 23 | 12:30 p.m. | Huybrechts vs Veenstra/Robb, Rydz vs Pietreczko/Suzuki, Clayton vs Lennon/Bates, Gurney vs Beaton/Nijman |
| Sat, Dec 23 | 7 p.m. | Searle vs White/Goto, Rock vs Woodhouse/Van Peer, Bunting vs Joyce/Spellman, Aspinall vs Evans |
| Weds, Dec 27 | 12:30 p.m. | Third round |
| Weds, Dec 27 | 7 p.m. | |
| Thurs, Dec 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Third round |
| Thurs, Dec 28 | 7 p.m. | |
| Fri, Dec 29 | 12:30 p.m. | Third round |
| Fri, Dec 29 | 7 p.m. | Third round, fourth round |
| Sat, Dec 30 | 12:30 p.m., | Fourth round |
| Sat, Dec 30 | 7 p.m. | Fourth round |
| Mon, Jan 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Quarterfinals |
| Mon, Jan 1 | 7:30 p.m. | Quarterfinals |
| Tues, Jan 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Semifinals |
| Weds, Jan 3 | 8 p.m. | Final |
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: Seeded players
Here’s how the seeds stand, following the PDC Order of Merit.
| Player | Seeding |
| Michael Smith | 1 |
| Michael van Gerwen | 2 |
| Luke Humphries | 3 |
| Peter Wright | 4 |
| Gerwyn Price | 5 |
| Nathan Aspinall | 6 |
| Danny Noppert | 7 |
| Rob Cross | 8 |
| Jonny Clayton | 9 |
| Damon Heta | 10 |
| Dave Chisnall | 11 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | 12 |
| James Wade | 13 |
| Joe Cullen | 14 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | 15 |
| Ross Smith | 16 |
| Chris Dobey | 17 |
| Stephen Bunting | 18 |
| Ryan Searle | 19 |
| Andrew Gilding | 20 |
| Gary Anderson | 21 |
| Gabriel Clemens | 22 |
| Josh Rock | 23 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | 24 |
| José de Sousa | 25 |
| Martin Schindler | 26 |
| Daryl Gurney | 27 |
| Brendan Dolan | 28 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 29 |
| Callan Rydz | 30 |
| Kim Huybrechts | 31 |
| Madars Razma | 32 |
PDC World Darts Championship 2023/24: What is the format?
Of the 96 players in the championship, 32 qualify by virtue of being the highest-ranked on organisers the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Order of Merit, and are seeded to the second round.
The next 32 participants consist of the highest-ranked players from the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, with the final 32 qualifying through various international routes.
After first and second-round matches that are best-of-five sets, the third and fourth rounds are best-of-seven.
The quarterfinals are best-of-nine sets, the semifinals best-of-11 sets and the final is best-of-13 sets. Players take it in turns to throw at the start of each set, which are won by the first player to take three legs.
First-round matches will not have a tie-break; if the fifth set reaches two-all in legs, the fifth leg will be sudden-death.
From the Second round onwards, a tie-break will be employed in all matches in which a deciding set must be won by two clear legs.
If the score in the final set reaches 5-5, a sudden-death leg will be played. There will be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.
