Published On: Mon, Nov 25th, 2024
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World Darts Championship draw confirmed as Luke Littler and Luke Humphries learn fate | Other | Sport


Luke Littler could start his World Darts Championship campaign with a mouth-watering second-round clash with Fallon Sherrock after the draw was completed on Monday evening. Reigning world champion Luke Humphries – who toppled Littler in last year’s final at Alexandra Palace – faces a meeting with Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito.

Littler will share the oche with Sherrock – who became the first female player to win a World Darts Championship match in 2019 – if the Queen of the Palace beats Ryan Meikle in the first round.

The first round, which commences on December 15, will feature 32 ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers playing one of the International Qualifiers.

The top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit have received byes to the second round, and Monday’s draw lined up their first opponents.

2024 World Darts Championship draw in full

Second Round: Quarter 1

Luke Humphries (1) vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito

Raymond van Barneveld (32) vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz

James Wade (16) vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont

Peter Wright (17) vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto

Stephen Bunting (8) vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt

Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) vs Madars Razma or Christian Kist

Damon Heta (9) vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb

Mike De Decker (24) vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

Second Round: Quarter 2

Luke Littler (4) vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock

Ritchie Edhouse (29) vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing

Danny Noppert (13) vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas

Ryan Searle (20) vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell

Rob Cross (5) vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer

Gian van Veen (28) vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong

Nathan Aspinall (12) vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates

Andrew Gilding (21) vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

Second Round: Quarter 3

Michael Smith (2) vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Krzysztof Ratajski (31) vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo

Chris Dobey (15) vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx

Josh Rock (18) vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin

Jonny Clayton (7) vs Mickey Mansall or Tomoya Goto

Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey De Zwaan

Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry

Joe Cullen (23) v Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

Second Round: Quarter 4

Michael van Gerwen (3) vs James Hurrell or Jim Long

Brendan Dolan (30) vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee

Gary Anderson (14) vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting

Ross Smith (19) vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida

Dave Chisnall (6) vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers

Gabriel Clemens (27) vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen

Dimitri van den Bergh (11) vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin

Martin Schindler (22) vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac



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