PDC World Darts Championship: Full draw with Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor in action
THE 2018 PDC World Darts Championship is nearly upon us with the draw taking place this evening.
PDC World Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor will battle it out
Alexandra Palace plays host to the annual PDC World Darts Championship which begins on Thursday December 14 and runs until New Year’s Day.
World No 1 and last year’s winner Michael Van Gerwen is the favourite to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy for the third time in his career.
But Phil Taylor will be looking to end his career on a high in his last ever appearance at the World Championships before retiring.
The draw will take place tonight (Monday November 27) at approximately 7.30pm.
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Phil Taylor is competing in his last ever PDC World Darts Championship
Mervyn King v Zoran Lerchbacher
Dave Chisnall v Vincent van de Voort
Joe Cullen v Jermaine Wattimena
Michael van Gerwen v Christian Kist
James Wade v Keegan Brown
Steve Beaton v William O'Connor
Alan Norris v Kim Vilanen
Rob Cross v Siego Asada/Gordon Mathers
Kyle Anderson v Peter Jaques
Adrian Lewis v Aleksandr Oreshkin/Kevin Munch
Michael Smith v Steve Lennon
Daryl Gurney v Ronny Huybrechts
Peter Wright v Diogo Portela
Robert Thornton v Brendan Dolan/ Alan Ljubic
Jelle Klaasen v Jan Dekker
Simon Whitlock v Martin Schindler
Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts
Jonny Clayton v Kenny Neyens/Jamie Lewis
James Wilson v Krzystof Ratajski
Justin Pipe v Xiao Chen Zong/Bernie Smith
Cristo Reyes v Antonio Alcinas
Darren Webster v Devon Petersen
Mark Webster v Kai Fan Leung/Paul Lim
Ian White v Willard Bruguier/Cody Harris
Kim Huybrechts v James Richardson
John Henderson v Marko Kantele
Phil Taylor v Chris Dobey
Mensur Suljovic v Kevin Painter
Stephen Bunting v Dimitri van den Bergh
Benito van de Pas v Steve West
Gary Anderson v Jeff Smith/Luke Humphries
Raymond van Barneveld v Richard North
Gary Anderson will be looking to upset the odds at Alexandra Palace
Thursday December 14
Evening Session (7pm)
4x First Round
Friday December 15
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Saturday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Sunday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Monday December 18
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Tuesday December 19
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Wednesday December 20
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round
Thursday December 21
Evening Session (7pm)
4x First Round
Friday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Second Round
Evening Session (7pm)
3x Second Round
Saturday December 23
Afternoon Session (1pm)
3x Second Round
Evening Session (7pm)
3x Second Round
Wednesday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Second Round
Evening Session (7pm)
1x Second Round, 2x Third Round
Thursday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round
Friday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
2x Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals
Saturday December 30
Evening Session (7.30pm)
Semi-Finals
Monday January 1
Evening Session (8pm)
Final