2022 WILLIAM HILL PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF PLAY

MIKE WALTERS

BY DEFENDING champion Gerwyn Price will begin his bid for a second consecutive title on the opening night at Alexandra Palace against Ritchie Edhouse or Peter Hudson.

On the same bill, two-time champion Adrian Lewis faces Canadian underdog Matt Campbell.

Here is the full schedule, with every dart live on Sky Sports: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 (7pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Ritchie Edhouse v Peter Hudson (R1) Ricky Evans v Nitin Kumar (R1) Adrian Lewis v Matt Campbell (R1) Gerwyn Price v Edhouse/Hudson(R2)

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 Afternoon Session

(12.30pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Steve Lennon v Madars Razma (R1) Scott Mitchell v Chris Landman (R1) Chas Barstow v John Norman Jnr (R1) Daryl Gurney v Evans/Kumar (R2) Evening Session (7pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round William O’Connor v Danny Lauby (R1) Ryan Meikle v Fabian Schmutzler (R1) Ron Meulenkamp v Lisa Ashton (R1) Gary Anderson v Lewis/Campbell (R2)

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 Afternoon Session

(12.30pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Ryan Joyce v Roman Benecky (R1) Keane Barry v Royden Lam (R1) Jermaine Wattimena v Boris Koltsov (R1) Krzysztof Ratajski v Lennon/Razma (R2) Evening Session (7pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Joe Murnan v Paul Lim (R1) William Borland v Bradley Brooks (R1) Ross Smith v Jeff Smith (R1) Peter Wright v Meikle/Schmutzler (R2)

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 Afternoon Session

(12.30pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Jamie Hughes v Raymond Smith (R1) Callan Rydz v Yuki Yamada (R1) Darius Labanauskas v Mike De Decker (R1) Ian White v Mitchell/Landman (R2) Evening Session (7pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Adam Hunt v Boris Krcmar (R1) Ted Evetts v Jim Williams (R1) Rowby-John Rodriguez v Nick Kenny (R1) Michael van Gerwen v Barstow/Norman Jnr (R2)

SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 Afternoon Session

(12.30pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Maik Kuivenhoven v Ky Smith (R1) Jason Heaver v Gordon Mathers (R1) Alan Soutar v Diogo Portela (R1) Stephen Bunting v Ross Smith/J Smith (R2) Evening Session (7pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Martijn Kleermaker v John Michael (R1) Florian Hempel v Martin Schindler (R1) Steve Beaton v Fallon Sherrock (R1) Jonny Clayton v Barry/Lam (R2)

MONDAY DECEMBER 20

(7pm) 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Luke Woodhouse v James Wilson (R1) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez v Ben Robb (R1) Raymond van Barneveld v Lourence Ilagan (R1) James Wade v Kuivenhoven/K Smith (R2)

TUESDAY DECEMBER 21 Afternoon Session

(12.30pm) 2x First Round, 2x Second Round Lewy Williams v Toyokazu Shibata (R1) Jason Lowe v Daniel Larsson (R1) Mervyn King v Joyce/Benecky (R2) Dave Chisnall v Labanauskas/De Decker (R2)

Evening Session (7pm) 4x Second Round Vincent van der Voort v Hunt/Krcmar (R2) Michael Smith v Meulenkamp/Ashton (R2) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Hempel/Schindler (R2) Devon Petersen v Hughes/Raymond Smith (R2)

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22 Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

4x Second Round Ryan Searle v Borland/Brooks (R2) Glen Durrant v O’Connor/Lauby (R2) Luke Humphries v Rowby-John Rodriguez/ Kenny (R2) Joe Cullen v Evetts/J Williams (R2) Evening Session (7pm) 4x Second Round Nathan Aspinall v Murnan/Lim (R2) Dirk van Duijvenbode v Wattimena/Koltsov (R2) Kim Huybrechts v Beaton/Sherrock (R2) Simon Whitlock v Kleermaker/Michael (R2)

THURSDAY DECEMBER 23 Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

4x Second Round Damon Heta v Woodhouse/Wilson (R2) Brendan Dolan v Rydz/Yamada (R2) Mensur Suljovic v Soutar/Portela (R2) Jose de Sousa v Lowe/Larsson (R2)

Evening Session (7pm) 4x Second Round Danny Noppert v Heaver/Mathers (R2) Gabriel Clemens v L Williams/Shibata (R2) Rob Cross v Van Barneveld/Ilagan (R2) Chris Dobey v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez/Robb (R2)

MONDAY DECEMBER 27 Afternoon Session (12.30pm) 3x Third Round Evening Session (7pm) 3x Third Round

TUESDAY DECEMBER 28 Afternoon Session (12.30pm) 3x Third Round Evening Session (7pm) 3x Third Round

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29 Afternoon Session (12.30pm) 3x Third Round Evening Session (7pm) 1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

THURSDAY DECEMBER 30 Afternoon Session (12.30pm) 3x Fourth Round Evening Session (7pm) 3x Fourth Round

SATURDAY JANUARY 1, 2022 Afternoon Session

(12.30pm) 2x Quarter-Finals Evening Session (7.30pm) 2x Quarter-Finals

SUNDAY JANUARY 2 (7.30pm) 2x Semi-Finals

MONDAY JANAURY 3 (8pm) Final

FIRST ROUND

Best of five sets SECOND ROUND Best of five sets THIRD ROUND Best of seven sets FOURTH ROUND Best of seven sets QUARTER-FINALS Best of nine sets SEMI-FINALS Best of 11 sets FINAL Best of 13 sets TIE-BREAKS First Round matches will not have a tie-break; if the fifth set reaches two-all in legs, then the fifth leg will be suddendeath. From the Second Round onwards, there will be a tie-break rule employed in all matches; where a deciding set must be won by two clear legs. If the score in the final set reaches 5-5 then a suddendeath leg will be played. There will be no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.