Draw, schedule, results, odds and Sky TV broadcast details

The 31st edition of the PDC’s second longest-running main event, which first took place in 1994, is underway, with Nathan Aspinall battling to defend the Phil Taylor trophy.

Here you can follow the progress of the event, results and daily summaries. You will also find details about statistics, player qualifications, prize money and a historical section.

SEE: RANKING OF MAIN WINNERS AT THE PEAK

World Matchplay Darts: Daily Schedule

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• * Each game must be won by two clear rounds, with a maximum of five rounds being played before a sixth additional round, which will be a sudden game, is played.

Saturday, July 13 (1900 BST)
First round (best of 19 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

• Gerwyn Price 10-4 Daryl Gurney
• Jonny Clayton 10-7 Raymond van Barneveld
• Luke Humphries 10-4 Ricardo Pietrechko
• Nathan Aspinall 10-8 Luke Woodhouse

Sunday July 14th
Morning Session (1100 BST)
First round (best of 19 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

* SESSION TIME CHANGED DUE TO ENGLAND REACHING THE EURO 2024 FINAL ON SUNDAY EVENING

• Ross Smith 10-4 Josh Rock
• Danny Noppert 5-10 James Wade
• Dimitri Van den Bergh 10-6 Martin Schindler
• Stephen Bunting 12-10 Ryan Joyce

Evening Session (1600 BST)
First round (best of 19 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

* SESSION TIME CHANGED DUE TO ENGLAND REACHING THE EURO 2024 FINAL ON SUNDAY EVENING

• Rob Cross 13-12 Gian van Veen
• Joe Cullen 10-4 Brendan Dolan
• Peter Wright 5-10 Andrew Gilding
• Dave Chisnall 2-10 Krzysztof Ratajski

Monday 15 July (1900 BST)
First round (best of 19 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

• Damon Heta 4-10 Ryan Searle
• Michael Smith 10-5 Gary Anderson
• Michael van Gerwen 10-6 Luke Littler
• Chris Dobey 10-7 Ritchie Edhouse

Tuesday 16 July (1900 BST)
Second round (best of 21 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

• Gerwyn Price vs. Ross Smith
• Nathan Aspinall vs. James Wade
• Luke Humphries vs. Stephen Bunting
• Jonny Clayton vs Dimitri Van den Bergh

Wednesday, July 17 (1900 BST)
Second round (best of 21 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

Thursday, 18 July (1900 BST)
Quarterfinals (best of 31 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

Friday 19 July (1900 BST)
Quarterfinals (best of 31 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

Saturday 20 July (1900 BST)
Semi-finals (up to 33 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

Sunday 21 July (2030 BST)
Final (best of 35 stages)
TV channel: Sky Sports

Sky Bet World Matchplay Pre-Tournament Odds

• 7/2 Luke Humphries
• 4/1 Luke Littler
• 8/1 Gerwyn Price
• 9/1 Michael van Gerwen
• 14/1 Rob Cross
• 16/1 Gary Anderson, Michael Smith
• 25/1 Stephen Bunting
• 28/1 Chris Dobey, Nathan Aspinall
• 33/1 Josh Rock, Jonny Clayton
• 40/1 Danny Noppert, Dave Chisnall, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Martin Schindler, Ross Smith
• 50/1 Damon Heta, Ryan Searle
• 66/1 Peter Wright
• 80/1 Raymond van Barneveld, Daryl Gurney, James Wade
• 100/1 Joe Cullen, Gian van Veen
• 125/1 Luke Woodhouse
• 150/1 Brendan Dolan, Krzysztof Ratajski, Ryan Joyce, Ritchie Edhouse
• 200/1 Andrew Gilding, Ricardo Pietrechko

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Where can I watch the World Matchplay on TV?

The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, via PDC global partners including DAZN and Viaplay, as well as on PDCTV (excluding subscribers in the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Can I still buy tickets for the World Matchplay?

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World Matchplay Format

• First Round – Best of 19 Stages
• Round Two – Best of 21 Stages
• Quarterfinals – best of 31 stages
• Semi-finals – best of 33 stages
• Final – Best of 35 stages

The World Matchplay is played in a leg format. Each game must be won by two clean legs, with a maximum of five additional legs being played before the sixth additional leg is sudden death. For example, if a first round game (best of 19 legs) scores 12-12, then the 25th leg will be the final and deciding leg.

Prize Fund

• Winner – £150,000
• Second Place – £70,000
• Semi-finalists – £50,000
• Quarter-finalists – £25,000
• Second round losers – £15,000
• First round losers – £10,000
• Total – £700,000

World Matchplay History

Since the first edition of the World Matchplay in 1994, when Larry Butler defeated Dennis Priestley, this major PDC tournament has produced only 12 different winners.

Unsurprisingly, the most dominant player in the tournament’s 28-year history is Phil Taylor, who has won 16 titles – the last of which came in a farewell appearance in 2017 – while Michael van Gerwen and Rod Harrington are the only players to have lifted the trophy more than once.

Power completed the first ever nine-pitch throw broadcast live on British television at the 2002 World Matchplay, a feat he repeated in 2014 to win Blackpool a seventh consecutive title.

A year earlier, in his final win over Adrian Lewis, he had achieved an incredible three-shot average of 111.23.

Taylor’s seven-year winning streak, which spanned from 2008 to 2014, ended in 2015 when Michael van Gerwen beat James Wade 18-12, and followed that up with another victory 12 months later.

The Dutchman was the favourite to defend his title for a third time, but Taylor had other plans and knocked him out en route to winning a thrilling 16th title before retiring.

The 2018 final proved to be one of the most dramatic in the tournament’s history, with Gary Anderson claiming his first title by defeating Mensur Suljovic 21-18, having previously defeated Joe Cullen by nine darts.

Rob Cross, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall are other recent players to have their names on the trophy.

Previous Finals

Final results in stages

Most World Matchplay titles

• Phil Taylor-16
• Michael van Gerwen-3
• Rod Harrington-2
• Nathan Aspinall-1
• Peter Wright – 1
• Dimitri Van den Bergh – 1
• Rob Cross – 1
• Gary Anderson-1
• Larry Butler-1
• Peter Evison – 1
• Colin Lloyd-1
• James Wade-1

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