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
