The PDC’s annual Summer tungsten jamboree, the 2023 Betfred World Matchplay, gets underway on Saturday, as the showpiece event of the season takes place for the 29th time, at Blackpool’s iconic Winter Gardens.
Early highlights include reigning champion Michael van Gerwen World number one Michael Smith and last year’s runner-up Gerwyn Price:
2023 Betfred World Matchplay:
Schedule of Play
Saturday July 15 (1900 BST)4x First Round
Joe Cullen v Mike De DeckerRob Cross v Daryl GurneyGerwyn Price v Stephen BuntingDave Chisnall v Gary Anderson
Sunday July 16
Afternoon Session (1300 BST)4x First Round
Danny Noppert v Martin SchindlerDirk van Duijvenbode v Kim HuybrechtsDamon Heta v Josh RockJames Wade v Chris Dobey
Evening Session (1930 BST)
4x First Round
Nathan Aspinall v Krzysztof RatajskiLuke Humphries v Jose de SousaMichael van Gerwen v Brendan DolanMichael Smith v Steve Beaton
Monday July 17 (1900 BST)
4x First Round
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Ross Smith Ryan Searle v Raymond van Barneveld Peter Wright v Andrew Gilding Jonny Clayton v Gabriel Clemens
Tuesday July 18 (1900 BST)
4x Second Round – Order of Matches TBC
M Smith/Beaton v Wade/Dobey Noppert/Schindler v Aspinall/RatajskiPrice/Bunting v Cullen/De DeckerCross/Gurney v Chisnall/Anderson
Wednesday July 19 (1900 BST)
4x Second Round – Order of Matches TBC
Wright/Gilding v Searle/Van BarneveldClayton/Clemens v Van den Bergh/R SmithVan Gerwen/Dolan v Heta/RockHumphries/De Sousa v Van Duijvenbode/Huybrechts
Thursday July 20 (2000 BST)
2x Quarter-Finals
Friday July 21 (2000 BST)
2x Quarter-Finals
Saturday July 22 (2000 BST)
Semi-Finals
Sunday July 23
Afternoon Session (1300 BST)
Betfred Women’s World Matchplay:
Quarter-Finals
Beau Greaves v Noa-Lynn van LeuvenRobyn Byrne v Rhian O’SullivanMikuru Suzuki v Aileen de GraafFallon Sherrock v Lisa Ashton
Semi-Finals
Greaves/Van Leuven v Byrne/O’SullivanSuzuki/De Graaf v Sherrock/Ashton
FinalvEvening Session (2000 BST)
Betfred World Matchplay:
Final
Schedule subject to change. Schedule for second round onwards will be confirmed at PDC website and via @OfficialPDC social media channels.
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