Darts: Gerwyn Price learns potential World Championship opponents

Gerwyn Price lifts the Sid Waddell Trophy after winning the PDC World Championships in 2021

Gerwyn Price will face either Connor Scutt or Krzysztof Kciuk in his opening match at this year’s World Darts Championships.

The annual competition, which is the biggest on the darts calendar, is being held at London’s Alexandra Palace once again this year.

It gets underway on December 15 and concludes on January 3.

2021 world champion Price, from Markham, will go into the competition ranked fifth on the PDC Order of Merit. Englishman Scutt is ranked 71st while Kciuk, from Poland, is ranked 90th.

Fellow Welshman Jonny Clayton, from Carmarthenshire, goes into the competition ranked ninth in the Order of Merit. He will face either world number 58 Steve Lennon or world number 121 Owen Bates.

Reigning world champion Michael Smith will begin his title defence against either Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz.

The draw for the competition was made on Monday November 27, with the schedule of play yet to be confirmed.

World Championships draw

Draw Bracket – Second Round Onwards

(1) Michael Smith v Kevin Doets/Stowe Buntz

(32) Madars Razma v Mike De Decker/Dragutin Horvat

(16) Ross Smith v Niels Zonneveld/Darren Webster

(17) Chris Dobey v William O’Connor/Bhav Patel

(8) Rob Cross v Mario Vandenbogaerde/Thibault Tricole

(25) Jose de Sousa v Ritchie Edhouse v Jeffrey de Graaf

(9) Jonny Clayton v Steve Lennon/Owen Bates

(24) Krzysztof Ratajski v Jamie Hughes/David Cameron

(4) Peter Wright v Jim Williams/Norman Madhoo

(29) Raymond van Barneveld v Radek Szaganski/Marko Kantele

(13) James Wade v Matt Campbell/Lourence Ilagan

(20) Andrew Gilding v Christian Kist/Luke Littler

(5) Gerwyn Price v Connor Scutt/Krzysztof Kciuk

(28) Brendan Dolan v Mickey Mansell/Xiaochen Zong

(12) Dirk van Duijvenbode v Keegan Brown/Boris Krcmar

(21) Gary Anderson v Simon Whitlock/Paolo Nebrida

(2) Michael van Gerwen v Keane Barry/Reynaldo Rivera

(31) Kim Huybrechts v Richard Veenstra/Ben Robb

(15) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin/Florian Hempel

(18) Stephen Bunting v Ryan Joyce/Alex Spellman

(7) Danny Noppert v Scott Williams/Haruki Muramatsu

(26) Martin Schindler v Jermaine Wattimena/Fallon Sherrock

(10) Damon Heta v Martin Lukeman/Haupai Puha

(23) Josh Rock v Luke Woodhouse/Berry van Peer

(3) Luke Humphries v Lee Evans/Sandro Eric Sosing

(30) Callan Rydz v Ricardo Pietreczko/Mikuru Suzuki

(14) Joe Cullen v Jules van Dongen/Darren Penhall

(19) Ryan Searle v Ian White/Tomoya Goto

(6) Nathan Aspinall v Ricky Evans/Simon Adams

(27) Daryl Gurney v Steve Beaton/Wessel Nijman

(11) Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies/Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

(22) Gabriel Clemens v Gian van Veen/Man Lok Leung

Chris Dean/PDC

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