Luke Humphries will kick of the defence of his Paddy Power World Darts Championship title against Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito.
‘Cool Hand Luke’ beat teenage sensation Luke Littler in last year’s thrilling final and the pair could face off in the semi-finals at Alexandra Palace after both were placed in the top half of the draw.
Littler, who has won the Premier League and the Grand Slam of Darts in his debut season on tour, has been handed a potential showdown with Fallon Sherrock in round two, although she needs to overcome Ryan Meikle to book the tie.
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A total of 96 players will take to the stage at Alexandra Palace between Friday, 15th December and Friday, 3rd January.
The Paddy Power World Darts Championship starts with 32 ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers facing international qualifiers before the top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit enter proceedings in round two.
World Darts Championship odds can be found on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise, the draw is in full below.
Paddy Power World Darts Championship draw
SECOND ROUND
Best-of-five sets
First Quarter
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 Quarter
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
Third Quarter
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 Mansell or Tomoya Goto
Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey De Zwaan
Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry
Joe Culley (23) vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen
Fourth Quarter
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 vs 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
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