2024 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2024 Paddy Power World Darts Championship) is a professional darts event that will take place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2023 to 3 January 2024. It is the 31st World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the now-defunct British Darts Organisation.
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| Dates | 15 December 2023 – 3 January 2024 | ||
| Venue | Alexandra Palace | ||
| Location | London, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Sets Final – first to 7 sets | ||
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Overview
Michael Smith is the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 7–4 in the 2023 final.
Prize money
The prize money for the tournament will remain at £2.5 million in total for the sixth year in a row.[1]
Qualification
96 players will compete in the championship, with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round, and the next thirty-two highest ranked players from the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and thirty-two players from the various qualifiers going into the first round.[2]
List of qualifiers
first round
Simon Adams - African Qualifier
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David Cameron - CDC Pro Tour
Tomoya Goto - PDC Asian Tour
Jeffrey de Graaf - PDC Nordic & Baltic[3]
Beau Greaves 
Lourence Ilagan - PDC Asian Tour
Marko Kantele - PDC Nordic & Baltic[4]
Man Lok Leung - PDC Asian Tour- Luke Littler - PDC Development Tour
Norman Madhoo - CLDC Pro Tour- Haruki Muramatsu - PDC Asian Championship
- Paolo Nebrida - PDC Asian Tour
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Darren Penhall - DPA Pro Tour[5]
Haupai Puha - Oceanic Masters- Reynaldo Rivera - PDC Asian Tour
- Ben Robb - DPNZ Qualifier
- Fallon Sherrock - PDC Women's Series
- Sandro Eric Sosing - PDC Asian Championship
- Alex Spellman - CDC Pro Tour
- Mikuru Suzuki - PDC Women's Series
Zong Xiao Chen - PDC China Premier League
- Indian Qualifier (29 October)
- PDC Challenge Tour (30 October)- - PDC Challenge Tour (30 October)
- PDC Europe Super League (10 November)- - West Europe Qualifier (18 November)
- - East Europe Qualifier (25 November)
- - PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (27 November)
- - PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (27 November)
- - PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (27 November)
- - PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (27 November)
- Decided to play at 2023 WDF World Darts Championship after PDC didn't permit to play at two World Championships in one year.
References
- "Paddy Power World Darts Championship Tickets | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- "Order of Merit Rules, 3.1". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "De Graaf confirms World Championship return as PDCNB season concludes". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- "Kantele confirms World Championship qualification with home soil success". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- "Penhall clears a Path to Success Despite a Rocky Road". www.dartplayersaustralia.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.