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Day 1 of the PDC Darts World Championship is here!
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Former winners of the event, Luke Littler and Michael Smith, will take the stage tonight.
Four games will be played on Day 1 to start a 64-game first-round slate that will take place over the next week-plus.
Here are the scores and schedule of play for the first round on Day 1.
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Day 1 (evening session)
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Matchup |
Date |
Time (local) |
Score |
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Kim Huybrechts vs. Arno Merk |
Thurs., Dec. 11 |
7:00 p.m. |
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Michael Smith vs. Lisa Ashton |
Thurs., Dec. 11 |
8:00 p.m. |
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Luke Littler vs. Darius Labanauskas |
Thurs., Dec. 11 |
9:00 p.m. |
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Madars Razma vs. Jamai Van Den Herik |
Thurs., Dec. 11 |
10:00 p.m. |
Bracket
*Updated as of the end of this day
Quarter #1
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Littler/Labanauskas vs. Vandenbogaerde/Davies |
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Cullen/Brooks vs. Suljovic/Cameron |
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Heta/Lennon vs. van Barneveld/Bellmont |
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Cross/Dekker vs. White/King |
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Dobey/Zong vs. Gilding/Crabtree |
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Woodhouse/Krcmar vs. Lukeman/Hopp |
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Price/Gawlas vs. Wenig/Plaisier |
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Joyce/Bates vs. Ratajski/Toylo |
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Quarter #2
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Bunting/Bialecki vs. Veenstra/Kumar |
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van Duijvenbode/Baetens vs. Hurrell/Buntz |
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Schindler/Burton vs. Barry/Pusey |
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Searle/Landman vs. Dolan/Dudeney |
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Clayton/Lipscombe vs. Taylor/Lukasiak |
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Smith/Ashton vs. Zonneveld/Puha |
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Smith/Harrysson vs. Tricole/Sakai |
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Chisnall/Sherrock vs. Pietreczko/de Sousa |
Quarter #3
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Humphries/Evetts vs. de Graaf/Lim |
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Nijman/Sedlacek vs. Clemens/Spellman |
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Aspinall/Ilagan vs. Mansell/Gates |
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De Decker/Munyua vs. Doets/Dennant |
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Wade/Azemoto vs. Evans/Leung |
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Menzies/Manby vs. Campbell/Sevada |
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van Veen/Reyes vs. Soutar vs. Harju |
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Van den Bergh/Beveridge vs. Razma/van den Herik |
Quarter #4
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van Gerwen/Tatsunami vs. O’Connor/Kciuk |
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Wright/van Leuven vs. Huybrechts/Merk |
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Anderson/Hunt vs. Scutt/Whitlock |
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Wattimena/Grullich vs. Williams/Nebrida |
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Noppert/van der Velde vs. Kenny/Hood |
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Edhouse/Tata vs. Meikle/Salate |
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Rock/Hayter vs. Springer/Comito |
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Gurney/Greaves vs. Rydz/Kovacs |