2024 World Matchplay

2024 Betfred World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	13–21 July 2024
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£800,000
Winner's share	£200,000
«2023 2025»

The 2024 Betfred World Matchplay will be the 31st annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament will take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 13 to 21 July 2024.

Nathan Aspinall is the defending champion, after defeating Jonny Clayton 18–6 in the 2023 final.

The 2024 Women's World Matchplay will also take place during the event, being held on the afternoon of 21 July.

Prize money

The prize fund is expected to remain at £800,000, with £200,000 going to the winner.

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £800,000)
Winner	(1)	£200,000
Runner-up	(1)	£100,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£50,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£30,000
Second round	(8)	£15,000
First round	(16)	£10,000

Format

All games have to be won by two clear legs, with a game being extended if necessary for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.

The first round is played first to 10 legs, second round first to 11 legs, quarter-finals first to 16 legs, semi-finals first to 17 legs and final first to 18 legs.

Qualification

The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit at the cut-off point on 7 July will be seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date will be unseeded.

Gian van Veen, Luke Littler, Ricardo Pietreczko, Ritchie Edhouse and Luke Woodhouse will make their World Matchplay debuts.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

PDC Order of Merit

1.  Luke Humphries
2.  Michael van Gerwen
3.  Michael Smith
4.  Gerwyn Price
5.  Nathan Aspinall
6.  Rob Cross
7.  Dave Chisnall
8.  Jonny Clayton
9.  Dimitri Van den Bergh
10.  Peter Wright
11.  Damon Heta
12.  Danny Noppert
13.  Ross Smith
14.  Chris Dobey
15.  Joe Cullen
16.  Stephen Bunting

PDC ProTour Qualifiers

1.  Gary Anderson
2.  Josh Rock
3.  Ryan Searle
4.  Martin Schindler
5.  Gian van Veen
6.  Luke Littler
7.  Ricardo Pietreczko
8.  Daryl Gurney
9.  Ryan Joyce
10.  Raymond van Barneveld
11.  Brendan Dolan
12.  Ritchie Edhouse
13.  Krzysztof Ratajski
14.  Luke Woodhouse
15.  Andrew Gilding
16.  James Wade

Draw

First round (best of 19 legs) 13–15 July

Second round (best of 21 legs) 16–17 July

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 July

Semi-finals (best of 33 legs) 20 July

Final (best of 35 legs) 21 July

1

Luke Humphries

Ricardo Pietreczko

16

Stephen Bunting

Ryan Joyce

8

Jonny Clayton

Raymond van Barneveld

9

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Martin Schindler

4

Gerwyn Price

Daryl Gurney

13

Ross Smith

Josh Rock

5

Nathan Aspinall

Luke Woodhouse

12

Danny Noppert

James Wade

2

Michael van Gerwen

Luke Littler

15

Joe Cullen

Brendan Dolan

7

Dave Chisnall

Krzysztof Ratajski

10

Peter Wright

Andrew Gilding

3

Michael Smith

Gary Anderson

14

Chris Dobey

Ritchie Edhouse

6

Rob Cross

Gian van Veen

11

Damon Heta

Ryan Searle

Order of Play

Saturday, July 13th (Evening Session 19:30 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
1	1	Gerwyn Price		Daryl Gurney
2	1	Jonny Clayton		Raymon van Barneveld
3	1	Luke Humphries		Ricardo Pietreczko
4	1	Nathan Aspinal		Luke Woodhouse

Sunday, July 14th (Afternoon Session 12:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
5	1	Ross Smith		Josh Rock
6	1	Danny Noppert		James Wade
7	1	Dimitri Van den Burgh		Martin Schindler
8	1	Stephen Bunting		Ryan Joyce

Sunday, July 14th (Evening Session 16:30 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
9	1	Rob Cross		Gian van Veen
10	1	Joe Cullen		Brendan Dolan
11	1	Peter Wright		Andrew Gilding
12	1	Dave Chisnall		Krzysztof Ratajski

Monday, July 15th (Evening Session 19:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
13	1	Damon Heta		Ryan Searle
14	1	Michael Smith		Gary Anderson
15	1	Michael van Gerwen		Luke Littler
16	1	Chris Doby		Ritchie Edhouse

Tuesday, July 16th (Evening Session 19:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2

Wednesday, July 17th (Evening Session 19:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2

Thursday, July 18th, (Evening Session 20:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
25	QF
26	QF

Friday, July 19th, (Evening Session 20:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
27	QF
28	QF

Saturday, July 20th, (Evening Session 20:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
29	SF
30	SF

Sunday, July 21st, (Evening Session 20:00 BST)

Match no.	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2
31	Final