Peter Wright and Michael Smith, last year’s finalists, are among those to have already sealed their place in the tournament when it resumes after Christmas, as the world’s best compete for the biggest prize in darts.

Gerwyn Price and Raymond van Barneveld, two former world champions, will face each other in the third round, after Price’s come-from-behind win over Luke Woodhouse was followed by the Dutchman beating Ryan Meikle on Tuesday night.

Michael van Gerwen remains favourite to pick up his fourth world title, and his first since 2019, and begins his campaign on December 21. The Dutchman was forced to retire ahead of his third-round match last year after testing positive for Covid.

When does the World Darts Championship start?

The tournament got underway on last week at the Alexandra Palace. Defending champion Wright got up and running in the final match of the night, dispatching Mickey Mansell in the second round.

There are now two sessions a day, with the action in the Afternoon starting at 12:30pm GMT and the evening session getting underway at 7:30pm.

The second-round matches will all be completed by Friday December 23, when the tournament will take a break for a few days over Christmas.

It returns on Monday, December 27, and the action will then run through into 2023. The quarter-finals will take place on New Year’s Day, with the semi-finals the following day and the final taking place on Tuesday, January 3.

World Darts Championship results and schedule in full

(All times GMT)

Thursday December 15 (7pm)

Mickey Mansell 3-1 Ben Robb (Round 1)

Grant Sampson 3-1 Keane Barry (Round 1)

Nathan Rafferty 3-2 Jermaine Wattimena (Round 1)

Peter Wright 3-0 Mickey Mansell (Round 2)

Friday December 16

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Alan Soutar 3-0 Mal Cuming (Round 1)

Boris Krcmar 3-0 Toru Suzuki (Round 1)

Adrian Lewis 3-0 Daniel Larsson (Round 1)

Kim Huybrechts 3-0 Grant Sampson (Round 2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Lourence Ilagan 3-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez (Round 1)

William O‘Connor 3-0 Beau Greaves (Round 1)

Florian Hempel 3-2 Keegan Brown (Round 1)

Michael Smith 3-0 Nathan Rafferty (Round 2)

Saturday December 17

Afternoon Session (11am)

Martin Lukeman 3-0 Nobuhiro Yamamoto (Round 1)

Simon Whitlock 3-2 Christian Perez (Round 1)

Adam Gawlas 3-2 Richie Burnett (Round 1)

Alan Soutar 3-2 Daryl Gurney (Round 2)

Evening Session (8pm)

Ryan Meikle 3-2 Lisa Ashton (Round 1)

Cameron Menzies 3-1 Diogo Portela (Round1)

Josh Rock 3-1 Jose Justicia (Round 1)

Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Lourence Ilagan (Round 2)

Sunday December 18

Afternoon Session (11am)

Madars Razma 3-1 Prakash Jiwa (Round 1)

Karel Sedlacek 3-0 Raymond Smith (Round 1)

Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Vladyslav Omelchenko (Round 1)

Damon Heta 3-0 Adrian Lewis (Round 2)

Evening Session (8pm)

Mike De Decker 3-1 Jeff Smith (Round 1)

Scott Williams 3-1 Ryan Joyce (Round 1)

Danny Baggish 3-0 Matt Campbell (Round 1)

Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Boris Krcmar (Round 2)

Monday December 19

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Andrew Gilding 3-2 Robert Owen (Round 1)

Danny Jansen 3-2 Paolo Nebrida (Round 1)

Niels Zonneveld 0-3 Lewy Williams (Round 1)

Jose de Sousa 3-2 Simon Whitlock (Round 2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Geert Nentjes 1-3 Leonard Gates (Round 1)

Ritchie Edhouse 2-3 David Cameron (Round 1)

Steve Beaton 0-3 Danny van Trijp (Round 1)

Gerwyn Price 3-1 Luke Woodhouse (Round 2)

Tuesday December 20 (7pm)

Jim Williams 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki (Round 1)

Jamie Hughes 1-3 Jimmy Hendriks (Round 1)

Ricky Evans 3-1 Fallon Sherrock (Round 1)

Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 Ryan Meikle (Round 2)

Wednesday December 21

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

John O’Shea 2-3 Darius Labanauskas (Round 1)

Martijn Kleermaker 3-0 Xicheng Han (Round 1)

Callan Rydz v Josh Rock (Round 2)

Dave Chisnall v Andrew Gilding (Round 2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Mervyn King v Danny Baggish (Round 2)

Gabriel Clemens v William O‘Connor (Round 2)

Michael van Gerwen v Lewy Williams (Round 2)

Stephen Bunting v Leonard Gates (Round 2)

Thursday December 22

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Krzysztof Ratajski v Danny Jansen (Round 2)

Ryan Searle v Adam Gawlas (Round 2)

Mensur Suljovic v Mike De Decker (Round 2)

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Karel Sedlacek (Round 2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Gary Anderson v Madars Razma (Round 2)

James Wade v Jim Williams (Round 2)

Luke Humphries v Florian Hempel (Round 2)

Vincent van der Voort v Cameron Menzies (Round 2)

Friday December 23

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Brendan Dolan v Jimmy Hendriks (Round 2)

Chris Dobey v Martijn Kleermaker(Round 2)

Ross Smith v Darius Labanauskas (Round 2)

Rob Cross v Scott Williams (Round 2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Martin Schindler v Martin Lukeman (Round 2)

Danny Noppert v Dave Cameron (Round 2)

Jonny Clayton v Danny van Trijp (Round 2)

Joe Cullen v Ricky Evans (Round 2)

Tuesday December 27

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Ratajski/Jansen (Round 3)

Nathan Aspinall v Rydz/Rock (Round 3)

Clayton/Van Trijp v Dolan/Hendriks (Round 3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Wade/Williams v Clemens/O’Connor (Round 3)

Gerwyn Price v Raymond van Barneveld (Round 3)

Peter Wright v Kim Huybrechts (Round 3)

Wednesday December 28

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Searle/Gawlas v Jose de Sousa (Round 3)

Noppert/Cameron v Alan Soutar (Round 3)

Anderson/Razma v Dobey/Kleermaker (Round 3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Cullen/Evans v Damon Heta (Round 3)

Van Gerwen/Williams v Suljovic/De Decker/Smith (Round 3)

Michael Smith v Schindler/Lukeman (Round 3)

Thursday December 29

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Van Duijvenbode/Sedlacek/Smith v Smith/Labanauskas (Round 3)

Cross/Williams/Joyce v King/Baggish (Round 3)

Chisnall/Gilding v Bunting/Gates (Round 3)

Evening Session (7pm)

Humphries/Hempel v Van der Voort/Menzies (Round 3)

Fourth Round

Friday December 30

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Fourth Round

Evening Session (7pm)

Fourth Round

Sunday January 1

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7.30pm)

Quarter-Finals

Monday January 2 (7.30pm)

Semi-Finals

Tuesday January 3 (8pm)

Final

How can I watch the World Darts Championship?

TV channel: The tournament will be covered live in full on Sky Sports. Both the afternoon and evening sessions will be shown on Sky Sports Arena, with several sessions also on Sky Sports Main Event over the next few weeks.

The first session of the tournament, on Thursday, December 18, will be shown on both Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena, with coverage getting underway at 6pm GMT.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch the game through the Sky Go app.

World Darts Championship odds:

Odds via Betfair. Correct as of December 19.