2024 World Matchplay: Full draw, schedule, format, prize money, where to watch and results
- Planet Sport writer
- 22 July 2024
The 2024 Betfred World Matchplay is now over, Planet Sport looks back at the results of showpiece event of the darting summer at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
The latest edition of the £800,000 event saw world number one Luke Humphries conquer a star-studded 32-player field, which included seven former winners of the event, along with eight PDC World Champions.
Humphries became just the fourth man to win the World Championship and World Matchplay in the same year after a dramatic 18-15 win over Michael van Gerwen at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
World Matchplay results
Sunday July 21
Luke Humphries 18-15 Michael Van Gerwen
Saturday July 20
Luke Humphries 17-10 James Wade
Michael Van Gerwen 17-13 Michael Smith
Friday July 19
Michael Van Gerwen 16-10 Andrew Gilding
Michael Smith 16-7 Rob Cross
Thursday July 18
James Wade 16-10 Ross Smith
Luke Humphries 16-10 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Wednesday July 17
Andrew Gilding 11-5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Rob Cross 11-6 Ryan Searle
Michael Van Gerwen 11-8 Joe Cullen
Michael Smith 11-9 Chris Dobey
Tuesday July 16
Ross Smith 11-9 Gerwyn Price
James Wade 11-8 Nathan Aspinall
Luke Humphries 11-7 Stephen Bunting
Dimitri Van den Bergh 11-5 Johnny Clayton
Monday July 15
Ryan Searle 10-4 Damon Heta
Michael Smith 10-5 Gary Anderson
Michael Van Gerwen 10-6 Luke Littler
Chris Dobey 10-7 Ritchie Edhouse
Sunday July 14
Ross Smith 10-4 Josh Rock
James Wade 10-5 Danny Noppert
Dimitri Van den Bergh 10-6 Martin Schindler - Van den Bergh hits a nine-dart finish!
Stephen Bunting 12-10 Ryan Joyce
Rob Cross 13-12 Gian van Veen
Joe Cullen 10-4 Brendan Dolan
Andrew Gilding 10-5 Peter Wright
Krzysztof Ratajski 10-2 Dave Chisnall
Saturday July 13
Gerwyn Price 10-4 Daryl Gurney
Jonny Clayton 10-7 Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Humphries 10-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Nathan Aspinall 10-8 Luke Woodhouse
World Matchplay format
First Round - Best of 19 legs
Second Round - Best of 21 legs
Quarter-Finals - Best of 31 legs
Semi-Finals - Best of 33 legs
Final - Best of 35 legs
World Matchplay prize fund
Winner - £200,000
Runner-Up - £100,000
Semi-Finalists - £50,000
Quarter-Finalists - £30,000
Second Round Losers - £15,000
First Round Losers - £10,000
Total - £800,000
