PDC World Darts Championship: Draw, schedule, prize money and favourites for the Sky-televised event
The biggest darting extravaganza of the year is back as 96 players from around the globe battle it out for tungsten supremacy.
Peter Wright is the defending champion following his 7-5 victory over Michael Smith 12 months ago.
Draw and match schedule
Thursday December 15 (1900 GMT)
R1 - Mickey Mansell v Ben Robb
R1 - Keane Barry v Grant Sampson
R1 - Jermaine Wattimena v Nathan Rafferty
R2 - Peter Wright v Mansell/Robb
Friday December 16
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
R1 - Alan Soutar v Mal Cuming
R1 - Boris Krcmar v Toru Suzuki
R1 - Adrian Lewis v Daniel Larsson
R2 - Kim Huybrechts v Barry/Sampson
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
R1 - Rowby-John Rodriguez v Lourence Ilagan
R1 - William O'Connor v Beau Greaves
R1 - Keegan Brown v Florian Hempel
R2 - Michael Smith v Wattimena/Rafferty
Saturday December 17
Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)
R1 - Martin Lukeman v Nobuhiro Yamamoto
R1 - Simon Whitlock v Christian Perez
R1 - Adam Gawlas v Richie Burnett
R2 - Daryl Gurney v Soutar/Cuming
Evening Session (2000 GMT)
R1 - Ryan Meikle v Lisa Ashton
R1 - Cameron Menzies v Diogo Portela
R1 - Josh Rock v Jose Justicia
R2 - Dimitri Van den Bergh v Rodriguez/Ilagan
Sunday December 18
Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)
R1 - Madars Razma v Prakash Jiwa
R1 - Karel Sedlacek v Raymond Smith
R1 - Luke Woodhouse v Vladyslav Omelchenko
R2 - Damon Heta v Lewis/Larsson
Evening Session (2000 GMT)
R1 - Mike De Decker v Jeff Smith
R1 - Scott Williams v Ryan Joyce
R1 - Matt Campbell v Danny Baggish
R2 - Nathan Aspinall v Krcmar/Suzuki
Monday December 19
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
R1 - Andrew Gilding v Robert Owen
R1 - Danny Jansen v Paolo Nebrida
R1 - Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams
R2 - Jose de Sousa v Whitlock/Perez
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
R1 - Geert Nentjes v Leonard Gates
R1 - Ritchie Edhouse v David Cameron
R1 - Steve Beaton v Danny van Trijp
R2 - Gerwyn Price v Woodhouse/Omelchenko
Tuesday December 20 (1900 GMT)
R1 - Jim Williams v Sebastian Bialecki
R1 - Jamie Hughes v Jimmy Hendriks
R1 - Ricky Evans v Fallon Sherrock
R2 - Raymond van Barneveld v Meikle/Ashton
Wednesday December 21
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
R1 - John O'Shea v Darius Labanauskas
R1 - Martijn Kleermaker v Xicheng Han
R2 - Callan Rydz v Rock/Justicia
R2 - Dave Chisnall v Gilding/Owen
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
R2 - Mervyn King v Campbell/Baggish
R2 - Gabriel Clemens v O'Connor/Greaves
R2 - Michael van Gerwen v Zonneveld/L Williams
R2 - Stephen Bunting v Nentjes/Gates
Thursday December 22
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
R2 - Krzysztof Ratajski v Jansen/Nebrida
R2 - Ryan Searle v Gawlas/Burnett
R2 - Mensur Suljovic v De Decker/J Smith
R2 - Dirk van Duijvenbode v Sedlacek/R Smith
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
R2 - Gary Anderson v Razma/Jiwa
R2 - James Wade v J Williams/Bialecki
R2 - Luke Humphries v Brown/Hempel
R2 - Vincent van der Voort v Menzies/Portela
Friday December 23
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
R2 - Brendan Dolan v Hughes/Hendriks
R2 - Chris Dobey v Kleermaker/Han
R2 - Ross Smith v O'Shea/Labanauskas
R2 - Rob Cross v S Williams/Joyce
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
R2 - Martin Schindler v Lukeman/Yamamoto
R2 - Danny Noppert v Edhouse/Cameron
R2 - Jonny Clayton v Beaton/Van Trijp
R2 - Joe Cullen v Evans/Sherrock
Prize Money
Winner - £500,000
Runner-Up - £200,000
Semi-Finalists - £100,000
Quarter-Finalists - £50,000
Fourth Round Losers - £35,000
Third Round Losers - £25,000
Second Round Losers - £15,000
First Round Losers - £7,500
Total - £2,500,000