Peter Wright to open World Darts Championship defence against Mickey Mansell or Ben Robb
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Peter Wright will begin his Cazoo World Darts Championship title defence on the opening night of the 2022/23 event, with the schedule of play for the first and second rounds now confirmed.
Schedule of Play
Thursday December 15 (1900 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Mickey Mansell v Ben Robb (R1)
- Keane Barry v Grant Sampson (R1)
- Jermaine Wattimena v Nathan Rafferty (R1)
- Peter Wright v Mansell/Robb (R2)
Friday December 16 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Alan Soutar v Mal Cuming (R1)
- Boris Krcmar v Toru Suzuki (R1)
- Adrian Lewis v Daniel Larsson (R1)
- Kim Huybrechts v Barry/Sampson (R2)
Evening Session (1900 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Rowby-John Rodriguez v Lourence Ilagan (R1)
- William O'Connor v Beau Greaves (R1)
- Keegan Brown v Florian Hempel (R1)
- Michael Smith v Wattimena/Rafferty (R2)
Saturday December 17 Afternoon Session (1100 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Martin Lukeman v Nobuhiro Yamamoto (R1)
- Simon Whitlock v Christian Perez (R1)
- Adam Gawlas v Richie Burnett (R1)
- Daryl Gurney v Soutar/Cuming (R2)
Evening Session (2000 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Ryan Meikle v Lisa Ashton (R1)
- Cameron Menzies v Diogo Portela (R1)
- Josh Rock v Jose Justicia (R1)
- Dimitri Van den Bergh v Rodriguez/Ilagan (R2)
Sunday December 18 Afternoon Session (1100 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Madars Razma v Prakash Jiwa (R1)
- Karel Sedlacek v Raymond Smith (R1)
- Luke Woodhouse v Vladyslav Omelchenko (R1)
- Damon Heta v Lewis/Larsson (R2)
Evening Session (2000 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Mike De Decker v Jeff Smith (R1)
- Scott Williams v Ryan Joyce (R1)
- Matt Campbell v Danny Baggish (R1)
- Nathan Aspinall v Krcmar/Suzuki (R2)
Monday December 19 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Andrew Gilding v Robert Owen (R1)
- Danny Jansen v Paolo Nebrida (R1)
- Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams (R1)
- Jose de Sousa v Whitlock/Perez (R2)
Evening Session (1900 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Geert Nentjes v Leonard Gates (R1)
- Ritchie Edhouse v David Cameron (R1)
- Steve Beaton v Danny van Trijp (R1)
- Gerwyn Price v Woodhouse/Omelchenko (R2)
Tuesday December 20 (1900 GMT) - 3x First Round, 1x Second Round
- Jim Williams v Sebastian Bialecki (R1)
- Jamie Hughes v Jimmy Hendriks (R1)
- Ricky Evans v Fallon Sherrock (R1)
- Raymond van Barneveld v Meikle/Ashton (R2)
Wednesday December 21 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT) - 2x First Round, 2x Second Round
- John O'Shea v Darius Labanauskas (R1)
- Martijn Kleermaker v Xicheng Han (R1)
- Callan Rydz v Rock/Justicia (R2)
- Dave Chisnall v Gilding/Owen (R2)
Evening Session (1900 GMT) - 4x Second Round
- 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 (R2)
Thursday December 22Afternoon Session (1230 GMT) - 4x Second Round
- 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 (R2)
Evening Session (1900 GMT) - 4x Second Round
- 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 (R2)
Friday December 23 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT) - 4x Second Round
- 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 (R2)
Evening Session (1900 GMT) - 4x Second Round
- Martin Schindler v Lukeman/Yamamoto (R2)
- Danny Noppert v Edhouse/Cameron (R2)
- Jonny Clayton v Beaton/Van Trijp (R2)
- Joe Cullen v Evans/Sherrock (R2)