All eyes will be on Ally Pally this week as the PDC World Darts Championship returns.
Peter Wright is the defending champion after his victory over Michael Smith and gets his campaign underway on the opening night.
The 2022 finalists are among the favourites once again but Michael van Gerwen appears to be the man to beat as he looks to add his fourth world title.
There will be three women in action over the next month after Fallon Sherrock was given a late reprieve, and she will join Lisa Ashton and teenage sensation Beau Greaves in action. Here is all the information you need ahead of the 2023 competition.
2023 World Darts Championship
The competition gets underway at Ally Pally on December 15. It is set to run until the start of 2023, with the final on January 3.
The prize money for the competition is set to stay at £2.5million, with the winner pocketing an impressive £500,000. There will be £200,000 up for grabs for the beaten finalist and £100,000 for semi-finalists.
TV information
All of the action will be shown live on Sky Sports Darts from the opening night.
Sky presenter Emma Paton is again set to front the coverage. Selected matches will also be shown on the Sky Sports YouTube channel.
Full schedule
Thursday December 15 (7pm 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 (12.30pm 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 (7pm 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 (11am 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 (8pm 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 (11am 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 (8pm 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 (12.30pmGMT)
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 (7pm 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 (7pm 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 (12.30pm 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 (7pm 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 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm 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 (7pm 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 (12.30pm 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 (7pm 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)
Tuesday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
3x Third Round
Wednesday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
3x Third Round
Thursday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
3x Third Round
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round
Friday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
3x Fourth Round
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
3x Fourth Round
Sunday January 1
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (7.30pm GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Monday January 2 (7.30pm GMT)
2x Semi-Finals
Tuesday January 3 (8pm GMT)
Final
