PDC World Darts Championship 2024 schedule: Order of play (Friday 22nd December)

Raymond van Barneveld is the star attraction on Friday evening as he faces Radek Szaganski in a bid to reach the third round, while Chris Dobey wraps up the night with a showdown against William O'Connor.

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RadioTimes.com brings you the daily schedule and order of play for the PDC World Darts Championship 2024.

PDC World Darts Championship 2024 schedule: Today's order of play

All UK time.

Friday 22nd December

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

R2: Brendan Dolan v Mickey Mansell/Xiaochen Zong
R2: Jose de Sousa v Jeffrey de Graaf
R2: Krzysztof Ratajski v Jamie Hughes
R2: Dirk van Duijvenbode v Boris Krcmar

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

R2: Dimitri Van den Bergh v Florian Hempel
R2: Martin Schindler v Jermaine Wattimena
R2: Raymond van Barneveld v Radek Szaganski
R2: Chris Dobey v William O'Connor

Saturday 23rd December

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

R2: Kim Huybrechts v Richard Veenstra
R2: Callan Rydz v Ricardo Pietreczko
R2: Jonny Clayton v Steve Lennon
R2: Daryl Gurney v Steve Beaton

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

R2: Ryan Searle v Tomoya Goto
R2: Josh Rock v Luke Woodhouse/Berry van Peer
R2: Stephen Bunting v Ryan Joyce
R2: Nathan Aspinall v Ricky Evans

Sunday 24th December

REST

Monday 25th December

REST

Tuesday 26th December

REST

Wednesday 27th December

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC

Thursday 28th December

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC

Friday 29th December

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC
• R3: TBC v TBC

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R3: TBC v TBC
• R4: TBC v TBC
• R4: TBC v TBC

Saturday 30th December

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R4: TBC v TBC
• R4: TBC v TBC
• R4: TBC v TBC

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• R4: TBC v TBC
• R4: TBC v TBC
• R4: TBC v TBC

Sunday 31st December

REST

Monday 1st January

From 12:30pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• QF: TBC v TBC
• QF: TBC v TBC
• QF: TBC v TBC
• QF: TBC v TBC

Tuesday 2nd January

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• SF: TBC v TBC
• SF: TBC v TBC

Wednesday 3rd January

From 7pm (Sky Sports Arena)

• F: TBC v TBC

How to watch PDC World Darts Championship 2024 on TV and live stream

Coverage of the PDC World Darts Championship 2024 will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Arena and Main Event.

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