The draw for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship has been made.
THE draw for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship has been made.
The world^s top 32 players are drawn against the qualifiers for the first round, which will be played from December 16-23 at Alexandra Palace in London.
Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Preliminary Round Draw
Magnus Caris (Sweden) v Dietmar Burger (Austria)
Devon Petersen (South Africa) v Norman Madhoo (Guyana)
Gary Mawson (USA) v Juanito Gionzon (Philippines)
Michael Mansell (Northern Ireland) v Preston Ridd (New Zealand)
Roland Scholten (Netherlands) v Viejo Viinikka (Finland)
Jyhan Artut (Germany) v Scott MacKenzie (Hong Kong)
Per Laursen (Denmark) v Boris Krcmar (Croatia)
Matt Padgett (England) v Morihiro Hashimoto (Japan)
First Round Draw Bracket
Phil Taylor (1) v Mawson/Gionzon
John Part (32) v Laursen/Krcmar
Paul Nicholson (16) v Steve Farmer
Co Stompe (17) v Peter Wright
Ronnie Baxter (8) v Scholten/Viinikka
Mark Webster (25) v Steve Maish
Colin Lloyd (9) v Andree Welge
Steve Beaton (24) v Mark Hylton
Adrian Lewis (5) v Tony Eccles
Mark Dudbridge (28) v Alex Roy
Andy Hamilton (12) v Dennis Smith
Robert Thornton (21) v Nigel Heydon
Simon Whitlock (4) v Steve Evans
Denis Ovens (29) v Artut/MacKenzie
Wayne Jones (13) v Rob Modra
Vincent van der Voort (20 v Mansell/Ridd
James Wade (2) v Antonio Alcinas
Michael van Gerwen (31) v Mensur Suljovic
Wes Newton (15) v Darin Young
Kevin Painter (18) v Brendan Dolan
Terry Jenkins (7) v Joe Cullen
Jelle Klaasen (26) v Steve Brown
Mark Walsh (10) v Justin Pipe
Alan Tabern (23) v Richie Burnett
Mervyn King (6) v Caris/Burger
Andy Smith (27) v Shane Tichowitsch
Gary Anderson (11) v Padgett/Hashimoto
Dennis Priestley (22) v Bernd Roith
Raymond van Barneveld (3) v Steve Hine
Barrie Bates (30) v Kevin McDine
Colin Osborne (14) v Chris Thompson
Jamie Caven (19) v Petersen/Madhoo
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