World Masters darts TV channel, order of play, draw and prize money
World Masters darts TV channel, order of play, draw and prize money
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The Winmau World Masters gets underway on Thursday night after a complete revamp to the tournament this season. The event is now ranked and featuring 32 players competing in set-play for the first time at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. 24 players automatically qualified for the main stages, while eight came through the preliminary rounds on Wednesday. Jermaine Wattimena, Cameron Menzies, Bradley Brooks, Andy Baetens, Florian Hempel, William Borland, William O’Connor and Kevin Doets were those eight players who are into the first round.
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They join the top 24 on the PDC Order of Merit, with the likes of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen among the favourites. It was a very different tournament that Stephen Bunting won a year ago, beating Van Gerwen 11-7 in the final. This year the first round is played over a best of five sets, the second round and quarter-finals over a best of seven, semis a best of nine and the final contested over a best of 11 sets.
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ITV4 will be showing the tournament live in the UK with streaming available on ITVX. Thursday January 30. First Round. Josh Rock v Jermaine Wattimena. Damon Heta v Ross Smith. Rob Cross v William O’Connor. Gerwyn Price v Florian Hempel. Peter Wright v Kevin Doets. Luke Humphries v Joe Cullen. Stephen Bunting v William Borland. Danny Noppert v Michael Smith. Friday January 31. James Wade v Mike De Decker. Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies.
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Jonny Clayton v Martin Schindler. Nathan Aspinall v Andrew Gilding. Chris Dobey v Ryan Searle. Luke Littler v Andy Baetens. Michael van Gerwen v Bradley Brooks. Gary Anderson v Dimitri Van den Bergh. Saturday February 1. 12.45pm & 7pm. Second Round. Sunday February 2. 12.45pm. Quarter-Finals. Semi-Finals & Final. Winner £100,000. Runner-up £50,000. Semi-finalists £30,000. Quarter-finalists £17,500. Second round losers £10,000. First round losers £5,000.
