2023 PDC World Darts Championship

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2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 December 2022 – 3 January 2023
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – first to 7 sets
Prize fund£2,500,000
«2022 2024»

The 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship[1] (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022/23 Cazoo[2] World Darts Championship) is the upcoming 30th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event will take place at the Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2022–3 January 2023.[1]

Peter Wright is the defending champion, after defeating Michael Smith 7–5 in the 2022 final.[3]

Prize money

The prize money for the tournament is expected to remain at £2,500,000 in total – the same as the previous 4 years. The winner's share will be £500,000.[4]

Position (no. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £2,500,000)
Winner (1) £500,000
Runner-up (1) £200,000
Semi-finalists (2) £100,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £50,000
Fourth round losers (8) £35,000
Third round losers (16) £25,000
Second round losers (32) £15,000
First round losers (32) £7,500

Qualifiers

The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit began the competition in the second round. The 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (not already qualified) and 32 qualifiers from around the world began in the first round.[5]

As of 30 October 2022, the provisional qualifiers are as follows:
  1. ^ China Premier League winner Zong Xiao Chen withdrew, due to COVID-19 pandemic regulations. His place was taken by the runner up.[6]

Draw

Finals

Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January 		Semi-finals
(best of 11 sets)
2 January 		Final
(best of 13 sets)
3 January
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top half

Section 1

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
  1 
Q   
 
 
  32 
Q   
 
 
  16 
Q   
 
 
  17 
Q   
 
 
  8 
Q   
 
 
  25 
Q   
 
 
  9 
Q   
 
 
  24 
Q   

Section 2

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
  4 
Q   
 
 
  29 
Q   
 
 
  13 
Q   
 
 
  20 
Q   
 
 
  5 
Q   
 
 
  28 
Q   
 
 
  12 
Q   
 
 
  21 
Q   

Bottom half

Section 3

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
  2 
Q   
 
 
  31 
Q   
 
 
  15 
Q   
 
 
  18 
Q   
 
 
  7 
Q   
 
 
  26 
Q   
 
 
  10 
Q   
 
 
  23 
Q   

Section 4

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
  3 
Q   
 
 
  30 
Q   
 
 
  14 
Q   
 
 
  19 
Q   
 
 
  6 
Q   
 
 
  27 
Q   
 
 
  11 
Q   
 
 
  22 
Q   


References

  1. ^ a b Phillips, Josh. "2022/23 Cazoo World Championship schedule & ticket info confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Cazoo become World Darts Championship sponsors in new multi-event deal". PDC. 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Wright defeats Smith to become two-time World Champion". PDC. 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Phillips, Josh (14 December 2020). "2020/21 William Hill World Darts Championship preview". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ PDC. "Order of Merit Rules, 3.1". PDC. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ Phillips, Josh. "International Representatives taking shape for Cazoo World Championship". PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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