PDC William Hill World Darts Championship, de loting
Een uur later dan was aangekondigd is vanavond live op Sky Sports de loting verricht voor het aankomende PDC wereldkampioenschap. Grote baas van de PDC, Barry Hearn verrichtte samen met Wayne Mardle deze loting.
Hearn trok de namen van de geplaatste spelers (32) en Wayne de niet geplaatste spelers met daaronder een paar vastgestelde voorronde partijen.
In het schema hieronder staan in het bovenste gedeelte de partijen die als voorronde zijn aan gemerkt met daaronder de partijen zoals geloot en op de open plekken worden dan straks de namen ingevuld van de spelers die hun voorronde partij hebben gewonnen.
Het William Hill World Darts Championship dat begint op 14 december en waarvan op 1 januari 2018 wordt de finale gespeeld is het laatste toernooi waaraan Phil Taylor ( foto ) volgens zeggen zal meedoen.
De loting:
| Voorronde | |||||
| Pos | Speler 1 | Speler 2 | score | ||
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) | – | bye | b | |
| 2 | Christian Kist | – | bye | b | |
| 3 | James Wilson (32) | – | bye | b | |
| 4 | Krzystof Ratajski | – | bye | b | |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price (16) | – | bye | b | |
| 6 | Ted Evetts | – | bye | b | |
| 7 | Ian White (17) | – | bye | b | |
| 8 | Willard Bruguier | – | Cody Harris | ||
| 9 | Dave Chisnall (8) | – | bye | b | |
| 10 | Vincent van der Voort | – | bye | b | |
| 11 | Steve Beaton (25) | – | bye | b | |
| 12 | William O’Connor | – | bye | b | |
| 13 | Raymond v Barneveld (9) | – | bye | b | |
| 14 | Richard North | – | bye | b | |
| 15 | Kyle Anderson (24) | – | bye | b | |
| 16 | Peter Jacques | – | bye | b | |
| 17 | Mensur Suljovic (5) | – | bye | b | |
| 18 | Kevin Painter | – | bye | b | |
| 19 | Robert Thornton (28) | – | bye | b | |
| 20 | Alan Ljubic | – | Brendan Dolan | ||
| 21 | Jelle Klaasen (12) | – | bye | b | |
| 22 | Jan Dekker | – | bye | b | |
| 23 | Stephen Bunting (21) | – | bye | b | |
| 24 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | – | bye | b | |
| 25 | Daryl Gurney (4) | – | bye | b | |
| 26 | Ronny Huybrechts | – | bye | b | |
| 27 | John Henderson (29) | – | bye | b | |
| 28 | Marko Kantele | – | bye | b | |
| 29 | Michael Smith (13) | – | bye | b | |
| 30 | Steve Lennon | – | bye | b | |
| 31 | Rob Cross (20) | – | bye | b | |
| 32 | Seigo Asada | – | Gordon Mathers | ||
| 33 | Peter Wright (2) | – | bye | b | |
| 34 | Diogo Portela | – | bye | b | |
| 35 | Jonny Clayton (31) | – | bye | b | |
| 36 | Kenny Neyens | – | Jamie Lewis | ||
| 37 | Alan Norris (15) | – | bye | b | |
| 38 | Kim Viljanen | – | bye | b | |
| 39 | Kim Huybrechts (18) | – | bye | b | |
| 40 | James Richardson | – | bye | b | |
| 41 | Adrian Lewis (7) | – | bye | b | |
| 42 | Aleksandr Oreshkin | – | Kevin Much | ||
| 43 | Cristo Reyes (26) | – | bye | b | |
| 44 | Antonio Alcinas | – | bye | b | |
| 45 | Simon Whitlock (10) | – | bye | b | |
| 46 | Martin Schindler | – | bye | b | |
| 47 | Darren Webster (23) | – | bye | b | |
| 48 | Devon Petersen | – | bye | b | |
| 49 | Phil Taylor (6) | – | bye | b | |
| 50 | Chris Dobey | – | bye | b | |
| 51 | Justin Pipe (27) | – | bye | b | |
| 52 | XiaoChen Zong | – | Bernie Smith | ||
| 53 | James Wade (11) | – | bye | b | |
| 54 | Keegan Brown | – | bye | b | |
| 55 | Mervyn King (22) | – | bye | b | |
| 56 | Zoran Lerchbacher | – | bye | b | |
| 57 | Gary Anderson (3) | – | bye | b | |
| 58 | Jeff Smith | – | Luke Humphries | ||
| 59 | Mark Webster (30) | – | bye | b | |
| 60 | Kai Fan Leung | – | Paul Lim | ||
| 61 | Benito van de Pas (14) | – | bye | b | |
| 62 | Steve West | – | bye | b | |
| 63 | Joe Cullen (19) | – | bye | b | |
| 64 | Jermaine Wattimena | – | bye | b | |
| Eerste ronde | |||||
| Pos | Speler 1 | Speler 2 | score | ||
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) | – | Christian Kist | ||
| 2 | James Wilson (32) | – | Krzystof Ratajski | ||
| 3 | Gerwyn Price (16) | – | Ted Evetts | ||
| 4 | Ian White (17) | – | |||
| 5 | Dave Chisnall (8) | – | Vincent van der Voort | ||
| 6 | Steve Beaton (25) | – | William O’Connor | ||
| 7 | Raymond v Barneveld (9) | – | Richard North | ||
| 8 | Kyle Anderson (24) | – | Peter Jacques | ||
| 9 | Mensur Suljovic (5) | – | Kevin Painter | ||
| 10 | Robert Thornton (28) | – | |||
| 11 | Jelle Klaasen (12) | – | Jan Dekker | ||
| 12 | Stephen Bunting (21) | – | Dimitri Van den Bergh | ||
| 13 | Daryl Gurney (4) | – | Ronny Huybrechts | ||
| 14 | John Henderson (29) | – | Marko Kantele | ||
| 15 | Michael Smith (13) | – | Steve Lennon | ||
| 16 | Rob Cross (20) | – | |||
| 17 | Peter Wright (2) | – | Diogo Portela | ||
| 18 | Jonny Clayton (31) | – | |||
| 19 | Alan Norris (15) | – | Kim Viljanen | ||
| 20 | Kim Huybrechts (18) | – | James Richardson | ||
| 21 | Adrian Lewis (7) | – | |||
| 22 | Cristo Reyes (26) | – | Antonio Alcinas | ||
| 23 | Simon Whitlock (10) | – | Martin Schindler | ||
| 24 | Darren Webster (23) | – | Devon Petersen | ||
| 25 | Phil Taylor (6) | – | Chris Dobey | ||
| 26 | Justin Pipe (27) | – | |||
| 27 | James Wade (11) | – | Keegan Brown | ||
| 28 | Mervyn King (22) | – | Zoran Lerchbacher | ||
| 29 | Gary Anderson (3) | – | |||
| 30 | Mark Webster (30) | – | |||
| 31 | Benito van de Pas (14) | – | Steve West | ||
| 32 | Joe Cullen (19) | – | Jermaine Wattimena | ||