Luke Littler faces one other head-to-head showdown with former world champion Rob Cross after being drawn collectively within the first spherical of the Ladbrokes Gamers Championship ultimate.
The £600,000 event will happen at Butlin’s Minehead Resort from November 22 to 24 and can characteristic the highest gamers on the Gamers Championship cash record on the finish of the 30-game 2024 Gamers Championship season. 64 gamers participated.
Littler superior because the eighth seed after successful three Gamers Championship titles in his first season on the PDC ProTour, with the Premier League champions getting off to a rocky begin in opposition to the 2018 world champions.
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Luke Littler defeated world primary Luke Humphries 11-7 within the ultimate to win his first Premier League title
The draw was a repeat of their World Grand Prix first-round conflict in October, when pre-match favourite Littler misplaced 2-1 and crashed out early on his debut within the double-header occasion.
World primary Luke Humphries will start a title combat with Gabriel Clemens, 12 months faraway from his thrilling victory over Michael van Gerwen month later, and earlier than back-to-back World Championship appearances later this 12 months.
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Highlights from the 2024 World Grand Prix ultimate as Mike De Decker defeats Luke Humphries
Van Gerwen begins his problem in opposition to 2019 semi-finalist Ian Whyte because the Dutch star goals for a file eighth Gamers Championship ultimate title, whereas high seed Chris Dobie will face world quantity eight Insider. Jason Aspinall – holder of the final qualifying spot.
Six-time Gamers Championship 2024 runner-up Stephen Bunting will tackle Belgium’s Mario Vandenbogaerde, whereas third-seeded Damon Heta takes on two-time finalist Mervyn Mervyn King, Dave Chisnall tackle Joe Cullen in what shall be a rematch of the 2022 Masters ultimate.
Dedecker will face Richard Veenstra, whereas former finalists Jonny Clayton and Gervin Value face Florian Hempel and Thibault Tricole respectively.
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Mike Dedecker believes he wants extra expertise earlier than taking over Premier League soccer
Daryl Gurney and Peter Wright sq. off between former Gamers Championship ultimate winners, whereas world quantity two Michael Smith performs newcomer Dom Dom Taylor, European Champion Ritchie Edhouse vs. Luke Woodhouse.
Gamers Championship Finals: First Spherical Draw
The seed quantity is in parentheses
(1) Chris Dobey VS (64) Nathan Aspinall
(32) William O’Connor VS (33) Niels Zoneveld
(16) Mike Dedecker vs (49) Richard Veenstra
(17) Michael van Gerwen VS (48) Ian White
(8) Luke Littler VS (57) Rob Cross
(25) Richie Edhouse vs (40) Luke Woodhouse
(9) Danny Norbert vs. (56) James Herrell
(24) James Wade VS (41) Stephen Burton
(4) Ryan Sale VS (61) Jeffrey de Graaf
(29) Gwen Value vs (36) Thibaut Ricoeur
(13) Wesel Niemann vs (52) Kim Hubrechts
(20) Gian Van Veen VS (45) Scott Williams
(5) Dave Chisnall vs (60) Joe Cullen
(28) Andrew Gilding VS (37) Kevin Dodds
(12) Ross Smith VS (53) Dimitri Vandenberg
(21) Wesley Plessier VS (44) Mensur Sujovic
(2) Stephen Bunting VS (63) Mario van den Bogard
(31) Martin Lookman VS (34) Connor Scatter
(15) Daryl Gurney vs (50) Peter Wright
(18) Michael Smith VS (47) Dom Taylor
(7) Josh Rock vs (58) Ricky Ivins
(26) Alan Sutta vs (39) Jermaine Wattimena
(10) Jonny Clayton vs (55) Florian Hempel
(23) Dirk van Duijvenbode vs (42) Karan Reitz
(3) Damon Herta VS (62) Mervyn King
(30) Krzysztof Lataski vs (35) Mardar Razma
(14) Raymond van Barneveld vs (51) Chris Randleman
(19) Luke Humphries vs (46) Gabriel Clemens
(6) Gary Anderson VS (59) Ryan Mikel
(27) Brendan Dolan vs (38) Martin Schindler
(11) Cameron Menzies vs (54) Jim Williams
(22) Ryan Joyce vs (43) Karel Sedlacek
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Richard Ashdown and Michael Bridge not involved about Michael van Gerwen’s World Grand Prix efficiency in terms of Love The Darts
How does the format work?
The primary spherical shall be performed on the opening day of the marathon on Friday, November 22, with Saturday’s doubleheader that includes spherical two within the afternoon and spherical three later that evening.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will happen on Sunday 24 November, with the Winmau World Youth Championship ultimate happening within the night.
The Gamers Championship Last is the final sport earlier than The Gamers Championship 2025 PDC World Darts Championshipwhich begins on December 15 at Alexandra Palace and shall be streamed completely sky sports activities.
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