Players Championship Finals 2021 Draw | Van Gerwen to face Doets
The draw for the 2021 Players Championship Finals has been confirmed, with Michael van Gerwen starting the defence of his title against Kevin Doets.
The season’s penultimate TV major will return to the Butlin’s Minehead Resort from November 26-28 as the top 64 players from the 2021 Players Championship Order of Merit battle it out.
Reigning champion Van Gerwen will open his challenge to claim a seventh title in the event with a tie against 23-year-old compatriot Doets on the opening day of the tournament.
World number one Gerwyn Price begins his search for a first Players Championship Finals crown against Jason Lowe, while world number two Peter Wright will face teenage Irish debutant Keane Barry.
Jose de Sousa, a winner of three Players Championship events in 2021, enters the tournament as number one seed and will face South Africa’s Devon Petersen – who claimed the final qualifying place.
Daryl Gurney, the 2018 champion, will begin his quest for a second Minehead title against Scottish debutant Alan Soutar, while 2014 winner Gary Anderson will meet Stephen Bunting.
Raymond van Barneveld marks his first televised tournament campaign since March with an all-Dutch show-down against Maik Kuivenhoven.
The schedule of play will be confirmed in due course, with all 64 players set to compete across two stages on the opening day.
The second and third rounds are staged on Saturday November 27, with the tournament culminating on Sunday November 28 with the Quarter-Finals in the afternoon and the Semi-Finals and final in the evening.
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Players Championship Finals 2021 Draw
Jose de Sousa (1) v Devon Petersen (64)
Mervyn King (32) v Darius Labanauskas (33)
Chris Dobey (16) v William O’Connor (49)
Krzysztof Ratajski (17) v Ron Meulenkamp (48)
Gerwyn Price (8) v Jason Lowe (57)
Martin Schindler (25) v Ian White (40)
Brendan Dolan (9) v Chas Barstow (56)
Dave Chisnall (24) v Ritchie Edhouse (41)
Michael Smith (4) v William Borland (61)
Daryl Gurney (29) v Alan Soutar (36)
Callan Rydz (13) v Mensur Suljovic (52)
James Wade (20) v Ricky Evans (45)
Ryan Searle (5) v Simon Whitlock (60)
Ryan Joyce (28) v Luke Woodhouse (37)
Rob Cross (12) v Jermaine Wattimena (53)
Nathan Aspinall (21) v Jeff Smith (44)
Peter Wright (2) v Keane Barry (63)
Adrian Lewis (31) v Kim Huybrechts (34)
Damon Heta (15) v Steve Lennon (50)
Gabriel Clemens (18) v Steve Beaton (47)
Michael van Gerwen (7) v Kevin Doets (58)
Raymond van Barneveld (26) v Maik Kuivenhoven (39)
Dirk van Duijvenbode (10) v Ryan Meikle (55)
Stephen Bunting (23) v Gary Anderson (42)
Jonny Clayton (3) v Alan Tabern (62)
Scott Mitchell (30) v Martijn Kleermaker (35)
Ross Smith (14) v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (51)
Luke Humphries (19) v Jason Heaver (46)
Joe Cullen (6) v Andy Boulton (59)
Vincent van der Voort (27) v Madars Razma (54)
Danny Noppert (22) v Rowby-John Rodriguez (43)
