Players Championship Darts 2023 Event 18 | Draw and Latest Results

The draw for Players Championship 18 has been confirmed, with 128 players in action in Hildesheim on Sunday.

The ninth Players Championship double-header of the year will be held on consecutive days from August 26-27 at Halle 39.

Prize money will stand at £100,000 per event, with all winnings counting towards the PDC Order of Merit, ProTour Order of Merit and Players Championship Order of Merit.

The field is headed by World Cup winner Gerwyn Price, who is joined by World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall, world number three Peter Wright and Rob Cross – winner of back-to-back World Series titles earlier this month.

The likes of Dave Chisnall, Joe Cullen, Gabriel Clemens, Raymond van Barneveld, Chris Dobey, Dirk van Duijvenbode and James Wade are also in action.

World number one Michael Smith, Premier League champion Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton, Luke Humphries and Danny Noppert are among the notable withdrawals and have been replaced by players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.

Play commences at 12pm BST, with all matches up to and including the Quarter-Finals to be contested over the best of 11 legs, while Semi-Finals are best of 13 and the final is best of 15.

Matches from four streaming boards available to watch exclusively live on desktop and mobile in the UK and various other regions.

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Players Championship 18 Draw

Sunday August 27

First Round
Owen Bates 6-5 Matt Campbell
Martin Lukeman 6-4 Damian Mol
Ryan Meikle 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Arron Monk 6-4 Krzysztof Kciuk
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Dylan Slevin
Radek Szaganski 6-5 Boris Krcmar
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Robert Grundy 6-1 Robert Owen
Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Darren Webster
Lee Evans 6-2 Stefan Bellmont
Jules van Dongen 6-3 Martin Schindler
Tony Martinez 6-4 Thibault Tricole
Kim Huybrechts 6-1 John O’Shea
Jamie Hughes 6-0 Niels Zonneveld
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Ross Smith
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Jarred Cole
Keane Barry 6-3 Adam Warner
Andy Boulton 6-4 Owen Roelofs
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Jimmy Hendriks
Pascal Rupprecht 6-5 Shaun Wilkinson
Chris Dobey 6-0 Lukas Wenig
Darius Labanauskas 6-1 Martijn Dragt
James Wade 6-3 Jose Justicia
Ron Meulenkamp 6-1 Callum Goffin
Ryan Joyce 6-0 Luc Peters
Keegan Brown 6-0 Jacques Labre
Rob Cross 6-2 Bradley Brooks
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Josh Payne
Ricky Evans 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-2 Graham Usher
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Krzysztof Ratajski
Nick Kenny 6-5 Ross Montgomery
Ian White 6-2 Adam Smith-Neale
Steve Lennon 6-5 Scott Williams
Damon Heta 6-2 Alexander Merkx
Wesley Plaisier 6-0 Joe Murnan
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Gian van Veen 6-4 Ritchie Edhouse
Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Dragutin Horvat
Graham Hall 6-5 Arjan Konterman
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-2 Ted Evetts
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6-4 Geert Nentjes
Danny Jansen 6-1 Peter Wright
George Killington 6 -2 Vladimir Andersen
William O’Connor 6-5 Danny van Trijp
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-5 Adam Gawlas
Alan Soutar 6-4 Jose De Sousa
Richie Burnett 6-4 Kevin Burness
Madars Razma 6-4 Mensur Suljovic
Stephen Burton 6-1 Martijn Kleermaker
Darryl Pilgrim 6-3 Josh Rock
James Wilson 6-5 Kevin Doets
Jurjen van der Velde 6-4 Mike De Decker
Cam Crabtree 6-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Mickey Mansell 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vitezslav Sedlak 6-1 Nathan Rafferty
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Connor Scutt 6-2 Daniel Klose
Joe Cullen 6-3 Scott Waites
Mervyn King 6-1 Florian Hempel
Jeff Smith 6-4 Steve Beaton
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Chris Landman
Andrew Gilding 6-5 Brian Raman
Ronny Huybrechts 6-2 Robbie Knops

Second Round
Owen Bates 6-5 Martin Lukeman
Ryan Meikle w/o Arron Monk
Daryl Gurney 6-5 Radek Szaganski
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Robert Grundy
Luke Woodhouse 6-4 Lee Evans
Tony Martinez 6-4 Jules van Dongen
Kim Huybrechts 6-4 Jamie Hughes
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Karel Sedlacek
Keane Barry 6-2 Andy Boulton
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Pascal Rupprecht
Chris Dobey 6-4 Darius Labanauskas
James Wade 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp
Ryan Joyce 6-0 Keegan Brown
Rob Cross 6-4 Cameron Menzies
Ricky Evans 6-5 Maik Kuivenhoven
Nick Kenny 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Ian White 6-4 Steve Lennon
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Damon Heta
Gian van Veen 6-1 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Gabriel Clemens 6-0 Graham Hall
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko
George Killington 6-1 Danny Jansen
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-4 William O’Connor
Richie Burnett 6-4 Alan Soutar
Madars Razma 6-4 Stephen Burton
Darryl Pilgrim 6-5 James Wilson
Cam Crabtree 6-3 Jurjen van der Velde
Vitezslav Sedlak 6-5 Mickey Mansell
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Connor Scutt
Joe Cullen 6-3 Mervyn King
Jeff Smith 6-2 Jelle Klaasen
Andrew Gilding 6-5 Ronny Huybrechts

Last 32
Ryan Meikle 6-4 Owen Bates
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Daryl Gurney
Tony Martinez 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Kim Huybrechts
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Keane Barry
James Wade 6-2 Chris Dobey
Rob Cross 6-2 Ryan Joyce
Ricky Evans 6-5 Nick Kenny
Ian White 6-5 Wesley Plaisier
Gian van Veen 6-4 Gabriel Clemens
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6-2 George Killington
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-3 Richie Burnett
Darryl Pilgrim 6-1 Madars Razma
Cam Crabtree 6-1 Vitezslav Sedlak
Joe Cullen 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Andrew Gilding 6-3 Jeff Smith

Last 16
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Ryan Meikle
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Tony Martinez
Gerwyn Price 6-1 James Wade
Rob Cross 6-1 Ricky Evans
Gian van Veen 6-2 Ian White
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-1 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Darryl Pilgrim 6-5 Cam Crabtree
Joe Cullen 6-4 Andrew Gilding

Quarter-Finals
Stephen Bunting 6-3 Richard Veenstra
Gerwyn Price 6-0 Rob Cross
Gian van Veen 6-2 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Joe Cullen 6-0 Darryl Pilgrim

Semi-Finals
Gerwyn Price 7-2 Stephen Bunting
Gian van Veen 7-1 Joe Cullen

Final
Gerwyn Price 8-1 Gian van Veen

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