Players Championship 20 Draw: The First Round line-up for Wednesday’s ProTour event in Barnsley

The draw for the 20th PDC Players Championship event of the season has been confirmed, with 128 players returning to action in Barnsley.

The pair of £75,000 live-streamed floor tournaments will feature a star-studded field of 128 players battling it out at the Barnsley Metrodome from July 16-17.

Prize money acquired will count towards both the ProTour Order of Merit and the Main Order of Merit, with a £10,000 top prize up for grabs on both days.

For many, the events represent a final warm-up for the 2019 World Matchplay, which gets underway in Blackpool on Saturday.

World number one Michael van Gerwen is absent from both events, but a formidable field will lock horns, headed by reigning World Matchplay champion Gary Anderson, world number two Rob Cross and German Masters winner Peter Wright. 

Grand Slam champion Gerwyn Price, world finalist Michael Smith, US Masters champion Nathan Aspinall, Lakeside Champion Glen Durrant and multiple Euro Tour event winner Ian White are among the other notable front-runners.

Play commences from 12pm BST, with all matches from Round One to the Quarter-Finals contested over the best of 11 legs, Semi-Finals best of 13 and the final best of 15.

Selected matches from two boards are streamed exclusively live online with commentary throughout the day.

Wednesday July 17

First Round

Ian White v Yordi Meeuwisse

Ted Evetts v Mark Dudbridge

Ross Smith v Jose Justicia

Robert Owen v Mark Webster

Simon Whitlock v Ryan Searle

Ritchie Edhouse v Nathan Derry

Steve Beaton v Mickey Mansell

Dave Prins v Shaun Carroll

Nathan Aspinall v Ronny Huybrechts

Benito van de Pas v Luke Woodhouse

Mervyn King v Toni Alcinas

Steve Lennon v Mario Robbe

Ricky Evans v Justin Pipe

Darius Labanauskas v Ron Meulenkamp

Max Hopp v Adrian Gray

Marko Kantele v Terry Temple

Peter Wright v Madars Razma

Michael Barnard v Alan Norris

Darren Webster v Jamie Bain

Gary Eastwood v Matt Clark

Jonny Clayton v Darren Beveridge

Vincent Kamphuis v James Richardson

Jeffrey De Zwaan v Arron Monk

Andrew Gilding v Boris Koltsov

Daryl Gurney v Ryan Meikle

Conan Whitehead v Joe Murnan

Vincent van der Voort v Mike van Duivenbode

Harry Ward v Devon Petersen

Michael Smith v Peter Hudson

George Killington v Bradley Brooks

Jamie Hughes v Kirk Shepherd

Jelle Klaasen v Kevin Burness

Gerwyn Price v Rowby-John Rodriguez

Gavin Carlin v Martin Schindler

Kyle Anderson v Gabriel Clemens

David Pallett v Dirk van Duijvenbode

Joe Cullen v Tony Newell

Wayne Jones v Ryan Joyce

Jermaine Wattimena v Eddie Dootson

Tytus Kanik v Scott Baker

Krzysztof Ratajski v Geert Nentjes

Kim Huybrechts v Niels Zonneveld

John Henderson v Carl Wilkinson

Mark Wilson v Robert Thornton

Rob Cross v Richard North

Raymond van Barneveld v Vincent Van der Meer

Danny Noppert v Alan Tabern

Matthew Edgar v Jose De Sousa

Adrian Lewis v Maik Kuivenhoven

Christian Bunse v Zoran Lerchbacher

Keegan Brown v Simon Stevenson

Luke Humphries v Jamie Lewis

Glen Durrant v Steve West

Cristo Reyes v Josh Payne

Chris Dobey v Reece Robinson

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Ryan Harrington

Dave Chisnall v Andy Boulton

William O’Connor v Davy Van Baelen

James Wilson v Gary Anderson

Jonathan Worsley v Christian Kist

Mensur Suljovic v Mark McGeeney

Barrie Bates v Adam Hunt

Stephen Bunting v Brendan Dolan

Stephen Burton v Jan Dekker