World Darts Championship 2023: When does it start, full schedule, how to watch, preview and latest odds

The World Darts Championship starts this week. Peter Wright is defending his title he won last year. Michael van Gerwen is favourite to win his fourth world title. Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Gary Anderson and Raymond van Barneveld are also competing.

The World Darts Championship starts on Thursday, December 15th at the Alexandra Palace. The action starts at 12:30pm GMT, or 11am on the first weekend, and at 7: 30pm on weekends. Second round matches will be completed by Friday, 23rd December. It will take a break for a few days over Christmas, but will return on Monday, 27th December, with the action running until 2023.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on January 20th.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Thursday December 15 at 7 pm. Mickey Mansell, Ben Robb, Kane Barry, Grant Sampson, Jermain Wattimena, Nathan Rafferty and Peter Wright are the players to play.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Friday December 16th.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 12.30pm. Alan Soutar, Boris Krcmar, Toru Suzuki, Adrian Lewis and Kim Huybrechts are the players to watch.

Rowby-John Rodriguez, William O’Connor, Keegan Brown, Florian Hempel, Michael Smith and Wattimena/Rafferty are the players taking part in the World Darts Championship 2023.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Saturday December 17.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 11 am. Martin Lukeman, Simon Whitlock, Adam Gawlas, Richie Burnett and Daryl Gurney are the players to watch.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 8pm. Ryan Meikle, Cameron Menzies, Josh Rock, Diogo Portela, Lisa Ashton and Dimitri Van den Bergh are the players to watch.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Sunday December 18th.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 11 am. Madars Razma, Prakash Jiwa, Karel Sedlacek, Luke Woodhouse, Vladyslav Omelchenko, Damon Heta and Lewis/Larsson are the participants.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 8pm. Mike De Decker, Scott Williams, Ryan Joyce, Matt Campbell, Danny Baggish and Nathan Aspinall are the players to watch.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Monday December 19th.

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) Andrew Gilding v Robert Owen, Danny Jansen v Paolo Nebrida, Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams, Jose de Sousa v Whitlock/Perez. World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 12.00pm.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 7pm. Geert Nentjes, Ritchie Edhouse, David Cameron, Steve Beaton, Gerwyn Price and Meloelchenko are the players to watch.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Tuesday December 20 at 7 pm. Jim Williams, Jamie Hughes, Ricky Evans, Sebastian Bialecki, Jimmy Hendriks, Raymond van Barneveld and Meikle/Ashton are the participants.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Wednesday December 21.

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) John O’Shea v Darius Labanauskas, Martijn Kleermaker v Xicheng Han, Callan Rydz v Rock/Justicia, Dave Chisnall v Gilding/Owen.

Evening Session (7pm) features Mervyn King v Campbell/Baggish, Gabriel Clemens v O’Connor/Greaves, Michael van Gerwen v Zonneveld/L Williams, Stephen Bunting v Nentjes/Gates.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Thursday December 22.

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) Krzysztof Ratajski v Jansen/Nebrida, Ryan Searle v Gawlas/Burnett, Mensur Suljovic v De Decker/J Smith, Dirk van Duijvenbode v Sedlacek/R Smith. World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 12.00 pm.

Gary Anderson, James Wade, Luke Humphries, Vincent van der Voort and Menzies/Portela are the players to watch in the evening session.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Friday December 23.

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) Brendan Dolan v Hughes/Hendriks, Chris Dobey v Kleermaker/Han, Ross Smith v O’Shea/Labanauskas, Rob Cross v S Williams/Joyce.

Evening Session (7pm) features Martin Schindler v Lukeman/Yamamoto, Danny Noppert v Edhouse/Cameron, Jonny Clayton v Beaton/Van Trijp, Joe Cullen v Evans/Sherrock.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Tuesday December 27th.

Afternoon session starts at 12.30pm. Third round starts after 3pm, so it's not too late to watch.

Evening Session (7pm) is the third round of the World Darts Championship 2023.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Wednesday December 28th.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Thursday December 29th.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 7pm.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on March 25th.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Friday December 30th.

Afternoon session starts at 12.30pm. Fourth round starts after 4pm and is the last round.

Evening Session (7pm) is the fourth round of the World Darts Championship 2023.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Sunday January 1.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 12.30 pm. Quarter-Finals take place at 7 pm, with the final at 8 pm on the same day.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts at 7.30 pm. Quarter-Finals take place at 8 pm, with the final at 9 pm in the evening session.

World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Monday January 2 at 7.30 pm. Semi-finals take place at 8.00 pm, with the final taking place on 9.

The World Darts Championship 2023 starts on Tuesday January 3 at 8 pm.

The tournament will be shown live on Sky Sports Arena and Sky sports main event. The first session of the tournament starts on Thursday, December 18 at 6 pm GMT.