The subsequent instalment of the Luke Littler-Luke Humphries rivalry might happen within the remaining of the Gamers Championship Finals with the world’s high two on reverse sides of the draw.
Humphries, who has simply been dethroned by Littler as world No 1 and misplaced to ‘The Nuke’ within the Grand Slam of Darts remaining, is the defending champion in Minehead.
‘Cool Hand’ beat Littler 11-7 in final yr’s Gamers Championship showpiece to retain the title he had received by beating Michael van Gerwen within the remaining in 2023.
Humphries is seeded 58th this yr with the seedings primarily based on performances within the season-long Gamers Championship occasions versus the PDC Order of Benefit.
Humphries – who faces a troublesome opener in opposition to seventh seed Gian van Veen – is within the backside half of the draw, with Littler, seeded thirty sixth within the high half, and taking up Jeffrey de Graaf within the first spherical of an occasion that runs from Friday to Sunday.
Friday’s round-one winners within the 64-player event will advance to Saturday’s double session with spherical two within the afternoon and spherical three within the night.
Sunday’s motion will characteristic the quarter-finals within the afternoon after which the semi-finals and remaining within the night, with the semis and remaining sandwiching the Winmau World Youth Championship remaining between Van Veen and girls’s world No 1 Beau Greaves.
Gamers Championship Finals schedule
Friday November 21
Spherical one (from 1245 GMT)
- Rob Cross vs Sebastian Bialecki
- Dave Chisnall vs Ryan Joyce
- Mike De Decker vs Cam Crabtree
- Danny Noppert vs Ricky Evans
- James Wade vs Mickey Mansell
- Jonny Clayton vs James Hurrell
- Ross Smith vs Niko Springer
- Bradley Brooks vs Martin Lukeman
- Andrew Gilding vs Dom Taylor
- Scott Williams vs Ian White
- Niels Zonneveld vs Nick Kenny
- Kevin Doets vs Callan Rydz
- Cameron Menzies vs Adam Lipscombe
- Brendan Dolan vs Daryl Gurney
- Luke Woodhouse vs Alan Soutar
- William O’Connor vs Ricardo Pietreczko
Spherical one (from 1900 GMT)
- Martin Schindler vs Michael Smith
- Josh Rock vs Gabriel Clemens
- Gerwyn Value vs Max Hopp
- Stephen Bunting vs Ritchie Edhouse
- Jeffrey de Graaf vs Luke Littler
- Gian van Veen vs Luke Humphries
- Karel Sedlacek vs Nathan Aspinall
- Jermaine Wattimena vs Wesley Plaisier
- Ryan Searle vs Darren Beveridge
- Wessel Nijman vs Richard Veenstra
- Krzysztof Ratajski vs Raymond van Barneveld
- Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Razma
- Gary Anderson vs Mario Vandenbogaerde
- Joe Cullen vs Peter Wright
- Damon Heta vs Justin Hood
- Chris Dobey vs Keane Barry
Saturday November 22
- Spherical two (from 1245 GMT)
- Spherical three (from 1900 GMT)
Sunday November 23
- Quarter-finals (from 1245 GMT)
- Semi-finals, World Youth Championship remaining and Gamers Championship Finals remaining (from 1900 GMT)
