Overview

• Play starts October 6 at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena and ends with the final on October 12, with £600,000 in prize money on offer.
• World No.1 Luke Humphries meets Nathan Aspinall on opening night, with Gary Anderson facing Raymond van Barneveld.
• Defending champion Mike De Decker opens against Peter Wright on Tuesday, while Michael van Gerwen draws Dirk van Duijvenbode.
• Luke Littler, the No.2 seed, plays Gian van Veen on Tuesday and says he is practicing specifically for the event’s double-start demands.
• The tournament uses a double-in, double-out set format and will be shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and via DAZN, Viaplay and PDCTV in other territories.