The Cappamore native was beaten by eventual finalist Michael Smith at last year’s event.
Limerick’s William O’Connor will kick off his World Darts Championship campaign on the second evening of the event after the schedule was released yesterday.
O’Connor is paired with WDF Women’s Number One Beau Greaves as they meet on Friday December 16. They will take to the stage in the second game of the evening, following the clash of Laurence Ilagan and Rowby John Rodriguez.
It will be the third session of the World Championships with defending champion Peter Wright headlining the opening night 24 hours previously.
Two-time champon Adrian Lewis will be in action on the first day session of the event on Friday afternoon.
O’Connor will face a difficult opponent in Greaves as she makes history as the youngest women to appear at the world championships.
The prize for the winner will be a second round meeting with Gabriel Clemens on Wednesday December 21. That game will be played second on the evening session that day.
Last year O’Connor equalled his best ever finish as he reached the third round where he was bested by the eventual finalist Michael Smith. The Limericm man took the first set but the next three went the way of Smith. O’Connor won the fifth but the Englishman sealed the win in the sixth. O’Connor had previously reached the third round in 2019.
The Limerick man is currently 37th in the PDC Order of Merit maintaining that position after breaking into the top 40 after last year’s World Championship run.
Greaves meanwhile is the WDF Women’s World Number One as the 18-year-old prepares for a first tilt on the world championships.
2022/23 Cazoo World Darts Championship
Draw Bracket – Second Round Onwards
(1) Gerwyn Price v Luke Woodhouse/Vladyslav Omelchenko
(32) Raymond van Barneveld v Ryan Meikle/Lisa Ashton
(16) Ryan Searle v Adam Gawlas/Richie Burnett
(17) Jose de Sousa v Simon Whitlock/Christian Perez
(8) James Wade v Jim Williams/Sebastian Bialecki
(25) Gabriel Clemens v William O’Connor/Beau Greaves
(9) Danny Noppert v Ritchie Edhouse/David Cameron
(24) Daryl Gurney v Alan Soutar/Mal Cuming
(4) Michael Smith v Jermaine Wattimena/Nathan Rafferty
(29) Martin Schindler v Martin Lukeman/Nobuhiro Yamamoto
(13) Joe Cullen v Ricky/Evans/Fallon Sherrock
(20) Damon Heta v Adrian Lewis/Daniel Larsson
(5) Luke Humphries v Keegan Brown/Florian Hempel
(28) Vincent van der Voort v Cameron Menzies/Diogo Portela
(12) Dave Chisnall v Andrew Gilding/Robert Owen
(21) Stephen Bunting v Geert Nentjes/Leonard Gates
(2) Peter Wright v Mickey Mansell/Ben Robb
(31) Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry/Grant Sampson
(15) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Rowby-John Rodriguez/Lourence Ilagan
(18) Krzysztof Ratajski v Danny Jansen/Paolo Nebrida
(7) Jonny Clayton v Steve Beaton/Danny van Trijp
(26) Brendan Dolan v Jamie Hughes/Jimmy Hendriks
(10) Nathan Aspinall v Boris Krcmar/Toru Suzuki
(23) Callan Rydz v Josh Rock/Jose Justicia
(3) Michael van Gerwen v Niels Zonneveld/Lewy Williams
(30) Mensur Suljovic v Mike De Decker/Jeff Smith
(14) Dirk van Duijvenbode v Karel Sedlacek/Raymond Smith
(19) Ross Smith v John O’Shea/Darius Labanauskas
(6) Rob Cross v Scott Williams/Ryan Joyce
(27) Mervyn King v Matt Campbell/Danny Baggish
(11) Gary Anderson v Madars Razma/Prakash Jiwa
(22) Chris Dobey v Martijn Kleermaker/Xicheng Han
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