THE schedule of play for the Cash Converters Players Championship Finals has been confirmed ahead of the £300,000 tournament, which will be held at the Butlins Minehead Resort from November 27-29.
The three-day event, televised live on ITV4, sees the leading 32 players from this year's PDC ProTour Order of Merit - comprised of prize money won in UK Open Qualifiers, Players Championships and European Tour events - battling for the £65,000 first prize. Reigning champion Gary Anderson will begin his defence of the title with a crunch clash against three-time winner Phil Taylor on Friday evening, with the first round split across two sessions on the opening day. Two former semi-finalists, Justin Pipe and Vincent van der Voort, will kick off the action on Friday afternoon before Players Championship Finals debutants Alan Norris and Gerwyn Price play Terry Jenkins and Jelle Klaasen. Dutch youngster Benito van de Pas then takes on Stephen Bunting, Austria's Mensur Suljovic plays Mervyn King and Norther Irish star Brendan Dolan faces top Australian Simon Whitlock. Number two seed Michael Smith, a two-time European Tour winner this year, then plays Jamie Caven before former Players Championship Finals runner-up Kim Huybrechts rounds off the afternoon session against Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney. Friday's evening session kicks off as Dave Chisnall faces debutant Joe Murnan - who won his first Players Championship this year - while left-handers James Wade and Mark Webster then clash. 2014 Players Championship Finals runner-up Adrian Lewis takes on Scotland's John Henderson before World Grand Prix champion Robert Thornton comes up agaisnt Jamie Lewis. Top seed Michael van Gerwen, who dominated this year's ProTour rankings and won the 2013 Players Championship Finals, plays World Youth Champion Keegan Brown before Anderson kicks off his title defence against Taylor. Ian White then plays Holland's Raymond van Barneveld before Peter Wright's clash with Steve Beaton rounds off the opening day. The second round is split across two sessions on Saturday, with the quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon and the semi-finals and final to follow on Sunday evening alongside the final of the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship between Max Hopp and Nathan Aspinall. Cash Converters Players Championship Finals Friday November 27 Afternoon Session (12.45pm-5pm) First Round Justin Pipe (16) v Vincent van der Voort (17) Terry Jenkins (11) v Alan Norris (22) Jelle Klaasen (10) v Gerwyn Price (23) Benito van de Pas (13) v Stephen Bunting (20) Mensur Suljovic (15) v Mervyn King (18) Brendan Dolan (14) v Simon Whitlock (19) Michael Smith (2) v Jamie Caven (31) Kim Huybrechts (5) v Daryl Gurney (28) Evening Session (7pm-11pm) First Round Dave Chisnall (8) v Joe Murnan (25) James Wade (4) v Mark Webster (29) Adrian Lewis (6) v John Henderson (27) Robert Thornton (9) v Jamie Lewis (24) Michael van Gerwen (1) v Keegan Brown (32) Gary Anderson (12) v Phil Taylor (21) Ian White (7) v Raymond van Barneveld (26) Peter Wright (3) v Steve Beaton (30) Saturday November 28 Afternoon Session (12.45pm-5pm) Second Round Smith/Caven v Suljovic/King Lewis/Henderson v Jenkins/Norris Wade/Webster v van de Pas/Bunting Chisnall/Murnan v Thornton/Lewis Evening Session (7pm-11pm) Second Round White/van Barneveld v Klaasen/Price Wright/Beaton v Dolan/Whitlock Huybrechts/Gurney v Anderson/Taylor van Gerwen/Brown v Pipe/van der Voort Sunday November 29 Afternoon Session (12.45pm-5pm) Quarter-Finals Smith/Caven/Suljovic/King v White/van Barneveld/Klaasen/Price Lewis/Henderson/Jenkins/Norris v Wright/Beaton/Dolan/Whitlock van Gerwen/Brown/Pipe/van der Voort v Chisnall/Murnan/Thornton/Lewis Huybrechts/Gurney/Anderson/Taylor v Wade/Webster/van de Pas/Bunting Evening Session (7pm-11pm) Semi-Finals Final PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Final Max Hopp v Nathan Aspinall Best of 11 legs To be played between semi-finals and final of main event on Sunday evening. Format First Round - Best of 11 legs Second Round - Best of 19 legs Quarter-Finals - Best of 19 legs Semi-Finals - Best of 21 legs Final - Best of 21 legs There is no tie-break in any game. Prize Fund Winner £65,000 Runner-Up £35,000 Semi-Finalists £17,000 Quarter-Finalists £11,500 Second Round Losers £7,000 First Round Losers £4,000 Total £300,000
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