Just 32 players remain in the quest for the Sid Waddell trophy and there are some big hitters remaining including defending champion Luke Littler, and former world champions Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen. 

However, there are some relatively unknown names stealing the headlines including Justin Hood and Arno Merk. 

DAZN News has everything you need to know ahead of the next round of darting action at Ally Pally. 

World Darts Champion Round Three: Schedule and session times

The third round gets underway on Saturday, December 27 and will conclude on Monday, December 29. 

There are two sessions each day. The afternoon session begins at 12:30pm GMT, with the evening session scheduled to start at 7pm GMT. 

The full schedule can be found below. 

Saturday, December 27

Afternoon session 

Wesley Plaisier vs. Krzysztof Ratajski

Andrew Gilding vs. Luke Woodhouse

Jonny Clayton vs. Niels Zonneveld

Evening session

Andreas Harrysson vs. Ricardo Pietreczko

Stephen Bunting vs. James Hurrell

Luke Littler vs. Mensur Sulijovic

Sunday, December 28

Afternoon session

Martin Schindler vs. Ryan Searle

Damon Heta vs. Rob Cross

Gary Anderson vs. Jermaine Wattimena

Evening session 

Gian van Veen vs. Madars Razma

Luke Humphries vs. Gabriel Clemens

Michael van Gerwen vs. Arno Merk

Monday, December 29

Afternoon session

Justin Hood vs. Ryan Meikle

Ricky Evans vs. Charlie Manby

Nathan Aspinall vs. Kevin Doets

Evening session

Josh Rock vs. Callan Rydz

Where is the World Darts Championship? 

The World Darts Championship is being held at Alexandra Palace in London. 

The tournament moved to the Palace from the Circus Tavern in 2007, and currently boasts a capacity of approximately 3,200. 

Next year, the tournament will move to the Great Hall which will increase the capacity to over 5,000 people per session. 

How to watch the World Darts Championship

In the UK, the World Darts Championship will be broadcast exclusively live on Sky Sports. 

More information on broadcasters outside of the UK can be found here. 

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