WDF World Championships to be broadcasted on AYOZAT TV & AYOZAT STREAM
All the World Darts Federation’s World Championships will be broadcasted on AYOZAT TV (SKY 186/AYOZAT 101) nationally in the UK and on AYOZAT STREAM worldwide (www.ayozat.com).
The full playing schedule has been confirmed for the 2023 WDF Lakeside World Championships to be broadcasted from Saturday, December 2nd to Sunday, December 10th with 78 players will gracing the iconic Lakeside stage in the hope of becoming a WDF World Champion.
The 2023 WDF Lakeside World Championships will kick off at the home of world darts on December 2nd with England’s Scott Marsh facing Polish teenager Sebastian Białecki for the right to face top seed Andy Baetens in the second round.
James Richardson gets his second Lakeside campaign underway in the first round on Saturday evening, while the popular American Leonard Gates will face New Zealand debutant Brian Corbett on Sunday evening.
Beau Greaves will begin her title defence on Monday evening against either Lorraine Hyde or Laura Turner. That game is part of a stellar session also set to feature Men’s No.1 seed Andy Baetens, the current England captain James Hurrell and 2022 World Masters finalist Barry Copeland.
2022 Men’s Champion Neil Duff enters the tournament on Tuesday evening, facing either Moreno Blom or Gábor Takács. Joining ‘The Duffman’ in action that night will be 2006 World Champion Jelle Klaasen, three-time Lakeside finalist Deta Hedman and the 2022 Lakeside runner-up Thibault Tricole.
The tournament’s opening weekend will feature 24 top tungsten tussles, with 16 Men and 8 Women progressing through to the second round.
The Men’s Second Round will run through from Monday, December 4th to the first game of the evening session of Wednesday, December 6th. The Women’s Second Round, meanwhile, has two games a day from Monday, December 4th through to Thursday, December 7th.
The Last 16 of the Men’s tournament will be settled between December 6th and 7th, with the quarterfinals in the Men’s and Women’s Championships taking place on what is certain to be a dramatic Friday.
Saturday, December 9th will be ‘Semi-Final Saturday’, with the finalists in the Men’s, Women’s and Boys tournaments determined ahead of four World Champions being crowned on Sunday, December 10th.
David McConachie, Commercial Director at WDF Promotions said:
"WDF Promotions are delighted to have teamed up with Ayozat TV (Sky Channel 186) and AYOZAT’s free global streaming service AYOZAT STREAM to broadcast the WDF Lakeside Darts World Championships, taking place from 2-10 December 2023.
The entire championship will be streamed live on the new ‘World Darts Federation TV' Channel on Ayozat.com, whilst Ayozat TV on Sky Channel 186 will broadcast the Quarter finals, Semi Finals and Finals Live.
This partnership means for the first time ever the WDF Lakeside World Championships can be seen by anybody, anywhere in the world, with an internet connection - a huge bonus for darts fans the world over.”
AYOZAT founder/CEO, Umesh Perera said:
“WDF Lakeside World Championships has a wonderful heritage and we at AYOZAT are happy to be part of the new relaunch by using our deep technology, AYOZAT TLC, to bring the sport into modern times as well as our distribution network.
We are excited to bring a new global audience to the sport by broadcasting all the live action over the tournament on AYOZAT STREAM.”
AYOZAT TV – A UK National TV channel that broadcasts to 12 million households in the UK via satellite.
AYOZAT STREAM – A social all-in-one streaming service with TV channels, movies and series on demand, music streaming, podcasts and radio, with follows and likes.
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Gabriella Szecsi - gabriellas@ayozat.com
