Premier League Darts: Chris Dobey makes line-up alongside Dimitri Van den Bergh, Nathan Aspinall and Jonny Clayton | Darts Information | NEWSRUX

Chris Dobey, Jonny Clayton, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh be a part of Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Worth as a part of the eight-man Premier League line-upwatch the opening evening in Belfast on Thursday February 2 – stay on Sky Sports activities

Masters champion Chris Dobey has made this 12 months’s Premier League Darts line-up alongside Dimitri Van den Bergh, Nathan Aspinall and Jonny Clayton.

‘Hollywood’ Dobey produced a superb show to defeat former world champion Rob Cross 11-7 to clinch his first televised title in Sunday’s Masters closing.

The 32-year-old – who dumped out final 12 months’s Premier League runner-up Joe Cullen and fifth seed Luke Humphries to achieve the final eight – continued his fantastic type to create historical past in Milton Keynes.

Dobey is joined by Belgian ace Van den Bergh, former World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts finalist Aspinall and Welshman Clayton.

New world No 1 Michael Smith returns for the sixth time in eight years and can headline the occasion after his spectacular maiden World Darts Championship victory over Michael van Gerwen, who returns as defending champion and chases a report seventh Premier League title.

Former world champions Peter Wright and Gerwyn Worth full the 4 automated qualifiers, based mostly on their positions within the PDC Order of Benefit, however who will full the eight-player league when the 17-week contest begins on February 2.

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Michael van Gerwen edged out Joe Cullen in a dramatic closing to say his sixth Premier League title in Berlin

How does the Premier League work?

The Premier League will retain the identical format it launched efficiently in 2022, the place the eight gamers compete every evening in a knock-out format earlier than the highest 4 gamers from the ultimate league desk progress to the Play-Offs.

The brand new season will start on the SSE Area in Belfast on Thursday February 2, the primary of 17 particular person venues to host the 2023 Premier League, which will likely be staged on Thursday nights from February to Could.

The enduring Belfast venue famously noticed Worth hit two nine-dart finishes on the identical evening within the 2022 Premier League and can now stage the opening evening for the primary time, with February may even that includes league nights in Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin.

March begins in Exeter earlier than Liverpool’s occasion on the M&S Financial institution Area takes place on March 9 to keep away from clashing with the Eurovision Music Contest on the similar area, with occasions in Nottingham, Newcastle and Berlin finishing a busy month.

Birmingham, Brighton, Rotterdam, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Aberdeen all host occasions, with the highest 4 gamers within the season-long standings then qualifying for the Play-Offs at The O2 on Could 25.

Who ought to function within the 2023 Cazoo Premier League darts? Watch each week completely stay on Sky Sports activities. Dwell protection begins on February 2 and runs each Thursday till the play-offs at The O2 in London on Could 25.