Premier League Darts line-up: Who are the eight players competing THIS WEEK and is Luke Littler playing?
THE 2024 Premier League season is starting THIS WEEK following an incredible start to the year for the sport.
Luke Humphries narrowly edged past 16-year-old sensation Luke Littler to claim the Sid Waddell trophy in early January.
Luke Humphries beat Luke Littler 7-4 to become world championPA
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The Nuke has taken the world of darts by storm following his spectacular tournament debut.
Littler brushed aside some of the sport‘s biggest names, including idol Raymond van Barneveld and 2018 world champion Rob Cross, on his route to the final.
The teenager was even 4-2 up against Humphries in the last two, but the fairytale ending wasn’t to be for the 16-year-old.
Due to Littler’s stunning performance at the World Darts Championship, there have been many calls from fans and fellow pros for him to be included in this year’s Premier League.
He has also performed in two smaller tournaments in the weeks since that final defeat – stunning Michael van Gerwen to win the Bahrain Masters before the three-time world champion got his revenge on home soil in the Dutch Masters.
SunSport has all the information on this year’s Premier League line-up and when the huge competition begins.
Who is in the Premier League Darts line-up?
Defending Premier League champion Van Gerwen and new world champion Luke Humphries automatically qualified via the PDC Order of Merit alongside Michael Smith and Nathan Aspinall.
The final four places are filled by pros the PDC and Sky Sports choose to invite – and SunSport has the full 2024 line-up below.
Premier League Darts 2024 line-up:
Michael van Gerwen
Michael Smith
Luke Humphries
Nathan Aspinall
Rob Cross
Luke Littler
When does the Premier League Darts start?
The 2024 Premier League Darts season will begin in Cardiff on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
The championship starts at 7pm and will be televised on Sky Sports Main Event.
The season will run every Thursday night for 17 weeks up until the final in London on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
Berlin, Glasgow, Newcastle, Exeter, Brighton, Nottingham, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, Rotterdam, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Leeds and Sheffield are the other cities that will host Premier League nights in 2024.
