Defending world champion Gary Anderson has been drawn to face a qualifier in the first round of the 2016 PDC World Championship.

The Scot will play either Denmark's Per Laursen or the runner-up of the PDPA qualifier which is taking place on Monday.

World number one Michael van Gerwen will play Thailand's Thanawat Gaweenuntawong or Rene Eidams of Germany, while 16-time world champion Phil Taylor will go up against Keita Ono or Alex Tagarao.

The tie of the last 64 sees Peter Wright play former world youth champion Keegan Brown, with Adrian Lewis and Robert Thornton, the fifth and sixth seeds respectively, facing former Lakeside players Jan Dekker and Alan Norris.

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld has been drawn to meet Dutch compatriot Dirk van Duijvenbode.

First-round draw in full

Wes Newton vs. Cristo Reyes
John Henderson vs. Darren Webster
Mervyn King vs. Oreshkin/Lim
Peter Wright vs. Keegan Brown
Vincent van der Voort vs. Laurence Ryder
Kevin Painter vs. Viljanen/Groen
James Wade vs. Scheffer/Michael
Stephen Bunting vs. Jyhan Artut
Robert Thornton vs. Alan Norris
Mark Webster vs. Qiang/McGowan
Jamie Caven vs. Rasztovits/Szabo
Gary Anderson vs. PDPA runner-up/Laursen
Benito van de Pas vs. Max Hopp
Jelle Klaasen vs. Joe Cullen
Jamie Lewis vs. Daryl Gurney
Ian White vs. Dimitri van den Bergh
Phil Taylor vs. Ono/Tagarao
Simon Whitlock vs. PDPA qualifier winner
Dave Chisnall vs. Rowby-John Rodriguez
Brendan Dolan vs. Kyle Anderson
Justin Pipe vs. Christian Kist
Michael Smith vs. Jeffrey de Zwaan
Adrian Lewis vs. Jan Dekker
Michael van Gerwen vs. Gaweenuntawong/Eidams
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Dirk van Duijvenbode
Kim Huybrechts vs. Dave Pallett
Dean Winstanley vs. Ronny Huybrechts
Steve Beaton vs. Koha Kokiri
Andrew Gilding vs. Gerwyn Price
Terry Jenkins vs. Darin Young
Mensur Suljovic vs. Jermaine Wattimena
Andy Hamilton vs. Joe Murnan