JAMIE Caven has been handed a tricky-looking draw in the first round of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.
The Derby ace will face Dutchman Jelle Klaasen in the sport's showpiece event at London's Alexandra Palace, which starts on December 13.
Caven is seeded 23 for the tournament, so was guaranteed to face an unseeded opponent.
World number 34 Klaasen is one of the highest ranked players he could have come up against.
In 2006, Klaasen became the youngest darts world champion, at the age of 21, when he won the BDO crown.
Since moving to the PDC tour, his best showing at the World Championship was a quarter-final appearance in 2009.
Caven, who fell at the first hurdle last year to qualifier John Bowles, did beat Klaasen in the final of a Players Championship event at Wigan in May.
