WARRINGTON'S World Championship runner-up Luke 'The Nuke' Littler will soon be back at the oche on the big stage.

The 16-year-old will make his World Series debut later this month following his stunning breakthrough at Alexandra Palace.

The Professional Darts Corporation has included Littler in the line-ups for the Bahrain Darts Masters and the Dutch Darts Masters after hitting the headlines around the world for his remarkable run to the record-breaking world final last week.

‘The Nuke’ lost 7-4 to Luke Humphries, denying him one of the greatest sporting stories of all time by becoming the youngest world champion, but his exploits have opened up several doors.

He has already secured a Premier League place and will now be part of the 16-player fields at the two-day events at the Bahrain International Circuit on January 18-19 and Maaspoort Den Bosch on January 26-27.

Humphries will be announced on stage as world champion for the first time in Bahrain, while Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Peter Wright and Rob Cross will all be competing against eight local representatives in both tournaments.

The World Series of Darts circuit will also visit America, Denmark, Poland, Australia and New Zealand during 2024, before the season-ending World Series of Darts Finals takes place in Amsterdam.

2024 Bahrain Darts Masters, January 18-19, Bahrain International Circuit

PDC representatives:

Luke Humphries (England)

Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)

Michael Smith (England)

Nathan Aspinall (England)

Gerwyn Price (Wales)

Rob Cross (England)

Peter Wright (Scotland)

Luke Littler (England)

Asian representatives:

Lourence Ilagan (Philippines)

Paolo Nebrida (Philippines)

Reynaldo Rivera (Philippines)

Man Lok Leung (Hong Kong)

Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)

Tomoya Goto (Japan)

Abdulla Saeed (Bahrain)

Hasan Haji (Bahrain)

2024 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters, January 26-27, Maaspoort Den Bosch

PDC representatives:

Luke Humphries (England)

Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)

Michael Smith (England)

Nathan Aspinall (England)

Gerwyn Price (Wales)

Rob Cross (England)

Peter Wright (Scotland)

Luke Littler (England)

Benelux representatives:

Danny Noppert (Netherlands)

Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands)

Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)

Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)

Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands)

Gian van Veen (Netherlands)

Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)

Kevin Doets (Netherlands)