World Darts Championship 2026 schedule and results

The 2026 PDC World Darts Championship is under way at Alexandra Palace in London.

World number one Luke Littler, 18, is the reigning champion following his victory over Michael van Gerwen in the 2025 final and has started the defence of his title with straight-set wins over Lithuania's Darius Labanauskas and Wales' David Davies.

The second round was completed on 23 December, with round three getting started on 27 December.

A record 128 players entered the tournament, increasing from the 96 players that featured in last year's competition.

The tournament's final is on Saturday, 3 January 2026.

• Draw, seedings and prize money

World Darts Championship schedule and results

All times in GMT, seeds in brackets

Third round (best of seven sets)

Saturday, 27 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

Wesley Plaisier v Krzysztof Ratajski

Andrew Gilding v Luke Woodhouse (25)

Jonny Clayton (5) v Niels Zonneveld

Evening session (19:00)

Andreas Harrysson v Ricardo Pietreczko

Stephen Bunting (4) v James Hurrell

Luke Littler (1) v Mensur Suljovic

Sunday, 28 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

Martin Schindler (13) v Ryan Searle (20)

Damon Heta (16) v Rob Cross (17)

Gary Anderson (14) v Jermaine Wattimena (19)

Evening session (19:00)

Gian van Veen (10) v Madars Razma

Luke Humphries (2) v Gabriel Clemens

Michael van Gerwen (3) v Arno Merk

Monday, 29 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

Justin Hood v Ryan Meikle

Ricky Evans v Charlie Manby

Nathan Aspinall (15) v Kevin Doets

Evening session (19:00)

Josh Rock (11) v Callan Rydz

Second-round results (best of five sets)

Saturday, 20 December

• Ryan Searle (20) 3-0 Brendan Dolan
• Andreas Harrysson 3-0 Motomu Sakai
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (29) 2-3 James Hurrell
• Dave Chisnall (21) 2-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
• Michael Smith (28) 1-3 Niels Zonneveld
• Chris Dobey (8) 1-3 Andrew Gilding
• Stephen Bunting (4) 3-0 Nitin Kumar
• Jonny Clayton (5) w/o Dom Taylor - Clayton given a bye

Sunday, 21 December

• Ryan Joyce (24) 1-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
• Joe Cullen (32) 1-3 Mensur Suljovic
• Luke Woodhouse (25) 3-0 Max Hopp
• Rob Cross (17) 3-1 Ian White
• Martin Schindler (13) 3-0 Keane Barry
• Gerwyn Price (9) 0-3 Wesley Plaisier
• Luke Littler (1) 3-0 David Davies
• Damon Heta (16) 3-2 Stefan Bellmont

Monday, 22 December

• Darren Beveridge 1-3 Madars Razma
• Wessel Nijman (31) 0-3 Gabriel Clemens
• David Munyua 0-3 Kevin Doets
• James Wade (7) 2-3 Ricky Evans
• Gian van Veen (10) 3-1 Alan Soutar
• Nathan Aspinall (15) 3-0 Leonard Gates
• Luke Humphries (2) 3-0 Paul Lim
• Charlie Manby 3-0 Adam Sevada

Tuesday, 23 December

• Jonny Tata 2-3 Ryan Meikle
• Daryl Gurney (22) 2-3 Callan Rydz
• Jermaine Wattimena (19) 3-2 Scott Williams
• Peter Wright (30) 0-3 Arno Merk
• Danny Noppert (6) 2-3 Justin Hood
• Gary Anderson (14) 3-1 Connor Scutt
• Michael van Gerwen (3) 3-1 William O'Connor
• Josh Rock (11) 3-0 Joe Comito

Fourth round (best of seven sets)

Monday, 29 December

Evening session (19:00)

• Two matches

Tuesday, 30 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Three matches

Evening session (19:00)

• Three matches

Quarter-finals (best of nine sets)

Thursday, 1 January

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Two matches

Evening session (19:00)

• Two matches

Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)

Friday, 2 January

Evening session (19:30)

• Two matches

Final (best of 13 sets)

Saturday, 3 January

Evening session (20:00)

• One match

First-round results (best of five sets)

Thursday, 11 December

• Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk
• Michael Smith (28) 3-0 Lisa Ashton
• Luke Littler (1) 3-0 Darius Labanauskas
• Madars Razma 3-1 Jamai van den Herik

Friday, 12 December

• Niels Zonneveld 3-0 Haupai Puha
• Ian White 3-2 Mervyn King
• Ryan Searle (20) 3-0 Chris Landman
• Rob Cross (17) 3-0 Cor Dekker
• Ross Smith (12) 2-3 Andreas Harrysson
• Ricky Evans 3-0 Man Lok Leun
• Gian van Veen (10) 3-1 Cristo Reyes
• Damon Heta (16) 3-1 Steve Lennon

Saturday, 13 December

• Mario Vandenbogaerde 0-3 David Davies
• Andrew Gilding 3-1 Cam Crabtree
• Luke Woodhouse (25) 3-1 Boris Krcmar
• Gary Anderson (14) 3-2 Adam Hunt
• Jeffrey de Graaf 1-3 Paul Lim
• Wessel Nijman (31) 3-0 Karel Sedlacek
• Luke Humphries (2) 3-1 Ted Evetts
• Gabriel Clemens 3-0 Alex Spellman

Sunday, 14 December

• Ritchie Edhouse (27) 0-3 Jonny Tata
• Dom Taylor 3-0 Oskar Lukasiak
• Richard Veenstra 2-3 Nitin Kumar
• Joe Cullen (32) 3-0 Bradley Brooks
• Lukas Wenig 1-3 Wesley Plaisier
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (23) 0-3 Darren Beveridge
• Stephen Bunting (4) 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki
• James Hurrell 3-1 Stowe Buntz

Monday, 15 December

• Brendan Dolan 3-1 Tavis Dudeney
• Cameron Menzies (26) 2-3 Charlie Manby
• Mensur Suljovic 3-1 David Cameron
• Peter Wright (30) 3-0 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
• Martin Lukeman 1-3 Max Hopp
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (29) 3-2 Andy Baetens
• Jonny Clayton (5) 3-1 Adam Lipscombe
• Connor Scutt 3-2 Simon Whitlock

Tuesday, 16 December

• Alan Soutar 3-2 Teemu Harju
• Nick Kenny 0-3 Justin Hood
• Scott Williams 3-0 Paolo Nebrida
• Chris Dobey (8) 3-1 Xiaochen Zong
• Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 Jose de Sousa
• Danny Noppert (6) 3-1 Jurjen van der Velde
• Gerwyn Price (9) 3-0 Adam Gawlas
• Niko Springer 1-3 Joe Comito

Wednesday, 17 December

• Matt Campbell 1-3 Adam Sevada
• Raymond van Barneveld 0-3 Stefan Bellmont
• James Wade (7) 3-0 Ryusei Azemoto
• Martin Schindler (13) 3-1 Stephen Burton

Thursday, 18 December

• Callan Rydz 3-0 Patrik Kovacs
• Thibault Tricole 0-3 Motomu Sakai
• Ryan Joyce 3-0 Owen Bates
• Mike de Decker (18) 2-3 David Munyua
• Jermaine Wattimena (19) 3-2 Dominik Gruellich
• Dave Chisnall (21) 3-0 Fallon Sherrock
• Michael van Gerwen (3) 3-1 Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
• Krzysztof Ratajski 3-0 Alexis Toylo

Friday, 19 December

• Kevin Doets 3-1 Matthew Dennant
• Ryan Meikle 3-0 Jesus Salate
• Mickey Mansell 2-3 Leonard Gates
• Josh Rock (11) 3-1 Gemma Hayter
• William O'Connor 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk
• Daryl Gurney (22) 3-2 Beau Greaves
• Nathan Aspinall (15) 3-1 Lourence Ilagan
• Keane Barry 3-0 Tim Pusey

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