World Darts Championship 2026 schedule and results

The 2026 PDC World Darts Championship gets under way at Alexandra Palace in London on Thursday.

World number one Luke Littler, 18, is the defending champion following his victory over Michael van Gerwen in the 2025 final.

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

The tournament will last until the final on Saturday, 3 January 2026.

• Draw, seedings and prize money

World Darts Championship schedule

All times in GMT

First round (Best of five sets)

Thursday, 11 December

Evening session (19:00)

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

Friday, 12 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Niels Zonneveld v Haupai Puha
• Ian White v Mervyn King
• Ryan Searle (20) v Chris Landman
• Rob Cross (17) v Cor Dekker

Evening session (19:00)

• Ross Smith (12) v Andres Harrysson
• Ricky Evans v Man Lok Leung
• Gian van Veen (10) v Cristo Reyes
• Damon Heta (16) v Steve Lennon

Saturday, 13 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Mario Vandenbogaerde v David Davies
• Andrew Gilding v Cam Crabtree
• Luke Woodhouse (25) v Boris Krcmar
• Gary Anderson (14) v Adam Hunt

Evening session (19:00)

• Jeffrey de Graaf v Paul Lim
• Wessel Nijman (31) v Karel Sedlacek
• Luke Humphries (2) v Ted Evetts
• Gabriel Clemens v Alex Spellman

Sunday, 14 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Ritchie Edhouse (27) v Jonny Tata
• Dom Taylor v Oskar Lukasiak
• Richard Veenstra v Nitin Kumar
• Joe Cullen (32) v Bradley Brooks

Evening session (19:00)

• Lukas Wenig v Wesley Plaisier
• Dimitri van den Bergh (23) v Darren Beveridge
• Stephen Bunting (4) v Sebastian Bialecki
• James Hurrell v Stowe Buntz

Monday, 15 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Brendan Dolan v Tavis Dudeney
• Cameron Menzies (26) v Charlie Manby
• Mensur Suljovic v David Cameron
• Peter Wright (30) v Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Evening session (19:00)

• Martin Lukeman v Max Hopp
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (29) v Andy Baetens
• Jonny Clayton (5) v Adam Lipscombe
• Connor Scutt v Simon Whitlock

Tuesday, 16 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Alan Soutar v Teemu Harju
• Nick Kenny v Justin Hood
• Scott Williams v Paolo Nebrida
• Chris Dobey (8) v Xiaochen Zong

Evening session (19:00)

• Ricardo Pietreczko v Jose de Sousa
• Danny Noppert (6) v Jurjen van der Velde
• Gerwyn Price (9) v Adam Gawlas
• Niko Springer v Joe Comito

Wednesday, 17 December

Evening session (19:00)

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

Thursday, 18 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Callan Rydz v Patrik Kovacs
• Thibault Tricole v Motomu Sakai
• Ryan Joyce v Owen Bates
• Mike de Decker (18) v David Munyua

Evening session (19:00)

• Jermaine Wattimena (19) v Dominik Gruellich
• Dave Chisnall (21) v Fallon Sherrock
• Michael van Gerwen (3) v Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
• Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo

Friday, 19 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Kevin Doets v Matthew Dennant
• Ryan Meikle v Jesus Salate
• Mickey Mansell v Leonard Gates
• Josh Rock (11) v Gemma Hayter

Evening session (19:00)

• William O'Connor v Krzysztof Kciuk
• Daryl Gurney (22) v Beau Greaves
• Nathan Aspinall (15) v Lourence Ilagan
• Keane Barry v Tim Pusey

Second round (Best of five sets)

Saturday, 20 December

Four matches in afternoon session (12:30 GMT) and evening session (12:30 GMT) – order to be confirmed

• Winner of Dobey/Zong v winner of Gilding/Crabtree
• Winner of Bunting/Bialecki v winner of Veenstra/Kumar
• Winner of Van Duijvenbode/Baetens v winner of Hurrell/Buntz
• Winner of Searle/Landman v winner of Dolan/Dudeney
• Winner of Clayton/Lipscombe v winner of Taylor/Lukasiak
• Winner of M Smith/Ashton v winner of Zonneveld/Puha
• Winner of R Smith/Harrysson v winner of Tricole/Sakai
• Winner of Chisnall/Sherrock v winner of Pietreczko/De Sousa

Sunday, 21 December

Four matches in afternoon session (12:30 GMT) and evening session (12:30 GMT) – order to be confirmed

• Winner of Littler/Labanauskas v winner of Vandenbogaerde/Davies
• Winner of Cullen/Brooks v winner of Suljovic/Cameron
• Winner of Heta/Lennon v winner of Van Barneveld/Bellmont
• Winner of Cross/Dekker v winner of White/King
• Winner of Woodhouse/Krcmar v winner of Lukeman/Hopp
• Winner of Price/Gawlas v winner of Wenig/Plaisier
• Winner of Joyce/Bates v winner of Ratajski/Toylo
• Winner of Schindler/Burton v winner of Barry/Pusey

Monday, 22 December

Four matches in afternoon session (12:30 GMT) and evening session (12:30 GMT) – order to be confirmed

• Winner of Humphries/Evetts v winner of De Graaf/Lim
• Winner of Nijman/Sedlacek v winner of Clemens/Spellman
• Winner of Aspinall/Ilagan v winner of Mansell/Gates
• Winner of De Decker/Munyua v winner of Doets/Dennant
• Winner of Wade/Azemoto v winner of Evans/Leung
• Winner of Menzies/Manby v winner of Campbell/Sevada
• Winner of Van Veen/Reyes v winner of Soutar/Harju
• Winner of Van den Bergh/Beveridge v winner of Razma/Van den Herik

Tuesday, 23 December

Four matches in afternoon session (12:30 GMT) and evening session (12:30 GMT) – order to be confirmed

• Winner of Van Gerwen/Tatsunami v winner of O'Connor/Kciuk
• Winner of Wright/Van Leuven v winner of Huybrechts/Merk
• Winner of Anderson/Hunt v winner of Scutt/Whitlock
• Winner of Wattimena/Gruellich v winner of Williams/Nebrida
• Winner of Noppert/Van der Velde v winner of Kenny/Hood
• Winner of Edhouse/Tata v winner of Meikle/Salate
• Winner of Rock/Hayter v winner of Springer/Comito
• Winner of Gurney/Greaves v winner of Rydz/Kovacs

Third round (Best of seven sets)

Saturday, 27 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Three matches

Evening session (19:00)

• Three matches

Sunday, 28 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Three matches

Evening session (19:00)

• Three matches

Monday, 29 December

Afternoon session (12:30)

• Three matches

Fourth round (Best of seven sets)

Evening session (19:00)

• One third round match
• Two fourth round 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

Friday, 2 January (Best of 11 sets)

Semi-finals

Evening session (19:30)

• Two matches

Saturday, 3 January

Final (Best of 13 sets)

Evening session (20:00)

• One match

This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.

What is Ask Me Anything?

Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your questions.

We want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you do.

The team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and pundits.

We will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting events.

Our coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio.

More questions answered...

• World Darts Championship 2026: Dates, format & prize money
• How do darts world rankings work?
• Who is Matthew Fisher and could he play in the third Test?
• How did Littler get Man Utd away tickets - and why has it sparked debate?