PDC World Championship 2026

From 12 December to 3 January, the 33rd edition of the Paddy Power PDC World Championship will be held at Alexandra Palace in London, England. The tournament will be played by the top 40 players from the PDC World Rankings of the past year, along with the top 40 players from the ProTour ranking and 48 international qualifiers.

Luke Littler is the defending champion, he defeated Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final last year.

All the tournament results and the program for the upcoming days can be accessed by clicking Results, and if you want to know who will face whom in the next round, click Bracket. For today’s program, head to the Matchcenter. For an overview of the entire history of the PDC World Championship, head over to the PDC World Championship page.

Of course, you can also participate in our Bracket prediction game and win some nice prizes courtesy of our friends at Darts Warehouse, Get-iT Darts, Helios Dartsupply and Ultimate Card. For that please head over to the Bracket page on Challonge.

Schedule
Thursday evening, 11 December | 4x First round
Friday afternoon, 12 December | 4x First round
Friday evening, 12 December | 4x First round
Saturday afternoon, 13 December | 4x First round
Saturday evening, 13 December | 4x First round
Sunday afternoon, 14 December | 4x First round
Sunday evening, 14 December | 4x First round
Monday afternoon, 15 December | 4x First round
Monday evening, 15 December | 4x First round
Tuesday afternoon, 16 December | 4x First round
Tuesday evening, 16 December | 4x First round
Wednesday afternoon, 17 December | 4x First round
Wednesday evening, 17 December | 4x First round
Thursday afternoon, 18 December | 4x First round
Thursday evening, 18 December | 4x First round
Friday afternoon, 19 December | 4x First round
Friday evening, 19 December | 4x First round
Saturday afternoon, 20 December | 4x Second round
Saturday evening, 20 December | 4x Second round
Sunday afternoon, 21 December | 4x Second round
Sunday evening, 21 December | 4x Second round
Monday afternoon, 22 December | 4x Second round
Monday evening, 22 December | 4x Second round
Tuesday afternoon, 23 December | 4x Second round
Tuesday evening, 23 December | 4x Second round
Saturday afternoon, 27 December | 4x Third round
Saturday evening, 27 December | 4x Third round
Sunday afternoon, 28 December | 4x Third round
Sunday evening, 28 December | 4x Third round
Monday afternoon, 29 December | 4x Third round
Monday evening, 29 December | 1x Third round, 2x Fourth round
Tuesday afternoon, 30 December | 3x Third round
Tuesday evening, 30 December | 3x Third round
Thursday afternoon, 1 January | Quarter-finals
Thursday evening, 1 January | Quarter-finals
Friday evening, 2 January | Semi-finals
Saturday evening, 3 January | Final

Format
First round – best of 5 sets
Second round - best of 5 sets
Third round – best of 7 sets
Fourth Round - best of 7 sets
Quarter-finals - best of 9 sets
Semi-finals - best of 11 sets
Final - best of 13 sets

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Competitors Of PDC World Championship 2026

Luke Littler

Luke Humphries

Michael van Gerwen

Stephen Bunting

Jonny Clayton

Danny Noppert

James Wade

Chris Dobey

Gerwyn Price

Gian van Veen

Josh Rock

Ross Smith

Martin Schindler

Gary Anderson

Nathan Aspinall

Damon Heta

Rob Cross

Mike De Decker

Jermaine Wattimena

Ryan Searle

Dave Chisnall

Daryl Gurney

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Ryan Joyce

Luke Woodhouse

Cameron Menzies

Ritchie Edhouse

Michael Smith

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Peter Wright

Wessel Nijman

Joe Cullen

Ricardo Pietreczko

Andrew Gilding

Raymond van Barneveld

Scott Williams

Krzysztof Ratajski

Martin Lukeman

Brendan Dolan

Ricky Evans

Lisa Ashton

Ryusei Azemoto

Andy Baetens

Keane Barry

Owen Bates

Stefan Bellmont

Darren Beveridge

Sebastian Białecki

Bradley Brooks

Stowe Buntz

Stephen Burton

David Cameron

Matt Campbell

Gabriel Clemens

Joe Comito

Cam Crabtree

David Davies

Cor Dekker

Matthew Dennant

Kevin Doets

Tavis Dudeney

Ted Evetts

Leonard Gates

Adam Gawlas

Beau Greaves

Dominik Grüllich

Teemu Harju

Andreas Harrysson

Gemma Hayter

Justin Hood

Max Hopp

Adam Hunt

James Hurrell

Kim Huybrechts

Lourence Ilagan

Krzysztof Kciuk

Nick Kenny