Every darts player qualified for 2026 PDC World Championship -

Order of play- Results and Schedule for PDC World Championship

The final has taken place today January 3rd 2026 and Luke Littler once again takes the crown. In a fairly one sided final Luke became only the fourth player in PDC history to win back to back titles. A 7-1 defeat of Gian van Veen gave Littler the first ever 1 million pound payday in PDC history and in turn became the first player with over 2 million on his 2 year rolling ranking.

If you are wanting to know when Luke Littler plays his next match, or want to tune in to watch your favourite player, the timings and dates for round 1 and 2 are below. I am updating the results daily throughout the tournament as well as the draw brackets.

Update January 1st 2026 after quarter finals

First round:

Thursday December 11 (1900 GMT)
Kim Huybrechts v Arno Merk 1-3
Michael Smith v Lisa Ashton 3-0
Luke Littler v Darius Labanauskas 3-0
Madars Razma v Jamai van den Herik 3-1

Friday December 12
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Niels Zonneveld v Haupai Puha 3-0
Ian White v Mervyn King 3-2
Ryan Searle v Chris Landman 3-0
Rob Cross v Cor Dekker 3-0

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Ross Smith v Andreas Harrysson 2-3
Ricky Evans v Man Lok Leung 3-0
Gian van Veen v Cristo Reyes 3-1
Damon Heta v Steve Lennon 3-1

Saturday December 13
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Mario Vandenbogaerde v David Davies 0-3
Andrew Gilding v Cam Crabtree 3-1
Luke Woodhouse v Boris Krcmar 3-1
Gary Anderson v Adam Hunt 3-2

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Jeffrey de Graaf v Paul Lim 1-3
Wessel Nijman v Karel Sedlacek 3-0
Luke Humphries v Ted Evetts 3-1
Gabriel Clemens v Alex Spellman 3-0

Sunday December 14
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Ritchie Edhouse v Jonny Tata 0-3
Dom Taylor v Oskar Lukasiak 3-0 * Void due to positive drug test for Taylor
Richard Veenstra v Nitin Kumar 2-3
Joe Cullen v Bradley Brooks 3-0

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Lukas Wenig v Wesley Plaisier 1-3
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Darren Beveridge 0-3
Stephen Bunting v Sebastian Bialecki 3-2
James Hurrell v Stowe Buntz 3-1

Monday December 15
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Brendan Dolan v Tavis Dudeney 3-1
Cameron Menzies v Charlie Manby 2-3
Mensur Suljovic v David Cameron 3-1
Peter Wright v Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3-0

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Martin Lukeman v Max Hopp 1-3
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Andy Baetens 3-2
Jonny Clayton v Adam Lipscombe 3-1
Connor Scutt v Simon Whitlock 3-2

Tuesday December 16
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Alan Soutar v Teemu Harju 3-2
Nick Kenny v Justin Hood 0-3
Scott Williams v Paolo Nebrida 3-0
Chris Dobey v Xiaochen Zong 3-1

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Ricardo Pietreczko v Jose de Sousa 3-1
Danny Noppert v Jurjen van der Velde 3-1
Gerwyn Price v Adam Gawlas 3-0
Niko Springer v Joe Comito 1-3

Wednesday December 17 (1900 GMT)
Matt Campbell v Adam Sevada 1-3
Raymond van Barneveld v Stefan Bellmont 0-3
James Wade v Ryusei Azemoto 3-0
Martin Schindler v Stephen Burton 3-1

Thursday December 18
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Callan Rydz v Patrik Kovacs 3-0
Thibault Tricole v Motomu Sakai 0-3
Ryan Joyce v Owen Bates 3-0
Mike De Decker v David Munyua 2-3

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Jermaine Wattimena v Dominik Gruellich 3-2
Dave Chisnall v Fallon Sherrock 3-0
Michael van Gerwen v Mitsuhiko Tatsunami 3-1
Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo 3-0

Friday December 19
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Kevin Doets v Matthew Dennant 3-1
Ryan Meikle v Jesus Salate 3-0
Mickey Mansell v Leonard Gates 2-3
Josh Rock v Gemma Hayter 3-1

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
William O’Connor v Krzysztof Kciuk 3-0 * O’ Connor throws highest average of round 1
Daryl Gurney v Beau Greaves 3-2
Nathan Aspinall v Lourence Ilagan 3-1
Keane Barry v Tim Pusey 3-0

Round 2: Full order of play for second round matches updated 19th December

Saturday December 20
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Ryan Searle v Brendan Dolan 3-0
Andreas Harrysson v Motomu Sakai 3-0
Dirk van Duijvenbode v James Hurrell 2-3
Dave Chisnall v Ricardo Pietreczko 2-3

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Michael Smith v Niels Zonneveld 1-3
Chris Dobey v Andrew Gilding 1-3
Stephen Bunting v Nitin Kumar 3-0
Jonny Clayton v Dom Taylor * Clayton receives bye following positive drug test for Taylor

Sunday December 21
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Ryan Joyce v Krzysztof Ratajski 1-3
Joe Cullen v Mensur Suljovic 1-3
Luke Woodhouse v Max Hopp 3-0
Rob Cross v Ian White 3-1

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Martin Schindler v Keane Barry 3-0
Gerwyn Price v Wesley Plaisier 0-3
Luke Littler v David Davies 3-0
Damon Heta v Stefan Bellmont 3-2

Monday December 22
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Darren Beveridge v Madars Razma 1-3
Wessel Nijman v Gabriel Clemens 0-3
David Munyua v Kevin Doets 0-3
James Wade v Ricky Evans 2-3

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Gian Van Veen v Alan Soutar 3-1
Nathan Aspinall v Leonard Gates 3-0
Luke Humphries v Paul Lim 3-0
Charlie Manby v Adam Sevada 3-0

Tuesday December 23
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
Jonny Tata v Ryan Meikle 2-3
Daryl Gurney v Callan Rydz 2-3
Jermaine Wattimena v Scott Williams 3-2
Peter Wright v Arno Merk 0-3

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Danny Noppert v Justin Hood 2-3
Gary Anderson v Connor Scutt 3-1
Michael van Gerwen v William O’Connor 3-1
Josh Rock v Joe Comito 3-0

Saturday December 27
Afternoon Session
Round Three (Set scores in brackets)
Krzysztof Ratajski 4-3 Wesley Plaisier (0-3, 3-0, 1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1)
Luke Woodhouse 4-1 Andrew Gilding (3-1, 1-3, 3-0, 3-0, 3-2)
Jonny Clayton 4-3 Niels Zonneveld (3-2, 1-3, 3-0, 0-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-0)

Evening Session
Round Three
Andreas Harrysson 4-2 Ricardo Pietreczko (3-2, 2-3, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1)
James Hurrell 4-3 Stephen Bunting (3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1)
Luke Littler 4-0 Mensur Suljovic (3-0, 3-0, 3-2, 3-1)

Sunday December 28
Afternoon Session
Round Three
Ryan Searle 4-0 Martin Schindler (3-1, 3-1, 3-0, 3-0)
Rob Cross 4-0 Damon Heta (3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1)
Gary Anderson 4-3 Jermaine Wattimena (3-1, 0-3, 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 2-3, 5-3)

Evening Session
Round Three
Gian van Veen 4-1 Madars Razma (3-1, 3-1, 3-0, 0-3, 3-0)
Luke Humphries 4-2 Gabriel Clemens (3-1, 3-1, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2)
Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Arno Merk (3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1, 3-1)

Monday December 29
Afternoon Session
Round Three
Justin Hood 4-1 Ryan Meikle (3-2, 3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 3-2)
Charlie Manby 4-2 Ricky Evans (1-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-0)
Kevin Doets 4-3 Nathan Aspinall (1-3, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 3-0, 3-0)

Evening Session
Round Three x1
Josh Rock 4-1 Callan Rydz (1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-2, 3-2)
Round Four x2
Ryan Searle 4-0 James Hurrell (3-2, 3-0, 3-1, 3-1)
Luke Littler 4-2 Rob Cross (3-1, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 2-3, 3-2)

Afternoon Session
Round Four x3
Krzysztof Ratajski 4-2 Luke Woodhouse (3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 3-1)
Jonny Clayton 4-2 Andreas Harrysson (3-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2)
Justin Hood 4-0 Josh Rock (3-2, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1)

Evening Session
Round Four x3
Gian van Veen 4-1 Charlie Manby (3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2)
Gary Anderson 4-1 Michael van Gerwen (3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-1)
Luke Humphries 4-1 Kevin Doets (1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-0, 3-0)

Thursday January 1
Quarter-Finals
Afternoon Session
Ryan Searle 5-2 Jonny Clayton (3-1, 3-0, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-0)
Gary Anderson 5-2 Justin Hood (3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-0)

Evening Session
Luke Littler 5-0 Krzysztof Ratajski (3-2, 3-0, 3-0, 3-2, 3-1)
Gian van Veen 5-1 Luke Humphries (3-2, 1-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1)

Friday January 2 (1930 GMT)

Semi-Finals
Luke Littler 6-1 Ryan Searle (2-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-2)
Gian van Veen 6-3 Gary Anderson (1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2)

Saturday January 3 (2000 GMT)
Final
Luke Littler v Gian van Veen 7-1

Every Darts Player Qualified for 2026 PDC World Championship

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Top 40 from PDC Order of Merit

Luke Littler
Luke Humphries
Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting
Jonny Clayton
James Wade
Gian van Veen
Chris Dobey
Danny Noppert
Josh Rock
Ross Smith
Gerwyn Price
Gary Anderson
Damon Heta
Martin Schindler
Rob Cross
Mike De Decker
Dave Chisnall
Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall
Jermaine Wattimena
Daryl Gurney
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Ryan Joyce
Cameron Menzies
Ritchie Edhouse
Luke Woodhouse
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Peter Wright
Michael Smith
Joe Cullen
Wessel Nijman
Ricardo Pietreczko
Andrew Gilding
Raymond van Barneveld
Scott Williams
Krzysztof Ratajski
Martin Lukeman
Brendan Dolan
Kevin Doets

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Top 40 from ProTour Order of Merit

Players not otherwise qualified via the main Order of Merit.

William O’Connor
Callan Rydz
Niels Zonneveld
Mickey Mansell
Ricky Evans
Madars Razma
Gabriel Clemens
Jeffrey de Graaf
Richard Veenstra
Ian White
Niko Springer
Kim Huybrechts
Alan Soutar
Keane Barry
Nick Kenny
Connor Scutt (provisionally qualified)
Matt Campbell
Mensur Suljović
Thibault Tricole
Ryan Meikle
Dom Taylor*
James Hurrell
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Chris Landman
Karel Sedláček
Bradley Brooks
Sebastian Białecki
Cam Crabtree
Lukas Wenig
Matthew Dennant
Darren Beveridge
Justin Hood
Wesley Plaisier
Steve Lennon
Max Hopp
Adam Lipscombe
Darius Labanauskas
Dominik Grüllich
Owen Bates
Cor Dekker

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World Championship International Qualifiers

Qualification Route	Player	Notes
PDC World Youth Champion	NA*	* See Jamai van den Herik
PDC Development Tour Qualifier	Beau Greaves
PDC Development Tour Qualifier	Jurjen van der Velde	* Qualifies via 6th place as Owen Bates qualifies via Pro Tour OoM
PDC Development Tour Qualifier	Charlie Manby
PDC Development Tour Qualifier	Jamai van den Herik	* Qualifies in 5th place as World Youth Finalists are both qualified
PDC Challenge Tour Qualifier	Stefan Bellmont
PDC Challenge Tour Qualifier	Ted Evetts
PDC Challenge Tour Qualifier	Mervyn King	*Qualifies via 4th place since Darius Labanuaskas qualifies via Pro Tour OoM
PDC Women’s World Matchplay Winner	Lisa Ashton
PDC Women’s Series Qualifier	Fallon Sherrock	*Qualifies via 2nd place since Greaves already qualified
PDC Women’s Series Qualifier	Noa-Lynn van Leuven	*Qualifies via 4th place since Ashton already qualified
PDC Women’s Series Qualifier	Gemma Hayter	*Qualifies via 5th place since Ashton already qualified
Steel Darts Japan Tour Winner	Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
PDC China Championship Winner	Xiaochen Zong
IDC Indian Qualifier	Nitin Kumar
PDC Asian Championship Winner	Lourence Ilagan
PDC Asian Championship Runner-Up	Alexis Toylo
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier	Man Lok Leung	Qualifies via 6th place since Toylo already qualified
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier	Motomu Sakai
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier	Paolo Nebrida	Qualifies via 7th place since Ilagan already qualified
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier	Ryusei Azemoto
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier	Paul Lim
PDCE Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier	Andy Baetens
PDCE Mediterranean Qualifier	Christo Reyes
PDCE South-East Europe Qualifier	Boris Krcmar
PDCE Czechia Qualifier	Adam Gawlas
PDO Polish Qualifier	Krzysztof Kciuk
PDCE DACH Hylo Super League Winner	Arno Merk	Defeats Daniel Klose in final 8-6
Hungarian Super League Winner	Patrik Kovacs
PDC UK&IRE Tour Card Holder & Associate Member Qualifier	David Davies
CDC Top-Ranked Non-Qualifier	Stowe Buntz
CDC Continental Cup Winner	Alex Spellman
CDC Cross-Border Challenge Winner	Leonard Gates
CDC Top-Ranked American	Adam Sevada
CDC Top-Ranked Canadian	David Cameron
CDLC Qualifier	Jesús Salate
PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner	Teemu Harju
PDCNB ProTour Winner	Andreas Harryson
PDCNB ProTour Qualifier	Oskar Lukasiak	Qualifies via Harju winning Nordic/Baltic Championship
ANZ Premier League Winner	Simon Whitlock	Deafeated Raymond Smith in Final
ADA Australian Tour Winner	Tim Pusey
DPA ProTour Winner	Joe Comito
DPNZ ProTour Winner	Jonny Tata
African Darts Group Qualifier	David Munyua
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 1	Tavis Dudeney
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 2	Jose De Dousa
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 3	Adam Hunt
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 4	Stephen Burton
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 5	Haupai Puha

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