The 2026 Paddy Power World Darts Championship is taking place between Thursday 11 December 2025 and Saturday 3 January 2026.

Held at Alexandra Palace, London, 128 of the world’s top darts players fight it out for the right to be crowned the World Darts Champion.

The draw has been made and as expected and the schedule for the opening two rounds has been announced. As expected, defending champion Luke Littler will headline the opening night, as he takes on Darius Labanauskas.

Here’s a look at all the results and schedule of play for the 2026 Paddy Power World Darts Championship. The schedule for future rounds will be confirmed throughout the tournament.

2026 Paddy Power World Darts Championship Schedule of Play and Results

Thursday 11 December (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Arno Merk 3-1 Kim Huybrechts

Michael Smith 3-0 Lisa Ashton

Luke Littler 3-0 Darius Labanauskas

Madars Razma 3-1 Jamai van den Herik

Friday 12 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

Niels Zonneveld 3-0 Haupai Puha

Ian White 3-2 Mervyn King

Ryan Searle 3-0 Chris Landman

Rob Cross 3-0 Cor Dekker

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Andreas Harrysson 3-2 Ross Smith

Ricky Evans 3-0 Man Lok Leung

Gian van Veen 3-1 Cristo Reyes

Damon Heta 3-1 Steve Lennon

Saturday 13 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

David Davies 3-0 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Andrew Gilding 3-1 Cam Crabtree

Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Boris Krcmar

Gary Anderson 3-2 Adam Hunt

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Paul Lim 3-1 Jeffrey de Graaf

Wessel Nijman 3-0 Karel Sedlacek

Luke Humphries 3-1 Ted Evetts

Gabriel Clemens 3-0 Alex Spellman

Sunday 14 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

Jonny Tata 3-0 Ritchie Edhouse

Dom Taylor 3-0 Oskar Lukasiak

Nitin Kumar 3-2 Richard Veenstra

Joe Cullen 3-0 Bradley Brooks

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Wesley Plaisier 3-1 Lukas Wenig

Darren Beveridge 3-0 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Stephen Bunting 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki

James Hurrell 3-1 Stowe Buntz

Monday 15 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

Brendan Dolan 3-1 Tavis Dudeney

Charlie Manby 3-2 Cameron Menzies

Mensur Suljovic 3-1 David Cameron

Peter Wright 3-0 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Max Hopp 3-1 Martin Lukeman

Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 Andy Baetens

Jonny Clayton 3-1 Adam Lipscombe

Connor Scutt 3-2 Simon Whitlock

Tuesday 16 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

Alan Soutar 3-2 Teemu Harju

Justin Hood 3-0 Nick Kenny

Scott Williams 3-0 Paolo Nebrida

Chris Dobey 3-1 Xiaochen Zong

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 Jose de Sousa

Danny Noppert 3-1 Jurjen van der Velde

Gerwyn Price 3-0 Adam Gawlas

Joe Comito 3-1 Niko Springer

Wednesday 17 December (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Adam Sevada 3-1 Matt Campbell

Stefan Bellmont 3-0 Raymond van Barneveld

James Wade 3-0 Ryusei Azemoto

Martin Schindler 3-1 Stephen Burton

Thursday 18 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

Callan Rydz 3-0 Patrik Kovacs

Motomu Sakai 3-0 Thibault Tricole

Ryan Joyce 3-0 Owen Bates

David Munyua 3-2 Mike De Decker

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Dominik Gruellich

Dave Chisnall 3-0 Fallon Sherrock

Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Mitsushiko Tatsunami

Krzysztof Ratajski 3-0 Alexis Toylo

Friday 19 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round One x4

Kevin Doets 3-1 Matthew Dennant

Ryan Meikle 3-0 Jesus Salate

Leonard Gates 3-2 Mickey Mansell

Josh Rock 3-1 Gemma Hayter

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round One x4

William O’Connor 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk

Daryl Gurney 3-2 Beau Greaves

Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Lourence Ilagan

Keane Barry 3-0 Tim Pusey

Saturday 20 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round Two x4

Ryan Searle 3-0 Brendan Dolan

Andreas Harrysson 3-0 Motomu Sakai

James Hurrell 3-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Ricardo Pietreczko 3-2 Dave Chisnall

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round Two x4

Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Michael Smith

Andrew Gilding 3-1 Chris Dobey

Stephen Bunting 3-0 Nitin Kumar

Jonny Clayton Bye (Dom Taylor suspended)

NB: Jonny Clayton receives a Bye through to round three following the suspension of Dom Taylor.

Sunday 21 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round Two x4

Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Ryan Joyce

Mensur Suljovic 3-1 Joe Cullen

Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Max Hopp

Rob Cross 3-1 Ian White

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round Two x4

Martin Schindler 3-0 Keane Barry

Wesley Plaisier 3-0 Gerwyn Price

Luke Littler 3-0 David Davies

Damon Heta 3-2 Stefan Bellmont

Monday 22 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Madars Razma 3-1 Darren Beveridge

Gabriel Clemens 3-0 Wessel Nijman

Kevin Doets 3-0 David Munyua

Ricky Evans 3-2 James Wade

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Gian Van Veen 3-1 Alan Soutar

Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Leonard Gates

Luke Humphries 3-0 Paul Lim

Charlie Manby 3-0 Adam Sevada

Tuesday 23 December 

Round Two x4

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Ryan Meikle 3-2 Jonny Tata

Callan Rydz 3-2 Daryl Gurney

Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Scott Williams

Arno Merk 3-0 Peter Wright

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Justin Hood 3-2 Danny Noppert

Gary Anderson 3-1 Connor Scutt

Michael van Gerwen 3-1 William O’Connor

Josh Rock 3-0 Joe Comito

Saturday 27 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round Three x3

Krzysztof Ratajski 4-3 Wesley Plaisier

Luke Woodhouse 4-1 Andrew Gilding

Jonny Clayton 4-3 Niels Zonneveld

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round Three x3

Andreas Harryson 4-2 Ricardo Pietreczko

James Hurrell 4-3 Stephen Bunting

Luke Littler 4-0 Mensur Suljovic

Sunday 28 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round Three x3

Ryan Searle 4-0 Martin Schindler

Rob Cross 4-0 Damon Heta

Gary Anderson 4-3 Jermaine Wattimena

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round Three x3

Gian van Veen 4-1 Madars Razma

Luke Humphries 4-2 Gabriel Clemens

Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Arno Merk

Monday 29 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round Three x3

Justin Hood 4-1 Ryan Miekle

Charlie Manby 4-2 Ricky Evans

Kevin Doets 4-3 Nathan Aspinall

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round Three x1

Josh Rock 4-1 Callan Rydz

Round Four x2

Ryan Searle 4-0 James Hurrell

Luke Littler 4-2 Rob Cross

Tuesday 30 December

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Round Four x3

Krzysztof Ratajski 4-2 Luke Woodhouse

Jonny Clayton 4-2 Andreas Harryson

Justin Hood 4-0 Josh Rock

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Round Four x3

Gian van Veen 4-1 Charlie Manby

Gary Anderson 4-1 Michael van Gerwen

Luke Humphries 4-1 Kevin Doets

Thursday 1 January 2026

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Quarter Finals x2

Ryan Searle 5-2 Jonny Clayton

Gary Anderson 5-2 Justin Hood

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Quarter Finals x2

Luke Littler 5-0 Krzysztof Ratajski

Gian van Veen 5-1 Luke Humphries

Friday 2 January 2026 (1930 GMT)

Semi Finals

Luke Littler 6-1 Ryan Searle

Gian van Veen 6-3 Gary Anderson

Saturday 3 January 2026 (2000 GMT)

Final

Luke Littler 7-1 Gian van Veen