2025 World Darts Championship: Full Schedule, Results, How to watch, Prize Money

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Luke Littler will begin his defence of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship on the opening night of the 2025/26 tournament, with the schedule of play for the first and second rounds now finalised.

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

Recently crowned world number one Luke Littler is the defending champion, having beaten Michael van Gerwen in the 2025 final.

A record 128 players have entered this year's competition, an increase of 32 from last year's extravaganza, including five players from the Women's Series - also a record.

Littler is one of nine previous winners to be playing in this year's competition and the 18-year-old began the defence of his title with a 3-0 win over Lithuania's Darius Labanauskas on the opening night.

When is the PDC World Darts Championship 2025-26?

The 2026 World Darts Championship started on Thursday, 11 December with an evening session consisting of four first-round matches.

There is a three-day Christmas break from 24 to 26 December. After that point, there will be two sessions of play each day - except for another rest day on 31 December - but the matches in each session decrease in later rounds where there are fewer but longer matches.

The last day of two sessions is Thursday, 1 January 2026. After that, both semi-finals will be played on Friday, 2 January in an evening session.

The final takes place on Saturday, 3 January in the evening.

What TV channel is the World Darts Championship on? and can it be live streamed?

The 2025/26 World Darts Championship will be broadcast LIVE on Sky Sports in the UK.

Fans in the UK can stream the entire action on NOW TV.

Matches are also available to watch on PDCTV or their worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay.

Sportshistori.com will also have a rolling LIVE Results Updates that will cover every match and all the latest news from the tournament.

2025-26 World Darts Championship Draw, daily schedule, play of order, dates, times, results.

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First round – Best of five sets

Thursday, 11 December

Evening session (19:00)

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

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 Andreas 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 the afternoon (12:30) and four in the evening (19:00).
Order of play to be confirmed.

Matches:
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 each session.
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 each session.
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 each session.
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

24–26 December

No matches.

Saturday, 27 December

Afternoon (12:30): Three matches

Evening (19:00): Three matches

Sunday, 28 December

Afternoon (12:30): Three matches

Evening (19:00): Three matches

Monday, 29 December

Afternoon (12:30): Three matches

Fourth round – Best of seven sets

Monday, 29 December – Evening (19:00)
One remaining third-round match
Two fourth-round matches

Tuesday, 30 December
Afternoon (12:30): Three matches
Evening (19:00): Three matches

Quarter-finals – Best of nine sets

Wednesday, 31 December
No matches

Thursday, 1 January
Afternoon (12:30): Two matches
Evening (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

Where can I watch the PDC World Darts Championship?

You can watch the PDC Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2025/26 on Sky Sports' dedicated darts channel from 15 December, with a live stream on Sky Go and Now TV.

2025-26 World Darts Championship Prize Money Breakdown, purse fund, winners Share.

Winner: £500,000

Runner-Up: £200,000

Semi-Final: £100,000

Quarter-Final: £50,000

Fourth Round: £35,000

Third Round: £25,000

Second Round: £15,000

First Round: £7,500

Total: £2,500,000

PDC World Darts Championship Format

Final: Best of 13 sets

Semi-Final: Best of 11 sets

Quarter-Final: Best of nine sets

Fourth Round: Best of seven sets

Third Round: Best of seven sets

Second Round: Best of five sets

First Round: Best of five sets

PDC World Darts Championship 2025-26: Odds

Luke Littler 7/4

Luke Humphries 11/4

Gary Anderson 10/1

Michael van Gerwen 10/1

Mike De Decker 18/1

Gian van Veen 28/1

Michael Smith 28/1

Rob Cross 28/1

Chris Dobey 33/1

Stephen Bunting 33/1

Wessel Nijman 33/1

Gerwyn Price 40/1

Nathan Aspinall 40/1

Peter Wright 40/1

Ross Smith 40/1

Damon Heta 50/1

Dave Chisnall 50/1

Dimitri Van den Bergh 50/1

Josh Rock 50/1

Ryan Searle 50/1

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