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World Darts Championship 2026: Schedule and latest results as Luke Littler begins title defence

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World Darts Championship 2026: Schedule and latest results as Luke Littler begins title defence

The 2026 World Darts Championship has an extended 128-player field vying to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy and claim the £1million prize money for the winner.

Littler won his first world title when he beat Michael van Gerwen in the final last year

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2023 world champion Michael ‘Bully Boy’ Smith also won on opening night at Ally Pally, while Luke Humphries plays his first-round match at the weekend.

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World Darts Championship schedule and results

Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk

Michael Smith 3-0 Lisa Ashton

Luke Littler 3-0 Darius Labanauskas

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Madars Razma vs Jamai van den Herik

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Niels Zonneveld vs Haupai Puha

Ryan Searle vs Chris Landman

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Ross Smith vs Andreas Harrysson

Ricky Evans vs Man Lok Leung

Gian van Veen vs Cristo Reyes

Damon Heta vs Steve Lennon

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Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Mario Vandenbogaerde vs David Davies

Andrew Gilding vs Cam Crabtree

Luke Woodhouse vs Boris Krcmar

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Gary Anderson vs Adam Hunt

Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paul Lim

Wessel Nijman vs Karel Sedlacek

Luke Humphries vs Ted Evetts

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Gabriel Clemens vs Alex Spellman

Luke Humphries is Luke Littler’s main rival for glory

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Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Ritchie Edhouse vs Jonny Tata

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Dom Taylor vs Oskar Lukasiak

Richard Veenstra vs Nitin Kumar

Joe Cullen vs Bradley Brooks

Lukas Wenig vs Wesley Plaisier

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Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Darren Beveridge

Stephen Bunting vs Sebastian Bialecki

James Hurrell vs Stowe Buntz

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

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Brendan Dolan vs Tavis Dudeney

Cameron Menzies vs Charlie Manby

Mensur Suljovic vs David Cameron

Peter Wright vs Noa-Lynn van Leuven

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Martin Lukeman vs Max Hopp

Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Andy Baetens

Jonny Clayton vs Adam Lipscombe

Connor Scutt vs Simon Whitlock

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Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Alan Soutar vs Teemu Harju

Nick Kenny vs Justin Hood

Scott Williams vs Paolo Nebrida

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Chris Dobey vs Xiaochen Zong

Ricardo Pietreczko vs Jose de Sousa

Danny Noppert vs Jurjen van der Velde

Gerwyn Price vs Adam Gawlas

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Niko Springer vs Joe Comito

Matt Campbell vs Adam Sevada

Raymond van Barneveld vs Stefan Bellmont

James Wade vs Ryusei Azemoto

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Martin Schindler vs Stephen Burton

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Callan Rydz vs Patrik Kovacs

Thibault Tricole vs Motomu Sakai

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Mike De Decker vs David Munyua

Jermaine Wattimena vs Dominik Gruellich

Dave Chisnall vs Fallon Sherrock

Michael van Gerwen vs Mitsuhiko Tatsunami

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Krzysztof Ratajski vs Alexis Toylo

Michael van Gerwen is a three-time winner at Alexandra Palace

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Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Kevin Doets vs Matthew Dennant

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Ryan Meikle vs Jesus Salate

Mickey Mansell vs Leonard Gates

Josh Rock vs Gemma Hayter

William O’Connor vs Krzysztof Kciuk

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Daryl Gurney vs Beau Greaves

Nathan Aspinall vs Lourence Ilagan

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

Dobey/Zong vs Gilding/Crabtree

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Bunting/Bialecki vs Veenstra/Kumar

Van Duijvenbode/Baetens vs Hurrell/Buntz

Searle/Landman vs Dolan/Dudeney

Clayton/Lipscombe v Taylor/Lukasiak

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M Smith/Ashton vs Zonneveld/Puha

R Smith/Harrysson vs Tricole/Sakai

Chisnall/Sherrock vs Pietreczko/De Sousa

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

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Littler/Labanauskas vs Vandenbogaerde/Davies

Cullen/Brooks vs Suljovic/Cameron

Heta/Lennon vs Van Barneveld/Bellmont

Cross/Dekker vs White/King

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Woodhouse/Krcmar vs Lukeman/Hopp

Price/Gawlas vs Wenig/Plaisier

Joyce/Bates vs Ratajski/Toylo

Schindler/Burton vs Barry/Pusey

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Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

Humphries/Evetts vs De Graaf/Lim

Nijman/Sedlacek vs Clemens/Spellman

Aspinall/Ilagan vs Mansell/Gates

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De Decker/Munyua vs Doets/Dennant

Wade/Azemoto vs Evans/Leung

Menzies/Manby vs Campbell/Sevada

Van Veen/Reyes vs Soutar/Harju

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Van den Bergh/Beveridge vs Razma/Van den Herik

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

Van Gerwen/Tatsunami vs O’Connor/Kciuk

Wright/Van Leuven vs Huybrechts/Merk

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Anderson/Hunt vs Scutt/Whitlock

Wattimena/Gruellich vs Williams/Nebrida

Noppert/Van der Velde vs Kenny/Hood

Edhouse/Tata vs Meikle/Salate

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Rock/Hayter vs Springer/Comito

Gurney/Greaves vs Rydz/Kovacs

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

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Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Round Three x1, Round Four x2

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

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How to watch the World Darts Championship

TV channel: The tournament is being broadcast in full on Sky Sports. Every session is available to watch live on Sky Sports Darts, with some sessions also shown on Sky Sports Main Event.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to watch on a live stream online through the Sky Go app.

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