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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.
World Darts Championship schedule and results
Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk
Michael Smith 3-0 Lisa Ashton
Luke Littler 3-0 Darius Labanauskas
Madars Razma vs Jamai van den Herik
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Niels Zonneveld vs Haupai Puha
Ryan Searle vs Chris Landman
Ross Smith vs Andreas Harrysson
Ricky Evans vs Man Lok Leung
Gian van Veen vs Cristo Reyes
Damon Heta vs Steve Lennon
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Mario Vandenbogaerde vs David Davies
Andrew Gilding vs Cam Crabtree
Luke Woodhouse vs Boris Krcmar
Gary Anderson vs Adam Hunt
Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paul Lim
Wessel Nijman vs Karel Sedlacek
Luke Humphries vs Ted Evetts
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
Dom Taylor vs Oskar Lukasiak
Richard Veenstra vs Nitin Kumar
Joe Cullen vs Bradley Brooks
Lukas Wenig vs Wesley Plaisier
Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Darren Beveridge
Stephen Bunting vs Sebastian Bialecki
James Hurrell vs Stowe Buntz
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Brendan Dolan vs Tavis Dudeney
Cameron Menzies vs Charlie Manby
Mensur Suljovic vs David Cameron
Peter Wright vs Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Martin Lukeman vs Max Hopp
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Andy Baetens
Jonny Clayton vs Adam Lipscombe
Connor Scutt vs Simon Whitlock
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alan Soutar vs Teemu Harju
Nick Kenny vs Justin Hood
Scott Williams vs Paolo Nebrida
Chris Dobey vs Xiaochen Zong
Ricardo Pietreczko vs Jose de Sousa
Danny Noppert vs Jurjen van der Velde
Gerwyn Price vs Adam Gawlas
Niko Springer vs Joe Comito
Matt Campbell vs Adam Sevada
Raymond van Barneveld vs Stefan Bellmont
James Wade vs Ryusei Azemoto
Martin Schindler vs Stephen Burton
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Callan Rydz vs Patrik Kovacs
Thibault Tricole vs Motomu Sakai
Mike De Decker vs David Munyua
Jermaine Wattimena vs Dominik Gruellich
Dave Chisnall vs Fallon Sherrock
Michael van Gerwen vs Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
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
Ryan Meikle vs Jesus Salate
Mickey Mansell vs Leonard Gates
Josh Rock vs Gemma Hayter
William O’Connor vs Krzysztof Kciuk
Daryl Gurney vs Beau Greaves
Nathan Aspinall vs Lourence Ilagan
Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)
Dobey/Zong vs Gilding/Crabtree
Bunting/Bialecki vs Veenstra/Kumar
Van Duijvenbode/Baetens vs Hurrell/Buntz
Searle/Landman vs Dolan/Dudeney
Clayton/Lipscombe v Taylor/Lukasiak
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)
Littler/Labanauskas vs Vandenbogaerde/Davies
Cullen/Brooks vs Suljovic/Cameron
Heta/Lennon vs Van Barneveld/Bellmont
Cross/Dekker vs White/King
Woodhouse/Krcmar vs Lukeman/Hopp
Price/Gawlas vs Wenig/Plaisier
Joyce/Bates vs Ratajski/Toylo
Schindler/Burton vs Barry/Pusey
Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)
Humphries/Evetts vs De Graaf/Lim
Nijman/Sedlacek vs Clemens/Spellman
Aspinall/Ilagan vs Mansell/Gates
De Decker/Munyua vs Doets/Dennant
Wade/Azemoto vs Evans/Leung
Menzies/Manby vs Campbell/Sevada
Van Veen/Reyes vs Soutar/Harju
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
Anderson/Hunt vs Scutt/Whitlock
Wattimena/Gruellich vs Williams/Nebrida
Noppert/Van der Velde vs Kenny/Hood
Edhouse/Tata vs Meikle/Salate
Rock/Hayter vs Springer/Comito
Gurney/Greaves vs Rydz/Kovacs
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Round Three x1, Round Four x2
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
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.
