The road-up for the 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship on the Alexandra Palace is full – and you could find out who performs who with the draw dwell on Sky Sports activities on Monday.
A record-breaking 128 gamers will descend on Ally Pally for the biggest-ever World Darts Championship as they compete for the long-lasting Sid Waddell Trophy and a share of the £5m prize fund.
Reigning champion and world No 1 Luke Littler heads the record of 40 computerized qualifiers who’ve booked their ticket courtesy of their place on the PDC Order of Advantage.
The highest 40 gamers who haven’t certified through the ProTour Order of Advantage may also function, with the 48 remaining berths allotted to worldwide qualifiers.
How does the draw work?
In a change from earlier years, all gamers will enter the match on the first spherical stage.
The highest 32 seeded gamers and gamers ranked 33-64 are drawn at random into the left hand aspect of the draw in opposition to the remaining 64 qualifiers.
How can I watch the draw?
The draw shall be made on Monday November 24 from 4.30pm in London and shall be proven dwell on Sky Sports activities Information.
Protection may also be streamed dwell on the Sky Sports activities Darts YouTube channel, together with the Sky Sports activities web site or by downloading the Sky Sports activities app.
Who has certified through the PDC Order of Advantage?
The highest 40 seeds for the World Championship had been confirmed following the Gamers Championship in Minehead, with gamers 1-32 qualifying robotically for spherical two.
Luke Littler (1), Luke Humphries (2), Michael van Gerwen (3), Stephen Bunting (4), Jonny Clayton (5), James Wade (6), Gian van Veen (7), Chris Dobey (8), Danny Noppert (9), Josh Rock (10), Ross Smith (11), Gerwyn Value (12), Gary Anderson (13), Damon Heta (14), Martin Schindler (15), Rob Cross (16), Mike De Decker (17), Dave Chisnall (18), Ryan Searle (19), Jermaine Wattimena (20), Nathan Aspinall (21), Dimitri Van den Bergh (22), Daryl Gurney (23), Ryan Joyce (24), Cameron Menzies (25), Ritchie Edhouse (26), Luke Woodhouse (27), Dirk van Duijvenbode (28), Peter Wright (29), Michael Smith (30), Joe Cullen (31), Wessel Nijman (32), Ricardo Pietreczko (33), Andrew Gilding (34), Raymond van Barneveld (35), Scott Williams (36), Krzysztof Ratajski (37), Martin Lukeman (38), Brendan Dolan (39), Kevin Doets (40).
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Talking on Love The Darts, Abigail Davies and Chris Murphy talk about Luke Litter’s rise to world primary and who can problem him on the World Championship.
Who’re the ProTour Order of Advantage qualifiers?
The highest 40 not-yet certified gamers from the Professional Tour Order of Advantage go straight into the primary spherical.
Niko Springer (1), William O’Connor (2), Niels Zonneveld (3), Karel Sedlacek (4), Bradley Brooks (5), Jeffrey de Graaf (6), Mickey Mansell (7), Mario Vandenbogaerde (8), Callan Rydz (9), Cam Crabtree (10), Ian White (11), Sebastian Bialecki (12), Dom Taylor (13), Ricky Evans (14), Richard Veenstra (15), Madars Razma (16), Alan Soutar (17), Lukas Wenig (18), Kim Huybrechts (19), Mensur Suljovic (20), Gabriel Clemens (21), Thibault Tricole (22), Matthew Dennant (23), Darren Beveridge (24), Justin Hood (25), Wesley Plaisier (26), Steve Lennon (27), Max Hopp (28), Ryan Meikle (29), James Hurrell (30), Nick Kenny (31), Matt Campbell (32), Keane Barry (33), Adam Lipscombe (34), Darius Labanauskas (35), Dominik Gruellich (36), Chris Landman (37), Owen Bates (38), Cor Decker (39), Connor Scutt (40).
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Take a look at among the most memorable moments from this 12 months’s World Darts Championship together with Luke Littler’s record-breaking set, some Barrioke and two nine-darters
Who’re the worldwide and different qualifiers?
Beau Greaves, Fallon Sherrock, Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Jurjen van der Velde and two-time World Championship runner-up Mervyn King are simply among the gamers to have booked their tickets to Alexandra Palace through various routes.
Six qualifying routes – the ANZ Premier League winner and 5 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers – stay open proper up till Monday’s draw.
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PDC World Youth Champion/PDC Growth Tour Qualifier – Beau Greaves
PDC Growth Tour Qualifier – Charlie Manby
PDC Growth Tour Qualifier – Jamai van den Herik
PDC Growth Tour Qualifier – Jurjen van der Velde
PDC Problem Tour Winner – Stefan Bellmont
PDC Problem Tour Third Place – Ted Evetts
PDC Problem Tour Fourth Place – Mervyn King
PDC Ladies’s World Matchplay Winner – Lisa Ashton
PDC Ladies’s Collection Runner-Up – Fallon Sherrock
PDC Ladies’s Collection Third Place – Noa-Lynn van Leuven
PDC Ladies’s Collection Fourth Place – Gemma Hayter
Metal 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 – Motomu Sakai
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier – Ryusei Azemoto
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier – Paul Lim
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier – Man Lok Leung
PDC Asian Tour Qualifier – Paolo Nebrida
PDCE Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier – Andy Baetens
PDCE Mediterranean Qualifier – Cristo Reyes
PDCE South-East Europe Qualifier – Boris Krcmar
PDCE Czechia Qualifier – Adam Gawlas
PDO Polish Qualifier – Krzysztof Kciuk
PDCE DACH Tremendous League Winner – Arno Merk
Hungarian Tremendous League Winner – Patrik Kovacs
PDC UK&IRE Tour Card Holder & Affiliate Member Qualifier – David Davies
CDC Continental Cup Winner – Alex Spellman
CDC Cross-Border Problem Winner – Leonard Gates
CDC High Ranked American – Adam Sevada
CDC High Ranked Canadian – David Cameron
CDC High-Ranked Non-Certified Participant – Stowe Buntz
CDLC Qualifier – Jesus Salate
PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner – Teemu Harju
PDCNB ProTour Winner – Andreas Harrysson
PDCNB ProTour Runner-Up – Oskar Lukasiak
ADA Australian Tour Winner – Tim Pusey
DPA ProTour Winner – Joe Comito
DPNZ ProTour Winner – Jonny Tata
African Darts Group Qualifier – David Munyua
ANZ Premier League Winner – TBC
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When is the 2026 World Darts Championship?
An expanded 2026 match begins at Alexandra Palace on Thursday December 11 with 4 first-round matches on the opening night.
It kick-starts 13 consecutive days of darts motion, with afternoon and night classes happening on a regular basis till December 23 earlier than the competitors pauses over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The match resumes on December 27, with third and fourth-round motion accomplished by December 30 earlier than an evening off on New 12 months’s Eve.
The quarter-finals are scheduled throughout two classes on New 12 months’s Day forward of the semi-finals on January 2 and the ultimate on Friday January 3.
The total day-by-day schedule for this 12 months’s match could be discovered right here.
Full schedule at Alexandra Palace from December 11 – January 3
- Thursday December 11 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Friday December 12 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Friday December 12 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Saturday December 13 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Saturday December 13 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Sunday December 14 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Sunday December 14 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Monday December 15 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Monday December 15 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Tuesday December 16 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Tuesday December 16 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Wednesday December 17 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Wednesday December 17 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Thursday December 18 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Thursday December 18 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Friday December 19 – 4 x Spherical One at 12.30pm
- Friday December 19 – 4 x Spherical One at 7pm
- Saturday December 20 – 4 x Spherical Two at 12.30pm
- Saturday December 20 – 4 x Spherical Two at 7pm
- Sunday December 21 – 4 x Spherical Two at 12.30pm
- Sunday December 21 – 4 x Spherical Two at 7pm
- Monday December 22 – 4 x Spherical Two at 12.30pm
- Monday December 22 – 4 x Spherical Two at 7pm
- Tuesday December 23 – 4 x Spherical Two at 12.30pm
- Tuesday December 23 – 4 x Spherical Two at 7pm
- Saturday December 27 – 3 x Spherical Three at 12.30pm
- Saturday December 27 – 3 x Spherical Three at 7pm
- Sunday December 28 – 3 x Spherical Three at 12.30pm
- Sunday December 28 – 3 x Spherical Three at 7pm
- Monday December 29 – 3 x Spherical Three at 12.30pm
- Monday December 29 – 1 x Spherical Three and a pair of x Spherical 4 at 7pm
- Tuesday December 30 – 3 x Spherical 4 at 12.30pm
- Tuesday December 30 – 3 x Spherical 4 at 7pm
- Thursday January 1 – 2 x Quarter-Finals at 12.30pm
- Thursday January 1 – 2 x Quarter-Finals at 7pm
- Friday January 2 – Semi-Finals at 7.30pm
- Saturday January 3 – Last at 8pm
Who will win the Paddy Energy World Darts Championship? Watch each match solely dwell from December 15 to January 3 on Sky Sports activities’ devoted darts channel. Stream darts and extra high sport with NOW.
