18-26 Jul
Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Defending Champion: Luke Littler
Live on Sky Sports
4/2/25: Sky Sports & PDC extend partnership until 2030
The Players
PDC Top 16 (seeded)
Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen, Michael van Gerwen, Jonny Clayton, James Wade, Gerwyn Price, Josh Rock,
Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert, Ryan Searle, Gary Anderson, Chris Dobey, Wessel Nijman, Ross Smith, Nathan Aspinall
ProTour OOM
Luke Woodhouse, Jermaine Wattimena, Kevin Doets, Andrew Gilding, Rob Cross, Krzysztof Ratajski, William O'Connor, Niko Springer,
Niels Zonneveld, Martin Schindler, Ryan Joyce, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Cameron Menzies, Joe Cullen, Damon Heta, Dave Chisnall
Format
Round 1 - Best of 19 legs
Round 2 - Best of 21 legs
Q-Final - Best of 31 legs
S-Final - Best of 33 legs
Final - Best of 35 legs
Each match must be won by at least two legs up to five additional legs to be played. If played, the sixth additional leg is sudden-death.
Prize Fund
Winner
R-Up
S-Final
Q-Final
Round 2
Round 1
Total £
225,000
125,000
65,000
35,000
22,500
12,500
1M
(Increased from £800,000)
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UK & Ireland - Sky Sports
AMC - Hungary
Arena Sport - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia & Serbia
beIN - Middle East & North Africa
Canal+ - Poland
DAZN - Austria, Germany, Switzerland
ESPN - USA
Fox - Australia
L"Equipe - France
Nova - Czech Republic, Slovakia
Setanta - Ukraine
Sky - New Zealand
Starhub - Singapore
TV3 - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Viaplay - Iceland, Netherlands, Scandinavia
VTM - Belgium
Zonasport - Croatia
Round 1 Sat 18 Jul 7pm (UTC +1) 1-4 Sun 1pm 5-8 7pm 9-12 Mon 7pm 13-16 Best of 19 legs
World Matchplay 2026
3
4
1
2
7
5
8
6
Luke Littler
Nathan Aspinall
Josh Rock
Stephen Bunting
Michael van Gerwen
Chris Dobey
Jonny Clayton
Gary Anderson
10-6
10-5
10-4
13-12
10-6
11-13
10-7
10-2
Niko Springer
Joe Cullen
Luke Woodhouse
Niels Zonneveld
Andrew Gilding
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Damon Heta
Ryan Joyce
Luke Humphries
Ross Smith
Gerwyn Price
Danny Noppert
Gian van Veen
Wessel Nijman
James Wade
Ryan Searle
7-10
10-6
11-9
3-10
10-6
10-5
10-7
10-6
Cameron Menzies
Kevin Doets
Martin Schindler
Rob Cross
Krzysztof Ratajski
Dave Chisnall
Jermaine Wattimena
William O'Connor
15
13
14
16
11
12
10
9
Round 2 Tue 21 Jul <---- 7pm (UTC +1) ----> Wed 22 Jul Best of 21 legs
World Matchplay 2026
Luke Littler
Josh Rock
Michael van Gerwen
Jonny Clayton
11-8
11-6
12-14
7-11
Nathan Aspinall
Stephen Bunting
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gary Anderson
Cameron Menzies
Gerwyn Price
Gian van Veen
James Wade
2-1
11-5
14-12
11-8
Ross Smith
Rob Cross
Wessel Nijman
Ryan Searle
1
3
2
4
3
4
2
1
9-darter: Luke Littler
Menzies withdrew (medical issue)
Q-Final Thu 23 Jul <---- 8pm (UTC +1) ----> Fri 24 Jul Best of 31 legs
World Matchplay 2026
2
1
Luke Littler
Dirk van Duijvenbode
16-7
16-13
Josh Rock
Gary Anderson
Ross Smith
Gian van Veen
12-16
16-13
Gerwyn Price
James Wade
S-Final Sat 25 Jul 33 legs <---- 8pm (UTC +1) ----> Final Sun 26 Jul 35 legs
World Matchplay 2026
2
1
Luke Littler
Gerwyn Price
17-5
17-10
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gian van Veen
Luke Littler
18-9
Gerwyn Price
Qualifiers
Top 8 in Women's Series 12-month OOM following Event 16
Winner qualifies for Grand Slam & World Darts Championship
Prize Fund
Winner
R-Up
S-Final
Q-Final
Total £
15,000
8,000
4,500
2,000
40,000
(Increased from £25,000)
Q-Final Sun 26 Jul 1pm (UTC +1) Best of 9 legs
Women’s World Matchplay 2026
Beau Greaves (1)
Gemma Hayter (4)
5-1
5-4
Kirsi Viinikainen (8)
Vicky Pruim (5)
Lisa Ashton (2)
Fallon Sherrock (3)
5-2
5-0
Rhian O’Sullivan (7)
Deta Hedman (6)
S-Final Best of 9 legs <--- after Q-Final ---> Final Best of 11 legs
Women’s World Matchplay 2026
Beau Greaves (1)
Lisa Ashton (2)
5-4
1-5
Gemma Hayter (4)
Fallon Sherrock (3)
Beau Greaves
6-5
Fallon Sherrock