PDC World Darts Championship

Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship at Christmas and the New Year Finals.

The tournament expands to 128 competitors from 96 and a record £5 million prize fund, including a huge £1,000,000 to the 2026 champion - all live coverage can be watched on Sky Sports TV Stream.

Luke Littler is reigning 2025 champion.

PDC World Championship 2026 Schedule : Order of Play.

2025 / 2026 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Schedule / Order of Play
Thursday 11th December (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Kim Huybrechts v Arno Merk
Michael Smith v Lisa Ashton
Luke Littler v Darius Labanauskas
Madars Razma v Jamai van den Herik

Friday 12th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Niels Zonneveld v Haupai Puha
Ian White v Mervyn King
Ryan Searle v Chris Landman
Rob Cross v Cor Dekker

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Ross Smith v Andreas Harrysson
Ricky Evans v Man Lok Leung
Gian van Veen v Cristo Reyes
Damon Heta v Steve Lennon

Saturday 13th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Mario Vandenbogaerde v David Davies
Andrew Gilding v Cam Crabtree
Luke Woodhouse v Boris Krcmar
Gary Anderson v Adam Hunt 

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Jeffrey de Graaf v Paul Lim
Wessel Nijman v Karel Sedlacek
Luke Humphries v Ted Evetts
Gabriel Clemens v Alex Spellman

Sunday 14th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Ritchie Edhouse v Jonny Tata
Dom Taylor v Oskar Lukasiak
Richard Veenstra v Nitin Kumar
Joe Cullen v Bradley Brooks

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Lukas Wenig v Wesley Plaisier
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Darren Beveridge
Stephen Bunting v Sebastian Bialecki
James Hurrell v Stowe Buntz

Monday 15th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Brendan Dolan v Tavis Dudeney
Cameron Menzies v Charlie Manby
Mensur Suljovic v David Cameron
Peter Wright v Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Martin Lukeman v Max Hopp
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Andy Baetens
Jonny Clayton v Adam Lipscombe
Connor Scutt v Simon Whitlock

Tuesday 16th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Alan Soutar v Teemu Harju
Nick Kenny v Justin Hood
Scott Williams v Paolo Nebrida
Chris Dobey v Xiaochen Zong

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Ricardo Pietreczko v Jose de Sousa
Danny Noppert v Jurjen van der Velde
Gerwyn Price v Adam Gawlas
Niko Springer v Joe Comito

Wednesday 17th December (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Matt Campbell v Adam Sevada
Raymond van Barneveld v Stefan Bellmont
James Wade v Ryusei Azemoto
Martin Schindler v Stephen Burton

Thursday 18th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Callan Rydz v Patrik Kovacs
Thibault Tricole v Motomu Sakai
Ryan Joyce v Owen Bates
Mike De Decker v David Munyua

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
Jermaine Wattimena v Dominik Gruellich
Dave Chisnall v Fallon Sherrock
Michael van Gerwen v Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo

Friday 19th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x First Round
Kevin Doets v Matthew Dennant
Ryan Meikle v Jesus Salate
Mickey Mansell v Leonard Gates
Josh Rock v Gemma Hayter

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x First Round
William O’Connor v Krzysztof Kciuk
Daryl Gurney v Beau Greaves
Nathan Aspinall v Lourence Ilagan
Keane Barry v Tim Pusey 

Saturday 20th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Sunday 21st December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Monday 22nd December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Tuesday 23rd December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
4x Second Round

Saturday 27th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
3x Third Round

Sunday 28th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
3x Third Round

Monday 29th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
1x Third Round & 2x Fourth Round

Tuesday 30th December
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
3x Fourth Round

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
3x Fourth Round

Thursday 1st January
Afternoon Session (12:30PM GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7PM GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals

Friday 2nd January (19:30PM GMT)
2x Semi-Finals

Saturday 3rd January (8PM GMT)
Final
Player vs Player TBC