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=== Top half ===
=== Top half ===

Revision as of 00:28, 24 December 2025

2026 IDF World Darts Championship
Tournament information
DatesDecember 10, 2025 – January 7, 2026
VenueWinter Gardens
LocationBlackpool, England
Organisation(s)International Darts Federation (IDF)
FormatSets
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
«2025

The 2026 IDF World Darts Championship is an ongoing professional darts tournament that began on 10 December 2025 and will end on 7 January 2026 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It is the 4th World Darts Championship to be organised by the International Darts Federation and the 4th to be held at Alexandra Palace. The winner will receive $1,000,000 from a total prize fund of $5,000,000.

The tournament will feature a 128 player field, with the top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit being seeded in the first round. Alex Brow is the defending champion, having defeated Logan White 7–4 in the 2025 final to win his first world title.

Overview

Alex Brow will enter the tournament as the defending champion after winning the 2025 event.

The International Darts Federation (IDF) was founded in 2022 to provide greater opportunities for players outside the established Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) system, particularly in Australia, where many competitors identified as casual or semi-professional sought access to major events with comparable prize funds. The federation staged its inaugural IDF World Darts Championship in 2023, with Alexandra Palace in London serving as the host venue since the beginning.

The upcoming 2026 IDF World Darts Championship will be the fourth edition of the tournament and the fourth consecutive to be held at Alexandra Palace, running from 10 December 2025 to 7 January 2026. A record field of 128 players, including 32 seeds, will compete following the IDF’s March 2025 decision to expand the draw from 96 to 128 entrants. Alex Brow will return as defending champion after defeating Logan White 7–4 in the 2025 final to claim his first world title.

Format

Under the new format, all players – including the 32 seeds – will enter the tournament in the first round, a change from previous years where seeds entered in the second round. The 32 seeds will be the top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit heading into the tournament. The seeded players, plus players ranked 33–64 drawn at random, will be placed on the left hand side of the draw, and will be matched up against the remaining 64 qualifiers drawn at random.

All matches will consist of games of 501, where players are required to reduce their score from 501 to zero in order to win a leg, finishing on a double or the bullseye. The matches are played in set format, with the amount of sets required to win a match increasing as the tournament progresses. All sets will be played to the best of five legs in the first round, and also in non-deciding sets of subsequent rounds. In the deciding set of all but the first round, the first player to win at least three legs and be leading by two or more will win the set and the match. If the set reaches a 5–5 tie without a winner, it will be decided by a sudden death leg.

Round Best of (sets) First to (sets)
First & second 5 3
Third & fourth 7 4
Quarter-finals 9 5
Semi-finals 11 6
Final 13 7

Ranking

The IDF's main world ranking system, the IDF Order of Merit, is calculated on a two-year cycle. Prize money won by players in ranking tournaments are removed from their ranking after 104 weeks, meaning players who participated in the 2024 World Championship, who did not lose their IDF Tour Card during the two-year period, will be 'defending' their prize money from that event. At the end of the tournament, the prize money won at the 2026 tournament will be added and the prize money won at the 2024 tournament will be removed. After the tournament, the top 64 players in the IDF Order of Merit will receive a one-year extension on their Tour Card, joined by the players who earned two-year Tour Cards in 2025 who will enter their second year in 2026. Players with two or more years on their Tour Card, who finish outside of the top 64, will lose their Tour Card and see their ranking reset to $0, along with all other players who earned prize money in ranking tournaments without holding a Tour Card.

Prize money

On 31 March 2025, the IDF announced the biggest prize money increase in the organisation's history, starting from the 2026 season onward. Coinciding with the expansion of the field to 128 players, the World Championship's total prize money and winner's share doubled from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000 and from $500,000 to $1,000,000 respectively; this was the first time the tournament's prize money increased. The winner will also receive the IDF World Trophy. The prize money breakdown is shown below:

Position (no. of players) Prize money

(Total: $5,000,000)

Winner (1) $1,000,000
Runner-up (1) $400,000
Semi-finalists (2) $200,000
Quarter-finalists (4) $100,000
Fourth round losers (8) $60,000
Third round losers (16) $35,000
Second round losers (32) $25,000
First round losers (64) $15,000

Qualification

Alex Brow will enter the tournament as the defending champion after winning the 2025 event.

The 128-player field will comprise three sets of qualification routes. The top 40 players on the two-year IDF Order of Merit after the 2025 Players Championship Finals will qualify automatically, followed by the next 40 highest-ranked players on the one-year IDF Pro Tour Order of Merit. The remaining 48 places will go to various international qualifiers.

Background

Order of Merit qualifiers

32 players qualified for the tournament by virtue of being ranked in the top 32 of the IDF Order of Merit. Defending champion Alex Brow is the number two seed, retaining

Order of Merit qualifiers

40 players qualified for the tournament by virtue of being ranked in the top 40 of the PDC Order of Merit. Defending champion Luke Littler is the number one seed going into the tournament, having achieved world number one status on his way to winning the 2025 Grand Slam. He enters the World Championship off the back of claiming his sixth major title of 2025 at the Players Championship Finals; his other titles included the last World Championship, the World Matchplay and his second Grand Slam. Luke Humphries, the 2024 world champion and previous world number one, is the second seed. He won two major titles during the season—the World Masters and the Premier League—and finished as runner-up at a further three major tournaments. The third seed is three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen, who ended a two-year major title drought by winning the World Series Finals in September. Two-time World Championship semi-finalist and former BDO world champion Stephen Bunting is the fourth seed. Welsh number one Jonny Clayton and 2022 UK Open champion Danny Noppert are the fifth and sixth seeds, while four-time World Championship semi-finalist James Wade is seeded seventh in his 22nd appearance at the tournament. 2025 semi-finalist Chris Dobey and 2021 world champion Gerwyn Price completed the top ten alongside tenth seed Gian van Veen, who achieved his first major title at the European Championship and retained his World Youth Championship during the year.

Former world champions Gary Anderson, Rob Cross, Michael Smith and Peter Wright are all amongst the seeded players. Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney, who won the World Cup for Northern Ireland, are the 11th and 22nd seeds. 13th seed Martin Schindler is one of eight German players taking part—a tournament record. Nathan Aspinall, the most prolific player on the 2025 European Tour with three titles, is the 15th seed after finishing as runner-up to Littler at the Players Championship Finals. 19th seed Jermaine Wattimena claimed his first two PDC ranking titles in 2025 Players Championship events. Former major champions who are also seeded include 2022 European champion Ross Smith, 2024 World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker, 2020 World Matchplay champion Dimitri Van den Bergh, 2024 European champion Ritchie Edhouse and 2022 Masters champion Joe Cullen; Cullen secured the 32nd and final seeded position. Outside of the top 32 seeds, eight more players qualified through the PDC Order of Merit and are unseeded in the tournament draw, including five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld who will make his 33rd World Championship appearance across both the PDC and BDO tournaments, as well as 2023 UK Open champion Andrew Gilding.

List of confirmed international qualifiers

Seeded (1–32):

Qualified (33–48):

International Qualifiers (49–96):

Regional Qualifiers (97–128):

Summary

First round

World number one Max Mad opened his campaign with a controlled 3–1 victory over debutant Leuan Davies. Mad dominated the opening two sets with heavy scoring and sharp finishing. Davies briefly capitalised on a rare lapse to take the third set, but the response was immediate as Mad raised his level in the fourth, producing multiple maximums to close out the match. Davies showed promise by taking a set on debut, but Mad was never under sustained pressure.

Jordan Knight edged past fellow qualifier Gareth Evans in a tense five-set contest, winning 3–2. Momentum shifted throughout, with Evans repeatedly forcing a response, but Knight delivered his strongest scoring in the decisive moments and showed better composure in the final set to progress. Seventeenth seed Xander Young recovered from dropping the second set to defeat Rhys Morgan 3–1. Morgan competed well and briefly disrupted Young’s rhythm, but the higher seed responded with improved scoring and more reliable finishing, regaining control in the third set before seeing out the match.

Qualifier Dylan Hughes produced one of the results of the round, defeating 16th seed Damon Edwards 3–2. Hughes was the more consistent performer across the match and punished missed opportunities, particularly in the deciding set. Edwards forced a fifth set with a strong fourth but failed to maintain that level, as Hughes held his nerve to complete the upset.

Rory Campbell edged out Alistair Gordon in a hard-fought five-set encounter, producing stronger scoring bursts and handling the decisive moments with greater composure. Gordon twice hauled himself back into the match after falling behind, but Campbell consistently responded when pressure peaked, particularly in the third and deciding sets. While Gordon showed resilience, missed doubles at key stages proved costly, allowing Campbell to close out a closely contested contest that was decided more by execution under pressure than sustained dominance.

The December 11 first-round matches delivered a mix of routine wins and tightly fought five-set contests. Rory Campbell continued the strong showing from qualifiers, edging past Alistair Gordon in a tense decider after producing better scoring at key moments. Angus McLeod advanced in four sets after recovering from an early setback, while Cian Murphy held his nerve to defeat Patrick O’Neill in a full-distance match. Jack O’Connor produced one of the day’s more assured performances, taking control early to dispatch Sean Doyle in four sets.

Elsewhere, Tariq Mahmoud overturned Aiden Brooks in a dramatic five-set encounter marked by repeated momentum swings, with Mahmoud’s finishing proving decisive late on. Felix Grant recorded the most emphatic win of the session, sweeping aside Omar Khaled without dropping a set while posting the highest average of the day. Nathan Reeves also went the distance to overcome Youssef Ibrahim, showing resilience after being pulled back twice. The session concluded with Ahmed Hassan defeating Nate Parker in four sets, underlining a round shaped more by unpredictability than ranking.

Draw

Finals

Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–13 November 		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January 		Semi-finals
(best of 11 sets)
2 January 		Final
(best of 13 sets)
3 January
            
1 Max Mad 4
16 Jack O’Connor 2
Max Mad
Felix Grant
8 Felix Grant 4
9 Wei Zhang 3
 
 
5 Min-Jae Park 2
12 André Santos 4
André Santos
Blake Carter
4 Blake Carter 4
13 Adrian Silva 3
 
 
6 Lukas Parker 4
11 Jett Pearson 2
Lukas Parker
Reed Hamilton
3 Trevor Kane 3
14 Reed Hamilton 4
 
 
7 Logan White 4
10 Ethan Wright 1
Logan White
Alex Brow
2 Alex Brow 105.47 4
15 Noah O'Brien 108.18 3

Top half

Section 1

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
1 Max Mad 106.1 3
Leuan Davies 91.2 1
1 Max Mad 3
32 Jordan Knight 1
32 Jordan Knight 96.2 3
Gareth Evans 94.7 2
Max Mad 4
Xander Young 2
17 Xander Young 99.0 3
Rhys Morgan 93.0 1
17 Xander Young 3
Dylan Hughes 2
16 Damon Edwards 95.4 2
Dylan Hughes 97.4 3
Max Mad
Jack O’Connor
Alistair Gordon 93.9 2
Rory Campbell 98.5 3
Rory Campbell 3
Angus McLeod 2
Angus McLeod 94.1 3
Callum Fraser 91.8 1
Rory Campbell 3
Jack O’Connor 4
Cian Murphy 96.7 3
Patrick O’Neill 95.3 2
Cian Murphy 2
Jack O’Connor 3
Sean Doyle 90.6 1
Jack O’Connor 97.9 3

Section 2

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
8 Aiden Brooks 92.4 2
Tariq Mahmoud 96.1 3
Tariq Mahmoud 2
Felix Grant 3
25 Felix Grant 99.4 3
Omar Khaled 90.2 0
Felix Grant 4
Nathan Reeves 3
24 Nathan Reeves 95.8 3
Youssef Ibrahim 94.9 2
Nathan Reeves 3
Ahmed Hassan 2
9 Nate Parker 91.7 1
Ahmed Hassan 97.2 3
Felix Grant
Wei Zhang
Arjun Mehta 94.6 3
Rohan Patel 92.1 1
Arjun Mehta 1
Amir Khan 3
Sameer Sharma 91.8 1
Amir Khan 96.4 3
Amir Khan 2
Wei Zhang 4
Wei Zhang 98.9 3
Hao Li 89.7 0
Wei Zhang 3
Chen Liu 2
Junjie Wang 95.2 2
Chen Liu 96.8 3

Section 3

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
5 Mason Owens 96.0 2
Haruto Mori 97.5 3
Haruto Mori 2
Min-Jae Park 3
28 Wesley Adams 90.4 0
Min-Jae Park 99.1 3
Min-Jae Park 4
Ji-Hoon Kim 2
21 Brody Clarke 93.6 1
Ji-Hoon Kim 97.2 3
Ji-Hoon Kim 3
Owen Quinn 1
12 Owen Quinn 94.0 3
Dae-Hyun Lee 91.9 1
Min-Jae Park
André Santos
Daniel Chen 92.8 3
Hiroshi Takeda 90.6 2
Daniel Chen 2
Kenji Sato 3
Kenji Sato 94.7 3
Yuji Tanaka 91.2 1
Kenji Sato 3
André Santos 4
Tomas Alvarez 95.1 3
Carlos Mendes 93.0 2
Tomas Alvarez 1
André Santos 3
Paulo Ferreira 90.9 1
André Santos 96.4 3

Section 4

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
4 Blake Carter 3
Leonardo Vargas 1
Blake Carter 3
Quinn Sanders 1
13 Quinn Sanders 3
Hugo Romero 2
Blake Carter 4
Marco Castillo 2
20 Zane Adams 1
Javier Rojas 3
Javier Rojas 2
Marco Castillo 3
29 Grant Hayes 0
Marco Castillo 3
Blake Carter
Adrian Silva
Ashton Rivera 3
Colby Anderson 2
Ashton Rivera 3
Tyler Freeman 2
Sean McBride 2
Tyler Freeman 3
Ashton Rivera 3
Adrian Silva 4
Zach Marshall 1
Gabriel Torres 3
Gabriel Torres 1
Adrian Silva 3
Adrian Silva 3
Jorge Mendoza 0

Bottom half

Section 5

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
3 Lukas Parker 98.44 3
Hunter Clark 92.17 1
Lukas Parker 3
Riley Morgan 1
30 Hayden Ingram 89.76 1
Riley Morgan 94.63 3
Lukas Parker 4
Victor Vaughn 2
19 Alec Baker 95.08 3
Luke Hamilton 93.22 2
Alec Baker 2
Victor Vaughn 3
14 Victor Vaughn 96.01 3
Carter Ellis 90.44 1
Lukas Parker
Jett Pearson
Alex Harris 91.77 3
Nolan Price 90.93 2
Alex Harris 3
Brandon Fox 2
Elias Carter 89.84 2
Brandon Fox 92.51 3
Alex Harris 3
Jett Pearson 4
Damian Frost 88.39 1
Eric Lawson 94.07 3
Eric Lawson 1
Jett Pearson 3
Jett Pearson 93.18 3
Connor Black 87.64 0

Section 6

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
6 Ryan Thomas 97.18 3
Cole Bennett 91.32 1
Ryan Thomas 2
Kai Mitchell 3
11 Kai Mitchell 95.66 3
Shane Douglas 93.04 2
Kai Mitchell 3
Trevor Kane 4
22 Caleb Daniels 90.41 1
Trevor Kane 94.12 3
Trevor Kane 3
Bryan Matthews 2
27 Parker Reeves 88.67 0
Bryan Matthews 96.08 3
Trevor Kane
Reed Hamilton
Colton Rivers 92.56 3
Tristan Cole 91.84 2
Colton Rivers 1
Cameron Doyle 3
Jaxon Reed 89.93 1
Cameron Doyle 94.27 3
Cameron Doyle 2
Reed Hamilton 4
Corey Allen 90.02 2
Dominic Flynn 92.88 3
Dominic Flynn 2
Reed Hamilton 3
Reed Hamilton 98.11 3
Oliver Scott 87.45 0

Section 7

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
7 Logan White 98.02 3
Chase Wallace 92.41 1
Logan White 3
Jayden Cross 2
26 Toby Underwood 89.33 1
Jayden Cross 94.88 3
Logan White 4
Marcus Reed 2
23 Eli Fletcher 91.67 2
Marcus Reed 95.42 3
Marcus Reed 3
Zion Carte 2
10 Zion Carte 96.74 3
Landon Ward 93.19 2
Logan White
Ethan Wright
Tyler McCoy 92.05 3
Declan Ross 90.61 1
Tyler McCoy 2
Ashton Cole 3
Brady Simmons 89.92 1
Ashton Cole 94.27 3
Ashton Cole 3
Ethan Wright 4
Dylan Hayes 90.36 2
Carter Mills 93.81 3
Carter Mills 1
Ethan Wright 3
Ethan Wright 91.48 3
Liam Cooper 88.07 0

Section 8

First round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
10–14 December 		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December 		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
12–16 December
            
2 Alex Brow 113.41 3
Vince Young 110.25 2
Alex Brow 112.11 3
Tanner Vaughn 104.29 0
31 Isaac Johnson 88.74 1
Tanner Vaughn 94.96 3
Alex Brow 109.76 4
Spencer Taylor 109.00 2
18 Spencer Taylor 95.21 3
Andy Dawson 92.84 1
Spencer Taylor 98.44 3
Wyatt Walker 97.12 2
15 Wyatt Walker 96.02 3
Xavier Baker 93.37 2
Alex Brow
Noah O'Brien
Uriah Walker 91.68 3
Patrick Richards 90.11 1
Uriah Walker 94.31 1
Noah O'Brien 99.08 3
Noah O'Brien 92.43 3
Harrison Lewis 91.09 2
Noah O'Brien 101.32 4
Logan Morgan 97.88 3
Miles Nash 89.57 2
Logan Morgan 94.12 3
Logan Morgan 96.87 3
Hunter James 94.55 2
Hunter James 93.86 3
Kevin Lee 87.33 0

Final

References

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