PDC World Darts Championship 2026 order of play: Schedule today (Thursday 11th December)

The PDC World Darts Championship gets under way with a terrific evening line-up featuring reigning world champion Luke Littler.

Ally Pally will light up once again for the ultimate festive sporting event – and thousands of punters will do their bit to generate a raucous atmosphere.

The 'Nuke' begins his title defence against Darius Labanauskas in the third match of the evening, with Michael Smith up against Lisa Ashton earlier in the session.

• Watch PDC World Darts Championship 2026 on Sky Sports

A revamped format means 128 players will enter the draw in this edition of the competition, with all players going straight into the first round as opposed to seeded players being handed byes.

RadioTimes.com brings you the PDC World Darts Championship 2026 daily order of play.

PDC World Darts Championship 2026 schedule – Today's order of play

All UK time. All live on Sky Sports and NOW.

Thursday 11th December

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• 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 (from 12:30pm)

• Niels Zonneveld v Haupai Puha
• Ian White v Mervyn King
• Ryan Searle v Chris Landman
• Rob Cross v Cor Dekker

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• 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 (from 12:30pm)

• Mario Vandenbogaerde v David Davies
• Andrew Gilding v Cam Crabtree
• Luke Woodhouse v Boris Krčmar
• Gary Anderson v Adam Hunt

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• Jeffrey de Graaf v Paul Lim
• Wessel Nijman v Karel Sedláček
• Luke Humphries v Ted Evetts
• Gabriel Clemens v Alex Spellman

Sunday 14th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• Ritchie Edhouse v Jonny Tata
• Dom Taylor v Oskar Lukasiak
• Richard Veenstra v Nitin Kumar
• Joe Cullen v Bradley Brooks

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• Lukas Wenig v Wesley Plaisier
• Dimitri Van den Bergh v Darren Beveridge
• Stephen Bunting v Sebastian Białecki
• James Hurrell v Stowe Buntz

Monday 15th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• Brendan Dolan v Tavis Dudeney
• Cameron Menzies v Charlie Manby
• Mensur Suljović v David Cameron
• Peter Wright v Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• 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 (from 12:30pm)

• Alan Soutar v Teemu Harju
• Nick Kenny v Justin Hood
• Scott Williams v Paolo Nebrida
• Chris Dobey v Xiaochen Zong

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• Ricardo Pietreczko v José de Sousa
• Danny Noppert v Jurjen van der Velde
• Gerwyn Price v Adam Gawlas
• Niko Springer v Joe Comito

Wednesday 17th December

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• 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 (from 12:30pm)

• Callan Rydz v Patrik Kovács
• Thibault Tricole v Motomu Sakai
• Ryan Joyce v Owen Bates
• Mike De Decker v David Munyua

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• Jermaine Wattimena v Dominik Grüllich
• Dave Chisnall v Fallon Sherrock
• Michael van Gerwen v Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
• Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo

Friday 19th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• Kevin Doets v Matthew Dennant
• Ryan Meikle v Jesús Sálate
• Mickey Mansell v Leonard Gates
• Josh Rock v Gemma Hayter

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• 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 (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Sunday 21st December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Monday 22nd December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Tuesday 23rd December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Saturday 27th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Sunday 28th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Monday 29th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Tuesday 30th December

Afternoon Session (from 12:30pm)

• TBC

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Thursday 1st January

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Friday 2nd January

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

Saturday 3rd January

Evening Session (from 7pm)

• TBC

How to watch PDC World Darts Championship 2026 on TV and live stream

You can watch the PDC World Darts Championship 2026 live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports F1 (no, that is not a typo).

Sky Sports can be added to any Sky TV package for just £20 per month for all nine sports channels, or you can pick up the complete sports package plus Netflix for £35 per month.

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Sky Sports customers can live stream the tournament via the Sky Go app on a variety of devices including most smartphones and tablets as part of their subscription.

You can also watch the action via NOW with a day membership (£14.99) or month membership (£34.99).

NOW can be streamed through a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles. NOW is also available via TNT Sports.

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