World Darts Championship 2026: Schedule and latest results today as Jonny Clayton receives third round bye

Luke Humphries responded by breezing past Ted Evetts on Saturday, while Stephen Bunting scraped through after a first-round scare against Sebastian Bialecki.

Van Barneveld, the Dutchman, was whitewashed 3-0 by Stefan Bellmont in his opening match, as the five-time world champion and former world No1 crashed out at the first hurdle.

Popular German Martin Schindler also won through his first-round encounter with Stephen Burton.

There were two huge shocks in the evening session on Saturday, with former champion Michael Smith and the eighth seed Chris Dobey both crashing out against Niels Zonneveld and Andrew Gilding respectively.

The 2026 World Darts Championship has an extended 128-player field vying to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy and claim the £1million prize money for the winner.

Littler recently became the new world No1 and is the strong favourite for another major title, having already won the UK Open, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship this year.

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Van Duijvenbode 2-3 Hurrell

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm) and Evening Session (7pm)

Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk

Michael Smith 3-0 Lisa Ashton

Luke Littler 3-0 Darius Labanauskas

Madars Razma 3-1 Jamai van den Herik

Niels Zonneveld 3-0 Haupai Puha

Ian White 3-2 Mervyn King

Ryan Searle 3-0 Chris Landman

Ross Smith 2-3 Andreas Harrysson

Ricky Evans 3-0 Man Lok Leung

Gian van Veen 3-1 Cristo Reyes

Damon Heta 3-1 Steve Lennon

Mario Vandenbogaerde 0-3 David Davies

Andrew Gilding 3-1 Cam Crabtree

Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Boris Krcmar

Gary Anderson 3-2 Adam Hunt

Jeffrey de Graaf 1-3 Paul Lim

Wessel Nijman 3-0 Karel Sedlacek

Luke Humphries 3-1 Ted Evetts

Gabriel Clemens 3-0 Alex Spellman

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Ritchie Edhouse 0-3 Jonny Tata

Dom Taylor 3-0 Oskar Lukasiak

Richard Veenstra 2-3 Nitin Kumar

Joe Cullen 3-0 Bradley Brooks

Lukas Wenig 1-3 Wesley Plaisier

Dimitri Van den Bergh 0-3 Darren Beveridge

Stephen Bunting 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki

James Hurrell 3-1 Stowe Buntz

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Brendan Dolan 3-1 Tavis Dudeney

Cameron Menzies 2-3 Charlie Manby

Mensur Suljovic 3-1 David Cameron

Peter Wright 3-0 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Martin Lukeman 1-3 Max Hopp

Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 Andy Baetens

Jonny Clayton 3-1 Adam Lipscombe

Connor Scutt 3-2 Simon Whitlock

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Alan Soutar 3-2 Teemu Harju

Nick Kenny 0-3 Justin Hood

Scott Williams 3-0 Paolo Nebrida

Chris Dobey 3-1 Xiaochen Zong

Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 Jose de Sousa

Danny Noppert 3-1 Jurjen van der Velde

Gerwyn Price 3-0 Adam Gawlas

Niko Springer 1-3 Joe Comito

Matt Campbell 1-3 Adam Sevada

Raymond van Barneveld 0-3 Stefan Bellmont

James Wade 3-0 Ryusei Azemoto

Martin Schindler 3-1 Stephen Burton

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Callan Rydz 3-0 Patrik Kovacs

Thibault Tricole 0-3 Motomu Sakai

Ryan Joyce 3-0 Owen Bates

Mike De Decker 2-3 David Munyua

Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Dominik Gruellich

Dave Chisnall 3-0 Fallon Sherrock

Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Mitsuhiko Tatsunami

Krzysztof Ratajski 3-0 Alexis Toylo

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Kevin Doets 3-1 Matthew Dennant

Ryan Meikle 3-0 Jesus Salate

Mickey Mansell 2-3 Leonard Gates

Josh Rock 3-1 Gemma Hayter

William O’Connor 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk

Daryl Gurney 3-2 Beau Greaves

Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Lourence Ilagan

Keane Barry 3-0 Tim Pusey

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Round Three x1, Round Four x2

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

TV channel: The tournament is being broadcast in full on Sky Sports.

Every session is available to watch live on Sky Sports Darts, with some sessions also shown on Sky Sports Main Event.