Episode 3164
2026 PDC World Darts Championship
Wed, 2025-Dec-31 03:18 UTC
Length - 2:21
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With 180,522 views on Tuesday, 30 December 2025 our article of the day is 2026 PDC World Darts Championship.
The 2026 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship) is an ongoing professional darts tournament that is being held from 11 December 2025 to 3 January 2026 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It is the 33rd World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and the 19th to be held in Alexandra Palace. The event is being hosted in Alexandra Palace's West Hall for the final time before moving to the venue's Great Hall for subsequent editions. The winner will receive £1,000,000 from a total prize fund of £5,000,000, as part of the PDC's biggest prize money increase in its history.
The tournament features a 128-player field for the first time, expanded from 96. The top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit were seeded for the first round. A total of 28 players made their PDC World Championship debut. By defeating Jeffrey de Graaf in the first round, 71-year-old Paul Lim became the oldest player to win a match at the event. Nitin Kumar, Stefan Bellmont and David Munyua achieved the first PDC World Championship wins for India, Switzerland and Kenya, respectively.
Luke Littler is the defending champion, having defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–3 in the 2025 final to win his first world title.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:18 UTC on Wednesday, 31 December 2025.
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