Where to watch 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship: TV channel and live streaming info

The PDC World Darts Championship returns at Alexandra Palace this week and fans will be eager to tune in.

It will be the 33rd edition of the tournament as the world’s best players eye glory in London.

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Luke Littler is the defending champion after beating Michael van Gerwen in last year’s final.

In doing so, the teenager became the youngest world champion in the sport’s history.

Littler has since ascended to world number one status, which sees him return to Ally Pally as the top seed.

The Nuke is set to face Darius Labanauskas on Thursday’s opening night of action.

It comes as the tournament begins with an expanded field of 128 players, an increase from the previous size of 96.

Meanwhile, the prize fund has also been raised to £5million, including £1million for the winner.

How to watch the PDC World Darts Championship?

The 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Coverage of Thursday’s opening evening session will begin at 7pm, with every match shown live by the broadcaster.

talkSPORT will also have live commentary from Ally Pally throughout the tournament.

The coverage begins with Friday’s afternoon session, which will be live on talkSPORT 2 from 12.30pm.

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Commentary will be provided by the team of Ian Danter, Mark Wilson, Paul Nicholson and Chris Mason.

To listen via the talkSPORT website, click HERE for the livestream.

You can also tune in on the talkSPORT app here, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

PDC World Darts Championship draw

This year’s expanded field means all 128 players will enter in the first round.

The top 40 from the PDC Order of Merit are joined by another 40 qualifiers from the Pro Tour Order of Merit.

A further 48 international qualifiers have completed the field, with the top 32 in the world rankings seeded for the event.

The draw for the PDC World Darts Championship was completed on November 24.

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Here is a full breakdown of the first round ties, with the seeds in brackets.

Section 1

• [1] Luke Littler vs Darius Labanauskas
• Mario Vandenbogaerde vs David Davies
• [32] Joe Cullen vs Bradley Brooks
• Mensur Suljovic vs David Cameron
• [16] Damon Heta vs Steve Lennon
• Raymond van Barneveld vs Stefan Bellmont
• [17] Rob Cross vs Cor Dekker
• Ian White vs Mervyn King
• [8] Chris Dobey vs Xiaochen Zong
• Andrew Gilding vs Cam Crabtree
• [25] Luke Woodhouse vs Boris Krcmar
• Martin Lukeman vs Max Hopp
• [9] Gerwyn Price vs Adam Gawlas
• Lukas Wenig vs Wesley Plaisier
• [24] Ryan Joyce vs Owen Bates
• Krzysztof Ratajski vs Alexis Toylo

Section 2

• [4] Stephen Bunting vs Sebastian Bialecki
• Richard Veenstra vs Nitin Kumar
• [29] Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Andy Baetens
• James Hurrell vs Stowe Buntz
• [13] Martin Schindler vs Stephen Burton
• Keane Barry vs Tim Pusey
• [20] Ryan Searle vs Chris Landman
• Brendan Dolan vs Tavis Dudeney
• [5] Jonny Clayton vs Adam Lipscombe
• Dom Taylor vs Oskar Lukasiak
• [28] Michael Smith vs Lisa Ashton
• Niels Zonneveld vs Haupai Puha
• [12] Ross Smith vs Andreas Harrysson
• Thibault Tricole vs Motomu Sakai
• [21] Dave Chisnall vs Fallon Sherrock
• Ricardo Pietreczko vs Jose de Sousa

Section 3

• [2] Luke Humphries vs Ted Evetts
• Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paul Lim
• [31] Wessel Nijman vs Karel Sedlacek
• Gabriel Clemens vs Alex Spellman
• [15] Nathan Aspinall vs Lourence Ilagan
• Mickey Mansell vs Leonard Gates
• [18] Mike De Decker vs David Munyua
• Kevin Doets vs Matthew Dennant
• [7] James Wade vs Ryusei Azemoto
• Ricky Evans vs Man Lok Leung
• [26] Cameron Menzies vs Charlie Manby
• Matt Campbell vs Adam Sevada
• [10] Gian van Veen vs Cristo Reyes
• Alan Soutar vs Teemu Harju
• [23] Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Darren Beveridge
• Madars Razma vs Jamai van den Herik

Section 4

• [3] Michael van Gerwen vs Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
• William O’Connor vs Krzysztof Kciuk
• [30] Peter Wright vs Noa-Lynn van Leuven
• Kim Huybrechts vs Arno Merk
• [14] Gary Anderson vs Adam Hunt
• Connor Scutt vs Simon Whitlock
• [19] Jermaine Wattimena vs Dominik Gruellich
• Scott Williams vs Paolo Nebrida
• [6] Danny Noppert vs Jurjen van der Velde
• Nick Kenny vs Justin Hood
• [27] Ritchie Edhouse vs Jonny Tata
• Ryan Meikle vs Jesus Salate
• [11] Josh Rock vs Gemma Hayter
• Niko Springer vs Joe Comito
• [22] Daryl Gurney vs Beau Greaves
• Callan Rydz vs Patrik Kovacs