{"time":1767865591015,"blocks":[{"id":"qSdJLpgO9a","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The 2026 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship)[1] was a professional darts tournament that took place from 11 December 2025 to 3 January 2026 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. The 33rd World Darts Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), it was the 19th to be staged at Alexandra Palace, where it was held in the venue's West Hall for the final time; subsequent editions will take place in the Great Hall. The winner received £1,000,000 from a total prize fund of £5,000,000. The prize fund was double that of the previous year, representing the biggest prize money increase in the PDC's history. The prizes for the winner, runner-up, semi-finalists, and quarter-finalists were also double those of the previous year."}},{"id":"o_D3Dwz9Nn","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The tournament featured a 128-player field, 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 debut at the tournament, the most successful of whom was Justin Hood, who reached the quarter-finals. At age 71, Paul Lim became the oldest player to win a match at the tournament when he defeated Jeffrey de Graaf in the first round. Nitin Kumar, Stefan Bellmont, and David Munyua became the first Indian, Swiss, and Kenyan players respectively to win matches at a PDC World Championship."}},{"id":"VHHiEKupWV","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Luke Littler was the defending champion, having defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–3 in the 2025 final. He reached his third consecutive final, where he faced Gian van Veen, who had not won a match at Alexandra Palace prior to the tournament. Van Veen became the third Dutch player to reach a PDC World Championship final, following Raymond van Barneveld and Van Gerwen. Littler beat Van Veen 7–1 to win his second world title, becoming the fourth player to retain the PDC world title—following Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, and Gary Anderson—and the first to do so since Anderson in 2016. Littler lost only four sets across the seven matches he played in the tournament. He also won the \"Ballon d'Art\" award for the most 180s at the tournament, with 73."}}],"version":"2.31.0"}

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