2026 Swiss Darts Trophy: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

The Euro Tour heads to Switzerland, with the Swiss Darts Trophy marking the second-to-last ET event of 2026.

As usual, 48 qualifiers will battle it out, starting on Friday, in hopes of advancing to the final on Sunday night.

What to know about the Swiss Darts Trophy

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

MORE: 2026 Swiss Darts Trophy qualifiers

2026 Swiss Darts Trophy draw & schedule

Day 1 - first round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Niels Zonneveld vs. Bradley Brooks	Fri., Oct. 9	1:00 p.m.
William O'Connor vs. Jani Haavisto	Fri., Oct. 9	1:30 p.m.
Mensur Suljovic vs. Gyorgy Jehirszki	Fri., Oct. 9	2:00 p.m.
Sebastian Bialecki vs. Karel Sedlacek	Fri., Oct. 9	2:30 p.m.
Niko Springer vs. Roman Wellinger	Fri., Oct. 9	3:00 p.m.
Joe Cullen vs. Tom Bissell	Fri., Oct. 9	3:30 p.m.
Cameron Menzies vs. Cristo Reyes	Fri., Oct. 9	4:00 p.m.
Rob Cross vs. Mario Vandenbogaerde	Fri., Oct. 9	4:30 p.m.

Day 1 - first round (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Andrew Gilding vs. Stefan Bellmont	Fri., Oct. 9	7:00 p.m.
Jeffrey de Graaf vs. Sietse Lap	Fri., Oct. 9	7:30 p.m.
Dave Chisnall vs. Alan Soutar	Fri., Oct. 9	8:00 p.m.
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Maik Kuivenhoven	Fri., Oct. 9	8:30 p.m.
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Bruno Stoeckli	Fri., Oct. 9	9:00 p.m.
Michael Smith vs. Rob Owen	Fri., Oct. 9	9:30 p.m.
Damon Heta vs. Alex Fehlmann	Fri., Oct. 9	10:00 p.m.
Kevin Doets vs. Nick Kenny	Fri., Oct. 9	10:30 p.m.

Day 2 - second round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Gilding/Bellmont	Sat., Oct. 10	1:00 p.m.
Wessel Nijman vs. Bialecki/Sedlacek	Sat., Oct. 10	1:30 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. Cross/Vandenbogaerde	Sat., Oct. 10	2:00 p.m.
Martin Schindler vs. Cullen/Bissell	Sat., Oct. 10	2:30 p.m.
Ryan Searle vs. Menzies/Reyes	Sat., Oct. 10	3:00 p.m.
Ross Smith vs. O'Connor/Haavisto	Sat., Oct. 10	3:30 p.m.
Chris Dobey vs. Zonneveld/Brooks	Sat., Oct. 10	4:00 p.m.
Jermaine Wattimena vs. M Smith/Owen	Sat., Oct. 10	4:30 p.m.

Day 2 - second round (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Josh Rock vs. Chisnall/Soutar	Sat., Oct. 10	7:00 p.m.
Stephen Bunting vs. De Graaf/Lap	Sat., Oct. 10	7:30 p.m.
James Wade vs. Van Duijvenbode/Stoeckli	Sat., Oct. 10	8:00 p.m.
Jonny Clayton vs. Van Barneveld/Kuivenhoven	Sat., Oct. 10	8:30 p.m.
Michael van Gerwen vs. Suljovic/Jehirszki	Sat., Oct. 10	9:00 p.m.
Luke Humphries vs. Doets/Kenny	Sat., Oct. 10	9:30 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Springer/Wellinger	Sat., Oct. 10	10:00 p.m.
Danny Noppert vs. Heta/Fehlmann	Sat., Oct. 10	10:30 p.m.

Day 3 - third round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	1:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	1:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	2:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	2:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	3:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	3:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	4:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	4:30 p.m.

Day 3 - quarterfinals (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	7:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	7:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	8:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	8:30 p.m.

Day 3 - semifinals (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	9:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	9:30 p.m.

Day 3 - final (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Oct. 11	10:10 p.m.

Tournament bracket

Here is the bracket for the event after the first round.

Second round

Luke Humphries vs. Kevin Doets/Nick Kenny

Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Andrew Gilding/Stefan Bellmont

Danny Noppert vs. Damon Heta/Alex Fehlmann

Ryan Searle vs. Cameron Menzies/Cristo Reyes

James Wade vs. Dirk van Duijvenbode/Bruno Stockli

Jermaine Wattimena vs. Michael Smith/Rob Owen

Michael van Gerwen vs. Mensur Suljovic/Gyorgy Jehirszki

Ross Smith vs. William O'Connor/Jani Haavisto

Gian van Veen vs. Niko Springer/Roman Wellinger

Martin Schindle vs. Joe Cullen/Tom Bissell

Stephen Bunting vs. Jeffrey de Graaf/Sietse Lap

Chris Dobey vs. Niels Zonneveld/Bradley Brooks

Jonny Clayton vs. Raymond van Barneveld/Maik Kuivenhoven

Luke Woodhouse vs. Rob Cross/Mario Vandenbogaerde

Josh Rock vs. Dave Chisnall/Alan Soutar

Wessel Nijman vs. Sebastian Bialecki/Karel Sedlacek

Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

Stage (num. of players)Prize money

Winner	(1)	£35,000
Runner-up	(1)	£15,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£10,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£8,000
Third round losers	(8)	£5,000
Second round losers	(16)	£3,500*
First round losers	(16)	£2,000*
Total	£230,000

Format

48 players will be in action this weekend, with 16 seeded players receiving automatic byes into the second round action on Saturday.

Each seeded player will play the winner of one of Friday's games, leaving 32 players left after Friday.

Saturday will feature only round two games, determining which 16 players will advance to action on Sunday.

The afternoon session on Sunday will consist of the round of 16 games.

The evening session will consist of the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.

The first round, second round, round of 16 and quarterfinal round will all be played in a best-of-11-leg format.

The semifinal round will be best-of-13 legs, and the final will be best-of-15 legs.