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The 2026 UK Open is almost here, as Luke Littler looks to defend one of several majors he won in 2025.
The three-day tournament will be filled with hours of darts action, with several games being played at a time on most days.
What to know about the 2026 UK Open
Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.
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2026 UK Open draw/bracket
Below are the draw results and the bracket.
*Portions of this section will be updated once the draw is done
First round
| Stefan Bellmont vs. Charlie Manby |
| Pascal Rupprecht vs. Jenson Walker |
| Michael Unterbuchner vs. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
| Filip Bereza vs. Rhys Griffin |
| Cristo Reyes vs. Graham Usher |
| Kai Gotthardt vs. Daniel Lee |
| Clive Langford vs. Stephen Rosney |
| Sean Ryan vs. Tom Sykes |
| Samuel Whittaker vs. Jeffrey De Zwaan |
| Benjamin Pratnemer vs. Callum Goffin |
| Owen Bates vs. Yorick Hofkens |
| Jamai van den Herik vs/ Graham Hall |
| James Beeton vs. Arno Merk |
| Ron Meulenkamp vs. Samuel Price |
| Patrik Williams vs. Simon Stevenson |
| Nathan Potter vs. Chris Landman |
| Sam Spivey vs. Kyle Gilding |
| Aden Kirk vs. Mervyn King |
| Adam Leek vs. David Sharp |
| Stephen Burton vs. Jake Eichen |
| Tyler Thorpe vs. Pero Ljubic |
| Jack Todd vs. Carl Sneyd |
| Alexander Merkx vs. Jannis Barkhausen |
| Sietse Lap vs. Ted Evetts |
| Ryan Branley vs. Oliver King |
| Darius Labanauskas vs. Callum Francis |
| Lewis Pearse vs. Niall Culleton |
| Jurjen van der Velde vs. Jack Tweddell |
| Danny van Trijp vs. Scott Campbell |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans vs. Scott Waites |
| Matthias Ehlers vs. Marvin Kraft |
| Neil Wild vs. Henry Coates |
Second round
| Sebastian Bialecki vs. Christian Kist |
| Darryl Pilgrim vs. Beau Greaves |
| Thomas Lovely vs. Shane McGuirk |
| Tytus Kanik vs. Jim Long |
| Robert Owen vs. Stefaan Henderyck |
| Greg Ritchie vs. Leek/Sharp |
| Wesley Plaisier vs. Bates/Hofkens |
| Wild/Coates vs. Adam Paxton |
| Viktor Tingström vs. Pearse/Culleton |
| Dominik Grüllich vs. Van den Herik/Hall |
| P Williams/Stevenson vs. Cor Dekker |
| Merkx/Barkhausen vs. Marvin van Velzen |
| Andy Boulton vs. M King/Kirk |
| Pratnemer/Goffin vs. Whittaker/De Zwaan |
| Adam Lipscombe vs. Todd/Sneyd |
| Beeton/Merk vs. Ryan/Sykes |
| Jimmy van Schie vs. Tom Bissell |
| Rupprecht/Walker vs. Cam Crabtree |
| Adam Gawlas vs. Tavis Dudeney |
| Spivey/K Gilding vs. Max Hopp |
| Maximilian Czerwinski vs. Labanauskas/Francis |
| Van der Velde/Tweddell vs. Leon Weber |
| Bereza/Griffin vs. Oskar Lukasiak |
| Bellmont/Manby vs. Thorpe/Ljubic |
| Meulenkamp/S Price vs. Adam Warner |
| Lap/Evetts vs. Reyes/Usher |
| Dennie Olde Kalter vs. van Trijp/Campbell |
| Sparidaans/Waites vs. Potter/Landman |
| Maik Kuivenhoven vs. Unterbuchner/Rodriguez |
| Ehlers/Kraft vs. Gotthardt/Lee |
| Branley/O King vs. Bradley Brooks |
| Langford/Rosney vs. Burton/Eichen |
Third round
| Karel Sedlacek vs. Raymond van Barneveld |
| Peter Wright vs. Czerwinski/Labanauskas/Francis |
| Gabriel Clemens vs. Bialecki/Kist |
| Rupprecht/Walker/Crabtree vs. Joe Cullen |
| Niels Zonneveld vs. Van Schie/Bissell |
| Spivey/K Gilding/Hopp vs. Merkx/Barkhausen/Van Velzen |
| Kanik/Long vs. Callan Rydz |
| Niko Springer vs. Ehlers/Kraft/Gotthardt/Lee |
| Nick Kenny vs. Lipscombe/Todd/Sneyd |
| Kuivenhoven/Unterbuchner/Rodriguez vs. Wild/Coates/Paxton |
| Alan Soutar vs. Richard Veenstra |
| Tribault Tricole vs. Langford/Rosney/Burton/Eichen |
| Madars Razma vs. Gawlas/Dudeney |
| Branley/O King/Brooks vs. Bereza/Griffin/Lukasiak |
| Lovely/McGuirk vs. Martin Lukeman |
| Tingström/Pearse/Culleton vs. Plaisier/Bates/Hofkens |
| Ricky Evans vs. Brendan Dolan |
| Kevin Doets vs. Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Kim Huybrechts vs. Keane Barry |
| Lukas Wenig vs. Mensur Suljovic |
| Sparidaans/Waites/Potter/Landman vs. Connor Scutt |
| Meulenkamp/S Price/Warner vs. Jeffrey De Graaf |
| Owen/Henderyck vs. Pilgrim/Greaves |
| Ryan Meikle vs. William O'Connor |
| Boulton/Kirk/M King vs. P Williams/Stevenson/Dekker |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde vs. Van der Velde/Tweddell/Weber |
| Ritchie/Leek/Sharp vs. Mickey Mansell |
| Beeton/Merk/Ryan/Sykes vs. Lap/Evetts/Reyes/Usher |
| Grüllich/Van den Herik/Hall vs. Justin Hood |
| James Hurrell vs. Bellmont/Manby/Thorpe/Ljubić |
| Ian White vs. Olde Kalter/Van Trijp/Campbell |
| Pratnemer/Goffin/Whittaker/De Zwaan vs. Scott Williams |
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2026 UK Open schedule
Here is the schedule for the tournament.
Day 1 afternoon session - main stage (starts at 12:00 p.m. local time)
| Match | Date | Time (local) | Round |
| Stefan Bellmont vs. Charlie Manby | Fri., Mar. 6 | 12:00 p.m. | R1 |
| Sam Spivey vs. Kyle Gilding | Fri., Mar. 6 | 12:30 p.m. | R1 |
| Sebastian Bialecki vs. Christian Kist | Fri., Mar. 6 | 1:00 p.m. | R2 |
| Jimmy van Schie vs. Tom Bissell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 1:30 p.m. | R2 |
| Darryl Pilgrim vs. Beau Greaves | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2:00 p.m. | R2 |
| Rupprecht/Walker vs. Cam Crabtree | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2:30 p.m. | R2 |
| Karel Sedlacek vs. Raymond van Barneveld | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3:00 p.m. | R3 |
| Ricky Evans vs. Brendan Dolan | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3:30 p.m. | R3 |
| Peter Wright vs. Czerwinski/Labanauskas/Francis | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4:00 p.m. | R3 |
Day 1/round one afternoon session - other stages
*Matches are in order of play (starts at 11:00 a.m. local time)
| Match | Date | Stage |
| Pascal Rupprecht vs. Jenson Walker | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Filip Bereza vs. Rhys Griffin | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Jack Todd vs. Carl Sneyd | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Samuel Whittaker vs. Jeffrey de Zwaan | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Owen Bates vs. Yorick Hofkens | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| James Beeton vs. Arno Merk | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Patrik Williams vs. Simon Stevenson | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Aden Kirk vs. Mervyn King | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Stephen Burton vs. Jake Eichen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Clive Langford vs. Stephen Rosney | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Ryan Branley vs. Oliver King | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Lewis Pearse vs. Niall Culleton | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Danny van Trijp vs. Scott Campbell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Matthias Ehlers vs. Marvin Kraft | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Michael Unterbuchner vs. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Cristo Reyes vs. Graham Usher | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Alexander Merkx vs. Jannis Barkhausen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Benjamin Pratnemer vs. Callum Goffin | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Jamai van den Herik vs. Graham Hall | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Ron Meulenkamp vs. Samuel Price | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Nathan Potter vs. Chris Landman | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Adam Leek vs. David Sharp | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Tyler Thorpe vs. Pero Ljubic | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Sean Ryan vs. Tom Sykes | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Darius Labanauskas vs. Callum Francis | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Jurjen van der Velde vs. Jack Tweddell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans vs. Scott Waites | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Neil Wild vs. Henry Coates | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Kai Gotthardt vs. Daniel Lee | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Sietse Lap vs. Ted Evetts | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
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Day 1/round two afternoon session - other stages
*Matches are in order of play
| Match | Date | Stage |
| Thomas Lovely vs. Shane McGuirk | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Rob Owen vs. Stefaan Henderyck | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Wesley Plaisier vs. Bates/Hofkens | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Viktor Tingstrom vs. Pearse/Culleton | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| P Williams/Stevenson vs. Cor Dekker | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Andy Boulton vs. Kirk/M King | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Adam Lipscombe vs. Todd/Sneyd | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Adam Gawlas vs. Tavis Dudeney | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Maximilian Czerwinski vs. Labanauskas/Francis | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Bereza/Griffin vs. Oskar Lukasiak | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Meulenkamp/Price vs. Adam Warner | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Dennie Olde Kalter vs. Van Trijp/Campbell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Maik Kuivenhoven vs. Unterbuchner/Rodriguez | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Branley/O King vs. Bradley Brooks | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Tytus Kanik vs. Jim Long | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Greg Ritchie vs. Leek/Sharp | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Wild/Coates vs. Adam Paxton | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Dominik Gruellich vs. Van den Herik/Hall | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Merkx/Barkhausen vs. Marvin van Velzen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Pratnemer/Goffin vs. Whittaker/De Zwaan | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Beeton/Merk vs. Ryan/Sykes | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Spivey/Gilding vs. Max Hopp | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Van der Velde/Tweddell vs. Leon Weber | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Bellmont/Manby vs. Thorpe/Ljubic | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Lap/Evetts vs. Reyes/Usher | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Sparidaans/Waites vs. Potter/Landman | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Ehlers/Kraft vs. Gotthardt/Lee | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Langford/Rosney vs. Burton/Eichen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
Day 1/round three afternoon session - other stages
*Matches are in order of play
| Match | Date | Stage |
| Kevin Doets vs. Ricardo Pietreczko | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Lukas Wenig vs. Mensur Suljovic | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Meulenkamp/Price/Warner vs. Jeffrey de Graaf | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Ryan Meikle vs. William O'Connor | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Alan Soutar vs. Richard Veenstra | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Madars Razma vs. Gawlas/Dudeney | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Lovely/McGuirk vs. Martin Lukeman | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Gabriel Clemens vs. Bialecki/Kist | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Niels Zonneveld vs. Van Schie/Bissell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Kanik/Long vs. Callan Rydz | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Nick Kenny vs. Lipscombe/Todd/Sneyd | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Ritchie/Leek/Sharp vs. Mickey Mansell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Gruellich/Van den Herik/Hall vs. Justin Hood | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Ian White vs. Olde Kalter/Van Trijp/Campbell | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Kim Huybrechts vs. Keane Barry | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Sparidaans/Waites/Potter/Landman vs. Connor Scutt | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Owen/Henderyck vs. Pilgrim/Greaves | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Boulton/Kirk/M King vs. P Williams/Stevenson/Dekker | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Thibault Tricole vs. Langford/Rosney/Burton/Eichen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| Branley/O King/Brooks vs. Bereza/Griffin/Lukasiak | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Tingstrom/Pearse/Culleton vs. Plaisier/Bates/Hofkens | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Rupprecht/Walker/Crabtree vs. Joe Cullen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 2 |
| Spivey/Gilding/Hopp vs. Merkx/Barkhausen/Van Velzen | Fri., Mar. 6 | 3 |
| Niko Springer vs. Ehlers/Kraft/Gotthardt/Lee | Fri., Mar. 6 | 4 |
| Kuivenhoven/Unterbuchner/Rodriguez vs. Wild/Coates/Paxton | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
| Beeton/Merk/Ryan/Sykes vs. Lap/Evetts/Reyes/Usher | Fri., Mar. 6 | 6 |
| James Hurrell vs. Bellmont/Manby/Thorpe/Ljubic | Fri., Mar. 6 | 7 |
| Pratnemer/Goffin/Whittaker/De Zwaan vs. Scott Williams | Fri., Mar. 6 | 8 |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde vs. Van der Velde/Tweddell/Weber | Fri., Mar. 6 | 5 |
Day 1/round four evening session
*This section will be updated after the afternoon session (starts at 7:00 p.m. local time)
Prize Money
*Data via Wikipedia
| Winner | (1) | £120,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £60,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £35,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £20,000 |
| Last 16 (sixth round) | (8) | £12,500 |
| Last 32 (fifth round) | (16) | £7,500 |
| Last 64 (fourth round) | (32) | £3,000 |
| Last 96 (third round) | (32) | £2,000 |
| Last 128 (second round) | (32) | £1,250 |
| Last 160 (first round) | (32) | n/a |
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Format
- Players will enter the tournament in a round that correlates with the way they qualified
- First round: OoM qualifiers (97-128), development tour qualifiers, challenge tour qualifiers and amateur qualifiers
- Second round: OoM qualifiers (65-96)
- Third round: OoM qualifiers (33-64)
- Fourth round: OoM qualfiers (1-32)
- A new draw will be conducted for each round
- All games will be played to best-of-x legs
- Best-of-11 legs: First round, second round and third round
- Best-of-19 legs: Fourth round, fifth round, sixth round and quarterfinals
- Best-of-21 legs: Semifinals and final
- Three-day tournament
- Mar. 6: First round, second round, third round and fourth round
- Mar. 7: Fifth round and sixth round
- Mar. 8: Quarterfinals, semifinals and final
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