UK Open Darts 2026: Complete Schedule, Draw, TV Channel & Free Live Stream as Luke Littler Aims to Defend His Title in Minehead!

THE UK Open returns this week as darts’ biggest stars compete in one of the sport’s most exciting events.

Often labelled the ‘ of ‘, this tournament is regarded as one of the most unpredictable and open in the calendar.

Luke Littler won the 2025 UK Open, beating James Wade in the finalCredit: Getty Andrew Gilding became the oldest first-time winner at the UK Open in 2023Credit: Dave Allen

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The packed field includes 128 Tour Card holders, eight players from the Development Tour and 16 qualifiers.

Stars such as , and won’t start their campaigns until the fourth round.

Players ranked 97-128 will start in the first round, ranks 65-96 will join in the second round, and players ranked 33-64 will come in at the third round.

When is the UK Open 2026?

• The tournament will begin on Friday, March 6.
• The UK Open will run until Sunday, March 8.
• It will be held at Butlins in Minehead.

What TV channel is the UK Open 2026 on and can it be live streamed FREE?

• In the UK, the tournament will be broadcast on ITV4.
• The event will also be streamed live on ITVX.
• Sessions will be played at 12pm/7pm GMT on Friday and 1pm/7pm GMT on Saturday and Sunday.

UK Open 2026 schedule and results

Friday, March 6

Main Stage – 12pm onwards

Round One

• Stefan Bellmont 3-6 Charlie Manby
• Sam Spivey 6-2 Kyle Gilding

Round Two

• Sebastian Bialecki 6-5 Christian Kist
• Jimmy van Schie 2-6 Tom Bissell
• Darryl Pilgrim 6-4 Beau Greaves
• Pascal Rupprecht 6-5 Cam Crabtree

Round Three

• Karel Sedlacek 5-6 Raymond van Barneveld
• Ricky Evans 6-2 Brendan Dolan
• Peter Wright 6-3 Darius Labanauskas

Stage Two – 11am onwards

Round One

• Pascal Rupprecht 6-1 Jenson Walker
• Aden Kirk 4-6 Mervyn King
• Michael Unterbuchner 6-5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
• Adam Leek 6-5 David Sharp

Round Two

• Thomas Lovely 6-4 Shane McGuirk
• Adam Gawlas 6-0 Tavis Dudeney
• Tytus Kanik 0-6 Jim Long
• Sam Spivey 6-5 Max Hopp

Round Three

• Kevin Doets 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
• Gabriel Clemens 6-4 Sebastian Bialecki
• Kim Huybrechts 5-6 Keane Barry
• Pascal Rupprecht 4-6 Joe Cullen

Stage Three – 11am onwards

First Round

• Filip Bereza 2-6 Rhys Griffin
• Stephen Burton 6-2 Jake Eichen
• Cristo Reyes 6-3 Graham Usher
• Tyler Thorpe 6-0 Pero Ljubic
• Kai Gotthardt 6-4 Daniel Lee

Round Two

• Robert Owen 6-4 Stefaan Henderyck
• Maximilian Czerwinski 3-6 Darius Labanauskas
• Greg Ritchie 6-3 Adam Leek
• Jurjen van der Velde 5-6 Leon Weber

Round Three

• Lukas Wenig 2-6 Mensur Suljovic
• Niels Zonneveld 6-3 Tom Bissell
• Jeffrey Sparidaans 3-6 Connor Scutt
• Sam Spivey 5-6 Alexander Merkx

Stage Four – 11am onwards

Round One

• Jack Todd 6-4 Carl Sneyd
• Clive Langford 5-6 Stephen Rosney
• Alexander Merkx 6-3 Jannis Barkhausen
• Sean Ryan 2-6 Tom Sykes
• Sietse Lap 6-3 Ted Evetts

Round Two

• Wesley Plaisier 4-6 Owen Bates
• Rhys Griffin 2-6 Oskar Lukasiak
• Henry Coates 6-4 Adam Paxton
• Charlie Manby 6-2 Tyler Thorpe

Round Three

• Adam Warner 1-6 Jeffrey de Graaf
• Jim Long 6-5 Callan Rydz
• Robert Owen 5-6 Darryl Pilgrim
• Niko Springer 4-6 Kai Gotthardt

Stage Five – 11am onwards

Round One

• Samuel Whittaker 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
• Ryan Branley 3-6 Oliver King
• Benjamin Pratnemer 6-3 Callum Goffin
• Darius Labanauskas 6-4 Callum Francis

Round Two

• Ron Meulenkamp 5-6 Adam Warner
• Dominik Gruellich 6-1 Jamai van den Herik
• Viktor Tingstrom w/o Niall Culleton
• Sietse Lap 1-6 Cristo Reyes

Round Three

• Ryan Meikle 4-6 William O’Connor
• Nick Kenny 5-6 Adam Lipscombe
• Andy Boulton 6-4 Patrick Williams
• Michael Unterbuchner 4-6 Henry Coates
• Mario Vandenbogaerde 5-6 Leon Weber

Stage Six – 11am onwards

Round One

• Owen Bates 6-3 Yorick Hofkens
• Lewis Pearse 3-6 Niall Culleton
• Jamai van den Herik 6-3 Graham Hall
• Jurjen van der Velde 6-4 Jack Tweddell

Round Two

• Patrick Williams 6-5 Cor Dekker
• Dennie Olde Kalter 1-6 Scott Campbell
• Alexander Merkx 6-2 Marvin van Velzen
• Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-3 Chris Landman

Round Three

• Alan Soutar 4-6 Richard Veenstra
• Greg Ritchie 6-5 Mickey Mansell
• Thibault Tricole 6-4 Stephen Rosney
• Tom Sykes 6-4 Cristo Reyes

Stage Seven – 11am onwards

Round One

• James Beeton 5-6 Arno Merk
• Danny van Trijp w/o Scott Campbell
• Ron Meulenkamp 6-2 Samuel Price
• Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-4 Scott Waites

Round Two

• Andy Boulton 6-4 Mervyn King
• Maik Kuivenhoven 5-6 Michael Unterbuchner
• Benjamin Pratnemer 6-1 Samuel Whittaker
• Marvin Kraft 2-6 Kai Gotthardt

Round Three

• Madars Razma 6-2 Adam Gawlas
• Dominik Gruellich 6-4 Justin Hood
• Bradley Brooks 3-6 Oskar Lukasiak
• James Hurrell 4-6 Charlie Manby

Stage Eight – 11am onwards

Round One

• Patrick Williams 6-4 Simon Stevenson
• Matthias Ehlers w/o Marvin Kraft
• Nathan Potter 2-6 Chris Landman
• Neil Wild 3-6 Henry Coates

Round Two

• Adam Lipscombe 6-0 Jack Todd
• Oliver King 5-6 Bradley Brooks
• Arno Merk 4-6 Tom Sykes
• Stephen Rosney 6-4 Stephen Burton

Round Three

• Thomas Lovely 4-6 Martin Lukeman
• Ian White 2-6 Scott Campbell
• Niall Culleton 6-4 Owen Bates
• Benjamin Pratnemer 6-4 Scott Williams

Round Four

7:10pm

• Jonny Clayton 10-2 Alexander Merkx
• Rob Cross 10-7 Gian van Veen
• Niall Culleton 8-10 Dominik Gruellich
• Kevin Doets 10-5 Jeffrey De Graaf
• Greg Ritchie 3-10 Gerwyn Price
• Mensur Suljovic 10-5 Jermaine Wattimena
• Dimitri Van Den Bergh 4-10 Danny Noppert
• Richard Veenstra 9-10 Gabriel Clemens

8pm

• Andy Boulton 7-10 Ryan Searle
• Stephen Bunting 10-5 Thibault Tricole
• Joe Cullen 8-10 Martin Schindler
• Martin Lukeman 10-6 Ritchie Edhouse
• Krzysztof Ratajski 10-4 Ricky Evans
• Michael Smith 10-8 Leon Weber
• Raymond van Barneveld 1-10 Wessel Nijman
• Luke Woodhouse 3-10 Luke Humphries

8:50pm

• Mike De Decker 10-8 Adam Lipscombe
• Daryl Gurney 10-7 Niels Zonneveld
• Luke Littler 10-3 Damon Heta
• Jim Long 9-10 Madars Razma
• Oskar Lukasiak 10-7 Benjamin Pratnemer
• Connor Scutt 5-10 Darryl Pilgrim
• Ross Smith 10-4 Andrew Gilding
• Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-10 Gary Anderson

9:40pm

• Dave Chisnall 10-5 Scott Campbell
• Henry Coates 2-10 Keane Barry
• Chris Dobey 9-10 James Wade
• Kai Gotthardt 10-8 Tom Skyes
• Ryan Joyce 10-6 Charlie Manby
• Cameron Menzies 6-10 Peter Wright
• Josh Rock 10-9 William O’Connor
• Michael van Gerwen 10-8 Nathan Aspinall

Saturday, March 7
Round five (12pm-5pm)

Match order and stage location yet to be confirmed

• Martin Lukeman 10-3 Madars Razma
• Ross Smith 8-10 Daryl Gurney
• Darryl Pilgrim 7-10 Jonny Clayton
• Gary Anderson 10-7 Martin Schindler
• Gabriel Clemens 2-10 James Wade
• Peter Wright 2-10 Danny Noppert
• Mensur Suljovic 2-10 Stephen Bunting
• Wessel Nijman 5-10 Gerwyn Price
• Oskar Lukasiak 5-10 Krzysztof Ratajski
• Kevin Doets 8-10 Luke Littler
• Mike De Decker 9-10 Rob Cross
• Josh Rock 10-7 Dominik Gruellich
• Kai Gotthardt 6-10 Michael van Gerwen
• Ryan Joyce 7-10 Keane Barry
• Ryan Searle 10-9 Michael Smith
• Luke Humphries 10-4 Dave Chisnall

Round six (7pm-11pm)

• Stephen Bunting vs Josh Rock
• Martin Lukeman vs Jonny Clayton
• Gary Anderson vs Luke Littler
• Daryl Gurney vs Rob Cross
• Michael van Gerwen vs James Wade
• Gerwyn Price vs Keane Barry
• Luke Humphries vs Danny Noppert
• Ryan Searle vs Krzysztof Ratajski

Sunday, March 8

• Quarter-finals (12pm-5pm)
• Semi-finals and final (7pm-11pm)

Who are the top 32 seeded players?

The top 32 players will begin their UK Open campaigns in the fourth round on Friday evening.

Here they are:

1. Luke Humphries
2. Luke Littler
3. Michael van Gerwen
4. Rob Cross
5. Stephen Bunting
6. Jonny Clayton
7. Dave Chisnall
8. Chris Dobey
9. Gerwyn Price
10. Damon Heta
11. Nathan Aspinall
12. Peter Wright
13. Danny Noppert
14. James Wade
15. Gary Anderson
16. Dimitri Van den Bergh
17. Josh Rock
18. Ryan Searle
19. Ross Smith
20. Michael Smith
21. Andrew Gilding
22. Martin Schindler
23. Joe Cullen
24. Mike De Decker
25. Daryl Gurney
26. Dirk van Duijvenbode
27. Gian van Veen
28. Ritchie Edhouse
29. Ryan Joyce
30. Ricardo Pietreczko
31. Krzysztof Ratajski
32. Brendan Dolan