Majors

2026 European Championship

About the Majors

The big televised events: the World Championship (December–January, Alexandra Palace, London), the World Matchplay (July, Blackpool), the UK Open, the World Grand Prix, the Grand Slam, the Players Championship Finals, the European Championship, the World Masters and the World Cup (a team event between nations). Field sizes vary from 32 players to 128 at the World Championship. Guide ›

Dates

Thu 22 Oct 2026 – Sun 25 Oct 2026

Venue

Dortmund

Field

32 players

Venue capacity

15,400

Reference (Wikidata). Darts seating is usually lower ↗

Talking points

Final

Ross Smith 11–8 Martin Schindler

TVTelevised 31 matches Official page & tickets ↗ Last verified: 2 hours ago

Results

Winner

Ross Smith

Runner-up

£80,000

Martin Schindler

Semi-final

£50,000

Gerwyn Price Krzysztof Ratajski

Quarter-final

£35,000

Luke Littler Jonny Clayton Stephen Bunting Luke Woodhouse

Matches

Final1

Ross Smith 11–8 Martin Schindler

Semi-final2

Ross Smith 11–7 Gerwyn Price

Martin Schindler 11–6 Krzysztof Ratajski

Quarter-final4

Ross Smith 10–6 Luke Woodhouse

Gerwyn Price 10–3 Stephen Bunting

Martin Schindler 10–1 Jonny Clayton

Krzysztof Ratajski 10–6 Luke Littler

Last 168

Ross Smith 10–7 Damon Heta

Gian van Veen 6–10 Luke Woodhouse

Cameron Menzies 4–10 Gerwyn Price

Stephen Bunting 10–3 Kim Huybrechts

Martin Schindler 10–4 Jermaine Wattimena

Jonny Clayton 10–8 Josh Rock

Krzysztof Ratajski 10–8 Kevin Doets

Nathan Aspinall 5–10 Luke Littler

Last 3216

Ross Smith 6–4 Karel Sedlacek

James Wade 5–6 Damon Heta

Gian van Veen 6–4 Andrew Gilding

Luke Woodhouse 6–3 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Niels Zonneveld 3–6 Cameron Menzies

Gerwyn Price 6–2 Rob Cross

Danny Noppert 5–6 Stephen Bunting

Kim Huybrechts 6–1 Ryan Searle

Wessel Nijman 5–6 Martin Schindler

Ryan Joyce 3–6 Jermaine Wattimena

Jonny Clayton 6–3 Niko Springer

Josh Rock 6–1 Chris Dobey

Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2 Dave Chisnall

Kevin Doets 6–3 Michael van Gerwen

Nathan Aspinall 6–3 Cristo Reyes

Luke Littler 6–3 William O'Connor

Venue location

Westfalenhalle, Dortmund

Westfalenhalle, 200, Rheinlanddamm, Kreuzviertel, Innenstadt West, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 44139, Deutschland

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