Players Championship

2026 Players Championship 14

About the Players Championship

One-day, 128-player knockouts for Tour Card holders. There were 34 in 2026, none televised. The top 64 on Players Championship prize money qualify for the Players Championship Finals, a major, in November. The number in a name such as "Players Championship 31" is the event number within the season. Guide ›

Dates

Tue 5 May 2026

Venue

Hildesheim

Field

128 players

Talking points

Final

Wessel Nijman 8–1 Max Hopp

Best average

110.78 Damon Heta

Last 64 · v Jim Long 6–1

127 matches Official page & tickets ↗ Last verified: 1 hour ago

Results

Winner

Wessel Nijman

Runner-up

£10,000

Max Hopp

Semi-final

£6,500

Danny Noppert Tom Bissell

Quarter-final

£4,000

Krzysztof Ratajski Richard Veenstra Joe Hunt Mensur Suljovic

Matches

Final1

Wessel Nijman 8–1 Max Hopp

Semi-final2

Wessel Nijman 7–2 Danny Noppert

Tom Bissell 3–7 Max Hopp

Quarter-final4

Danny Noppert 6–2 Richard Veenstra

Tom Bissell 6–5 Mensur Suljovic

Wessel Nijman 6–1 Krzysztof Ratajski

Joe Hunt 3–6 Max Hopp

Last 168

James Hurrell 1–6 Krzysztof Ratajski

Richard Veenstra 6–1 Oliver Mitchell

Tom Bissell 6–1 Lukas Wenig

Mensur Suljovic 6–3 Maik Kuivenhoven

Keane Barry 1–6 Joe Hunt

Rob Cross 2–6 Max Hopp

Wessel Nijman 6–4 Joe Cullen

Danny Noppert 6–2 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Last 3216

Niall Culleton 3–6 Wessel Nijman

Adam Lipscombe 1–6 Joe Cullen

Cristo Reyes 5–6 James Hurrell

Darius Labanauskas 0–6 Krzysztof Ratajski

Mickey Mansell 5–6 Danny Noppert

Tom Sykes 3–6 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Richard Veenstra 6–3 Alexander Merkx

Martijn Dragt 5–6 Oliver Mitchell

Adam Warner 1–6 Tom Bissell

Lukas Wenig 6–5 Martin Schindler

Michael van Gerwen 4–6 Mensur Suljovic

Maik Kuivenhoven 6–3 Connor Scutt

Keane Barry 6–2 Tyler Thorpe

Joe Hunt 6–2 William O'Connor

Rob Cross 6–3 James Wade

Max Hopp 6–4 Damon Heta

Last 6432

Jeffrey De Zwaan 4–6 Adam Warner

Damon Heta 6–1 Jim Long

Lewis Pride 4–6 Max Hopp

James Wade 6–0 Rob Owen

Rob Cross 6–4 Ryan Meikle

Ian White 4–6 Tyler Thorpe

Pascal Rupprecht 2–6 Keane Barry

Connor Scutt 6–3 Andy Boulton

Arno Merk 5–6 Maik Kuivenhoven

Mensur Suljovic 6–2 Owen Bates

Michael van Gerwen 6–3 Ritchie Edhouse

Martin Schindler 6–4 Derek Coulson

Sietse Lap 4–6 Lukas Wenig

Chris Dobey 5–6 Tom Bissell

Raymond van Barneveld 3–6 Niall Culleton

Dimitri Van den Bergh 3–6 Martijn Dragt

Wessel Nijman 6–1 Jurjen van der Velde

Adam Lipscombe 6–5 Steve Lennon

Joe Cullen 6–2 Jimmy van Schie

Cristo Reyes 6–1 Marvin van Velzen

Jeffrey De Graaf 0–6 James Hurrell

Mickey Mansell 6–4 Cor Dekker

Danny Noppert 6–5 Marvin Kraft

Tom Sykes 6–3 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–5 Justin Hood

Richard Veenstra 6–4 Leon Weber

Jermaine Wattimena 2–6 Alexander Merkx

Oliver Mitchell 6–4 Ricky Evans

Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2 Madars Razma

Michael Smith 3–6 Darius Labanauskas

Gabriel Clemens 5–6 Joe Hunt

William O'Connor 6–4 Beau Greaves

Last 12864

Ross Smith 4–6 Ian White

Martijn Dragt 6–5 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Niels Zonneveld 4–6 Oliver Mitchell

Cam Crabtree 2–6 Ricky Evans

Raymond van Barneveld 6–2 Florian Preis

Adam Warner 6–0 Pero Ljubic

Chris Dobey 6–0 Danny Trueman

Nick Kenny 3–6 Tom Bissell

Dave Chisnall 3–6 Sietse Lap

Lukas Wenig 6–5 Dominik Gruellich

Martin Schindler 6–4 Peter Wright

Tytus Kanik 1–6 Derek Coulson

Brendan Dolan 5–6 Pascal Rupprecht

Stefaan Henderyck 2–6 Keane Barry

Ricardo Pietreczko 0–0 Jeffrey De Zwaan

Tyler Thorpe 6–2 Adam Gawlas

Ryan Joyce 5–6 Gabriel Clemens

Joe Hunt 6–3 Adam Paxton

William O'Connor 6–2 Stephen Rosney

Jack Tweddell 2–6 Beau Greaves

Rob Cross 6–2 Chris Landman

Thibault Tricole 4–6 Ryan Meikle

James Wade 6–2 Wesley Plaisier

Tommy Morris 2–6 Rob Owen

Gary Anderson 5–6 Lewis Pride

Christian Kist 0–0 Max Hopp

Damon Heta 6–2 Tavis Dudeney

Dennie Olde Kalter 3–6 Jim Long

Sebastian Bialecki 1–6 Cristo Reyes

Alan Soutar 5–6 Mickey Mansell

Scott Williams 1–6 Madars Razma

Krzysztof Ratajski 6–1 Stefan Bellmont

Jenson Walker 4–6 Darius Labanauskas

Michael Smith 6–4 Adam Leek

Thomas Lovely 1–6 James Hurrell

Kevin Doets 4–6 Jeffrey De Graaf

Benjamin Pratnemer 3–6 Marvin van Velzen

Alexander Merkx 6–5 Charlie Manby

Jimmy van Schie 6–2 Tommy Lishman

Joe Cullen 6–5 Kai Gotthardt

Steve Lennon 6–5 Maximilian Czerwinski

Andrew Gilding 4–6 Adam Lipscombe

Jurjen van der Velde 6–4 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Wessel Nijman 6–2 Daniel Klose

Niall Culleton 6–3 Filip Bereza

Danny Noppert 6–0 Samuel Price

Kim Huybrechts 2–6 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Jermaine Wattimena 6–4 Viktor Tingstrom

Leon Weber 6–2 Callum Goffin

Richard Veenstra 6–3 Rhys Griffin

Justin Hood 6–5 Martin Lukeman

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–3 Shane McGuirk

Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–5 Darryl Pilgrim

Karel Sedlacek 1–6 Tom Sykes

Marvin Kraft 6–5 Yorick Hofkens

Cor Dekker 6–4 Stephen Burton

Maik Kuivenhoven 6–3 Mervyn King

Michael van Gerwen 6–3 David Sharp

Ritchie Edhouse 6–3 Matthias Ehlers

Luke Woodhouse 3–6 Mensur Suljovic

Nathan Potter 5–6 Owen Bates

Mike De Decker 4–6 Arno Merk

Callan Rydz 3–6 Andy Boulton

Niko Springer 0–6 Connor Scutt

Venue location

Halle 39, Hildesheim

Halle 39, 7, Schinkelstraße, Gewerbegebiet Hildesheim-Nord, Nordstadt, Hildesheim, Landkreis Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, 31137, Deutschland

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