Majors

2026 World Matchplay

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

Sat 18 Jul 2026 – Sun 26 Jul 2026

Venue

Blackpool

Field

32 players

Talking points

Final

Luke Littler 18–9 Gerwyn Price

TVTelevised 31 matches Official page & tickets ↗ Last verified: 14 minutes ago

Results

Winner

Luke Littler

Runner-up

£125,000

Gerwyn Price

Semi-final

£65,000

Gian van Veen Dirk van Duijvenbode

Quarter-final

£35,000

Gary Anderson Josh Rock Ross Smith James Wade

Matches

Final1

Luke Littler 18–9 Gerwyn Price

Semi-final2

Luke Littler 17–5 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Gerwyn Price 17–10 Gian van Veen

Quarter-final4

Luke Littler 16–7 Josh Rock

Dirk van Duijvenbode 16–13 Gary Anderson

Ross Smith 12–16 Gerwyn Price

Gian van Veen 16–13 James Wade

Last 168

Luke Littler 11–8 Nathan Aspinall

Josh Rock 11–6 Stephen Bunting

Michael van Gerwen 12–14 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Jonny Clayton 7–11 Gary Anderson

Cameron Menzies 0–0 Ross Smith

Gerwyn Price 11–5 Rob Cross

Gian van Veen 14–12 Wessel Nijman

James Wade 11–8 Ryan Searle

Last 3216

Luke Littler 10–6 Niko Springer

Nathan Aspinall 10–5 Joe Cullen

Josh Rock 10–4 Luke Woodhouse

Stephen Bunting 13–12 Niels Zonneveld

Michael van Gerwen 10–6 Andrew Gilding

Chris Dobey 11–13 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Jonny Clayton 10–7 Damon Heta

Gary Anderson 10–2 Ryan Joyce

Gian van Veen 10–6 Krzysztof Ratajski

Wessel Nijman 10–5 Dave Chisnall

James Wade 10–7 Jermaine Wattimena

Ryan Searle 10–6 William O'Connor

Luke Humphries 7–10 Cameron Menzies

Ross Smith 10–6 Kevin Doets

Gerwyn Price 11–9 Martin Schindler

Danny Noppert 3–10 Rob Cross

Venue location

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Winter Gardens, 97, Church Street, Foxhall, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, FY1 1HU, United Kingdom

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