WDF World Championship 2026 Schedule of Play | Confirmed fixture list for Lakeside

The schedule of play for the 2026 WDF World Championship has been confirmed ahead of this year’s Lakeside showpiece.

The fifth staging of the WDF World Championship will take place from November 27 to December 6 at the historic Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, featuring a total prize fund of £223,500.

The men’s draw features the top 16 players in the WDF World Rankings seeded, headed by teenage sensation Mitchell Lawrie – who finished runner-up to Jimmy van Schie in last year’s competition.

Jenson Walker, 20, is the number two seed, ahead of Germany’s Paul Krohne – the 2026 Dutch Open champion.

American ace Leonard Gates, a multiple former World Seniors event winner, is the number four seed, while the seeded contingent also includes former PDC Tour Card holders Matthew Edgar, Ross Montgomery and Brian Raman, as well as former WDF World Champion Neil Duff.

New Zealand’s Haupai Puha and Canada’s Jeff Smith, also former Tour Card holders, are amongst the players ranked 17-32, as well as Germany’s Liam Maendl-Lawrance.

Ron Meulenkamp, David Davies and Japanese duo Tomoya Goto and Ryusei Azemoto – who have all competed in the PDC World Championship in recent years – are among the players ranked 33-48.

Deta Hedman returns as the defending Women’s World Champion and number one seed, having won the Las Vegas Open, Denmark Open and Toronto Area Open this year.

Irish Open and Hungarian Masters winner Rhian O’Sullivan is the number two seed, ahead of Dutch Open winner Priscilla Steenbergen.

Last year’s runner-up Lerena Rietbergen is among the players ranked 9-16, as well as Italy’s Aurora Fochesato and Scotland’s Lorraine Hyde.

The boy’s event will see Lawrie looking to successfully defend his title in a high quality 12-player field which also includes rising stars Kaya Baysal and Mason Teese.

Paige Pauling is the number one seed in the Girls’ draw, while Turkey’s Zehra Gemi bids to retain the title.

WDF World Championship 2026 Schedule of Play

Friday November 27

First Round

6pm-10pm
Carsten Hoffmann v Dennis Nilsson
Matt Clark v Terry Tan
Franko Giuliani v Joey Lynaugh
Jeff Smith v David Davies
Petri Rasmus v Ryusei Azemoto
Harry Lane v Declan Bailey

Saturday November 28

First Round (unless stated)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Aurora Fochesato v Steph Clarke
Stefan Schroder v Pat Scurfield
Lorraine Hyde v Mayumi Ouchi
Ben Townley v Shane Sakchekapo
Irina Armstrong v Chris Richardson
Anthony Brown v Paul Lewis

Evening Session (6pm-10pm)
R2 – Moreno Blom (7) v Hoffmann/Nilsson
Cali West v Desi Mercer
R2 – Paul Krohne (3) v Clark/Tan
R2 – Corne Groeneveld (11) v Smith/Davies
Anca Zijlstra v Paula Murphy
Sean Fisher v Jitse Van der Wal

Sunday November 29

First Round (unless stated)

Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Emine Dursun v Kim Holden
R2 – Leonard Gates (4) v Townley/Sakchekapo
Jitka Cisarova v Eve Watson
R2 – James Beeton (5) v Rasmus/Azemoto
Lerena Rietbergen v Sophie McKinlay
Mark Cleaver v Blake Hatchett

Evening Session (6pm-10pm)
Liam Maendl-Lawrance v Berry Pater
R2 – Deta Hedman (1) v West/Mercer
Lewis Gurney v Ron Meulenkamp
R2 – Brian Raman (14) v Brown/Lewis
R2 – Nicole Regnaud (8) v Armstrong/Richardson
Haupai Puha v Tomoya Goto

Monday November 30

6pm-10pm
R1 – Daniel Zapata v Aaron Turner
R2 – Kirsi Viinikainen (5) v Fochesato/Clarke
R1 – Alex Williams v Dmitrii Rogov
R2 – Kaya Baysal (8) v Schroder/Scurfield
R2 – Maria Carli (4) v Hyde/Ouchi
R2 – Matthew Edgar (6) v Puha/Goto

Tuesday December 1

Second Round

6pm-10pm
Jarno Bottenberg (12) v Maendl-Lawrance/Pater
Paula Jacklin (6) v Zijlstra/Murphy
Chris Lim (13) v Giuliani/Lynaugh
Jenson Walker (2) v Cleaver/Hatchett
Aileen de Graaf (7) v Rietbergen/McKinlay
Mursel Yavuz (9) v Zapata/Turner

Wednesday December 2

Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
R1 – Mika Donnevert v Benjamin Dopfer
R1 – Toby Clements v Christian Ennis

Further matches TBC

Evening Session (6pm-10pm)
R2 – Neil Duff (15) v Gurney/Meulenkamp
R2 – Rhian O’Sullivan (2) v Dursun/Holden
R2 – Mitchell Lawrie (1) v Lane/Bailey
R2 – Scott Robertson (16) v Williams/Rogov
R2 – Ross Montgomery (10) v Fisher/Van der Wal

Thursday December 3

Afternoon Session (12pm-5pm)
Gates/Townley/Sakchekapo v Lim/Giuliani/Lynaugh
Open Youth: Jack Nankervis v Cori Wiltshire
Baysal/Schroder/Scurfield v Yavuz/Zapata/Turner
Women: Priscilla Steenbergen (3) v Cisarova/Watson
Beeton/Rasmus/Azemoto v Bottenberg/Maendl-Lawrance/Pater
Open Youth: Ben Townley v Addison Hefferon
Krohne/Clark/Tan v Raman/Brown/Lewis

Evening Session (6pm-10pm)
Girls: Zehra Gemi v Celina Glaser
Edgar/Puha/Goto v Groeneveld/Smith/Davies
Open Youth: Kai Burger (3) v Donnevert/Dopfer
Lawrie/Lane/Bailey v Robertson/Williams/Rogov
Girls: Ruby Grey v Rebecca Allen
Walker/Cleaver/Hatchett v Duff/Gurney/Meulenkamp
Open Youth: Kaya Baysal (2) v Clements/Ennis
Blom/Hoffmann/Nilsson v Montgomery/Fisher/Van der Wal

Friday December 4

Quarter Finals

Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm)

Open Youth: Mitchell Lawrie (1) v Nankervis/Wiltshire
Open Youth: Mason Teese (4) v Townley/Hefferon

Evening Session (6pm-10pm)

Women’s QF:
Men’s QF:

Saturday December 5

Semi-Finals

Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm)

Girls: Paige Pauling (1) v Grey/Allen
Boys:
Women’s:
Men’s:

Evening Session (6pm-10pm)

Girls: Macy Gibbons (2) v Gemi/Glaser
Boys:
Women’s:
Men’s:

Sunday December 6

Final

2pm-10pm
Girls:
Boys:
Women’s:
Men’s: