The second half of the year is filled with huge tournaments on the PDC calendar.
The World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts, just to name a few.
These tournaments are important, but not as coveted as the PDC World Championship, which starts in mid-December and runs until the beginning of January.
Players are slowly starting to qualify for the tournament, as a new format is set to be enforced with a record 128 players competing this year.
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Who has qualified so far for the 2026 PDC World Championship?
The 128 players will consist of players qualifying through these routes (via the PDC website):
- Top 40 from PDC Order of Merit
- Top 40 from ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
- 48x International Qualifiers
Top 40 from PDC Order of Merit
*List of players TBD
Top 40 from ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
*List of players TBD
48x International Qualifiers
*5/48 have qualified as of 8/7/25
- PDC World Youth Champion
- PDC Development Tour Winner
- PDC Development Tour Runner-Up
- PDC Development Tour Third Place
- PDC Challenge Tour Winner
- PDC Challenge Tour Runner-Up
- PDC Challenge Tour Third Place
- PDC Women's World Matchplay Winner - Lisa Ashton
- PDC Women's Series Winner - Beau Greaves (Still has to accept/decline)
- PDC Women's Series Runner-Up
- PDC Women's Series Third Place
- Steel Darts Japan Tour Winner
- PDC China Championship Winner - Xiaochen Zong
- IDC Indian Qualifier
- PDC Asian Championship Winner
- PDC Asian Championship Runner-Up
- PDC Asian Tour Winner - Alexis Toylo (Didn't win yet, but did enough to qualify for 2026 PDC WC)
- PDC Asian Tour Runner-Up
- PDC Asian Tour Third Place
- PDC Asian Tour Fourth Place
- PDC Asian Tour Fifth Place
- PDCE Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier
- PDCE Mediterranean Qualifier
- PDCE South-East Europe Qualifier
- PDCE Czechia Qualifier
- PDO Polish Qualifier
- PDCE DACH Super League Winner
- Hungarian Super League Winner
- PDC UK&IRE Tour Card Holder & Associate Member Qualifier
- PDC North American Championship Winner
- CDC Continental Cup Winner
- CDC Cross-Border Challenge Winner - Leonard Gates
- CDC Top Ranked American - Adam Sevada (not over yet, but clinched WC spot)
- CDC Top Ranked Canadian
- CDLC Qualifier
- PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner
- PDCNB ProTour Winner - Andreas Harrysson
- PDCNB ProTour Runner-Up - Teemu Harju
- ANZ Premier League Winner
- ADA Australian Tour Winner
- DPA ProTour Winner
- DPNZ ProTour Winner
- African Darts Group Qualifier
- PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 1
- PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 2
- PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 3
- PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 4
- One Place TBC
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