Paddy Power World Championship Updates

30.10.2025
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The 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship and qualifier information as below. 

Field Composition
Top 40 from PDC Order of Merit 
Top 40 from ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
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48x International Qualifiers
SEE BELOW

First Round
Top 32 from PDC Order of Merit seeded in standard seed pattern. Players 33-64 from PDC Order of Merit drawn at random to left hand side of the draw. Remaining 64 players drawn at random.

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFIERS
Invited in the following order
PDC Women's World Matchplay Winner LISA ASHTON
PDC China Championship Winner XIAOCHEN ZONG
CDC Cross-Border Challenge Winner LEONARD GATES
CDC Top Ranked American ADAM SEVADAr
PDCNB ProTour Winner ANDREAS HARRYSSON
PDCNB ProTour Runner-Up TEEMU HARJU
ADA Australian Tour Winner TIM PUSEY
DPA ProTour Winner JOE COMITO
PDC Asian Championship Winner - LOURANCE IIAGAN
PDC Asian Championship Runner-Up - ALEXIS TOYLO
PDC Asian Tour Q - MOTOMO SAKAI
PDC Asian Tour Q - RYUSEI AZEMOTO
PDC Asian Tour  Q - PAUL LIM
PDC Asian Tour Q - MAN LOK LEUNG
PDC Asian Tour Q - PAOLO NEBRIDA
CDC Top Ranked Canadian - DAVID CAMERON
CDC Top Ranked Non-Qualified Player - STOWE BUNTZ
DPNZ ProTour Winner - JONNY TATA
African Darts Group Qualifier - DAVID MUNYUA
CDLC Qualifier - JESUS SALATE
PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner - OSKAR LUKASIAK
IDC Indian Qualifier - NITIN KUMAR
Hungarian Super League Winner - PATRIK KOVACS
PDC Development Tour Qualifier - OWEN BATES
PDC Development Tour Qualifier - CHARLIE MANBY
PDC Development Tour Qualifier - BEAU GREAVES
CDC Continental Cup Winner - ALEX SPELLMAN
PDC Women's Series Quaifier - FALLON SHERROCK
PDC Women's Series Quaifier - NOA-LYNN VAN LEUVEN
PDC Womens Series Quaifier - GEMMA HAYTER
PDC Challenge Tour Quaifier - STEFAN BELLMONT
PDC Challenge Tour Quaifier- TED EVETTS
PDC Challenge Tour Quaifier- MERVYN KING
PDC UK&IRE Tour Card Holder & Associate Member Qualifier - DAVID DAVIES
PDCE DACH Super League Winner - Nov 4th/7th
PDO Polish Qualifier - Nov 14th
PDCE Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier - Nov 15th
PDCE South-East Europe Qualifier - Nov 15th 
PDCE Czechia Qualifier - Nov 15th/16th
PDCE Mediterranean Qualifier - Nov 16th
Steel Darts Japan Tour Winner - Nov 16th
ANZ Premier League Winner - Nov 22nd
PDC World Youth Champion - Nov 23rd
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 1 -Nov 24th
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 2 - Nov 24th
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 3 - Nov 24th
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 4 - Nov 24th 
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 5 - Nov 24th

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER RULES/INFO

REGIONAL QUALIFIERS DURING NOVEMBER – UK & IRELAND, NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM, CZECHIA, POLAND ETC.

All Tour Card Holders in the first year since gaining/retaining their Tour Card are eligible. 

Tour Card Holders in the second year since gaining/retaining their Tour Card that are outside the top 64 in the World Rankings at the event closing date are eligible. 

Tour Card Holders who have held their Tour Card for more than two years consecutively are not eligible.  

TOUR CARD HOLDER QUALIFIER – 24 NOVEMBER 2025

All Tour Card Holders are eligible to enter the PDPA Tour Card Qualifier even if they have played in other regional qualifiers

QUALIFIERS INFORMATION 

NETHERLANDS & BELGIAN QUALIFIER (1)
Saturday 15th November, Maasport, Den Bosch
£90 Entry Fee
Entry Deadline 10-11-2025
Open to players from Netherlands and Belgium

MEDITERRANEAN QUALIFIER (1)
Sunday 16th November Hotel Restaurante El Rancho de la Aldegüela, Plaza del Mediodia, 1 - Torrecaballeros, Segovia

Open to players from the following countries: Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain. Entries are available via Dragos Ioan, costing €100.

SOUTH EAST EUROPE QUALIFIER (1) 
Saturday 15th November Amsterdam Club, Gábora Bethlena, Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Entry Deadline 10-11-2025
Entry Fee £90
Open to players from the following countries: Albania, Belarus*, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia*, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Türkiye, Ukraine
* Players from Russia and Belarus may only enter subject to certain special conditions which can be obtained from the PDC in advance of an entry being made.

CZECH QUALIFIER (1)
Sunday 16th November Darts Club AJETO, Prague, Czech Republic
Entry Fee £90
Entry Deadline 10-11-2025
Players only from the Czech Republic  

POLISH QUALIFIER (1)
Friday 14th November

Entries for the PDO Polish Qualifier can be made via this link.

UK & IRELAND TOUR CARD HOLDER & ASSOCIATE MEMBER QUALIFIER (1)
Saturday 1st November 2025 Robin Park, Wigan

Entry Fee £90
Entry Deadline of 28th October
Open to Tour Card Holders or Associate Members who played in the 2025 UK Qualifying School.
Entries are now closed.
Registration on the day 09.00-11.00 to start at 12.00. 

PDPA TOUR CARD QUALIFIER (4)
Monday 24th November Matioli Area, Leicester
This is the least chance scenario for any PDC Tour Card Holder who has not qualified for the World Championship, irrespective of what other qualifiers you have played in.prior.
No Entry Fee.
Entry Deadline 21st November

All entries except the Mediterranean Qualifier in Segovia (See Above) are via your PDC Online Account.

Prize Fund:
Champion £1,000,000
Runner Up £400,000
Semi Finalists £200,000
Quarter Finalists £100,000
Last 16 £50,000
Last 32 £35,000
Last 64 £25,000
Last 128 £15,000
TOTAL £5,000,000