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
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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 Women's Series Winner BEAU GREAVES
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 - Sept 28th
African Darts Group Qualifier - Sept 27th/28th
CDLC Qualifier - Oct 3rd
PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner - Oct 5th
IDC Indian Qualifier - Oct 3rd-5th
Hungarian Super League Winner - July-Oct
PDC Development Tour Winner - Oct 12th
PDC Development Tour Runner-Up - Oct 12th
PDC Development Tour Third Place - Oct 12th
CDC Continental Cup Winner - Oct 18th
PDC Women's Series Runner-Up - Oct 19th
PDC Women's Series Third Place - Oct 19th
PDC Challenge Tour Winner - Oct 26th
PDC Challenge Tour Runner-Up - Oct 26th
PDC Challenge Tour Third Place - Oct 26th
PDC UK&IRE Tour Card Holder & Associate Member Qualifier - Nov 1st
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
One Place - TBC
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS:
Netherlands and Belgian Qualifier (1) Open to players from Netherlands and Belgium
Mediterranean Qualifier (1) Open to players from the following countries: Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain
South-East Europe Qualifier (1) 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.
UK & Ireland Tour Card Holder & Associate Member Qualifier (1) Open to Tour Card Holders & Associate Members who played in the 2025 UK Qualifying School.
Entries are now available.
Entry Fee is £90 with an entry deadline of 22nd October
PDPA Tour Card Qualifier (4) 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. From the Mattioli Arena in Leicester on Monday 24th November.
No Entry Fee
Deadline 21st November
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
:ast 128 £15,000
TOTAL £5,000,000