This year's prestigious event will take place from July 18-26 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, as 32 top stars compete to win The Phil Taylor Trophy and the £225,000 top prize.
The summer showpiece begins on Saturday July 18, with round one split across four sessions from Saturday to Monday.
Should England reach the FIFA World Cup final, which is being held on Sunday night, the first three sessions of the World Matchplay will be moved forward - including the scheduled games and all tickets.
That would mean that Saturday's opening session will be held from 1300 BST on July 18, with the previously planned Sunday afternoon session moving to Saturday night from 1900 BST.
The planned Sunday evening session would then take place on Sunday afternoon from 1300 BST.
All tickets booked for the original sessions would then be moved to the new time, ensuring that fans are still able to watch the matches scheduled for their visit to Blackpool.
2026 Betfred World Matchplay
Session Schedule – Subject To Change
Session One
Saturday July 18 (1900 BST) or Saturday July 18 (1300 BST)
Round One x4
Josh Rock v Luke Woodhouse
Stephen Bunting v Niels Zonneveld
Luke Littler v Niko Springer
Nathan Aspinall v Joe Cullen
Session Two
Sunday July 19 (1300 BST) or Saturday July 18 (1900 BST)
Round One x4
Chris Dobey v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gary Anderson v Ryan Joyce
Michael van Gerwen v Andrew Gilding
Jonny Clayton v Damon Heta
Session Three
Sunday July 19 (1900 BST) or Sunday July 19 (1300 BST)
Round One x4
Ryan Searle v William O’Connor
James Wade v Jermaine Wattimena
Gian van Veen v Krzysztof Ratajski
Wessel Nijman v Dave Chisnall
Monday July 20 (1900 BST)
Round One x4
Ross Smith v Kevin Doets
Gerwyn Price v Martin Schindler
Luke Humphries v Cameron Menzies
Danny Noppert v Rob Cross
Tuesday July 21 (1900 BST)
Round Two x4 – match order TBC
Littler/Springer v Aspinall/Cullen
Rock/Woodhouse v Bunting/Zonneveld
Van Gerwen/Gilding v Dobey/Van Duijvenbode
Clayton/Heta v Anderson/Joyce
Wednesday July 22 (1900 BST)
Round Two x4 – match order TBC
Humphries/Menzies v Smith/Doets
Price/Schindler v Noppert/Cross
Van Veen/Ratajski v Nijman/Chisnall
Wade/Wattimena v Searle/O’Connor
Thursday July 23 (2000 BST *)
Quarter-Finals x2
Friday July 24 (2000 BST *)
Quarter-Finals x2
Saturday July 25 (2000 BST *)
Semi-Finals
Sunday July 26
Afternoon Session (1300-1700)
Betfred Women's World Matchplay
Evening Session (2000 BST*)
Betfred World Matchplay Final
* For July 23-26 evening sessions, Sky Sports on air from 1930 BST, with play commencing approximately 2005 BST.
(1) Luke Littler v Niko Springer
(16) Nathan Aspinall v Joe Cullen
(8) Josh Rock v Luke Woodhouse
(9) Stephen Bunting v Niels Zonneveld
(4) Michael van Gerwen v Andrew Gilding
(13) Chris Dobey v Dirk van Duijvenbode
(5) Jonny Clayton v Damon Heta
(12) Gary Anderson v Ryan Joyce
(2) Luke Humphries v Cameron Menzies
(15) Ross Smith v Kevin Doets
(7) Gerwyn Price v Martin Schindler
(10) Danny Noppert v Rob Cross
(3) Gian van Veen v Krzysztof Ratajski
(14) Wessel Nijman v Dave Chisnall
(6) James Wade v Jermaine Wattimena
(11) Ryan Searle v William O’Connor