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The World Series of Darts Final will take place from 17. - 20. September in Amsterdam. 32 players will take part. World Series Final Tournament Information

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5. September

European Tour

On the second day of the Czech Darts Open the winning qualifiers will play in an afternoon- and an evening-session against the seeds.
All Host Nation qualifiers were eliminated first round. History once again wrote Beau Greaves who defeated Daryl Gurney and now is the first woman ever to win a match on the European Tour. She will meet today reigning champion Luke Humphries.

European Tour 12 Prag
Schedule Day 2, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew

3. September

European Tour

From tomorrow in Prague the twelfth event of the European Tour 2026 will be played - the Czech Darts Open. As always on the first day only the qualifiers will stand at the oche.
From the seeds only James Wade withdrew. For Wade Jermaine Wattimena moves up in the seeds and Ricky Evans joins the tournament via the Reserve List. By the Host Nation Qualifier Adam Gawlas, Jiri Brejcha, Karel Sedlacek and David Rosi qualified.
European Tour 12 Prag
Schedule Day 1, Results
Statistics

2. September

World Series of Darts Finals

The PDC today published the draw of the first round of the WSOD Finals and the schedule of the first and the second round of the tournament.
Michael van Gerwen will begin his way to the title defence on the first night of the tournament (17. September) against Lourence Ilagan. The world number 1 Luke Littler will play his first match against Danny Noppert.
World Series of Darts Finals, Participants, Schedule

CDC Circuit

On the CDC Circuit at the weekend events 8, 9 and 10 were played. They were won by Gary Mawson, Fred Krueger and Adam Sevada. For Sevada it was already the fourth win of the year. Sevada heads the ranking clear in front of Leonard Gates and Fred Krueger.
Championship Darts Circuit

WDF Ergebnisse August

On the WDF Circuit in August numerous tournaments took place. Here only the most important reasuts.
The DPFL Live Event in Kissimmee/USA was won by Leonard Gates and Canadian Maria Karli. Winners of the Swedish Open in Malmö were Finn Petri Rasmus and Swedish Anna Forsmark, at the Swedish Open Scotsman Ross Montgomery and Turk Emine Dursun got the titles.
In Fels am Wagram in Austria several tournaments were played. Winners of the Lower Austrian Masters were Belgian Brian Raman and Dutch Priscilla Steenbergen . The youth titles went to Mika Donnevert and Merve Hummel, who won the youth titles of the Death Angel Open as well. The men's event was won by Jenson Walker and the women's event by Paul Jacklin. Mika Donnevert as well won the Austria Open- there English Ruby Grey won the girl's title - and the Blue Danube Open where as well Ruby Grey won the girl's title.
Winners of the Welsh Classic were Englishman Kaya Basal and Swede Vicky Pruim, the youth title was won by English Jack Nankervis. In the Welsh Open Scotsman Ryan Hogarth and Deta Hedman were successful; Mitchell Lawrie won the boy's event and Macy Gibbons the girl's title.
In Belgium as well two youth events were played - Belgians Jason Goossens and Silke Vanhee won the Lowland Youth Trophy, Dutchman Kai Burger and again Silke Vanhee won the Lowlands Youth Open.
The New Zealand Darts Masters were won by Caleb Hope and Nicole Regnaud. The youth titles went to Johnny Parker and Laitesha Ward.

31. August

PDC Rankings

The PDC World Ranking=Werner Rankings Ladder, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit were updated.
PDC Rankings
European Tour

30. August

Smith wins Hungarian Darts Trophy

With an 8:2 defeat of Gary Anderson Ross Smith won the Hungarian Darts Trophy in Budapest. It was already Smith's second win on the European Tour this year, while Anderson reached on his only third European Tour participation in 2026 for the first time the final.
Ross Smith defeated on Finals Day Jonny Clayton, Dave Chisnall and Danny Noppert. Anderson prevailed over Stephen Bunting, Gian van Veen and Nathan Aspinall each time in close matches in the deciding leg.
European Tour 11 Budapest
Results Day 3
Statistics
Report Finals Day new

European Tour

Today is Finals Day at the Hungarian Darts Trophy in Budapest. In the afternoon the third round will take place, in the evening-session quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final will be played.
After the second round all Host Nation Qualifiers were out of the tournament. Reigning champion Niko Springer lost his second round match 4:6 to Ryan Searle. From the seeds Wessel Nijman, Luke Woodhouse, Madars Razma and Luke Humphries didn't survive their first matches.
European Tour 11 Budapest
Schedule Day 3
Statistics

28. August

PDC Rankings

Zje PDC World Ranking=Werner Rankings Ladder, the Pro Tour Order of Merit, the Players Championship Order of Merit, the Nordic and Baltic Tour Order of Merit and the Women's Series Order of Merit were updated.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour

27. August

European Tour

Tomorrow in Budapest the eleventh event of the European Tour 2026 - the Hungarian Darts Trophy - will begin. as always on the first day only the qualifiers will stand at the oche.
From the seeds James Wade and Gerwyn Price withdrew. James Wade will be replaced by Madars Razma, for Gerwyn Price Luke Woodhouse moves up into the seeds. Callan Rydz comes by the reserve list new into the tournament. By the Host Nation Qualifier Laszlo Kadar, Nandor Major, Milan Biro and Andras Borbely qualified.
European Tour 11 Budapest
Schedule Day 1, Results
Statistics

26. August

Wattimena and Humphries win in Leicester

Jermaine Wattimena and Luke Humphries won the two Players Championships in Leicester.
Wattimena won the 27. Players Championship defeating Kevin Doets 8:6 in the final. The semi-finals reached Wessel Nijman and Luke Woodhouse. Nathan Aspinall threw a nine-darter.
Luke Humphries defeated in the final of the 28. Players Championship Brendan Dolan with 8:6 and won his third Players Championship title of the year. In the semi-finals stood Mike de Decker and Luke Littler.
Players Championships 27 + 28, Results

25. August

PDC Pro Tour Events in Leicester

Today and tomorrow in Leicester Players Championships 27 and 28 will take place.
Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton, Damon Heta, Max Hopp, Pero Ljubic, Gerwyn Price, Josh Rock, Ross Smith, Mensur Suljovic, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Gian van Veen, James Wade, Pascal Rupprecht, Matthias Ehlers and Stephen Bunting (PC 27 only) will not take part. They will be replaced by Henry Coates, Derek Coulson, Joe Hunt, Daniel Klose, Tommy Morris, Tommy Lishman, Daniel Ayres, Archie Self, Jack Tweddell, Nathan Potter, Christopher Wickenden, Harry Ward, Steve Lennon, Martijn Dragt and Scott Waites (PC 27 only).
Players Championships 27 + 28, Participants

World Series of Darts

After the World Series event yesterday the World Series of Darts Finals Tour Card Holders Qualifier was played in Leicester by which Callan Rydz, Rob Cross, Kevin Doets and Karel Sedlacek qualified. So now all 32 participants in the tournament are known. The tournament will take place from 17. - 20. September in Amsterdam.
World Series of Darts Finals, Participants, Schedule

24. August

PDC Women's Series

Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock won on Saturday in Leicester in absence of Beau Greaves the Women's Series events 17 and 18. Aston won the 17. event with a 5:0 win over Lauryn Salter, Sherrock prevailed 5:0 in the final of the 18. events over Lisa Ashton. On Sunday Beau Greaves was back and won both event 19 and event 20. She defeated in her finals Lisa Ashton and Aileen de Graaf. So Greaves still heads the ranking followed by Ashton and Sherrock on places two and three.
Participants, Results

Wade gewinnt in Wollongong

An outstanding playing James Wade won the Australian Darts Masters - the last event of the PDC World Series this year. Wade defeated in the highclass final the as well strong playing Australian Brody Klinge.
Wade reached the final with wins over Tim Pusey, Stephen Bunting and Gerwyn Price. Against Pusey he played with 112.73 the highest average of the tournament. Klinge prevailed on his way to the final over Ross Smith, Gian van Veen and Jonny Clayton.
Australian Darts Masters, Schedule, Results
Statistics
Report

21. August

Darts Technique

In this blog about darts technique Australian darts player Raymond Smith talks about the problems of darts coaching and explains the for him most important three topics on which he works when coaching players: Axis, Release to Follow-Through and Muscle control.
Darts Technique - the Big 3new

PDC Women's Series

This weekend the PDC Women's Series will continue in Leicester with the events 17 - 20. On Saturday and Sunday two events each will be played.
Participants

20. August

World Series of Darts

Tomorrow in Wollongong in Australia the lst event of this year's World Series of Darts will begin - the Australian Darts Masters. In the first round eight PDC representatives will play against eight Ozeanic representatives. Among the eight PDC players is Gerwyn Price, who won the first Australian Darts Masters in 2024. He will meet Simon Whitlock in his first round match.
In the PDC preview Simon Whitlock and Gian van Veen have their say.
Australian Darts Masters, Results
Statistics
Preview

17. August

Challenge Tour

At the weekend five more events were played on the PDC Challenge Tour in Milton Keynes. They were won by Derek Coulson, David Davies, Archie Self, Dylan Slevin and Daniel Klose. Both Coulson and Klose beside reached another final.
Derek Coulson still heads the ranking followed by Joe Hunt on second place. German Klose moved up on third place.
Challenge Tour

World Series of Darts

Jonny Clayton won the New Zealand Darts Masters with a 8:4 defeat of Gerwyn Price. Before Clayton won on finals day against Gian van Veen and James Wade while Gerwyn Price prevailed on finals day first over Damon Heta and then over ADA qualifier Raymond Smith who played an impressive tournament.
Next weekend the last of this year's World Series Events will take place in Australia.
New Zealand Darts Masters
Report
Statistics

10. August

PDC Nordic and Baltic Tour

The Nordic and Baltic Tour played at the weekend in Oslo, Norway, Pro Tour Events and European Tour Qualifiers. The two Pro Tour Events were won by Benjami Drue Reus and Oskar Lukasiak. Dane Michael Hansen qualified for the Flanders Darts Trophy, Jani Haavisto will take part in the Swiss Darts Trophy and Jonas Masalin in the Dutch Darts Championship.
Nordic and Baltic Tour

3. August

PDC Development Tour

At the weekend the PDC Development Tour played in Hildesheim, Germany. Five Events were played - two each on Friday and Saturday, one on Sunday. They were won by Owen Bates, Sam Jackson, Jamai van den Herik, Yorick Hofkens and Lenny Schlüter. For Jackson, Hofkens and Schlueter it was the first title. During the eighteenth event Archie Self threw a nine-darter.
Sebastian Bialecki still heads the ranking followed by Jack Drayton and Cam Crabtree. As Bialecki at the moment is inside the Top 64 of the world he can't compete on the Development Tour.
Development Tour

31. July

European Tour

Yesterday in Hildesheim the Tour Card Holders Qualifiers for the European Tour Events 13 and 14 in Antwerpen and Basel were played.
Raymond van Barneveld, Cristo Reyes, Jeffrey de Graaf and Bradley Brooks qualified for both events. Beau Greaves was among the players to qualify for Antwerp, Michael Smith was one of the players who qualified for Basel.

European Tour 13 Antwerp
European Tour 14 Basel

30. July

The Final Day of the World Matchplays

The closure of my days in Blackpool you can find here in my article about the final day of the tournament, on which the Women's World Matchplay and the final of the World Matchplay took place. The article as well includes a personal resume.
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Coates und Bialecki win in Hildesheim

The two Players Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday in Hildesheimwere won by Henry Coates and Sebastian Bialecki.
Henry Coates defeated on Tuesday in the final of the 25. Players Championships Damon Heta with 8:4. Coates is only the fifth player without a Tour Card who won a Players Championship. The semi-finals reached Niko Springer and Jeffrey de Graaf.
On Wednesday Sebastian Bialecki secured with a 8:6 defeat of Mario Vandenboagaerde the win of the 26. Players Championship - exactly one year after he had won his first ranking title in the same venue. In the semi-finals stood Justin Hood and Gian van Veen. Scott Williams threw thje nine-darter of the day.
Today in Hildesheim the Tour Card Holders Qualifiers for the European Tour Events 13 and 14 in Antwerpen and Basel will follow.
Players Championships 25 + 26, Participants, Resultsnew
European Tour 13 Antwerp
European Tour 14 Basel

PDC Rankings

The PDC World Ranking=Werner Rankings Ladder, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour

26. July

Littler defends title

With an 18:9 win over Gerwyn Price Luke Littler defended his World Matchplay title. Though Price showed a strong performance he had in the end no Chance against Luke Littler who played some unbelievable darts. Near the end when Littler looked a little bit tired Price had the chance to win some more legs but missed a few doubles. Especially due to Littler's outstanding performance and Price fighting spirit we did see a good World Matchplay final.
Statistics Final World Matchplay

Greaves wins Women's World Matchplay

With a 6:5 defeat of Fallon Sherrock Beau Greaves won her already third Women's World Matchplay title. The final was a close match and both players played very similar averages and both had similar problems to hit their doubles. As last year Sherrock only just missed out the win.
Greaves defeated on her way into the final Kirsi Viinikainen and Gemma Hayter. Fallon Sherrock prevailed clearly over debutant Deta Hedman and reigning champion Lisa Ashton.
Report and Statistics Women's World Matchplay

Two semi-finals and the last of the debutants

Here comes the fourth, short article!!! It's about the Semi-finals and the other debutant in the Women's World Matchplay - Vicky Pruim.
Two semi-finals and the last of the debutants