THE UK Open returns this week as darts’ biggest stars compete in one of the sport’s most exciting events.
Often labelled the ‘FA Cup of Darts‘, this tournament is regarded as one of the most unpredictable and open in the calendar.
UK OPEN DARTS 2026 LIVE
The packed field includes 128 Tour Card holders, eight players from the Development Tour and 16 qualifiers.
Stars such as Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Gian van Veen won’t start their campaigns until the fourth round.
Players ranked 97-128 will start in the first round, ranks 65-96 will join in the second round, and players ranked 33-64 will come in at the third round.
When is the UK Open 2026?
- The tournament will begin on Friday, March 6.
- The UK Open will run until Sunday, March 8.
- It will be held at Butlins in Minehead.
What TV channel is the UK Open 2026 on and can it be live streamed FREE?
- In the UK, the tournament will be broadcast on ITV4.
- The event will also be streamed live on ITVX.
- Sessions will be played at 12pm/7pm GMT on Friday and 1pm/7pm GMT on Saturday and Sunday.
UK Open 2026 schedule and results
Friday, March 6
Main Stage – 12pm onwards
Round One
- Stefan Bellmont 3-6 Charlie Manby
- Sam Spivey 6-2 Kyle Gilding
Round Two
- Sebastian Bialecki 6-5 Christian Kist
- Jimmy van Schie 2-6 Tom Bissell
- Darryl Pilgrim 6-4 Beau Greaves
- Pascal Rupprecht 6-5 Cam Crabtree
Round Three
- Karel Sedlacek 5-6 Raymond van Barneveld
- Ricky Evans 6-2 Brendan Dolan
- Peter Wright 6-3 Darius Labanauskas
Stage Two – 11am onwards
Round One
- Pascal Rupprecht 6-1 Jenson Walker
- Aden Kirk 4-6 Mervyn King
- Michael Unterbuchner 6-5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
- Adam Leek 6-5 David Sharp
Round Two
- Thomas Lovely 6-4 Shane McGuirk
- Adam Gawlas 6-0 Tavis Dudeney
- Tytus Kanik 0-6 Jim Long
- Sam Spivey 6-5 Max Hopp
Round Three
- Kevin Doets 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
- Gabriel Clemens 6-4 Sebastian Bialecki
- Kim Huybrechts 5-6 Keane Barry
- Pascal Rupprecht 4-6 Joe Cullen
Stage Three – 11am onwards
First Round
- Filip Bereza 2-6 Rhys Griffin
- Stephen Burton 6-2 Jake Eichen
- Cristo Reyes 6-3 Graham Usher
- Tyler Thorpe 6-0 Pero Ljubic
- Kai Gotthardt 6-4 Daniel Lee
Round Two
- Robert Owen 6-4 Stefaan Henderyck
- Maximilian Czerwinski 3-6 Darius Labanauskas
- Greg Ritchie 6-3 Adam Leek
- Jurjen van der Velde 5-6 Leon Weber
Round Three
- Lukas Wenig 2-6 Mensur Suljovic
- Niels Zonneveld 6-3 Tom Bissell
- Jeffrey Sparidaans 3-6 Connor Scutt
- Sam Spivey 5-6 Alexander Merkx
Stage Four – 11am onwards
Round One
- Jack Todd 6-4 Carl Sneyd
- Clive Langford 5-6 Stephen Rosney
- Alexander Merkx 6-3 Jannis Barkhausen
- Sean Ryan 2-6 Tom Sykes
- Sietse Lap 6-3 Ted Evetts
Round Two
- Wesley Plaisier 4-6 Owen Bates
- Rhys Griffin 2-6 Oskar Lukasiak
- Henry Coates 6-4 Adam Paxton
- Charlie Manby 6-2 Tyler Thorpe
Round Three
- Adam Warner 1-6 Jeffrey de Graaf
- Jim Long 6-5 Callan Rydz
- Robert Owen 5-6 Darryl Pilgrim
- Niko Springer 4-6 Kai Gotthardt
Stage Five – 11am onwards
Round One
- Samuel Whittaker 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
- Ryan Branley 3-6 Oliver King
- Benjamin Pratnemer 6-3 Callum Goffin
- Darius Labanauskas 6-4 Callum Francis
Round Two
- Ron Meulenkamp 5-6 Adam Warner
- Dominik Gruellich 6-1 Jamai van den Herik
- Viktor Tingstrom w/o Niall Culleton
- Sietse Lap 1-6 Cristo Reyes
Round Three
- Ryan Meikle 4-6 William O’Connor
- Nick Kenny 5-6 Adam Lipscombe
- Andy Boulton 6-4 Patrick Williams
- Michael Unterbuchner 4-6 Henry Coates
- Mario Vandenbogaerde 5-6 Leon Weber
Stage Six – 11am onwards
Round One
- Owen Bates 6-3 Yorick Hofkens
- Lewis Pearse 3-6 Niall Culleton
- Jamai van den Herik 6-3 Graham Hall
- Jurjen van der Velde 6-4 Jack Tweddell
Round Two
- Patrick Williams 6-5 Cor Dekker
- Dennie Olde Kalter 1-6 Scott Campbell
- Alexander Merkx 6-2 Marvin van Velzen
- Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-3 Chris Landman
Round Three
- Alan Soutar 4-6 Richard Veenstra
- Greg Ritchie 6-5 Mickey Mansell
- Thibault Tricole 6-4 Stephen Rosney
- Tom Sykes 6-4 Cristo Reyes
Stage Seven – 11am onwards
Round One
- James Beeton 5-6 Arno Merk
- Danny van Trijp w/o Scott Campbell
- Ron Meulenkamp 6-2 Samuel Price
- Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-4 Scott Waites
Round Two
- Andy Boulton 6-4 Mervyn King
- Maik Kuivenhoven 5-6 Michael Unterbuchner
- Benjamin Pratnemer 6-1 Samuel Whittaker
- Marvin Kraft 2-6 Kai Gotthardt
Round Three
- Madars Razma 6-2 Adam Gawlas
- Dominik Gruellich 6-4 Justin Hood
- Bradley Brooks 3-6 Oskar Lukasiak
- James Hurrell 4-6 Charlie Manby
Stage Eight – 11am onwards
Round One
- Patrick Williams 6-4 Simon Stevenson
- Matthias Ehlers w/o Marvin Kraft
- Nathan Potter 2-6 Chris Landman
- Neil Wild 3-6 Henry Coates
Round Two
- Adam Lipscombe 6-0 Jack Todd
- Oliver King 5-6 Bradley Brooks
- Arno Merk 4-6 Tom Sykes
- Stephen Rosney 6-4 Stephen Burton
Round Three
- Thomas Lovely 4-6 Martin Lukeman
- Ian White 2-6 Scott Campbell
- Niall Culleton 6-4 Owen Bates
- Benjamin Pratnemer 6-4 Scott Williams
Round Four
7:10pm
- Jonny Clayton 10-2 Alexander Merkx
- Rob Cross 10-7 Gian van Veen
- Niall Culleton 8-10 Dominik Gruellich
- Kevin Doets 10-5 Jeffrey De Graaf
- Greg Ritchie 3-10 Gerwyn Price
- Mensur Suljovic 10-5 Jermaine Wattimena
- Dimitri Van Den Bergh 4-10 Danny Noppert
- Richard Veenstra 9-10 Gabriel Clemens
8pm
- Andy Boulton 7-10 Ryan Searle
- Stephen Bunting 10-5 Thibault Tricole
- Joe Cullen 8-10 Martin Schindler
- Martin Lukeman 10-6 Ritchie Edhouse
- Krzysztof Ratajski 10-4 Ricky Evans
- Michael Smith 10-8 Leon Weber
- Raymond van Barneveld 1-10 Wessel Nijman
- Luke Woodhouse 3-10 Luke Humphries
8:50pm
- Mike De Decker 10-8 Adam Lipscombe
- Daryl Gurney 10-7 Niels Zonneveld
- Luke Littler 10-3 Damon Heta
- Jim Long 9-10 Madars Razma
- Oskar Lukasiak 10-7 Benjamin Pratnemer
- Connor Scutt 5-10 Darryl Pilgrim
- Ross Smith 10-4 Andrew Gilding
- Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-10 Gary Anderson
9:40pm
- Dave Chisnall 10-5 Scott Campbell
- Henry Coates 2-10 Keane Barry
- Chris Dobey 9-10 James Wade
- Kai Gotthardt 10-8 Tom Skyes
- Ryan Joyce 10-6 Charlie Manby
- Cameron Menzies 6-10 Peter Wright
- Josh Rock 10-9 William O’Connor
- Michael van Gerwen 10-8 Nathan Aspinall
Saturday, March 7
Round five (12pm-5pm)
Match order and stage location yet to be confirmed
- Martin Lukeman 10-3 Madars Razma
- Ross Smith 8-10 Daryl Gurney
- Darryl Pilgrim 7-10 Jonny Clayton
- Gary Anderson 10-7 Martin Schindler
- Gabriel Clemens 2-10 James Wade
- Peter Wright 2-10 Danny Noppert
- Mensur Suljovic 2-10 Stephen Bunting
- Wessel Nijman 5-10 Gerwyn Price
- Oskar Lukasiak 5-10 Krzysztof Ratajski
- Kevin Doets 8-10 Luke Littler
- Mike De Decker 9-10 Rob Cross
- Josh Rock 10-7 Dominik Gruellich
- Kai Gotthardt 6-10 Michael van Gerwen
- Ryan Joyce 7-10 Keane Barry
- Ryan Searle 10-9 Michael Smith
- Luke Humphries 10-4 Dave Chisnall
Round six (7pm-11pm)
- Stephen Bunting vs Josh Rock
- Martin Lukeman vs Jonny Clayton
- Gary Anderson vs Luke Littler
- Daryl Gurney vs Rob Cross
- Michael van Gerwen vs James Wade
- Gerwyn Price vs Keane Barry
- Luke Humphries vs Danny Noppert
- Ryan Searle vs Krzysztof Ratajski
Sunday, March 8
- Quarter-finals (12pm-5pm)
- Semi-finals and final (7pm-11pm)
Who are the top 32 seeded players?
The top 32 players will begin their UK Open campaigns in the fourth round on Friday evening.
Here they are:
- Luke Humphries
- Luke Littler
- Michael van Gerwen
- Rob Cross
- Stephen Bunting
- Jonny Clayton
- Dave Chisnall
- Chris Dobey
- Gerwyn Price
- Damon Heta
- Nathan Aspinall
- Peter Wright
- Danny Noppert
- James Wade
- Gary Anderson
- Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Josh Rock
- Ryan Searle
- Ross Smith
- Michael Smith
- Andrew Gilding
- Martin Schindler
- Joe Cullen
- Mike De Decker
- Daryl Gurney
- Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Gian van Veen
- Ritchie Edhouse
- Ryan Joyce
- Ricardo Pietreczko
- Krzysztof Ratajski
- Brendan Dolan
