Beau Greaves Handed Tough World Championship Draw As Littler, Humphries and Price Learn Opponents

Reigning champion Luke Littler will face Darius Labanauskas in the first round of the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship - with world youth finalist Beau Greaves being handed a tough draw.

The upcoming tournament at Alexandra Palace will get underway on December 11, with the final taking place on the evening of January 3.

A record field of 128 entrants will compete to win the Sid Waddell Trophy, currently held by reigning champion Littler.

The PDC announced on Monday that the total prize money will increase to £5 million, with £1 million awarded to the winner.

The brackets for the draw were confirmed after the conclusion of Sunday's Players Championship Finals, which saw Littler defeat Nathan Aspinall 11-8 in the final.

The top 32 players from the PDC's Order of Merit are seeded in round one, and cannot face any of the top 64 players in the first round at Alexandra Palace.

2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld was among the players outside the top 32 in the pot, along with the likes of Gabriel Clemens, Matt Campbell, Beau Greaves, Fallon Sherrock and Simon Whitlock.

World number one and 2024 champion Luke Humphries will face Ted Evetts in round one, while Michael van Gerwen has been drawn against Japanese debutant Mitsuhiko Tatsunami.

World youth champion Gian van Veen will face Cristo Reyes, with 2021 champion Gerwyn Price up against Czech star Adam Gawlas.

Greaves has perhaps been given the most high-profile match of the first round, as she takes on 22nd seed Daryl Gurney.

Fellow women's star Sherrock, meanwhile, will face Dave Chisnall, while Michael Smith is up against Lisa Ashton.

Van Barneveld will take on Stefan Bellmont in round one, while 2018 champion Rob Cross takes on Netherlands' Cor Dekker.

2026 World Darts Championship draw in full

(Seeds highlighted in bold)

• Luke Littler vs Darius Labanauskas
• Mario Vandenbogaerde vs David Davies
• Joe Cullen vs Bradley Brooks
• Mensur Suljovic vs David Cameron
• Damon Heta vs Steve Lennon
• Raymond van Barneveld vs Stefan Bellmont
• Rob Cross vs Cor Dekker
• Ian White vs Mervyn King
• Chris Dobey vs Xiaochen Zong
• Andrew Gilding vs Cam Crabtree
• Luke Woodhouse vs Boris Krcmar
• Martin Lukeman vs Max Hopp
• Gerwyn Price vs Adam Gawlas

• Lukas Wenig vs Wesley Plaisier
• Ryan Joyce vs Owen Bates
• Krzysztof Ratajski vs Alexis Toylo
• Stephen Bunting vs Sebastian Bialecki
• Richard Veenstra vs Nitin Kumar
• Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Andy Baetens
• James Hurrell vs Stowe Buntz
• Martin Schindler vs Stephen Burton
• Keane Barry vs Tim Pusey
• Ryan Searle vs Chris Landman
• Brendan Dolan vs Tavis Dudeney
• Jonny Clayton vs Adam Lipscombe
• Dom Taylor vs Oskar Lukasiak
• Michael Smith vs Lisa Ashton
• Niels Zonneveld vs Haupai Puja
• Ross Smith vs Andreas Harryson
• Thibault Tricole vs Motomu Sakai
• Dave Chisnall vs Fallon Sherrock

• Ricardo Pietreczko vs Jose De Sousa
• Luke Humphries vs Ted Evetts
• Jeffrey de Graaf vs Paul Lim
• Wessel Nijman vs Karel Sedlacek
• Gabriel Clemens vs Alex Spellman
• Nathan Aspinall vs Lourence Ilagan

• Mickey Mansell vs Leonard Gates
• Mike De Decker vs David Munyua
• Kevin Doets vs Matthew Dennant
• James Wade vs Ryusei Azemoto
• Ricky Evans vs Man Lok Leung
• Cameron Menzies vs Charlie Manby
• Matt Campbell vs Adam Sevada
• Gian van Veen vs Cristo Reyes
• Alan Soutar vs Teemu Horju
• Dimitri van den Bergh vs Darren Beveridge
• Madars Razma vs Jamai van den Herik
• Michael van Gerwen vs Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
• William O'Connor vs Krzyzstof Kciuk
• Peter Wright vs Noa-Lynn van Leuven
• Kim Huybrechts vs Arno Merk
• Gary Anderson vs Adam Hunt
• Connor Scutt vs Simon Whitlock
• Jermaine Wattimena vs Dominik Gruellich
• Scott Williams vs Paolo Nebrida
• Danny Noppert vs Jurjen van de Velde
• Nick Kenny vs Justin Hood
• Ritchie Edhouse vs Jonny Tata
• Ryan Meikle vs Jesus Salate
• Josh Rock vs Gemma Hayter
• Niko Springer vs Joe Comito
• Daryl Gurney vs Beau Greaves
• Callan Rydz vs Patrik Kovacs