The 2027 IDF World Darts Championship is an upcoming professional darts tournament scheduled to be held from 10 December 2026 to 7 January 2027 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It will be the fifth edition of the IDF World Darts Championship organised by the International Darts Federation and the fifth consecutive edition to be staged at Alexandra Palace.
The tournament will feature 96 players, a reduction from the record 128-player field used for the 2026 edition. The top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit will be seeded and enter the competition in the second round. The remaining 64 players will begin in the first round.
The total prize fund will remain at $5,000,000, with the champion receiving $1,000,000 and the IDF World Trophy.
Logan White is the defending champion, having defeated Max Mad 7–6 in the 2026 final to win his first IDF World Darts Championship title.
The International Darts Federation was founded in 2022 to provide an expanded professional pathway for players outside the established Professional Darts Corporation system. The organisation placed a particular emphasis on competitors from Australia, New Zealand, Asia and other regions in which large numbers of casual and semi-professional players had previously experienced limited access to major professional tournaments.
The inaugural 2023 IDF World Darts Championship was staged at Alexandra Palace in London. The venue subsequently remained the permanent home of the championship and will host the competition for a fifth consecutive year in 2027.
The 2026 championship introduced an expanded 128-player format in which every competitor, including the 32 seeded players, entered in the first round. Following a review of the expanded schedule, the IDF elected to restore the 96-player structure previously used by the organisation.
Under the revised system, the top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit will receive automatic entry into the second round. The remaining 64 places will be divided equally between the IDF Tour Order of Merit and international or development qualification routes.
Defending champion Logan White will enter the championship as the number one seed. Alex Brow will be seeded second, while 2026 runner-up Max Mad will enter as the third seed.
Format
All matches will be played using the traditional 501 scoring format. Players must reduce their score from 501 to exactly zero, with the winning dart required to land in a double segment or the bullseye.
Matches will be contested in sets. Each set will be played as the best of five legs, meaning that the first player to win three legs will win the set.
The 32 seeded players will receive byes into the second round. The 32 IDF Tour qualifiers and 32 international or development qualifiers will begin in the first round. Each first-round match will feature one IDF Tour qualifier and one international or development qualifier.
The first and second rounds will be played as the best of five sets. The third and fourth rounds will be played as the best of seven sets, before the match length increases for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
In the deciding set of every match after the first round, a player must win by two clear legs. If the deciding set reaches 5–5, a sudden-death leg will be played. There will be no additional throw for the bull before the sudden-death leg.
Round
Players
Best of sets
Schedule
The tournament will begin on 10 December 2026 and conclude with the final on 7 January 2027. A scheduled Christmas break will take place following the completion of the second round.
Round
Dates
Ranking
The IDF Order of Merit is calculated using prize money earned in ranking tournaments over a two-year period. Prize money remains on a player's ranking for 104 weeks before being removed.
Players who competed in the 2025 IDF World Darts Championship will therefore be defending the prize money earned at that tournament. Following the completion of the 2027 championship, prize money earned during the 2027 event will be added to the rankings and prize money from the 2025 championship will be removed.
The top 64 players on the IDF Order of Merit following the tournament will receive a one-year extension to their IDF Tour Cards. Players who earned two-year Tour Cards during the 2026 season will enter the second year of those cards in 2027.
Players in the final year of their Tour Card who finish outside the top 64 will lose their professional status unless they otherwise qualify for a new card. Their ranking totals will subsequently be reset to $0. The same rule will apply to non-Tour Card holders who earned ranking prize money through open qualification.
Prize money
The total prize fund will remain at the record level of $5,000,000 introduced for the 2026 championship. Despite the field being reduced from 128 to 96 players, the champion's prize will remain at $1,000,000.
All 32 seeded players will be guaranteed at least $40,000 after receiving entry directly into the second round. First-round losers will receive $15,000.
The champion will also receive the IDF World Trophy.
Position (number of players)
Prize money
Qualification
A total of 96 players will compete in the championship.
The top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit following the final ranking event of the 2026 season will be seeded and enter the tournament in the second round.
The next 32 available players from the 2026 IDF Tour Order of Merit will qualify for the first round. They will be joined by 32 international and development qualifiers.
Each first-round match will feature one IDF Tour qualifier and one international or development qualifier. The winner will advance to face one of the 32 seeded players in the second round.
Seeds
Logan White, the defending world champion, will enter as the number one seed. Alex Brow will be seeded second, while Max Mad will enter as the third seed.
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IDF Tour qualifiers
The following 32 players qualified through the 2026 IDF Tour Order of Merit and will enter the tournament in the first round.
Declan Fry
Wesley Adams
Parker Reeves
Marcus Bell
Xavier Baker
Toby Underwood
Callum Rhys
Andy Dawson
Elliot Crane
Jamie Cross
Tyler Finch
Isaac Drummond
Joel Merrick
Patrick Richards
Colton Rivers
Aaron Knight
Bradley Soren
Evan Trudeau
Finn Hargreaves
Jai McCormack
Jaxon Flint
Leon Fisher
Reece Mallory
Ryder Callan
Tyler Keane
Nathan Reeves
Hunter James
Dean Holloway
Harry Doyle
Zack Porter
Caleb Ford
Ethan Wright
International and development qualifiers
The following 32 players qualified through international, regional and development qualification routes. They are indicated by Q in the draw.
Josh Kincaid
Dylan Rowe
Jamie Lister
Sean Galloway
Tom Calder
Luke Jarvis
Harvey Cole
Mason Drury
Reuben Shaw
Alfie Kent
Brandon Pike
Corey Sykes
Callan Briggs
Ethan Vance
Liam Crowley
Toby Haines
Ryan Cormack
Noah Pike
Jack Morrow
Ben Sykes
Jordan Hale
Oliver Finch
Marcus Yates
Dylan Pritchard
Luke Carmichael
Aaron Dale
Kian Foster
Tyler Wicks
Nathan Doyle
Leo Grant
Sam Corbett
Jack Reeves
Draw
The draw was conducted ahead of the tournament, with the 32 IDF Tour qualifiers drawn against the 32 international and development qualifiers for the first round.
The winner of each first-round match will advance to face one of the 32 seeded players. Numbers to the left of a player's name indicate the player's tournament seeding. International and development qualifiers are indicated by Q.
Top half
Section 1
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
1
Logan White
Declan Fry
First-round winner
Q
Jack Reeves
32
Owen Quinn
Wesley Adams
First-round winner
Q
Ryan Cormack
16
Nate Parker
Parker Reeves
First-round winner
Q
Corey Sykes
17
Tanner Vaughn
Marcus Bell
First-round winner
Q
Jordan Hale
Section 2
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
8
Theo Bartlett
Xavier Baker
First-round winner
Q
Josh Kincaid
25
Cooper Maddox
Toby Underwood
First-round winner
Q
Dylan Pritchard
9
Kai Mitchell
Callum Rhys
First-round winner
Q
Mason Drury
24
Owen Blackwell
Andy Dawson
First-round winner
Q
Sam Corbett
Section 3
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
4
Elias Storm
Elliot Crane
First-round winner
Q
Luke Jarvis
29
Victor Vaughn
Jamie Cross
First-round winner
Q
Ben Sykes
13
Zachary Moorcroft
Tyler Finch
First-round winner
Q
Ethan Vance
20
Aiden Brooks
Isaac Drummond
First-round winner
Q
Oliver Finch
Section 4
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
5
Lukas Parker
Joel Merrick
First-round winner
Q
Tom Calder
28
Carter Mills
Patrick Richards
First-round winner
Q
Kian Foster
12
Blake Carter
Colton Rivers
First-round winner
Q
Marcus Yates
21
Kyle Denton
Aaron Knight
First-round winner
Q
Alfie Kent
Bottom half
Section 5
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
2
Alex Brow
Bradley Soren
First-round winner
Q
Noah Pike
31
Wyatt Walker
Evan Trudeau
First-round winner
Q
Brandon Pike
15
Callum Pike
Finn Hargreaves
First-round winner
Q
Nathan Doyle
18
Damon Edwards
Jai McCormack
First-round winner
Q
Jamie Lister
Section 6
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
7
Zion Carter
Jaxon Flint
First-round winner
Q
Luke Carmichael
26
Jordan Pike
Leon Fisher
First-round winner
Q
Sean Galloway
10
Harrison Lewis
Reece Mallory
First-round winner
Q
Tyler Wicks
23
Noah Draven
Ryder Callan
First-round winner
Q
Liam Crowley
Section 7
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
3
Max Mad
Tyler Keane
First-round winner
Q
Harvey Cole
30
Quinn Sanders
Nathan Reeves
First-round winner
Q
Callan Briggs
14
Ryan Thomas
Hunter James
First-round winner
Q
Dylan Rowe
19
Dylan Hayes
Dean Holloway
First-round winner
Q
Leo Grant
Section 8
First round Best of 5 sets
Second round Best of 5 sets
Third round Best of 7 sets
Fourth round Best of 7 sets
6
Mason Owens
Harry Doyle
First-round winner
Q
Aaron Dale
27
Spencer Taylor
Zack Porter
First-round winner
Q
Jack Morrow
11
Rhys Donovan
Caleb Ford
First-round winner
Q
Reuben Shaw
22
James Porter
Ethan Wright
First-round winner
Q
Toby Haines
Finals
The winners of Sections 1 and 2 will meet in the first quarter-final, while the winners of Sections 3 and 4 will contest the second quarter-final. The winners of Sections 5 and 6 will meet in the third quarter-final, with the winners of Sections 7 and 8 contesting the fourth.
Quarter-finals Best of 9 sets
Semi-finals Best of 11 sets
Final Best of 13 sets
1
Winner of Section 1
8
Winner of Section 2
4
Winner of Section 3
5
Winner of Section 4
2
Winner of Section 5
7
Winner of Section 6
3
Winner of Section 7
6
Winner of Section 8
Statistics
Representation
The 96-player field includes competitors who qualified through the IDF Order of Merit, the IDF Tour Order of Merit and a collection of international, regional and development qualification routes.
Debutants
Players making their first appearance at the IDF World Darts Championship will be confirmed following the completion of all qualification events.
Country representation
A complete breakdown of player representation by country will be published following confirmation of the final field.