2026 IDF Grand Slam of Darts
| 2026 IDF Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 14–22 November 2026 | ||
| Venue | Aldersley Leisure Village | ||
| Location | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | IDF | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £800,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £175,000 | ||
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The 2026 IDF Grand Slam of Darts is a professional darts tournament organised by the International Darts Federation (IDF), taking place from 14 to 22 November 2026 at the Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton, England.
The tournament featured 32 players, initially divided into eight groups of four, with the top two players from each group progressing to the knockout stage.
Logan White entered as the defending champion, having defeated Alex Brow 16–13 in the 2025 final. White's title defence ended in the quarter-finals, where Brow defeated him 16–14 in their third major final-stage meeting across the previous two seasons.
Max Mad also advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Duncan MacLeod 16–11.
Background
Format
The tournament began with eight groups of four players.
Each player played every other player in their group once. The top two players from each group advanced to the second round, while the bottom two were eliminated.
Group positions were determined by:
- Number of match wins
- Leg difference
- Legs won
- Head-to-head result
- Tournament average, if required
All group-stage matches were played over the best of nine legs.
The knockout stage is played as follows:
- Group stage: best of 9 legs
- Second round: best of 19 legs
- Quarter-finals: best of 31 legs
- Semi-finals: best of 31 legs
- Final: best of 31 legs
The second round was therefore first to 10 legs, while all matches from the quarter-finals onwards are first to 16.
Prize money
The total prize fund is £800,000, with £175,000 awarded to the champion.
| Stage | Prize money | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | £175,000 | 1 | £175,000 |
| Runner-up | £85,000 | 1 | £85,000 |
| Semi-finalists | £50,000 | 2 | £100,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | £30,000 | 4 | £120,000 |
| Second round | £17,500 | 8 | £140,000 |
| Third in group | £9,000 | 8 | £72,000 |
| Fourth in group | £6,000 | 8 | £48,000 |
| Group winner bonus | £7,500 | 8 | £60,000 |
| Total | £800,000 | ||
Prize money earned at the tournament counts towards the IDF Order of Merit.
Each player finishing top of their group received an additional £7,500 bonus.
Qualification
The tournament featured 32 players qualifying through several routes across the 2026 IDF season.
Automatic places were awarded to leading performers from major IDF tournaments, with additional places determined through the IDF Order of Merit and ProTour performances.
The final eight places were awarded through the IDF Grand Slam qualifier.
The eight highest-ranked qualified players on the IDF Order of Merit were designated as seeds.
Group stage
The group stage was played from 14 to 17 November.
Brow and White completed perfect campaigns in Groups A and B respectively.
Mad won Group C ahead of MacLeod following a three-way tie with Ethan Mitchell, while Ryan Thomas won all three of his Group D matches.
Rhys Morgan won Group E, with Elias Storm progressing in second ahead of Cole Hamilton.
Benjamin Carter won Group F ahead of Quinn Sanders. Harry Lewis topped Group G, while Jamie Fletcher qualified in second and seventh seed Jack Mercer was eliminated.
Jeroen van Dijk won Group H ahead of Wyatt Walker.
Final group standings
Group A
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Brow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | Qualified |
| 2 | Hunter Jackson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | Qualified |
| 3 | Daniel McKenna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Noah Parker | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | Eliminated |
Group B
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logan White | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | Qualified |
| 2 | Nathan Owens | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | Qualified |
| 3 | Bram De Waal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Lukas Weber | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | Eliminated |
Group C
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Mad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | Qualified |
| 2 | Duncan MacLeod | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | Qualified |
| 3 | Ethan Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Sean Donovan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | Eliminated |
Group D
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Thomas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 11 | +4 | Qualified |
| 2 | Parker Reeves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | Qualified |
| 3 | Niklas Hofer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Mason Kelly | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | Eliminated |
Group E
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhys Morgan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | Qualified |
| 2 | Elias Storm | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | Qualified |
| 3 | Cole Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Oliver Bartlett | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | Eliminated |
Group F
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Carter | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 10 | +5 | Qualified |
| 2 | Quinn Sanders | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | Qualified |
| 3 | Blake Carter | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Matteo Vermeulen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | Eliminated |
Group G
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Lewis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | Qualified |
| 2 | Jamie Fletcher | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | Qualified |
| 3 | Jack Mercer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Connor Hayes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | Eliminated |
Group H
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeroen van Dijk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 10 | +5 | Qualified |
| 2 | Wyatt Walker | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | Qualified |
| 3 | Callum Pike | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Lewis Moorcroft | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | Eliminated |
Knockout stage
Second round
Brow defeated Nathan Owens 10–6 with a 110.26 average, while White defeated Hunter Jackson 10–7 with a tournament-leading 111.02 average.
Mad defeated Reeves 10–8 and MacLeod eliminated previously unbeaten Thomas 10–8.
Sanders defeated Morgan 10–7, while Storm beat Carter 10–8 to reach his first major quarter-final since returning from a broken wrist.
Walker defeated Lewis 10–9 in a deciding leg, and Van Dijk defeated Fletcher 10–6.
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals began on 20 November.
Mad defeated MacLeod 16–11 in the opening match.
MacLeod started strongly and took an early 4–2 advantage, but Mad responded with four consecutive legs to move 6–4 ahead. MacLeod levelled the match at 6–6 before Mad established control by winning five of the next six legs.
Mad moved 11–7 ahead before MacLeod responded with consecutive legs to reduce the deficit to 11–9. Mad then won three successive legs to move within two of victory.
MacLeod took two of the next three to remain alive at 15–11, but Mad completed the match in the 27th leg with a 13-dart hold.
Mad averaged 109.24 and hit 13 maximums. MacLeod averaged 106.47.
The second quarter-final saw Brow defeat defending champion White 16–14 in one of the tournament's highest-quality matches.
The match was a rematch of both the 2025 Grand Slam final, which White won 16–13, and the 2026 European Championship final, which White won 16–14.
White made the faster start, winning three of the opening four legs before Brow recovered to level at 4–4. Neither player was able to establish a significant advantage through the middle of the match, with the scores level at 6–6, 8–8 and 10–10.
White broke Brow in the 21st leg and held in 12 darts to establish the first two-leg advantage since the opening stages at 12–10.
Brow immediately responded, taking out 124 to break back before holding in 13 darts to level at 12–12.
White moved ahead again at 13–12, but Brow won three consecutive legs, including a 10-darter in the 27th, to move within one leg of victory at 15–13.
White saved the match in the 29th leg with a 121 checkout to reduce the deficit to 15–14.
In the 30th leg, White left 36 after 12 darts, but Brow produced a 130 checkout, finishing treble 20, treble 18 and double 8, to win 16–14 and eliminate the defending champion.
Brow averaged 112.08, the highest average of the tournament, while White averaged 111.47. The pair combined for 31 maximums, with Brow hitting 16 and White 15.
The victory was Brow's first over White in a major knockout match since before the 2025 Grand Slam final and sent him through to face Mad in the semi-finals.
Draw
| Second round Best of 19 legs | Quarter-finals Best of 31 legs | Semi-finals Best of 31 legs | Final Best of 31 legs | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Alex Brow 110.26 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Nathan Owens 105.42 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Alex Brow 112.08 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Logan White 111.47 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Logan White 111.02 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Hunter Jackson 106.38 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Alex Brow | ||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Max Mad | ||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Max Mad 108.57 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| D2 | Parker Reeves 106.84 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Max Mad 109.24 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Duncan MacLeod 106.47 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 | Ryan Thomas 105.91 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Duncan MacLeod 107.26 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Rhys Morgan 104.31 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| F2 | Quinn Sanders 106.72 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| F2 | Quinn Sanders | ||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Elias Storm | ||||||||||||||||||
| F1 | Benjamin Carter 103.92 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Elias Storm 104.86 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| G1 | Harry Lewis 105.76 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | Wyatt Walker 106.13 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | Wyatt Walker | ||||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Jeroen van Dijk | ||||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Jeroen van Dijk 107.08 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| G2 | Jamie Fletcher 102.74 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Knockout results
Second round
| Player | Score | Player | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhys Morgan | 7–10 | Quinn Sanders | 104.31–106.72 |
| Max Mad | 10–8 | Parker Reeves | 108.57–106.84 |
| Alex Brow | 10–6 | Nathan Owens | 110.26–105.42 |
| Harry Lewis | 9–10 | Wyatt Walker | 105.76–106.13 |
| Ryan Thomas | 8–10 | Duncan MacLeod | 105.91–107.26 |
| Benjamin Carter | 8–10 | Elias Storm | 103.92–104.86 |
| Jeroen van Dijk | 10–6 | Jamie Fletcher | 107.08–102.74 |
| Logan White | 10–7 | Hunter Jackson | 111.02–106.38 |
Quarter-finals
20 November
| Player | Score | Player | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Mad | 16–11 | Duncan MacLeod | 109.24–106.47 |
| Alex Brow | 16–14 | Logan White | 112.08–111.47 |
Schedule
21 November
Evening session
Quarter-finals:
- Quinn Sanders v Elias Storm
- Wyatt Walker v Jeroen van Dijk
22 November
Afternoon session
Semi-finals:
- Alex Brow v Max Mad
- Winner of Sanders/Storm v winner of Walker/Van Dijk
Evening session
Final.
Defending champion
White entered the tournament as defending champion after winning the 2025 edition.
White defeated Brow 16–13 in the 2025 final and again defeated Brow 16–14 in the final of the 2026 IDF European Championship.
White won all three of his group-stage matches before defeating Jackson 10–7 in the second round.
His title defence ended against Brow in the quarter-finals. Despite averaging 111.47, White was beaten 16–14 as Brow produced a tournament-high 112.08 average and a 130 checkout to win the match.