2027 IDF World Darts Championship

2027 IDF World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	12 December 2026 – 3 January 2027
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London, England
Organisation(s)	IDF
Format	Sets
Prize fund	£3,500,000
Winner's share	£750,000
«2026 2028»

The 2027 IDF World Darts Championship will be a professional darts tournament organised by the International Darts Federation (IDF), scheduled to take place from 12 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 at Alexandra Palace in London, England.

Logan White is the defending champion, having defeated Max Mad 7–6 in the 2026 final.

The tournament will feature 96 players, reduced from the 128-player field used in 2026. The top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit are seeded and enter the tournament in the second round. The remaining 64 qualifiers contest the first round, with the 32 winners advancing to face the seeded players in a conventional 64-player knockout bracket from the second round onwards.

The full draw was made following the conclusion of qualification. White will begin his title defence against either Charlie Sutton or Daniel Morales, while second seed Alex Brow was drawn against the winner of Isaac Bennett and Hiroto Tanaka. 2026 runner-up Mad will face either Kieran Walsh or Samuel Price.

Background

Format

The 2027 championship will feature 96 players, a reduction from the 128-player field used at the 2026 tournament.

The top 32 players on the IDF Order of Merit following the 2026 IDF Players Championship Finals are seeded and receive a bye through the first round.

The remaining 64 players contest 32 first-round matches. Each first-round match is tied to a predetermined position in the second-round bracket, where its winner will face one of the 32 seeds.

From the second round onwards, the championship therefore becomes a conventional 64-player knockout tournament.

All matches are played using set play. Every set is contested over the best of five legs, with the first player to win three legs winning the set.

There is no extended tie-break within a set. If a set reaches two legs apiece, the fifth leg decides the set.

The match lengths are:

• First round: best of 5 sets – first to 3
• Second round: best of 5 sets – first to 3
• Third round: best of 7 sets – first to 4
• Fourth round: best of 7 sets – first to 4
• Quarter-finals: best of 9 sets – first to 5
• Semi-finals: best of 11 sets – first to 6
• Final: best of 15 sets – first to 8

The 2027 final has therefore been extended to a possible 15 sets, compared with the best-of-13-set final used in 2026.

The player throwing first in the opening set is determined by the pre-match bull, with the right to throw first alternating at the beginning of each subsequent set.

Player count

Entry route	Players
Seeded – IDF Order of Merit top 32	32
Unseeded IDF Order of Merit qualifiers	32
IDF ProTour qualifiers	16
International qualifiers	8
World Championship final qualifiers	8
Total	96

Prize money

The total prize fund is £3,500,000, with £750,000 awarded to the champion.

Stage	Prize money	Players	Total
Winner	£750,000	1	£750,000
Runner-up	£350,000	1	£350,000
Semi-finalists	£200,000	2	£400,000
Quarter-finalists	£100,000	4	£400,000
Fourth round	£50,000	8	£400,000
Third round	£25,000	16	£400,000
Second round	£15,000	32	£480,000
First round	£10,000	32	£320,000
Total			£3,500,000

All prize money counts towards the IDF Order of Merit.

Qualification

Qualification was divided between the IDF Order of Merit, the IDF ProTour, international qualifying routes and the final World Championship qualifier.

The top 32 players on the Order of Merit qualified as seeds and enter in the second round.

The next 32 highest-ranked eligible players qualified as unseeded Order of Merit players.

A further 16 players qualified through the IDF ProTour, eight through international qualification events and eight through the final World Championship qualifier.

Seeds

Seed	Player
1	Logan White
2	Alex Brow
3	Max Mad
4	Parker Reeves
5	Quinn Sanders
6	Elias Storm
7	Duncan MacLeod
8	Wyatt Walker
9	Jeroen van Dijk
10	Hunter Jackson
11	Jack Mercer
12	Rhys Morgan
13	Nathan Owens
14	Harry Lewis
15	Benjamin Carter
16	Ryan Thomas
17	Niklas Hofer
18	Kai Mitchell
19	Callum Pike
20	Bram De Waal
21	Ethan Mitchell
22	Blake Carter
23	Cole Hamilton
24	Noah Parker
25	Jamie Fletcher
26	Sean Donovan
27	Oliver Bartlett
28	Lewis Moorcroft
29	Lukas Weber
30	Matteo Vermeulen
31	Connor Hayes
32	Daniel McKenna

Qualified players

Unseeded Order of Merit qualifiers

OOM position	Player
33	Mason Kelly
34	Cameron Reid
35	Adrian Smit
36	Tyler Grant
37	Scott Brennan
38	Marcus Cole
39	Owen Griffiths
40	Dylan Brooks
41	Theo Walsh
42	Mitchell Kerr
43	Leon Price
44	Reece Palmer
45	Patrick Byrne
46	Kevin Van Leeuwen
47	Stefan Müller
48	Marco Bellini
49	Finn O'Connor
50	Jan Verbeek
51	Toby Richards
52	Aaron Doyle
53	Luke Harrington
54	Niels Bakker
55	George Chambers
56	Kieran Walsh
57	Ruben Meijer
58	Isaac Bennett
59	Charlie Sutton
60	Jordan Ellis
61	Simon Ward
62	Harvey Nolan
63	Adam Fletcher
64	Tomás Varga

ProTour qualifiers

Player	Qualification
Theo Richardson	IDF ProTour
Cameron Price	IDF ProTour
Jordan Matthews	IDF ProTour
Stefan de Boer	IDF ProTour
Owen Carter	IDF ProTour
Kyle Brennan	IDF ProTour
Matthew Haines	IDF ProTour
Jamie van der Meer	IDF ProTour
Liam Davidson	IDF ProTour
Dylan Ward	IDF ProTour
Oliver Grant	IDF ProTour
Marcus Reed	IDF ProTour
Finn Jacobs	IDF ProTour
Aaron Campbell	IDF ProTour
Connor Price	IDF ProTour
Nathan Kerr	IDF ProTour

International qualifiers

Player	Region
Hiroto Tanaka	Japan
Min-jae Park	South Korea
Liam O'Connell	Australia
Caleb Thompson	New Zealand
Daniel Morales	United States
Javier Ortega	Spain
Lars Jørgensen	Denmark
Petr Novák	Czech Republic

Final qualifiers

Player	Qualification
Michael Reeves	Final Qualifier
Bradley Stone	Final Qualifier
Zachary Hughes	Final Qualifier
Ruben van den Berg	Final Qualifier
Samuel Price	Final Qualifier
Thomas Gallagher	Final Qualifier
Andrew Collins	Final Qualifier
Martin Vos	Final Qualifier

Draw

First round

The 64 unseeded players were drawn into 32 first-round matches. Each match feeds directly into a predetermined second-round tie against one of the 32 seeded players.

Match	Player	v	Player	Second-round opponent
1	Charlie Sutton	v	Daniel Morales	(1) Logan White
2	Mason Kelly	v	Liam Davidson	(32) Daniel McKenna
3	Patrick Byrne	v	Theo Richardson	(16) Ryan Thomas
4	Adrian Smit	v	Caleb Thompson	(17) Niklas Hofer
5	Cameron Reid	v	Finn Jacobs	(8) Wyatt Walker
6	Aaron Doyle	v	Min-jae Park	(25) Jamie Fletcher
7	Theo Walsh	v	Thomas Gallagher	(9) Jeroen van Dijk
8	Stefan Müller	v	Kyle Brennan	(24) Noah Parker
9	Scott Brennan	v	Liam O'Connell	(4) Parker Reeves
10	Harvey Nolan	v	Jordan Matthews	(29) Lukas Weber
11	Leon Price	v	Petr Novák	(13) Nathan Owens
12	Mitchell Kerr	v	Michael Reeves	(20) Bram De Waal
13	Ruben Meijer	v	Cameron Price	(5) Quinn Sanders
14	Owen Griffiths	v	Bradley Stone	(28) Lewis Moorcroft
15	Toby Richards	v	Javier Ortega	(12) Rhys Morgan
16	George Chambers	v	Marcus Reed	(21) Ethan Mitchell
17	Isaac Bennett	v	Hiroto Tanaka	(2) Alex Brow
18	Jordan Ellis	v	Jamie van der Meer	(31) Connor Hayes
19	Finn O'Connor	v	Nathan Kerr	(15) Benjamin Carter
20	Reece Palmer	v	Ruben van den Berg	(18) Kai Mitchell
21	Kevin Van Leeuwen	v	Stefan de Boer	(7) Duncan MacLeod
22	Luke Harrington	v	Andrew Collins	(26) Sean Donovan
23	Tyler Grant	v	Oliver Grant	(10) Hunter Jackson
24	Marco Bellini	v	Matthew Haines	(23) Cole Hamilton
25	Kieran Walsh	v	Samuel Price	(3) Max Mad
26	Simon Ward	v	Dylan Ward	(30) Matteo Vermeulen
27	Marcus Cole	v	Martin Vos	(14) Harry Lewis
28	Adam Fletcher	v	Aaron Campbell	(19) Callum Pike
29	Dylan Brooks	v	Lars Jørgensen	(6) Elias Storm
30	Niels Bakker	v	Zachary Hughes	(27) Oliver Bartlett
31	Jan Verbeek	v	Owen Carter	(11) Jack Mercer
32	Tomás Varga	v	Connor Price	(22) Blake Carter

Second round onwards

The second round marks the beginning of the 64-player seeded bracket. Each seed will face the winner of the corresponding first-round match.

Second round Best of 5 sets

Third round Best of 7 sets

Fourth round Best of 7 sets

Quarter-finals Best of 9 sets

Semi-finals Best of 11 sets

Final Best of 15 sets

1

Logan White

Winner of Sutton/Morales

32

Daniel McKenna

Winner of Kelly/Davidson

16

Ryan Thomas

Winner of Byrne/Richardson

17

Niklas Hofer

Winner of Smit/Thompson

8

Wyatt Walker

Winner of Reid/Jacobs

25

Jamie Fletcher

Winner of Doyle/Park

9

Jeroen van Dijk

Winner of Walsh/Gallagher

24

Noah Parker

Winner of Müller/Brennan

4

Parker Reeves

Winner of Brennan/O'Connell

29

Lukas Weber

Winner of Nolan/Matthews

13

Nathan Owens

Winner of Price/Novák

20

Bram De Waal

Winner of Kerr/Reeves

5

Quinn Sanders

Winner of Meijer/Price

28

Lewis Moorcroft

Winner of Griffiths/Stone

12

Rhys Morgan

Winner of Richards/Ortega

21

Ethan Mitchell

Winner of Chambers/Reed

2

Alex Brow

Winner of Bennett/Tanaka

31

Connor Hayes

Winner of Ellis/Van der Meer

15

Benjamin Carter

Winner of O'Connor/Kerr

18

Kai Mitchell

Winner of Palmer/Van den Berg

7

Duncan MacLeod

Winner of Van Leeuwen/De Boer

26

Sean Donovan

Winner of Harrington/Collins

10

Hunter Jackson

Winner of Grant/Grant

23

Cole Hamilton

Winner of Bellini/Haines

3

Max Mad

Winner of Walsh/Price

30

Matteo Vermeulen

Winner of Ward/Ward

14

Harry Lewis

Winner of Cole/Vos

19

Callum Pike

Winner of Fletcher/Campbell

6

Elias Storm

Winner of Brooks/Jørgensen

27

Oliver Bartlett

Winner of Bakker/Hughes

11

Jack Mercer

Winner of Verbeek/Carter

22

Blake Carter

Winner of Varga/Price

Potential seeded meetings

If all 32 seeds progress through the second round, the seeded third-round pairings would be:

Section	Potential third-round match
1	(1) Logan White v (32) Daniel McKenna
2	(16) Ryan Thomas v (17) Niklas Hofer
3	(8) Wyatt Walker v (25) Jamie Fletcher
4	(9) Jeroen van Dijk v (24) Noah Parker
5	(4) Parker Reeves v (29) Lukas Weber
6	(13) Nathan Owens v (20) Bram De Waal
7	(5) Quinn Sanders v (28) Lewis Moorcroft
8	(12) Rhys Morgan v (21) Ethan Mitchell
9	(2) Alex Brow v (31) Connor Hayes
10	(15) Benjamin Carter v (18) Kai Mitchell
11	(7) Duncan MacLeod v (26) Sean Donovan
12	(10) Hunter Jackson v (23) Cole Hamilton
13	(3) Max Mad v (30) Matteo Vermeulen
14	(14) Harry Lewis v (19) Callum Pike
15	(6) Elias Storm v (27) Oliver Bartlett
16	(11) Jack Mercer v (22) Blake Carter

The placement of the seeds means White and fourth seed Reeves occupy the upper quarter of the draw, with Sanders and Van Dijk also in the top half. Brow heads the third quarter alongside MacLeod and Jackson, while Mad and Storm are positioned in the final quarter. White and Brow cannot meet before the final, while Brow and Mad cannot meet before the semi-finals.

Schedule

Date	Session	Round	Matches
12 December	Afternoon	First round	8
12 December	Evening	First round	8
13 December	Afternoon	First round	8
13 December	Evening	First round	8
14 December	Afternoon	First round	8
14 December	Evening	First round	8
15 December	Afternoon	First round	8
15 December	Evening	First round	8
16 December	Afternoon	Second round	4
16 December	Evening	Second round	4
17 December	Afternoon	Second round	4
17 December	Evening	Second round	4
18 December	Afternoon	Second round	4
18 December	Evening	Second round	4
19 December	Afternoon	Second round	4
19 December	Evening	Second round	4
20 December	Afternoon	Third round	4
20 December	Evening	Third round	4
21 December	Afternoon	Third round	4
21 December	Evening	Third round	4
22 December	Evening	Fourth round	4
23 December	Evening	Fourth round	4
24–26 December	—	Christmas break	—
27 December	Evening	Quarter-finals	2
28 December	Evening	Quarter-finals	2
29–30 December	—	Rest days	—
31 December	Evening	Semi-finals	2
1–2 January	—	Rest days	—
3 January	Evening	Final	1

Defending champion

White enters the tournament as defending champion after defeating Mad 7–6 in the 2026 final.

As the number one seed, White receives a first-round bye and will begin his title defence against either Sutton or United States qualifier Morales.

White retained the number-one position on the IDF Order of Merit during 2026 and won the 2026 IDF European Championship. He also reached the final of the 2026 IDF Players Championship Finals, where he lost 7–6 to Brow.

Notable entrants

Brow enters as the second seed following consecutive victories at the 2026 IDF Grand Slam of Darts and the Players Championship Finals. He will begin his campaign against either Bennett or Japanese qualifier Tanaka.

Mad, seeded third, was runner-up to White in the 2026 World Championship final and reached the semi-finals of both the Grand Slam and Players Championship Finals. His opening opponent will be either Walsh or final qualifier Samuel Price.

Storm is the sixth seed following his victory at the 2026 IDF World Grand Prix. After suffering a wrist injury following that event, he returned later in the season and reached the Grand Slam semi-finals and Players Championship Finals quarter-finals. He will face either Brooks or Danish qualifier Jørgensen.

Van Dijk, the ninth seed, enters after reaching the Grand Slam final, while Sanders is seeded fifth after reaching the semi-finals of the Players Championship Finals.

Changes from 2026

The field has been reduced from 128 to 96 players.

The top 32 seeds now enter in the second round, while the other 64 players contest the opening round.

The first and second rounds are best of five sets.

The third and fourth rounds are best of seven sets.

The quarter-finals are best of nine sets and the semi-finals best of 11.

The final has been increased to the best of 15 sets, with the champion required to win eight sets.

Each set remains the best of five legs throughout the tournament.

The total prize fund has increased to £3.5 million, with £750,000 awarded to the champion.