Betfred World Matchplay 2026 schedule and results: Round-by-round scores from Blackpool as Luke Littler defended his title
Round-by-round results from the Betfred World Matchplay, where defending champion Luke Littler beat former world No 1 Gerwyn Price 18-9 to successfully defend his title at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool; Price finished runner-up for a second time in four years
Sunday 26 July 2026 22:35, UK
Final results from the 2026 Betfred World Matchplay, held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
Defending champion Luke Littler became the first player since Michael van Gerwen to retain the title in Blackpool, producing a tournament-record average as he sealed an emphatic 18-9 victory over Gerwyn Price.
Littler previously came past Niko Springer in his tournament opener ahead of beating Nathan Aspinall in a second-round thriller, before thrashing Josh Rock and Dirk van Duijvenbode to breeze through to the final.
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2022 runner-up Price edged past Martin Schindler in his tournament opener and then improved to beat Rob Cross in the next round, before defeating Ross Smith to continue his record of reaching every TV major semi-final this season.
Price saw off Gian van Veen 16-13 to reach his first major TV final since 2023, with the victory lifting him to world No 4 and seeing him leapfrog Jonny Clayton as the highest-ranked Welshman.
The event featured the top 16 players from the PDC Werner Rankings Ladder as well as the best 16 players from the one-year ProTour rankings.
Prize purses for the 2026 event have been boosted to £1m, with the winner set to pocket £225,000. Littler reaching the final guarantees him becoming the first player in history to break £3m in prize money.
Betfred World Matchplay - Session by session results
All times UK and Ireland
Session One
Saturday July 18
Round One x4
Josh Rock 10-4 Luke Woodhouse
Stephen Bunting 13-12 Niels Zonneveld
Luke Littler 10-6 Niko Springer
Nathan Aspinall 10-5 Joe Cullen
Session Two
Sunday July 19
Round One x4
Chris Dobey 11-13 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gary Anderson 10-2 Ryan Joyce
Michael van Gerwen 10-6 Andrew Gilding
Jonny Clayton 10-7 Damon Heta
Session Three
Sunday July 19
Round One x4
Ryan Searle 10-6 William O'Connor
James Wade 10-7 Jermaine Wattimena
Gian van Veen 10-6 Krzysztof Ratajski
Wessel Nijman 10-5 Dave Chisnall
Monday July 20
Round One x4
Luke Humphries 7-10 Cameron Menzies
Gerwyn Price 11-9 Martin Schindler
Rob Cross 10-3 Danny Noppert
Ross Smith 10-6 Kevin Doets
Tuesday July 21
Round Two x4 - match order TBC
Jonny Clayton 7-11 Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen 12-14 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Luke Littler 11-8 Nathan Aspinall
Josh Rock 11-6 Stephen Bunting
Wednesday July 22
Round Two x4
Cameron Menzies withdraws vs Ross Smith
Gian Van Veen 14-12 Wessel Nijman
Gerwyn Price 1-5 Rob Cross
James Wade 11-8 Ryan Searle
Thursday July 23
Luke Littler 16-7Josh Rock
Gary Anderson 13-16 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Friday July 24
Gian van Veen 16-13 James Wade
Gerwyn Price 16-12 Ross Smith
Saturday July 25
Gerwyn Price 17-10 Gian van Veen
Luke Littler 17-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Sunday July 26
Luke Littler 18-9 Gerwyn Price
Top 16 qualifiers from the Werner Ladder
1. Luke Littler
2. Luke Humphries
3. Gian van Veen
4. Michael van Gerwen
5. Jonny Clayton
6. James Wade
7. Gerwyn Price
8. Josh Rock
9. Stephen Bunting
10. Danny Noppert
11. Ryan Searle
12. Gary Anderson
13. Chris Dobey
14. Wessel Nijman
15. Ross Smith
16. Nathan Aspinall
Top 16 Qualifiers from ProTour Rankings
Luke Woodhouse, Jermaine Wattimena, Kevin Doets, Andrew Gilding, Rob Cross, Krzysztof Ratajski, William O'Connor, Niko Springer, Niels Zonneveld, Martin Schindler, Ryan Joyce, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Cameron Menzies, Joe Cullen, Damon Heta, Dave Chisnall
