Czech Darts Open 2026

4 September – 6 September 2026 · PVA Expo, Prag

The ČEZ Czech Darts Open 2026 were the twelfth of 15 tournaments on the PDC European Tour 2026 and took place from 4 to 6 September 2026 at the PVA Expo in Prague. The winner was Luke Littler, who beat defending champion Luke Humphries 8-6 in the final.

The ČEZ Czech Darts Open 2026 were held from 4 to 6 September 2026 at the PVA Expo in Prague. The Professional Darts Corporation tournament was the twelfth of 15 events on the PDC European Tour 2026 and was played as a ranking event within the Pro Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament. A total of 48 players took part and the prize money was £230,000, of which £35,000 went to the winner. The title was claimed by Luke Littler, who beat defending champion Luke Humphries 8-6 in the final to win his sixth European Tour title. With three wins, Humphries remains the tournament's record champion. The tournament was played in a classic knockout format. The first four rounds were played over Best of 11 Legs, the semi-finals over Best of 13 Legs and the final over Best of 15 Legs, each in Double-out mode. The top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit were seeded and entered in the second round, while the remaining players started in the first round. Each day of the tournament featured an afternoon session from 13:00 to 17:00 and an evening session from 19:00 to 23:00; on Sunday, after the last 16 in the afternoon, the quarter-finals followed in the evening from 19:00, the semi-finals from 21:00 and the final from 22:15. The field was made up of the top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit, the 16 highest-ranked players on the ProTour Order of Merit not yet qualified and 16 places from four qualifying events – ten through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier, four through the Host Nation Qualifier for players from the Czech Republic, one through the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier and one through the East Europe Qualifier. James Wade withdrew at a later stage; as a result Jermaine Wattimena took seeding position 16 and Ricky Evans moved into the field from the reserve list. The first round on Friday was completed without the four Czech qualifiers. In the afternoon Cameron Menzies won 6-1 against Johan Engström, Andrew Gilding 6-3 against David Rosi, Ryan Joyce 6-5 against Kim Huybrechts, William O'Connor 6-1 against Jiří Brejcha, Niko Springer 6-0 against Martin Homola (102.48 Average and a 150 Checkout), Kevin Doets 6-2 against Ricky Evans, Stephen Burton 6-3 against Joe Cullen and Callan Rydz 6-1 against Cristo Reyes. In the evening Luke Woodhouse came through 6-4 against Connor Scutt (104.30), Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 against Adam Gawlas, Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-2 against Dirk van Duijvenbode, Martin Schindler 6-4 against Rob Owen, Keane Barry 6-4 against Rob Cross, Damon Heta 6-4 against Karel Sedláček and Jeffrey de Graaf 6-3 against Niels Zonneveld. The historic result came from Beau Greaves: with her 6-4 win over Daryl Gurney she is the first woman to have won a match on the European Tour. In the second round on Saturday six seeded players went out: Krzysztof Ratajski won 6-2 against Jermaine Wattimena, William O'Connor 6-4 against Ryan Searle, Cameron Menzies 6-3 against Gary Anderson, Keane Barry 6-4 against Chris Dobey, Andrew Gilding 6-2 against Nathan Aspinall and Luke Woodhouse 6-4 against Stephen Bunting (105.30). There were also wins for Danny Noppert 6-1 against Kevin Doets, Ross Smith 6-1 against Stephen Burton, Wessel Nijman 6-5 against Martin Schindler, who had earlier thrown the highest Checkout of the tournament with 170, Gian van Veen 6-1 against Jeffrey de Graaf, Jonny Clayton 6-2 against Damon Heta, Gerwyn Price 6-2 against Callan Rydz, Luke Littler 6-4 against Niko Springer (108.59), defending champion Luke Humphries 6-2 against Beau Greaves with the best Average of the tournament at 108.98, Michael van Gerwen 6-4 against Mario Vandenbogaerde and Josh Rock 6-3 against Ryan Joyce. On Sunday the last 16 saw wins for Gerwyn Price 6-1 against Cameron Menzies, Ross Smith 6-3 against Gian van Veen, William O'Connor 6-5 against Josh Rock, Luke Humphries 6-3 against Andrew Gilding, Jonny Clayton 6-4 against Keane Barry, Michael van Gerwen 6-4 against Wessel Nijman, Danny Noppert 6-5 against Luke Woodhouse – after trailing 0-4 – and Luke Littler 6-3 against Krzysztof Ratajski. In the quarter-finals Gerwyn Price won 6-4 against Ross Smith, Luke Humphries 6-3 against William O'Connor, Michael van Gerwen 6-3 against Jonny Clayton and Luke Littler 6-0 against Danny Noppert (102.48). In the semi-finals Luke Humphries came through 7-4 against Gerwyn Price (97.41 to 102.16), while Luke Littler won clearly 7-3 against Michael van Gerwen with an Average of 106.64. In the final over Best of 15 Legs Luke Littler had the upper hand 8-6 against Luke Humphries (95.25 to 94.81), ending the defending champion's Prague run. The tournament's only nine-darter so far was hit by Gerwyn Price at the first edition in 2019 against Glen Durrant. The complete tournament was shown internationally via livestream on PDC TV; in Germany, Austria and Switzerland DAZN showed all sessions live in German, and the tournament could also be watched free of charge on the DAZN Darts X Pluto TV channel on Pluto TV.