2026 Poland Darts Open: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

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The Euro Tour heads to Poland, with the Poland Darts Open marking the first Euro Tour event to take place in 2026.

As usual, 48 qualifiers will battle it out, starting on Friday, in hopes of advancing to the final on Sunday night.

What to know about the Poland Darts Open

Let’s take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

2026 Poland Darts Open draw & schedule

Here is the schedule for Friday’s action.

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First round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Cameron Menzies vs. Ritchie Edhouse	Fri., Feb. 20	1:00 p.m.
William O’Connor vs. Andreas Harrysson	Fri., Feb. 20	1:30 p.m.
Ryan Joyce vs. Boris Krcmar	Fri., Feb. 20	2:00 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. Carl Sneyd	Fri., Feb. 20	2:30 p.m.
Niels Zonneveld vs. Piotr Maciejczak	Fri., Feb. 20	3:00 p.m.
Andrew Gilding vs. Jeffrey De Graaf	Fri., Feb. 20	3:30 p.m.
Jermaine Wattimena vs. Miroslaw Grudziecki	Fri., Feb. 20	4:00 p.m.
Dave Chisnall vs. Darryl Pilgrim	Fri., Feb. 20	4:30 p.m.

First round (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Wessel Nijman vs. Thomas Lovely	Fri., Feb. 20	7:00 p.m.
Daryl Gurney vs. Dawid Robak	Fri., Feb. 20	7:30 p.m.
Damon Heta vs. Connor Scutt	Fri., Feb. 20	8:00 p.m.
Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Mickey Mansell	Fri., Feb. 20	8:30 p.m.
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Adam Gawlas	Fri., Feb. 20	9:00 p.m.
Niko Springer vs. Cristo Reyes	Fri., Feb. 20	9:30 p.m.
Joe Cullen vs. Krzysztof Kciuk	Fri., Feb. 20	10:00 p.m.
Mike De Decker vs. Marvin Kraft	Fri., Feb. 20	10:30 p.m.

Second round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Martin Schindler vs. Boris Krcmar	Sat., Feb. 21	1:00 p.m.
Chris Dobey vs. Connor Scutt	Sat., Feb. 21	1:30 p.m.
Nathan Aspinall vs. Darryl Pilgrim	Sat., Feb. 21	2:00 p.m.
Danny Noppert vs. Jermaine Wattimena	Sat., Feb. 21	2:30 p.m.
Gary Anderson vs. Wessel Nijman	Sat., Feb. 21	3:00 p.m.
James Wade vs. Cameron Menzies	Sat., Feb. 21	3:30 p.m.
Ross Smith vs. Daryl Gurney	Sat., Feb. 21	4:00 p.m.
Ryan Searle vs. Cristo Reyes	Sat., Feb. 21	4:30 p.m.

Second round (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Josh Rock vs. William O’Connor	Sat., Feb. 21	7:00 p.m.
Jonny Clayton vs. Adam Gawlas	Sat., Feb. 21	7:30 p.m.
Michael Smith vs. Joe Cullen	Sat., Feb. 21	8:00 p.m.
Luke Littler vs. Mike De Decker	Sat., Feb. 21	8:30 p.m.
Callan Rydz vs. Luke Woodhouse	Sat., Feb. 21	9:00 p.m.
Luke Humphries vs. Krzysztof Ratajski	Sat., Feb. 21	9:30 p.m.
Stephen Bunting vs. Niels Zonneveld	Sat., Feb. 21	10:00 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Andrew Gilding	Sat., Feb. 21	10:30 p.m.

Third round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Luke Littler vs. Ross Smith	Sun., Feb. 22	1:00 p.m.
Cristo Reyes vs. Josh Rock	Sun., Feb. 22	1:30 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. Chris Dobey	Sun., Feb. 22	2:00 p.m.
Jonny Clayton vs. Michael Smith	Sun., Feb. 22	2:30 p.m.
Luke Humphries vs. Boris Krcmar	Sun., Feb. 22	3:00 p.m.
Stephen Bunting vs. Jermaine Wattimena	Sun., Feb. 22	3:30 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Nathan Aspinall	Sun., Feb. 22	4:00 p.m.
Wessel Nijman vs. Cameron Menzies	Sun., Feb. 22	4:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	7:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	7:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	8:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	8:30 p.m.

Semifinals (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	9:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	9:30 p.m.

Final (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., Feb. 22	10:15 p.m.

Tournament bracket

Here are the matchups for all the rounds this weekend.

Second round

Martin Schindler vs. Boris Krcmar

Chris Dobey vs. Connor Scutt

Nathan Apsinall vs. Darryl Pilgrim

Danny Noppert vs. Jermaine Wattimena

Gary Anderson vs. Wessel Nijman

James Wade vs. Cameron Menzies

Ross Smith vs. Daryl Gurney

Ryan Searle vs. Cristo Reyes

Josh Rock vs. William O’Connor

Jonny Clayton vs. Adam Gawlas

Michael Smith vs. Joe Cullen

Luke Littler vs. Mike De Decker

Callan Rydz vs. Luke Woodhouse

Luke Humphries vs. Krzysztof Ratajski

Stephen Bunting vs. Niels Zonneveld

Gian van Veen vs. Andrew Gilding

Third round

Luke Littler vs. Ross Smith

Cristo Reyes vs. Josh Rock

Luke Woodhouse vs. Chris Dobey

Jonny Clayton vs. Michael Smith

Luke Humphries vs. Boris Krcmar

Stephen Bunting vs. Jermaine Wattimena

Gian van Veen vs. Nathan Aspinall

Wessel Nijman vs. Cameron Menzies

Quarterfinals

Littler/ R. Smith vs. Reyes/Rock

Woodhouse/Dobey vs. Clayton/M. Smith

Humphries/Krcmar vs. Bunting/Wattimena

van Veen/Aspinall vs. Nijman/Menzies

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Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

Stage (num. of players)	Prize money
Winner	(1)	£35,000
Runner-up	(1)	£15,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£10,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£8,000
Third round losers	(8)	£5,000
Second round losers	(16)	£3,500*
First round losers	(16)	£2,000*
Total	£230,000

Format

48 players will be in action this weekend, with 16 seeded players receiving automatic byes into the second round action on Saturday.

Each seeded player will play the winner of one of Friday’s games, leaving 32 players left after Friday.

Saturday will feature only round two games, determining which 16 players will advance to action on Sunday.

The afternoon session on Sunday will consist of the round of 16 games.

The evening session will consist of the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.

The first round, second round, round of 16 and quarterfinal round will all be played in a best-of-11-leg format.

The semifinal round will be best-of-13 legs, and the final will be best-of-15 legs.

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