Overview
- The PDC will invest more than £3 million from 2026 to 2028 in its Global Affiliate Tours, boosting regional prize money and offering leading players routes to Q School and major events.
- The 2026 World Championship is underway at Alexandra Palace with a doubled £5 million purse that pays £1 million to the champion.
- From 2027 the tournament will move inside Ally Pally to the larger Great Hall, increasing capacity to about 5,000 per session and securing the location through at least 2031.
- German players Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko endorsed the switch, pointing to repeated sellouts and high ticket demand.
- International results and vivid moments shaped this edition, including first-round wins by Nitin Kumar, David Munyua and Motomu Sakai, Dom Taylor’s exclusion after a positive test, and televised stage incidents.