LITTLER TARGETS FINAL MISSING MAJOR IN POLAND

PLPOLE20 – By Phil Lanning

LUKE LITTLER’S quest to complete the set of PDC majors starts in Krakow this weekend.

The Nuke has won everything the sport has to offer in just 26 months – apart from the European Championship.

His bid to deliver that one final trophy, a target he’s made clear he wants to achieve, all begins at the Poland Darts Open on Saturday evening. 

But he potentially faces old foe Mike De Decker in round two. De Decker would need to get past Marvin Kraft first on Friday night. Littler has had two classics with the Belgian in the 2024 Grand Slam and survived a match dart more recently in his World Masters opener in Milton Keynes. 

Luke Humphries could face a tricky opener against home star Krzysztof Ratajski if the Pole beats Mickey Mansell. 

If he recovers from illness, Michael van Gerwen will be going for a record-extending 39th Euro tour win against Luke Woodhouse or Carl Sneyd. 

It is the first of 15 European Tour events on the 2026 PDC ProTour and the first-ever Euro tour held in Poland, following on from successful World Series events held in Gliwice. 

World Champion Littler can almost book himself a place in the Euro Finals in Dortmund in late October with a victory this weekend and the £35,000 top prize. 

It will feature a field of 48 players led by Littler, Humphries, Van Gerwen, Gian van Veen, Gary Anderson, Gerwyn Price and Nathan Aspinall. 

With a busy schedule ahead in which many could skip a lot of tournaments, it could be the only time to see all the top names in one place on the European Tour.

2026 SUPERBET Poland Darts Open
Watch on PDC.TV: https://www.pdc.tv/videos

Friday February 20
Round One
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
Cameron Menzies v Ritchie Edhouse
William O’Connor v Andreas Harrysson
Ryan Joyce v Boris Krcmar
Luke Woodhouse v Carl Sneyd
Niels Zonneveld v Host Nation Qualifier 4
Andrew Gilding v Jeffrey De Graaf
Jermaine Wattimena v Host Nation Qualifier 1
Dave Chisnall v Darryl Pilgrim
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 GMT)
Wessel Nijman v Thomas Lovely
Daryl Gurney v Host Nation Qualifier 3
Damon Heta v Connor Scutt
Krzysztof Ratajski v Mickey Mansell
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Adam Gawlas
Niko Springer v Cristo Reyes
Joe Cullen v Host Nation Qualifier 2
Mike De Decker v Marvin Kraft
Saturday February 21
Round Two
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
Martin Schindler v Joyce/Krcmar
Chris Dobey v Heta/Scutt
Nathan Aspinall v Chisnall/Pilgrim
Danny Noppert v Wattimena/Host Nation Qualifier 1
Gary Anderson v Nijman/Lovely
James Wade v Menzies/Edhouse
Ross Smith v Gurney/Host Nation Qualifier 3
Ryan Searle v Springer/Reyes
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 GMT)
Josh Rock v O’Connor/Harrysson
Jonny Clayton v Van Duijvenbode/Gawlas
Gerwyn Price v Cullen/Host Nation Qualifier 2
Luke Littler v De Decker/Kraft
Michael van Gerwen v Woodhouse/Sneyd
Luke Humphries v Ratajski/Mansell
Stephen Bunting v Zonneveld/Host Nation Qualifier 4
Gian van Veen v Gilding/De Graaf
Sunday February 22
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
Round Three
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 GMT)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

In 2026, the prize money for European Tour events was significantly increased. A total of £230,000 will be distributed as follows:
Winner:
£ 35,000 Runner-up
£ 15,000 Semi-finalists
£ 10,000 Quarter-finalists
£ 8,000 Round of 16
£ 5,000 Second round
£ 3,500 First round
£ 2,000
The prize money counts towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit (qualification for the European Championship).

Image by Taylor Lanning.