2026 Machineseeker European Championship: Schedule, where to watch, prize money

LUKE LITTLER is aiming to dethrone Gian Van Veen at the Machineseeker European Darts Championship and complete a career clean sweep.

The Nuke has collected every major honour in the game except for the event which takes place over this upcoming weekend in Dortmund.

Littler kicks off his campaign against William O'Connor, but the title currently resides with van Veen after his thrilling success over Luke Humphries in the Final 12 months ago.

Cool Hand is back looking to go one better to claim the crown for the first time, whilst former champions such as four-times winner Michael van Gerwen, James Wade, two-times champ Rob Cross and Ross Smith, top seed for the championship, are also in a select field.

The competition is contested by the top 32 players qualified through 15 Euro Tour events in 2026, a series which concluded last weekend in Maastricht.

WHERE: Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany.

2026 Machineseeker European Championship

Schedule of Play

Thursday October 22 (1900-2300 CEST, 1800-2200 BST)

Round One x8

Luke Woodhouse v Dirk van Duijvenbode

Danny Noppert v Stephen Bunting

Niels Zonneveld v Cameron Menzies

Gerwyn Price v Rob Cross

James Wade v Damon Heta

Luke Humphries v Ryan Searle

Gian van Veen v Andrew Gilding

Ross Smith v Karel Sedlacek

Friday October 23 (1900-2300 CEST, 1800-2200 BST)

Round One x8

Ryan Joyce v Jermaine Wattimena

Krzysztof Ratajski v Dave Chisnall

Nathan Aspinall v Cristo Reyes

Jonny Clayton v Niko Springer

Luke Littler v William O'Connor

Wessel Nijman v Martin Schindler

Kevin Doets v Michael van Gerwen

Josh Rock v Chris Dobey

Saturday October 24

Afternoon Session (1300-1700 CEST, 1200-1600 BST)

Round Two x4 – order of games TBC

Smith/Sedlacek v Wade/Heta

Van Veen/Gilding v Woodhouse/Van Duijvenbode

Zonneveld/Menzies v Price/Cross

Noppert/Bunting v Humphries/Searle

Evening Session (1900-2300 CEST, 1800-2200 BST)

Round Two x4 – order of games TBC

Nijman/Schindler v Joyce/Wattimena

Clayton/Springer v Rock/Dobey

Ratajski/Chisnall v Doets/Van Gerwen

Aspinall/Reyes v Littler/O'Connor

Sunday October 25 – PLEASE NOTE CLOCKS GO BACK OVERNIGHT

Afternoon Session (1300-1700 CET, 1200-1600 GMT)

Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (1900-2300 CET, 1800-2200 GMT)

Semi-Finals

Final

PRIZE MONEY

£750,000 (Winner £150,000)

WHERE TO WATCH

The Machineseeker European Championship will be screened live on ITV4 and also on PDCTV