Where is the World Series Darts Finals? The World Series of Darts Finals is held at the AFAS Live, in Amsterdam

The World Series of Darts Finals is the season finale of the annual World Series global roadshow, with 32 of the world’s best players competing for £450,000 in prize money. First held in 2015, the World Series of Darts Finals is put on by the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) every September and sees the top performers from the World Series facing off with a selection of PDC invited players and tour card holder qualifiers in Amsterdam.

The 2026 edition of the World Series of Darts Finals marks the 12th staging of the competition and will take place in the Dutch capital over four days from September 17-20. This year’s tournament will feature the six-time and defending champion Michael van Gerwen, 2024 winner Luke Littler and previous winners James Wade, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton.

The World Series Darts Finals tournament has been held every year since 2015 and is a non-ranking event, with prize money earned not counting towards the PDC’s world rankings. The Finals marks the conclusion of the World Series of Darts for the year, with the 2026 schedule having featured six competitions during the season.

During 2026, the PDC’s top stars have competed in World Series tournaments held in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, USA, Australia and New Zealand. The World Series Finals brings the curtain down on the World Series roadshow for another year, as the highest-ranked players on the World Series rankings battle it out with a mix of additional qualifiers for the £100,000 top prize in Amsterdam.

Michael van Gerwen celebrates after winning last year’s World Series of Darts Finals

The World Series Darts Finals format has remained the same since its inception back in 2015. The tournament is played over the legs format, with the first player to reach the target number of legs the winner.

The opening two rounds of the competition are played over the best of 11 legs (first to six legs), before the format increases on finals day. The quarter-finals are a race to 10 legs and then the semi-finals and final are both the first to 11 legs.

Here is a breakdown of the World Series of Darts Finals’ current format:-

• Round 1 - first to 6 legs
• Round 2 - first to 6 legs
• Quarter-finals - first to 10 legs
• Semi-finals - first to 11 legs
• Final - first to 11 legs

The World Series of Darts Finals is restricted to just 32 players, with the majority of the field made up of the top performers during the World Series of Darts season. The top eight players on the World Series Rankings are seeded in the draw, and the rest of the 24 players are then drawn randomly into the rest of the bracket.

Michael van Gerwen enters the 2026 tournament as the number one seed, having won the Bahrain Darts Masters and Nordic Darts Masters this year, as well as finishing runner-up in Saudi Arabia Darts Masters. The 2024 World Series Finals champion Luke Littler enters the tournament as the third seed, after winning the Saudi Arabia title and reaching the finals in events held in Bahrain and the USA.

The next 16 highest-ranked players on the World Series Rankings have also been invited to the season-finale in Amsterdam, along with the next four highest-ranked players in the PDC world rankings. The last four spots are reserved for a tour card holder qualifier, which is open to all non-qualified PDC tour card holders.

Luke Littler pocketed £40,000 for his run to the final of the World Series of Darts Finals last year

The prize money for the World Series of Darts Finals has risen several times during its 11-year history. The first edition of the tournament in 2015 had a prize fund of £155,000, including £30,000 for the winner. The total prize money has changed over time with many increases, the latest one coming this year with the prize money increasing to £450,000, with £100,000 going to the champion.

All of the prize money won from this competition is not added to the PDC World Rankings as it is classed as a non-ranking event.

Below is the World Series of Darts Finals prize money breakdown for 2026:-

Winner - £100,000

Runner-up - £60,000

Semi-finalists - £30,000

Quarter-finalists - £17,500

Round 2 (last 16) - £10,000

Round 1 (last 32) - £5,000

The World Series of Darts Finals has a short but intriguing history in darts. The inaugural staging of the tournament was held in 2015 and saw Michael van Gerwen beat Peter Wright 11-10 to win the title.

Van Gerwen dominated the early years of the World Series Finals, winning the next two editions in 2016 and 2017, along with a fourth triumph in 2019. There was a period of Welsh dominance between 2020 and 2022, with Gerwyn Price (two) and Jonny Clayton lifting the title.

Luke Littler got his hands on the trophy for the first time in 2024, defeating Michael Smith 11-4 in the final. Van Gerwen has won two of the last three editions, picking up the 2023 and 2025 titles to extend his record haul to six World Series Finals crowns.

The World Series of Darts Finals is held at the AFAS Live, in Amsterdam. The venue in the Dutch capital first staged the tournament in 2019, before becoming the event’s regular home from 2021.

The Braehead Arena, in Glasgow, staged the first three editions of the World Series Finals from 2015 to 2017, before the tournament moved to the Multiversum Schewchat, in Vienna, in 2018. The World Series Finals returned to Austria two years later when it was held at the Salzburgarena in 2020, before heading back to the AFAS Live in 2021, where it has stayed ever since.

Here is a list of World Series of Darts Finals winners since its first staging in 2015. Michael van Gerwen dominated the tournament during its early years, winning four of the first five editions, before adding a record-extending fifth and sixth titles to his collection in 2023 and 2025.

James Wade joined the roll of honour in 2018, beating Michael Smith in a last-leg decider in the final, before Gerwyn Price (2020 and 2022), Jonny Clayton (2021) and Luke Littler (2024) became the third, fourth and fifth different winners with their recent successes on the big stage.

World Series of Darts Finals roll of honour

2015 – Michael van Gerwen

2016 – Michael van Gerwen

2017 – Michael van Gerwen

2018 – James Wade

2019 – Michael van Gerwen

2020 – Gerwyn Price

2021 – Jonny Clayton

2022 – Gerwyn Price

2023 – Michael van Gerwen

2024 – Luke Littler

2025 – Michael van Gerwen

The 2026 World Series of Darts has produced five different title winners this year, with Michael van Gerwen (two), Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Jonny Clayton and James Wade (pictured above) celebrating tournament victories during the campaign.

In January, van Gerwen opened his World Series title account for the season with a victory in the Bahrain Darts Masters, beating Gian van Veen 8-6 in the final. A week later Littler returned to the winners' circle by lifting the inaugural Saudi Arabia Darts Masters, defeating van Gerwen 8-5 in the decider.

In June, van Gerwen doubled his tally for the year by winning the Nordic Darts Masters, as he edged past Luke Humphries 8-7 in Copenhagen. Later that month, Humphries retained the US Darts Masters crown at Madison Square Garden, seeing off Littler 8-7 in the final.

Jonny Clayton added to his trophy cabinet with a victory at the New Zealand Darts Masters in August, beating his fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price 8-4 in the final. A week later, James Wade lifted his first World Series title (outside of the end of season Finals), defeating home favourite Brody Klinge 8-5 in the Australian Darts Masters final.

Michael van Gerwen said it felt 'amazing to hold a trophy again' after winning the World Series of Darts Finals for a record-extending sixth time in 2025. 'Mighty Mike' produced an impressive run of results on the final day to lift the title in Amsterdam last year, beating Luke Humphries, Josh Rock and Luke Littler in the final.

The Dutchman had to overcome a scare in the first round, surviving a match dart against Wessel Nijman, in a nail-biting clash which saw van Gerwen fight back from 2-0, 3-1 and 5-4 down to win 6-5. Van Gerwen then defeated Rob Cross 10-9, in another last-leg decider, to move through to the final day of action.

The three-time world champion continued his run to glory on home soil with a 10-5 victory over Humphries in the quarter-finals, averaging 106 to beat the then world number one, before an 11-6 triumph against Rock saw him advance to the final. 'Mighty Mike' proved too strong for Littler in the final, averaging 98 to his opponent's 101 as he ran out an 11-7 winner to clinch the title.

The next instalment of the World Series of Darts Finals is almost upon us as 32 of the world’s best players get ready to battle it out in the Dutch capital. The 2026 World Series Darts Finals takes place from September 17-20 at the AFAS Live, in Amsterdam and will be broadcast live on ITV in the UK.

The first-round draw has thrown together some exciting clashes as the world number one Luke Littler faces Danny Noppert, and six-time World Series Finals champion Michael van Gerwen begins his title defence against Daryl Gurney. The number two seed Gerwyn Price faces Australia's rising star Brody Klinge, while the fourth seed Luke Humphries takes on Jermaine Wattimena.

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