After seven events in exotic locations including Copenhagen and New York, the darts' travelling circus landed in Amsterdam for the World Series Finals.
World No. 1 Luke Littler was bidding to regain his crown after losing it to Michael van Gerwen in last year's showpiece. The Dutchman fell short in his title defence, though, losing 6-5 to Daryl Gurney in the first round.
Littler progressed to the quarterfinals with wins over Danny Noppert and Nathan Aspinall before he was knocked out by Jonny Clayton.
Ross Smith won the second major PDC title of his career as triumphed over Gerwyn Price in Sunday's showpiece.
- What must Littler overcome to complete astonishing 2026 darts clean sweep?
World Series of Darts Finals 2026 schedule
The tournament runs from Sept. 17-20.
Round One (best of 11 legs)
Thursday Sept. 17 (From 7 p.m. BST)
Viktor Tingstrom 4-6 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Rob Cross 2-6 Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Ben Robb
Kevin Doets 3-6 Ross Smith
Stephen Bunting 5-6 Josh Rock
Luke Humphries 6-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Michael van Gerwen 5-6 Daryl Gurney
Gian van Veen 6-2 Chris Dobey
Friday Sept. 18 (From 7 p.m. BST)
Adam Leek 5-6 Jim Long
Motomu Sakai 6-5 Callan Rydz
Wessel Nijman 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Raymond Smith
James Wade 6-5 Damon Heta
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Brody Klinge
Luke Littler 6-4 Danny Noppert
Jonny Clayton 6-3 Maik Kuivenhoven
Round Two (best of 11 legs)
Saturday Sept. 19
Josh Rock 10-7 Ryan Searle
Ross Smith 10-5 Daryl Gurney
Gian van Veen 10-7 Karel Sedlacek
Dirk van Duijvenbode 10-9 Luke Humphries
Saturday Sept. 19 (From 7 p.m. BST)
Jonny Clayton 10-8 Motomu Sakai
Gerwyn Price 10-5 Jim Long
James Wade 10-7 Wessel Nijman
Luke Littler 10-9 Nathan Aspinall
Quarterfinals (best of 19 legs)
Sunday Sept. 20 (From 1 p.m. BST)
Ross Smith 10-7 Josh Rock
Dirk van Duijvenbode 8-10 Gian van Veen
Gerwyn Price 10-7 James Wade
Luke Littler 4-10 Jonny Clayton
Semifinals and Final (best of 21 legs)
Sunday Sept. 20 (From 7 p.m. BST)
Gerwyn Price 11-7 Jonny Clayton
Ross Smith 11-8 Gian van Veen
Final
Gerwyn Price 5-11 Ross Smith
What is the prize money?
The World Series of Darts' prize money has been increased to a total of £450,000, but it is still dwarfed by some of the other events on the PDC calendar such as the World Championship's £5 million fund.
Round-by-round breakdown:
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £60,000
Semifinalists: £30,000
Quarterfinalists: £17,500
Second round: £10,000
First round: £5,000
Total: £450,000
How to watch
The World Series of Darts Finals was shown live on ITV4, ITV X and PDC TV in the UK.
Who won this year's World Series events?
Bahrain Masters (Jan. 15-16): Michael van Gerwen
Saudi Arabia Masters (Jan. 19-20): Luke Littler
Nordic Masters (June 5-6): Michael van Gerwen
US Masters (June 25-26): Luke Humphries
New Zealand Masters (Aug. 14-15): Jonny Clayton
Australian Masters (Aug. 21-22): James Wade
What is the World Series format?
The World Series of Darts Finals is the culmination of nine month's worth of events that have taken place at various locations across the globe. Each event is its own standalone tournament with results contributing to a player's ranking in the World Series Order of Merit.
The qualifying tournaments feature some of the best players on tour as well as local qualifiers and wildcards. The top eight players on the World Series Order of Merit qualify for the Finals in Amsterdam as seeds. They are joined by another 14 qualifiers from the World Series rankings.
Matches at the World Series Finals are decided by a race to a target number of legs, the number of which depends on the round of the tournament being played. As with most PDC tournaments, the games are played in the 501 format, where players look to reduce their score from 501 to zero as efficiently as possible, finishing with a double.
The highest-score available in a single visit is 180 (three darts in the triple 20), while the fastest way to finish a leg is with a nine darts. Each successful checkout counts as one leg.
The number of legs required to win varies by round. In the first and second rounds, matches are played in a best-of-11 legs format. In the quarterfinals it is a best-of-19 legs match, while the semifinals and final are best of 21, matches are played to the best of seven sets.
Who are the previous winners?
2013: Michael van Gerwen (Dubai Masters), Phil Taylor (Sydney Masters)
2014: Michael van Gerwen (Dubai Masters), Michael van Gerwen (Singapore Masters), Phil Taylor (Perth Masters), Phil Taylor (Sydney Masters)
2015 Finals: Michael van Gerwen
2016 Finals: Michael van Gerwen
2017 Finals: Michael van Gerwen
2018 Finals: James Wade
2019 Finals: Michael van Gerwen
2020 Finals: Gerwyn Price
2021 Finals: Jonny Clayton
2022 Finals: Gerwyn Price
2023 Finals: Michael van Gerwen
2024 Finals: Luke Littler
2025 Finals: Michael van Gerwen