2026 Austrian Darts Open: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

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11 May 2026 at 05:57

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The Euro Tour heads to Austria, with the Austrian Darts Open marking the sixth ET event of 2026.

As usual, 48 qualifiers will battle it out, starting on Friday, in hopes of advancing to the final on Sunday night.

What to know about the Austrian Darts Open

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

MORE: 2026 Austrian Darts Open qualifiers

2026 Austrian Darts Open draw & schedule

Day 1 - first round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Ryan Joyce vs. Gabriel Clemens	Fri., May. 8	1:00 p.m.
Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Patrik Kovacs	Fri., May. 8	1:30 p.m.
Niels Zonneveld vs. James Hurrell	Fri., May. 8	2:00 p.m.
Andrew Gilding vs. Nick Zwittnigg	Fri., May. 8	2:30 p.m.
William O'Connor vs. Anton Ostlund	Fri., May. 8	3:00 p.m.
Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Aaron Hardy	Fri., May. 8	3:30 p.m.
NikoSpringer vs. Nick Kenny	Fri., May. 8	4:00 p.m.
Kevin Doets vs. Chris Landman	Fri., May. 8	4:30 p.m.

Day 1 - first round (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Dave Chisnall vs. Cristo Reyes	Fri., May. 8	7:00 p.m.
Joe Cullen vs. Rob Owen	Fri., May. 8	7:30 p.m.
Karel Sedlacek vs. Kim Huybrechts	Fri., May. 8	8:00 p.m.
Peter Wright vs. Zoran Lerchbacher	Fri., May. 8	8:30 p.m.
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Alan Soutar	Fri., May. 8	9:00 p.m.
Cameron Menzies vs. Mensur Suljovic	Fri., May. 8	9:30 p.m.
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Madars Razma	Fri., May. 8	10:00 p.m.
Michael Smith vs Ian White	Fri., May. 8	10:30 p.m.

Day 2 - second round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Jermaine Wattimena vs. Andrew Gilding	Sat., May. 9	1:00 p.m.
Mike De Decker vs. Ryan Joyce	Sat., May. 9	1:30 p.m.
Rob Cross vs. William O'Connor	Sat., May. 9	2:00 p.m.
Ryan Searle vs. Kevin Doets	Sat., May. 9	2:30 p.m.
Ross Smith vs. Niels Zonneveld	Sat., May. 9	3:00 p.m.
Damon Heta vs. Cristo Reyes	Sat., May. 9	3:30 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. Rob Owen	Sat., May. 9	4:00 p.m.
Chris Dobey vs. Kim Huybrechts	Sat., May. 9	4:30 p.m.

Day 2 - second round (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Daryl Gurney vs. Ian White	Sat., May. 9	7:00 p.m.
Josh Rock vs. Patrik Kovacs	Sat., May. 9	7:30 p.m.
James Wade vs. Mensur Suljovic	Sat., May. 9	8:00 p.m.
Michael van Gerwen vs. Krzysztof Ratajski	Sat., May. 9	8:30 p.m.
Danny Noppert vs. Alan Soutar	Sat., May. 9	9:00 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Madars Razma	Sat., May. 9	9:30 p.m.
Martin Schindler vs. Peter Wright	Sat., May. 9	10:00 p.m.
Wessel Nijman vs. Niko Springer	Sat., May. 9	10:30 p.m.

Day 3 - third round (afternoon session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Kevin Doets vs. Ryan Joyce	Sun., May. 10	1:00 p.m.
James Wade vs. Luke Woodhouse	Sun., May. 10	1:30 p.m.
Kim Huybrechts vs. Andrew Gilding	Sun., May. 10	2:00 p.m.
Michael van Gerwen vs. Rob Cross	Sun., May. 10	2:30 p.m.
Danny Noppert vs. Cristo Reyes	Sun., May. 10	3:00 p.m.
Josh Rock vs. Niko Springer	Sun., May. 10	3:30 p.m.
Ross Smith vs. Martin Schindler	Sun., May. 10	4:00 p.m.
Madars Razma vs. Daryl Gurney	Sun., May. 10	4:30 p.m.

Day 3 - quarterfinals (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Kevin Doets vs. Luke Woodhouse	Sun., May. 10	7:00 p.m.
Andrew Gilding vs. Rob Cross	Sun., May. 10	7:30 p.m.
Cristo Reyes vs. Josh Rock	Sun., May. 10	8:00 p.m.
Martin Schindler vs. Daryl Gurney	Sun., May. 10	8:30 p.m.

Day 3 - semifinals (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Kevin Doets vs. Rob Cross	Sun., May. 10	9:00 p.m.
Josh Rock vs. Daryl Gurney	Sun., May. 10	9:30 p.m.

Day 3 - final (evening session)

Match	Date	Time (local)
Kevin Doets vs. Josh Rock	Sun., May. 10	10:15 p.m.

Tournament bracket

Here is the bracket for the tournament after the first round.

Second round

Gian van Veen vs. Madars Razma

Daryl Gurney vs. Ian White

Ross Smith vs. Niels Zonneveld

Martin Schindler vs. Peter Wright

Josh Rock vs. Patrik Kovacs

Wessel Nijman vs. Niko Springer

Danny Noppert vs. Alan Soutar

Damon Heta vs. Cristo Reyes

Michael van Gerwen vs. Krzysztof Ratajski

Rob Cross vs. William O'Connor

Chris Dobey vs. Kim Huybrechts

Jermaine Wattimena vs. Andrew Gilding

James Wade vs. Mensur Suljovic

Luke Woodhouse vs. Rob Owen

Ryan Searle vs. Kevin Doets

Mike De Decker vs. Ryan Joyce

Third Round

Madars Razma vs. Daryl Gurney

Ross Smith vs. Martin Schindler

Josh Rock vs. Niko Springer

Danny Noppert vs. Cristo Reyes

Michael van Gerwen vs. Rob Cross

Kim Huybrechts vs. Andrew Gilding

James Wade vs. Luke Woodhouse

Kevin Doets vs. Ryan Joyce

Quarterfinals

Daryl Gurney vs. Martin Schindler

Josh Rock vs. Cristo Reyes

Rob Cross vs. Andrew Gilding

Luke Woodhouse vs. Kevin Doets

Semifinals

Daryl Gurney vs. Josh Rock

Rob Cross vs. Kevin Doets

Final

Josh Rock vs. Kevin Doets

Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£35,000
Runner-up	(1)	£15,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£10,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£8,000
Third round losers	(8)	£5,000
Second round losers	(16)	£3,500*
First round losers	(16)	£2,000*

Total	£230,000

Format

48 players will be in action this weekend, with 16 seeded players receiving automatic byes into the second round action on Saturday.

Each seeded player will play the winner of one of Friday's games, leaving 32 players left after Friday.

Saturday will feature only round two games, determining which 16 players will advance to action on Sunday.

The afternoon session on Sunday will consist of the round of 16 games.

The evening session will consist of the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.

The first round, second round, round of 16 and quarterfinal round will all be played in a best-of-11-leg format.

The semifinal round will be best-of-13 legs, and the final will be best-of-15 legs.

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