The draw and schedule for the 2026 Blåkläder Flanders Darts Trophy have been finalised, with the 13th European Tour event of the year set to take place at the Antwerp Expo from September 11–13. The tournament marks the final weekend in the race to qualify for the World Grand Prix, while the competition to qualify for the European Championship will also take place in Belgium.
The draw bracket, seeded based on PDC Ranking position, sees top seed Gian van Veen open against the winner of Cameron Menzies versus Gabriel Clemens. Second seed James Wade will face either Raymond van Barneveld or Jim Long, while third seed Michael van Gerwen takes on the winner of Damon Heta against Beau Greaves. Other standout second-round ties include fourth seed Josh Rock against Ryan Joyce or Stephen Burton, fifth seed Gerwyn Price versus Mickey Mansell or Bradley Brooks, and sixth seed Stephen Bunting against Dirk van Duijvenbode or Brendan Dolan.
Round One gets underway on Friday September 11, with the afternoon session from 1300 local time (1200 BST) featuring Niels Zonneveld v Petr Tous, Mickey Mansell v Bradley Brooks, Andrew Gilding v Chris Landman, Kevin Doets v James Hurrell, Karel Sedlacek v Michael Hansen, Jeffrey de Graaf v Jeroen Caron, Ryan Joyce v Stephen Burton, and Niko Springer v Jaimy Jacobs. The evening session from 1900 local time (1800 BST) will see Rob Cross v Cristo Reyes, Joe Cullen v Andy Baetens, Cameron Menzies v Gabriel Clemens, William O’Connor v Kevin Lankhuizen, Raymond van Barneveld v Jim Long, Damon Heta v Beau Greaves, Sebastian Bialecki v Kim Huybrechts, and Dirk van Duijvenbode v Brendan Dolan.
Saturday September 12 hosts Round Two across two sessions. The afternoon slate (1300 local time, 1200 BST) includes Krzysztof Ratajski v Doets/Hurrell, Jermaine Wattimena v Sedlacek/Hansen, Martin Schindler v Cross/Reyes, Danny Noppert v Gilding/Landman, Ryan Searle v Cullen/Baetens, Chris Dobey v Zonneveld/Tous, Luke Woodhouse v O’Connor/Lankhuizen, and Ross Smith v De Graaf/Caron. The evening session (1900 local time, 1800 BST) features Josh Rock v Joyce/Burton, Gerwyn Price v Mansell/Brooks, James Wade v Van Barneveld/Long, Gian van Veen v Menzies/Clemens, Michael van Gerwen v Heta/Greaves, Nathan Aspinall v Springer/Jacobs, Stephen Bunting v Van Duijvenbode/Dolan, and Wessel Nijman v Bialecki/Huybrechts.
Sunday September 13 concludes the event with the afternoon session (1300 local time, 1200 BST) playing Round Three, followed by the evening session (1900 local time, 1800 BST) featuring the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Final. Sunday’s matches will be played in draw bracket order. The schedule remains subject to change.
