The Swiss Darts Trophy 2026 gets underway on Friday, October 9 in Basel, with the first round split across two sessions at the St. Jakobshalle. The tournament runs until Sunday, October 11 and is the 14th event on this year's European Tour, serving as the penultimate stop before the Dutch Darts Trophy in Maastricht. Fans can follow all the action live on PDC TV, with afternoon sessions starting daily at 12:00 PM BST and evening sessions throwing off at 6:00 PM BST.
Friday's afternoon session (13:00 CET, 12:00 GMT) features eight first-round ties, including Rob Cross taking on Mario Vandenbogaerde. Elsewhere, Niels Zonneveld faces Bradley Brooks, William O'Connor meets Jani Haavisto, Mensur Suljovic plays Gyorgy Jehirszki, Sebastian Bialecki takes on Karel Sedlacek, Niko Springer faces Roman Wellinger, Joe Cullen meets Tom Bissell, and Cameron Menzies goes up against Cristo Reyes.
The evening session (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT) sees Raymond van Barneveld face Maik Kuivenhoven and Michael Smith take on Rob Owen. Also in action: Andrew Gilding vs Stefan Bellmont, Jeffrey de Graaf vs Sietse Lap, Dave Chisnall vs Alan Soutar, Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Bruno Stoeckli, Damon Heta vs Alexander Fehlmann, and Kevin Doets vs Nick Kenny.
Luke Humphries leads the field as top seed, alongside Gian van Veen, Jonny Clayton, James Wade, Michael van Gerwen, Josh Rock and Gerwyn Price. Luke Woodhouse heads the ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers, with Kevin Doets, Andrew Gilding, Rob Cross, Niko Springer, Joe Cullen, Cameron Menzies and Damon Heta among others. The Tour Card Holder Qualifier route includes Mensur Suljovic, Michael Smith, Raymond van Barneveld and Cristo Reyes. Stephen Bunting is the defending champion after defeating Luke Woodhouse 8-3 in the 2025 final.
The big names enter on Saturday, facing ProTour players or qualifiers who battle it out on Friday, meaning the first realistic chance to catch most of the stars is Saturday night. From the latter stages, the draw goes into bracket order, so the winner of each game faces the next in the quarter-finals, making it easier to follow and creating further narrative.
The schedule continues on Saturday, October 10 with second-round action in both the afternoon (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET) and evening (6:00 PM - 10:00 PM CET). Sunday, October 11 sees the third round in the afternoon before the quarterfinals, semifinals and final all take place in the evening session from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM CET.
