The 2026 Winmau World Masters gets underway on Thursday evening, as 32 players compete for the coveted title across four days of action from 29 January to 1 February in Milton Keynes.The top 24 players from the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically for the 32-player main event at Arena MK, with the remaining eight players sealing their spots in Wednesday’s Preliminary Rounds.The first round will take place across the opening two nights on Thursday and Friday. 2025 runner-up Jonny Clayton headlines the opening night against Dutch star Wessel Nijman.Coverage starts at 7:00pm UK time on ITV4.>Tonight's matches (7:00pm start, best of 5 sets, sets best of 3 legs)(13) Chris Dobey v Jermaine Wattimena(6) Gary Anderson v Niels Zonneveld (Q)(11) James Wade v Madars Razma (Q)(14) Nathan Aspinall v Shane McGuirk (Q)(5) Jonny Clayton v Wessel Nijman (Q)(12) Gerwyn Price v James Hurrell (Q)(4) Michael van Gerwen v Damon Heta(3) Gian van Veen v Ryan Joyce>Tournament previewhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/01/28/2026-winmau-world-masters-preview>Day 1 rounduphttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/01/28/nijman-headlines-2026-winmau-world-masters-preliminary-qualifiers
Can see a load of upsets tonight
New stage design to promote the Blade X which will be used as the PDC TV board from this evening.
>>153200548Looks crap.
>>153200548What in the TNA Wrestling is thatBlade X is getting ribbed online too for basically being identical to a Blade 6 but £130 for something you're meant to repeatedly damage
>>153200548At least the light blue from last year was alright. That looks pointlessly edgy.>>153200655Yeah, I'd seen that. £120 for a board is beyond sense. Just had a look - https://www.reddragondarts.com/collections/blade-x - and the Blade X surround is £45. £45 for a ring. Mug's game.
LINK FOR STREAM
>>153200717Fawanews.scPpv.to
>>153200690Expect the only people who'll buy it are deanos who will never actually play, because it has the "official" stamp on it.
And in more irrelevant nonsense, the 2025 PDC Awards: https://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/01/29/littler-claims-hat-trick-titles-202526-pdc-annual-awardsPDC Player of the YearWinner: Luke LittlerProTour Player of the YearWinner: Gerwyn PriceVanquis Best NewcomerWinner: Niko SpringerFalken Tyres Televised Performance of the YearJustin Hood - World Darts Championship last 16 (v Josh Rock)Village Hotels Fans' Player of the YearWinner: Luke LittlerPDPA Players' Player of the YearWinner: Gian van VeenWinmau Young Player of the YearWinner: Luke Littler
>Pheel mentions>2026
>>153200865>Village HotelsI thoroughly endorse this mid-range family-friendly hotel range. Last one I went to had a Street Fighter 2 machine.
This presentation is a bit BT Sports for my liking.
wadey all the way x
Good evening sirs, finally /180/ is back. A ray of sunlight in the icy winter months.
am dey wypipos champ
>>153200996Hello, Sir! Welcome, Sir!
baldie MC is AWFUL absolutely AWFUL.
John... please come back to us...
What the fuck is this scoreboard?
>fattymeany’s walk on music is just a techno remix of an Italian resistance songso if I walk on to rebs is it ok?
>>153201059looks like it's from some early 2000s racing game
>>153201069If you can make "Yellow Rose of Texas" sound like a banger, sure.
will every tournament this year have this ugly ass scoreboard?
>>153201088darts has always had this scoreboard anon, what are you talking about?
>>153201059The fuck, this looks horrible.>Those decreasing circleskek, who thought this was a good idea?
How much do you think Matchroom spent on this new graphic? North or south of 150k?
>>153201119300k and seven rounds of consultations.
>>153201119one of the drones just repurposed a winamp skin
>sets are first to 2fuck OFF
>crowd dead>gameplay dead>/180/ deadwhen did rSport get like this? Hearn must resign
Prime Wattijobber turned up there, good performance from Dopey
>>153201180That's Hollywood baby.
>>153201088Only the ITV ones. Can't believe they've stuck with it after it was mocked in the World Series. Only thing they've changed design wise is actually putting a dart on the player whose throw it is.>>153201180Genuinely funny when "Stand up if you love the darts" started at a completely random moment, as if someone in the crowd had been told to sing it.
>>153201213my favourite bit so far has been the fucking spastics dressed like bananas who didn’t get the “only fancy dress at worlds lads” memo and look like total tits
>Gando leaving 168 and 165Maths Man has returned!
The Zonne sets early.
Fell asleep in the first game lads lolI love the darts but why did they have to turn the Masters into yet another way of preserving the current top 16
>>153201441That third dart was dogshit from him at times, good game otherwise.>Meds v Mads nextzzzzzzzzzz
>>153201448>why did they have to turn the Masters into yet another way of preserving the current top 16Because Matchroom don't believe in darts being a meritocracy.
Wade clearly been enjoying the 10-for-1 offers on lard pies at Budgens.
fucking mardell
that speedometer scoring graphic is dire
>>153201494>mar-dell and Mason together at last
>>153200655kek i thought the samehttps://youtu.be/7_qEljGUHD8?t=27s
Mason/Mardle may quite possibly be the worst commentary combo ever.>mfw listening to this never-ending shite
Combination of the score graphic and this commentary team is unsettling.
Imagine paying £40 or whatever for your darts ticket£8 per pint x10£30 on Ubers £100 on a hotel in fucking Milton Keynes (which is a treat because you're from some absolute nowhere shithole like Corby or Luton)...and you decide you're going to fucking whistle at the playersProbably the same kind of cunt that has a drive through McDonald's and chucks all the litter out of their car. They should be dragged through the fucking street.
>>153201611>shithole like CorbyCorby smells like when vinegar dries on a plate. Awful, awful town.
>>153201598>>153201607i honestly don't know much of this i can stomach
>>153201611>coming from Luton>buying alcohol
>>153201172I have an idea: How about one leg sets? You could play a lot of them, for example you could make the semi best of 16 sets, and the final best of 31 sets.>>153201646Thougt the same right before I saw the first post about it. The commentary is horrible, worse than usual, and the bar is not high. It's almost if they are doing it on purpose.
>>153201670Luton is the home of the EDL as well as loads of Muslims lad. I'm from Yorkshire and I know that.
Mason and Mardle might have immediately shot to the top of worst darts commentary duos in history.
>>153201691it's not even up for debate
>Rasmus
>Razma
>tfw you have to touch foreigners
>>153201765kek
>Wade versus foreignersKek, that ending.
Now time for skinny dyke versus fat lesbian
is that a bloke or a woman?
This guy sucks assss too
Ready to be rocked by McGuirk?
McGuirk looks like the kind of guy who gets duct-taped to the forklift on his first day in the warehouse
B I G
>>153201831kek it's true. Still hope he beats Aspinall.
Well that was quick Just had a quick wank over some random Dutch BBW on Instagram
>win opening set with 141 wonder shot>job for the rest of the gameThanks a lot you fat lezzerSadly expecting Matchfixer to win this one
>>153201969corr link?
>>153201981https://www.instagram.com/wesleyplaisier/
>>153201986
did they drag this man out of some local pub? no presence whatsoever
>mancave banter
GO JONNY GO
>>153202012>dude wipesis that a real product or just a mockup?
>>153202056For when you don't want to wipe your shit-encrusted anus with anything WOKE.
when will darts be an olympic sport?
>>153202056Americans have a lot more trouble on the toilet than you or I
wtf ninjaman is fav with the bookies
Just realised this is halfway through tonight
DAT 161Also my captcha loads like a minute at the moment.
>>153202093no chance i'm watching all this
>>153202065>>153202082>it's realsurprised people like that wipe at all cuz touching man's butthole = gay
Probably the most likely upset tonight didn't happen
Matchfixer fails on TV yet again. 103 average from Jonny, lethal stuff. Now imagine if Price loses to Hurrell.
https://twitter.com/OfficialOLDarts/status/2016980397398139141Gary goes off on "influencer darts" for some reason in the post-match interview
>>153202298Promo's good.
>>153202298fugging BASED
Forgot to record this, just watching now.ICE ICE BABY
>>153202298Bit harsh on Edgar
Hurrell reminds me of that old "what will humans of the future look like?" meme
>>153202360What's up with him I heard something about a health issue
>average 101>get rapedThat was an obliteration from CAHM AAAA
>extroverted walkon>jobs out
>it's another "MVG IS BACK" followed by jobbing out two rounds later episode
>van gherkin
>>153202646painalos, these captchas are outrageous
this is a bit of a step down in quality
>>153202720Didn't think we'd see the day where we have to pity MvG.
Wonder what Damon Heta does every day. He seems a bit lonely bless.
>the standard in this match compared to the rest of the night
>MVG
mvg will luck his way into the final
>losing to D-Game DweebThat was pathetic from the pair of them.
he is finally claiming his crown as the King of Eurojobbers
>>153202813i'd like to retract this statment from the thread
Washed
>>153202821He lost against the player with the worst average tonight.
>>153202844And the player with the second worst average? MVG. Even Wattijobber and Irish Dyke played better.Time for the TRUE Elite Dutchman.
>>153202857>Time for the TRUE Elite Dutchman.Finally! Wait, no...
Chud, you fucked it against Littler.But I still love you.
>>153202872Speaking of forgotten Dutchmen, Benito van de Pas has started playing again
Joyce now upgraded his appearance from "homeless tramp" to "Jobseekers claimant"
>>153202891Cheato's back? Nice, wonder if his action still looks as bad as back then.>forgotten DutchmenAlso: Dekker comeback when?
BDO Fanatics celebrating this handshake from Proud Brit against Foreign Scum.
>chud
>Dutch dartsDown to Jimmy Van Schie to save this country's reputation now
Why does joyce make a L on this forehead when the throws? What does that mean?
>>153202970We need van Schie v Hood on the Pro Tour this year, they'll put that on the Stream just for comedy value
Very obvious van Chud has been watching videos from Minneapolis all evening before this match
>>153202979He's not wrong, Wade was a bit of a cunt here, and the Mongpit was the Mongpit, as usual.>and backstageSeems we haven't even seen all of it.
THAT 121
>>153203010BANG
>>153203010
>>153203046>I wish I was blowing me prize money on the hosses
C H U D !
>>153203056>mixed race couple in the crowd shown on the screen
I'm glad it's over.
Based van Chud! See you tomorrow, lads.
>Van Gershit the only seed to loseShould he retire?
Some gossip
So the only upset all evening came in the penultimate match as the worst version of Michael van Gerwen managed to lose to the worst version of Damon Heta in a truly awful encounter between the two that saw them record the worst (86.46 for Heta) and second worst (88.36 for MVG) averages of the entire night. The only good aspect whatsoever was the Heat's finishing at 64%. So much for MVG being back then...Tomorrow: the Lukes, the People's Chumpion, multiple jobbers (seeded AND unseeded!) and the true PDC debut of a man Jacques Nieuwlaat called "2.07m of Dutch Delight" in reigning WDF World Champion & World Master Jimmy van Schie.
>>153203112TYBOP!
>>153203089you can get a lot of product up that schnozz of hers
>>153203112>the Lukes
