The WDF World Championship at the home of World Darts, the Lakeside will return between 27 Nov 2026 – Sun, 6 Dec 2026 at Frimley Green.

Mitchell Lawrie will be top seed in the Open category after the youth prodigy who is yet to become 16 as of time of writing reached the final last year. He plans to make the move over to the PDC when he is able to in January so will attempt to win this for the first and final time.

He is joined by Dutch Open winner Paul Krohne, Leonard Gates, Matthew Edgar, Ross Montgomery, World Master Chris Lim and former champion Neil Duff.

In the ladies, it is Deta Hedman who leads the way after she finally won the title last year. Rhian O'Sullivan, Aileen de Graaf and Nicole Regnaud are among those who will test her. While the youth and girls also take place, the former again including Mitchell Lawrie. As well as youth prodigy and his rival Kaya Baysal - who has lit up the Development Tour in his part debut season.

Field WDF Lakeside World Championship

Open – Men

Rank	Player	Country	Notes
1	Mitchell Lawrie	SCO	2026 Denmark Open winner, UK & Ireland regional ranking race table
2	Jenson Walker	ENG
3	Paul Krohne	GER	2026 Dutch Open winner
4	Leonard Gates	USA	USA regional ranking race table
5	James Beeton	ENG
6	Matthew Edgar	ENG	2026 Hungarian Masters winner
7	Moreno Blom	NED
8	Kaya Baysal	TUR
9	Mursel Yavuz	TUR	East Europe ranking race table
10	Ross Montgomery	SCO
11	Corne Groeneveld	NED
12	Jarno Bottenberg	NED
13	Chris Lim	USA	2026 World Masters winner
14	Brian Raman	BEL
15	Neil Duff	NI
16	Scott Robertson	SCO
17	Haupai Puha	NZL	New Zealand ranking race table
18	Daniel Zapata	CAT	West Europe ranking race table
19	Mark Cleaver	NZL	2026 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand ranking race table
20	Carsten Hoffmann	GER
21	Ben Townley	ENG
22	Stefan Schroder	NED
23	Lewis Gurney	ENG
24	Jeff Smith	CAN	2026 Toronto Area Open winner, Canada ranking race table
25	Sean Fisher	WAL
26	Matt Clark	ENG
27	Alex Williams	WAL
28	Anthony Brown	ENG
29	Harry Lane	ENG	UK & Ireland ranking race table
30	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	GER	Las Vegas Qualifier
31	Petri Rasmus	FIN	North Europe ranking race table
32	Franko Giuliani	AUT	East Europe ranking race table
33	Declan Bailey	AUS	Australia ranking race table
34	Dmitrii Rogov	ISR
35	Pat Scurfield	ENG
36	Ron Meulenkamp	NED
37	Paul Lewis	ENG	Lakeside Qualifier
38	Dennis Nilsson	SWE	North Europe ranking race table
39	Terry Jun Hao Tan	MLY	2026 Philippines Open winner, Asia ranking race table
40	Tomoya Goto	JPN	Asia ranking race table
41	Shane Sakchekapo	CAN	Canada ranking race table
42	Jack Drayton	ENG	2026 Isle of Man Open winner
43	David Davies	WAL	2025 Irish Open winner
44	Joey Lynaugh	USA	USA ranking race table
45	Ryusei Azemoto	JPN	2026 Steel Masters winner
46	Blake Hatchett	AUS	2026 Pacific Masters winner
47	Berry Pater	NED	Las Vegas Qualifier
48	Jitse Van der Wal	NED	Lakeside Qualifier

Open – Women

Rank	Player	Country	Notes
1	Deta Hedman	ENG	2025 World Championship winner, 2026 Las Vegas Open winner, 2026 Denmark Open winner, 2026 Toronto Area Open winner, UK & Ireland regional ranking race table
2	Rhian O'Sullivan	WAL	2025 Irish Open winner, 2026 Hungarian Masters winner
3	Priscilla Steenbergen	NED	2026 Dutch Open winner
4	Maria Carli	CAN	Canada regional ranking race table
5	Kirsi Viinikainen	FIN	North Europe regional ranking race table
6	Paula Jacklin	ENG
7	Aileen de Graaf	NED
8	Nicole Regnaud	NZL	2026 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand regional ranking race table
9	Irina Armstrong	GER	West Europe ranking race table
10	Lerena Rietbergen	NED
11	Emine Dursun	TUR
12	Anca Zijlstra	NED
13	Lorraine Hyde	SCO
14	Cali West	USA	USA ranking race table
15	Jitka Cisarova	CZE	East Europe ranking race table
16	Aurora Fochesato	ITA
17	Paula Murphy	USA
18	Eve Watson	WAL
19	Steph Clarke	ENG
20	Mayumi Ouchi	JPN	2026 Steel Masters winner, Asia ranking race table
21	Lovely-Mae Orbeta	PHI	2026 Philippines Open winner
22	Chris Richardson	AUS	2026 Pacific Masters winner
23	Sophie McKinlay	SCO	Las Vegas Qualifier
24	Kim Holden	ENG	Lakeside Qualifier

Youth – Boys

Rank	Player	Country	Notes
1	Mitchell Lawrie	SCO	2025 World Championship winner
2	Kaya Baysal	TUR
3	Kai Burger	NED
4	Mason Teese	ENG
5	Jack Nankervis	ENG
6	Mika Donnevert	GER
7	Toby Clements	ENG
8	Ben Townley	ENG	Las Vegas Qualifier
9	Addison Hefferon	ENG	Las Vegas Qualifier
10	Benjamin Dopfer	GER	2026 World Masters winner
11	Cori Wiltshire	ENG	Lakeside Qualifier
12	Christian Ennis	NI	Lakeside Qualifier

Youth – Girls

Rank	Player	Country	Notes
1	Paige Pauling	ENG
2	Macy Gibbons	ENG
3	Ruby Grey	ENG	2026 World Masters winner
4	Zehra Gemi	TUR	2025 World Championship winner
5	Rebecca Allen	IRE	Lakeside Qualifier
6	Celina Glaser	AUT	Las Vegas Qualifier

When is the draw confirmed for WDF Lakeside World Championship

The draw for the 2026 WDF World Championship will be conducted on Tuesday, November 3rd. Nick Rolls, WDF Secretary General as well as S4C presenter Sioned Dafydd and former Lakeside World Champion Scott Mitchell will do the draw on their YouTube channel on November 3rd. Prize money and format has been set too.

When is the schedule confirmed for WDF Lakeside World Championship?

The playing schedule will then be finalised no later than Monday, November 9th.

History WDF Lakeside World Championship

Open

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2022	Neil Duff (87.73)	6–5	Thibault Tricole (86.95)
2023	Andy Baetens (93.69)	6–1	Chris Landman (86.47)
2024	Shane McGuirk (90.31)	6–3	Paul Lim (83.76)
2025	Jimmy van Schie (93.21)	6–3	Mitchell Lawrie (93.18)

Women

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2022	Beau Greaves (92.05)	4–0	Kirsty Hutchinson (72.53)
2023	Beau Greaves (84.64)	4–1	Aileen de Graaf (77.69)
2024	Beau Greaves (83.92)	4–1	Sophie McKinlay (73.81)
2025	Deta Hedman (72.01)	4–1	Lerena Rietbergen (70.07)

Youth

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2022	Bradly Roes (71.34)	3–1	Charlie Large (71.56)
2023	Bradley van der Velden (69.93)	3–0	Adam Dee (66.68)
2024	Archie Self (81.34)	3–2	Jenson Walker (84.76)
2025	Mitchell Lawrie (89.35)	4–2	Florian Preis (88.45)

Girls

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2022	Eleanor Cairns (52.45)	2–0	Wibke Riemann (52.22)
2023	Aurora Fochesato (59.43)	2–0	Krisztina Turai (51.07)
2024	Paige Pauling (73.88)	2–0	Sophie McKinlay (71.92)
2025	Zehra Gemi (77.07)	3–0	Rebecca Allen (65.54)

Format WDF Lakeside World Championship 2026

Open

Round	Format
First Round	Best of 5 sets
Second Round	Best of 5 sets
Last 16	Best of 5 sets
Quarter-Finals	Best of 7 sets
Semi-Finals	Best of 9 sets
Final	Best of 11 sets

Women

Round	Format
First Round	Best of 3 sets
Last 16	Best of 3 sets
Quarter-Finals	Best of 5 sets
Semi-Finals	Best of 5 sets
Final	Best of 7 sets

Youth

Round	Format
First Round	Best of 3 sets
Quarter-Finals	Best of 3 sets
Semi-Finals	Best of 5 sets
Final	Best of 7 sets

Girls

Round	Format
First Round	Best of 3 sets
Semi-Finals	Best of 3 sets
Final	Best of 5 sets