England Claim Their 6th World Cup of Darts

Luke Humphries and Luke Littler have won the 2026 PDC Bet Victor World Cup of Darts after a superb 10-5 win over The Netherlands pairing of Michael Van Gerwen and Gian Van Veen.

England duo Luke Littler and Luke Humphries romped to glory in Frankfurt, as the pair defeated the Netherlands in the final to claim their nation’s record-extending trophy on Sunday.

Littler and Humphries overcame Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands at the Eissporthalle to take home the World Cup trophy with aplomb – a first for Littler and second for Humphries, who won alongside Michael Smith in 2024.

England’s final against the Netherlands was the first final between the top two seeds at the World Cup for six years, and Dutch duo Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen struck the first blow, taking a 2-1 lead courtesy of Van Gerwen’s 113 outshot.

However, Littler and Humphries produced an incredible performance from this point forward, taking four legs on the spin to lead 5-2 with a combined average of over 110. Continued relentless scoring between the Premier League finalists kept the Dutch pair at arms length, as a 12-dart leg from Humphries sealed a relentless victory for England and their sixth World Cup crown.

“I’m absolutely delighted,” professed Littler, who has won every Premier title on offer in 2026.

“That’s the best we’ve played all tournament and that’s what we needed to do. We’ve had tough challenges over the past two days, and this was our best performance.

“Obviously I’ve won every big title so far this year, but I couldn’t have done it without Luke. He’s been brilliant.

“Me and Luke know we can win. It’s not easy at times, but we’ve got this winning feeling and we can come back next year to try and do it all again.”

England’s 104.77 pairs average was the highest-ever in a World Cup of Darts final, with both Littler and Humphries producing scoring averages in excess of 123.

“I’m proud of us, because we worked hard and we won together,” confessed Humphries.

“This one is up there because there was so much pressure on our shoulders. That expectation is so hard, and we do feel it.

“Hopefully if I’m lucky enough to partner him for many years in the future, we will try and win as many as Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor did!

“We’re here to win as a team, we won as a team, and I’m really, really proud!”

The world number one and two, who battled past Spain in their opening match on Saturday, edged through an extraordinary contest against Wales to triumph 8-7 in the quarter-finals.

Although Jonny Clayton and Nick Kenny raced into a 4-0 lead, the Welsh duo squandered three darts at double to lead 6-2, and England rallied to level the match at 5-5.

With the match tied at 6-6, Littler conjured a marvellous 170 checkout to go one away, and despite Wales taking the match to a deciding leg, the World Champion wrapped up a 15-dart leg to confirm England’s spot in the semi-finals.

There, the top seeded nation took on two-time World Cup champions Scotland, brushing them aside 8-3 with a dominant display. Littler and Humphries produced their first ton-plus average as a pair against Gary Anderson and Cameron Menzies in a comfortable display, affording the Scots just four darts at double across the contest.

The final then saw the English pairing reach new heights, see off an early challenge amd then lift the trophy.

The 2026 BetVictor World Cup of Darts is being broadcast on Sky Sports for viewers in the UK & Ireland, through the PDC’s international broadcast partners, including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV for Rest of the World Subscribers.