The road to the 2026 ADC Global Championship will become a whole lot clearer this week, with the full 128-player darts bracket set to be drawn live on Sunday October 4.
The draw will determine the route to the title for every player heading to the MODUS Live Lounge in Portsmouth, where the third staging of the tournament will take place from November 1-8.
With a small number of qualification places still to be confirmed, those positions will initially be entered into the draw as placeholders before being updated once the remaining qualifiers are decided.
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Amateur Darts Circuit’s Global Expansion
The Global Championship has expanded from its previous 56-player round-robin format to a 128-player straight knockout, meaning every player will enter the tournament knowing that one defeat ends their title challenge.
The new format was announced by the ADC in March, with the expanded field opening the event up to a much wider pool of players from across the UK and Ireland, Europe and further afield.
It also means the draw takes on added significance. Once the 128 players have been placed into the bracket, players will know their potential route through the tournament all the way to the final.
The ADC has described the 2026 championship as the pinnacle of its pathway, bringing together players who have earned their places through regional competitions, rankings and international qualifying routes. Recent qualifiers have included players from Western Europe, South Africa and a number of the ADC’s domestic regions, underlining the increasingly international nature of the event.
There is plenty at stake beyond the title, too, with a £126,000 total prize fund on offer. Every one of the 128 players is guaranteed prize money with the eventual champion collecting £20,000.
Jack Tweddell heads into the expanded championship looking to defend his title after he claimed last year’s iteration with a 9-7 victory over Jonny Haines.
The tournament will be staged across eight days at the MODUS Live Lounge, with every session broadcast live and free on Pluto TV.
Daily MSS play is streamed on Pluto TV from 9.30 AM (BST) with highlights and other coverage on the MODUS Super Series YouTube channel, or via various bookmaker’ websites worldwide.
Check out DartsWorld’s MODUS Super Series Hall of Fame for the personalities and history of this event.
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