Swiss Darts Trophy 2026: Schedule, draw, dates as Bunting defends his title

The Swiss Darts Trophy will take place from October 9-11; Stephen Bunting is the defending champion and newly crowned World Grand Prix champion Luke Humphries also takes part; you can watch the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton live on Sky Sports from November 14-22

Stephen Bunting will begin his defence of the Swiss Darts Trophy against Jeffrey de Graaf or Sietse Lap as the race for European Championship qualification continues.

The year's penultimate European Tour event will take place at St Jakobshalle from October 9-11, with newly crowned World Grand Prix champion Luke Humphries also set to star in the Swiss capital.

Friday's opening round will see 16 matches take place across the day and then the top 16 players on the PDC Werner Rankings Ladder will enter the tournament in round two on Saturday, as top seed Humphries begins his challenge against Kevin Doets or Nick Kenny.

Following the conclusion of Saturday's action, the last 16 will return to the stage on Sunday and the tournament then concludes with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in a blockbuster evening session.

Tournament Draw Bracket - Second Round Onwards Players seeded based on PDC Ranking position (6) Josh Rock v Dave Chisnall/Alan Soutar (11) Wessel Nijman v Sebastian Bialecki/Karel Sedlacek (3) Jonny Clayton v Raymond van Barneveld/Maik Kuivenhoven (14) Luke Woodhouse v Rob Cross/Mario Vandenbogaerde (7) Stephen Bunting v Jeffrey de Graaf/Sietse Lap (10) Chris Dobey v Niels Zonneveld/Bradley Brooks (2) Gian van Veen v Niko Springer/Roman Wellinger (15) Martin Schindler v Joe Cullen/Tom Bissell (5) Michael van Gerwen v Mensur Suljovic/Gyorgy Jehirszki (12) Ross Smith v William O'Connor/Jani Haavisto (4) James Wade v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Bruno Stoeckli (13) Jermaine Wattimena v Michael Smith/Rob Owen (8) Danny Noppert v Damon Heta/Alex Fehlmann (9) Ryan Searle v Cameron Menzies/Cristo Reyes (1) Luke Humphries v Kevin Doets/Nick Kenny (16) Krzysztof Ratajski v Andrew Gilding/Stefan Bellmont

Friday October 9 Round One Afternoon Session (1200 BST) Niels Zonneveld v Bradley Brooks William O'Connor v Jani Haavisto Mensur Suljovic v Gyorgy Jehirszki Sebastian Bialecki v Karel Sedlacek Niko Springer v Roman Wellinger Joe Cullen v Tom Bissell Cameron Menzies v Cristo Reyes Rob Cross v Mario Vandenbogaerde

Evening Session (1800 BST) Andrew Gilding v Stefan Bellmont Jeffrey de Graaf v Sietse Lap Dave Chisnall v Alan Soutar Raymond van Barneveld v Maik Kuivenhoven Dirk van Duijvenbode v Bruno Stoeckli Michael Smith v Rob Owen Damon Heta v Alex Fehlmann Kevin Doets v Nick Kenny

Saturday October 10 Round Two Afternoon Session (1200 BST) Krzysztof Ratajski v Gilding/Bellmont Wessel Nijman v Bialecki/Sedlacek Luke Woodhouse v Cross/Vandenbogaerde Martin Schindler v Cullen/Bissell Ryan Searle v Menzies/Reyes Ross Smith v O'Connor/Haavisto Chris Dobey v Zonneveld/Brooks Jermaine Wattimena v M Smith/Owen

Evening Session (1800 BST) Josh Rock v Chisnall/Soutar Stephen Bunting v De Graaf/Lap James Wade v Van Duijvenbode/Stoeckli Jonny Clayton v Van Barneveld/Kuivenhoven Michael van Gerwen v Suljovic/Jehirszki Luke Humphries v Doets/Kenny Gian van Veen v Springer/Wellinger Dann