The PDC have introduced the lineups for the Bahrain Darts Masters and the Riyadh Season Saudi Arabia Darts Masters for later this month.
Luke Littler celebrates with the Sid Waddell trophy (Picture: Getty)
Whereas the World Darts Championship could also be over, however the New 12 months is just simply getting began, with the PDC saying their lineups for 2 upcoming tournaments. The Bahrain Darts Masters kicks issues off for the World Collection of Darts, earlier than the Riyadh Season Saudi Arabia Darts Masters.
Bahrain has performed host to the World Collection of Darts earlier than, as Stephen Bunting received it in 2025, and Luke Littler earned the title in 2024 – his maiden PDC senior trophy. Saudi Arabia is a brand new vacation spot on the world tour, nonetheless, having by no means hosted the darts. The 2 tournaments are cut up between PDC representatives and those that function on the Asian tour. Bahrain can have eight PDC stars and 6 from Asia, whereas they’ve two locations for their very own representatives – Abdulla Saeed and Basem Mahmood.
Saudi Arabia will not have any representatives for their very own Masters match, as a substitute providing two different locations for the Asian tour.
Probably the most notable PDC consultant is Littler, who’s contemporary from successful the world championships for the second 12 months working. The teenager is seeking to construct on that best begin to 2026, on his pursuit of turning into one of many best that the game has ever seen.
“It is loopy what I’ve executed,” he advised Sky Sports activities. “I am within the clear for world primary. Phil Taylor had, I do not even know, three or 4 hundreds days at world primary. That is one other little bit of historical past I need to create, beat Phil on the primary and keep there for so long as doable and get all these different darts gamers chasing me.”
The others who need to hunt him down and have been included within the upcoming tournaments are Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen, Michael van Gerwen, Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert, Gerwyn Value and Nathan Aspinall. 5 of these seven have additionally been chosen for this 12 months’s Premier League, although not all the alternatives went down as standard picks.
From the Asian tour, there are returns for some standard stars, together with Ally Pally hero Motomu Sakai. The Japanese star received over many followers together with his run on the World Championships, and he has been chosen for each Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
There are different fan favourites too, together with Paul Lim, who remains to be capturing the gang at 71 years outdated. Alexis Toylo, Lourence Ilagan, Ryusei Azemoto, and Man Lok Leung have been included in each Masters lineup – whereas Paolo Nebrida and Tomoya Goto will be a part of the Saudi Arabian Masters.
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The prize pot for final 12 months’s circuit stood at £100,000 for every, with the winner touchdown £30,000 of that. Whereas it’s clearly overshadowed by the £1,000,000 landed by the winner of the World Championships, it is nonetheless helpful prize cash to defend if it may be received.
The Bahrain Masters begins on January 15 for 2 days, whereas the Saudia Arabia Masters begins on January 19 for 2 days as properly.
Paolo Nebrida (Philippines)
Tomoya Goto (Japan)
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