2026 PDC Darts World Championship Day 7 final results, scores, schedule and bracket: Switzerland's Bellmont makes history in win over van Barneveld originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
On Day 7 of the 2026 PDC Darts World Championship, four more exciting matchups were played in the first round.
The evening session started with a North American clash between Canada's Matt Campbell and American Adam Sevada.
After that, former world champion Raymond van Barneveld made his 19th appearance at the PDC WC and it was his 33rd year making an appearance at a WC (BDO/PDC).
Four-time PDC WC semifinalist James Wade began his 22nd straight appearance at the PDC WC in the evening's third match.
Lastly, to end off the night, Germany's Martin Schindler played Stephen Burton for a spot in the second round.
2025 PDC Darts World Championship schedule & scores
Here are the scores and schedule of play for the first round on Day 7.
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Day 7 (evening session)
| Matchup | Date | Time (local) | Score |
| Matt Campbell vs. Adam Sevada | Wed., Dec. 17 | 7:00 p.m. | 1-3 |
| Raymond van Barneveld vs. Stefan Bellmont | Wed., Dec. 17 | 8:00 p.m. | 0-3 |
| James Wade vs. Ryusei Azemoto | Wed., Dec. 17 | 9:00 p.m. | 3-0 |
| Martin Schindler vs. Stephen Burton | Wed., Dec. 17 | 10:00 p.m. | 3-1 |
Bracket
Here is the bracket for the second round.
*Updated as of the end of this day
Quarter #1
| Littler vs. Davies |
| Cullen vs. Suljovic |
| Heta vs. Bellmont |
| Cross vs. White |
| Dobey vs. Gilding |
| Woodhouse vs. Hopp |
| Price vs. Plaisier |
| Joyce/Bates vs. Ratajski/Toylo |
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Quarter #2
| Bunting vs. Kumar |
| van Duijvenbode vs. Hurrell |
| Schindler vs. Barry/Pusey |
| Searle vs. Dolan |
| Clayton vs. Taylor |
| M. Smith vs. Zonneveld |
| Harrysson vs. Tricole/Sakai |
| Chisnall/Sherrock vs. Pietreczko |
Quarter #3
| Humphries vs. Lim |
| Nijman vs. Clemens |
| Aspinall/Ilagan vs. Mansell/Gates |
| De Decker/Munyua vs. Doets/Dennant |
| Wade vs. Evans |
| Manby vs. Sevada |
| van Veen vs. Soutar |
| Beveridge vs. Razma |
Quarter #4
| van Gerwen/Tatsunami vs. O'Connor/Kciuk |
| Wright vs. Merk |
| Anderson vs. Scutt |
| Wattimena/Grullich vs. Williams |
| Noppert vs. Hood |
| Tata vs. Meikle/Salate |
| Rock/Hayter vs. Comito |
| Gurney/Greaves vs. Rydz/Kovacs |
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