Darts WC - Ally Pally - 22 Dec - Afternoon Session

Darts World Championship 2026/27 Day 13 Afternoon Session at Alexandra Palace

On Tuesday, 22 December 2026 at 13:30, the second round continues with four more Best-of-5 matches at Alexandra Palace. By this stage, the calendar itself adds something to the event. Christmas is close, the tournament is fully alive, and the session sits right in that interesting space between early momentum and the first serious signs of who may still matter later on.

Pre-Christmas Ally Pally: festive, loud and properly tuned in

Very few sporting events are as tied to the time of year as the World Darts Championship. In the days before Christmas, Ally Pally feels like its own world. A Tuesday afternoon session captures that beautifully. The crowd still brings the costumes and the fun, but by now it is also fully engaged with the quality of the matches.

The move into the Great Hall only strengthens that feeling. With more than 5,000 fans per session, the room always feels substantial, even before the evening starts. But the atmosphere is not random noise. It follows the rhythm of the matches more than people sometimes expect.

On the oche: second round is where form starts to mean something

This round is often where real form starts to separate itself from early-week momentum. A player might have looked good in round one, but round two asks better questions: can you respond to pressure, can you reset after a poor leg, can you finish cleanly when the room gets tense?

That is why names like Rob Cross, Damon Heta, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert and Gerwyn Price fit naturally into this part of the conversation. This is the round where players stop being judged only on whether they can win a match and start being judged on whether they look capable of making a run.

Why this session works for Ally Pally tickets and a London trip

For supporters searching for Ally Pally tickets, this is a strong session if you want meaningful darts without needing the chaos of a peak Saturday night. And for a Darts World Championship London trip, it is a very natural fit within a festive December visit.

It feels like a proper championship session: lively, relevant and just close enough to the Christmas break to make every result feel a little more significant.