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2025 European Darts Trophy

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2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates21–23 March 2025
VenueLokhalle
LocationGöttingen, Germany
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Final – first to 8 legs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Nathan Aspinall
«Event 1 Event 3»

The 2025 European Darts Trophy, known as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy for sponsorship reasons,[1] was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Lokhalle in Göttingen, Germany from 21–23 March 2025. It was the second of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating James Wade 8–3 in the final of the last edition of the event, which was in 2018.[2][3] However, he lost 7–5 to Ryan Joyce in the semi-finals.

Nathan Aspinall won his first European Tour title by defeating Joyce 8–4 in the final.

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[4]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Third round losers (8) £4,000
Second round losers (16) £2,500*
First round losers (16) £1,250*
Total £175,000
  • Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[5]

Qualification and format

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In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were now seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round.[6][7] The seedings were confirmed on 7 February.[8]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 12 February),[9] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 8 February),[10] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 14 February),[11] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 February).[12]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Summary

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First round

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The first round was played on Friday 21 March. Reigning European Champion Ritchie Edhouse progressed to the next round by defeating Kevin Doets 6–2. Belgian Darts Open runner-up Mike De Decker prevailed 6–3 against 2024 Grand Slam of Darts runner-up Martin Lukeman. Ricky Evans defeated Raymond van Barneveld on stage for the first time as he won 6–4; Evans, whose sister Elisha died earlier that month, commented: "I've just won a game of darts after everything I've been through, so I'm the happiest man in Germany right now."[13] Boris Krčmar added to his wins at the Belgian Darts Open with a 6–4 victory over Dirk van Duijvenbode, setting up a match against world number one Luke Humphries in the second round. Recent Players Championship title winner Martin Schindler beat Adam Hunt 6–2. Ryan Joyce whitewashed Joe Cullen, converting two-thirds of his attempts at double in the process. Connor Scutt missed five match darts to allow Gian van Veen to win their tie in a last-leg decider. Wessel Nijman almost conceded victory to a comeback from Paul Krohne but also managed to triumph 6–5. Ross Smith averaged 106.44 in a 6–1 win over Michael Unterbuchner.[13]

Second round

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The second round was played on Saturday 22 March, where the 16 seeded players entered the tournament. Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2017 and 2018, came back from 5–3 down to defeat Germany's Niko Springer 6–5. "We all know good Niko Springer is and I had to fight really hard," Van Gerwen admitted.[14] Luke Humphries battled past Boris Krčmar to win 6–4 to reach the third round. Jermaine Wattimena achieved the second-highest average of his career (111.07) in a 6–4 victory over Chris Dobey. Martin Schindler saw off Jonny Clayton 6–1 while Mike De Decker eliminated Peter Wright 6–4.[15] Nathan Aspinall put an end to a late comeback from Ritchie Edhouse to set up a third-round meeting with Wattimena. Ryan Joyce produced a 167 checkout on his way to a 6–4 victory over Dimitri Van den Bergh. Former world champions Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Michael Smith and Gary Anderson all advanced.[14]

Final day

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Nathan Aspinall
Ryan Joyce
Nathan Aspinall and Ryan Joyce contested the final.

The third round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played on Sunday 23 March. The final day saw Nathan Aspinall and Ryan Joyce reach the final. Aspinall got past Jermaine Wattimena in a last-leg decider in the third round before a 6–1 rout of Luke Humphries in the quarter-finals. In his semi-final tie against Gary Anderson, Aspinall took the match to another last-leg decider with a dramatic 170 checkout and progressed to the final with a 7–6 win. Joyce followed victories over Rob Cross and Cameron Menzies by stunning Michael van Gerwen 7–5 in the semi-finals. This was Joyce's first European Tour final, while Aspinall was unsuccessful in his only previous final at the 2023 German Darts Grand Prix.[16]

Aspinall broke Joyce's throw in the first leg and established a 4–1 lead. Joyce made the match close by pulling the contest back to scores of 4–3 and 5–4 but Aspinall won the final three legs to win the final.[16] Aspinall averaged 98 with five 180s scored. It was his first European Tour title and his first title overall since winning the 2023 World Matchplay. He became the 38th different player to win a European Tour event. Following his triumph, Aspinall said that after dealing with injuries and dartitis, this was "probably [his] proudest moment." He also stated: "This is what I needed. This will help me believe in myself and it shows I'm still good enough to compete against the top boys."[17]

Draw

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The draw was announced on 20 March.[18] Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.[19]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
21 March		Second round
(best of 11 legs)
22 March		Third round
(best of 11 legs)
23 March		Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
23 March		Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
23 March		Final
(best of 15 legs)
23 March
 Dirk van Duijvenbode 97.0241 Luke Humphries 101.356
 Boris Krčmar 100.356 Boris Krčmar 102.884
1 Humphries 95.966
16 M Smith 91.665
 Ricardo Pietreczko 93.58616 Michael Smith 94.276
 Daniel Klose 87.263 Ricardo Pietreczko 87.822
1 Humphries 96.371
8 Aspinall 106.726
 Ritchie Edhouse 94.9368 Nathan Aspinall 88.596
 Kevin Doets 93.962 Ritchie Edhouse 91.025
8 Aspinall 100.636
 Wattimena 102.085
 Jermaine Wattimena 87.4269 Chris Dobey 101.734
 Marko Kantele 76.422 Jermaine Wattimena 111.076
8 Aspinall 98.667
13 Anderson 103.726
 Martin Schindler 94.2964 Jonny Clayton 89.931
 Adam Hunt 87.602 Martin Schindler 106.786
 Schindler 98.015
13 Anderson 97.856
 Luke Woodhouse 94.42613 Gary Anderson 95.116
 Dominik Grüllich 87.304 Luke Woodhouse 90.514
13 Anderson 96.196
 R Smith 95.545
 Raymond van Barneveld 94.9145 Dave Chisnall 97.326
 Ricky Evans 95.556 Ricky Evans 86.631
5 Chisnall 96.514
 R Smith 96.676
 Ross Smith 106.44612 James Wade 98.102
 Michael Unterbuchner 91.661 Ross Smith 99.346
8 Aspinall 98.198
 Joyce 93.714
 Daryl Gurney 90.5742 Michael van Gerwen 101.236
 Niko Springer 95.346 Niko Springer 98.905
2 van Gerwen 99.006
 van Veen 102.594
 Gian van Veen 92.43615 Josh Rock 97.764
 Connor Scutt 84.125 Gian van Veen 100.466
2 van Gerwen 97.936
7 Price 107.404
 Ryan Searle 99.1067 Gerwyn Price 103.746
 Laurin Welk 84.710 Ryan Searle 105.624
7 Price 110.836
 Nijman 100.003
 Wessel Nijman 98.19610 Danny Noppert 99.965
 Paul Krohne 91.555 Wessel Nijman 93.916
2 van Gerwen 98.245
 Joyce 95.917
 Andrew Gilding 94.9763 Rob Cross 99.026
 Callan Rydz 80.052 Andrew Gilding 92.284
3 Cross 92.094
 Joyce 88.866
 Ryan Joyce 90.18614 Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.294
 Joe Cullen 81.410 Ryan Joyce 98.486
  Joyce 99.746
 Menzies 77.143
 Cameron Menzies 99.9166 Damon Heta 91.405
 Alan Soutar 99.372 Cameron Menzies 92.046
  Menzies 90.716
 De Decker 89.235
 Mike De Decker 93.61611 Peter Wright 105.424
 Martin Lukeman 90.383 Mike De Decker 105.256

Top averages

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The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.[19] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

# Player Round Average Result
1  Jermaine Wattimena 2 111.07 Won
2  Gerwyn Price 3 110.83 Won
3  Gerwyn Price (2) QF 107.40 Lost
4  Nathan Aspinall QF 106.72 Won
5  Martin Schindler 2 106.78 Won
6  Ryan Searle 2 105.62 Lost
7  Peter Wright 2 105.42 Lost
8  Mike De Decker 2 105.25 Won
9  Gerwyn Price (3) 2 103.74 Won
10  Gary Anderson SF 103.72 Lost
11  Boris Krčmar 2 102.88 Lost
12  Gian van Veen (2) 3 102.59 Lost
13  Jermaine Wattimena (2) 3 102.08 Lost
14  Chris Dobey 2 101.73 Lost
15  Luke Humphries 2 101.35 Won
16  Michael van Gerwen 2 101.23 Won
17  Nathan Aspinall (2) 3 100.63 Won
18  Gian van Veen (2) 2 100.46 Won
19  Boris Krčmar (2) 1 100.35 Won
20  Wessel Nijman 3 100.00 Lost

References

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