2025 DUTCH DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
When and Where is the Dutch Darts Championship?
The 2025 Dutch Darts Championship will be held in Rosmalen, the Netherlands from the 23rd to 25th May. The tournament is the seventh of 14 European Tour events this year, and so marks the halfway point in the race to October’s European Championship.
This is marks the fifth staging of the Dutch tournament since its first edition in 2018 and will mark the first time it has been held at the same venue in consecutive years. This year it will remain at the Autotron in Rosmalen.
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In previous editions, the event has also been held in:
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Maastricht
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Zwolle
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Leeuwarden​
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This year is the only Euro Tour event in the Netherlands.
The Autotron in 2024 for the DDC. Interestingly, this venue used to be a Car Theme Park.
The History of Darts at the Autotron
Before holding PDC events, the Autoron had a place in darts history, having hosted the WDF 2007 World Cup which was won by now-commentator Mark Webster.
In 2024, in the first Euro Tour event at the venue, Ross Smith hit a nine-darter. That was Smith’s second Euro Tour nine-darter, following his first back in 2013 which started the infamous ‘Curse of Ross Smith’, which saw no nine-darter hit on the tour for over five years
What is the Key Event Info for this Year's DDC?
This year’s Dutch Darts Championship is expected to sell out and will feature six action-packed sessions across the three days. The afternoon sessions begin at 12pm local time, with the evening action getting underway at 6pm. Players are competing for a prize pool of £175,000, with the winner taking home £30,000.
Who Has Qualified for the 2025 Dutch Darts Championship?
This year’s new Euro Tour format means that the top 16 players from both the main PDC Order of Merit and the Pro Tour Order of Merit qualify automatically and enter as follows:​
Top 16 from Main OOM
All 16 players are seeded and start in round two. Luke Littler and Nathan Aspinall are the only players from the top 16 not to enter.
Top 16 from Pro Tour Order OOM
These players face one of 16 qualifiers in round one. Ryan Joyce and Dutchman Niels Zonneveld have qualified through this route as a result of Littler and Aspinall’s decisions.
Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
10 players have secured their spots through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier held on 14th May.
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Dutchmen Wesley Plaisier and Maik Kuivenhoven will make their first Euro Tour appearance of the season at their home event.​ Lukas Wenig, Ryan Meikle and 2013 Dutch Darts Masters Champion Kim Huybrechts will also play on the Euro Tour for the first time this year.​ Mickey Mansell had the highest average of the qualifiers at 98.84 over three games.
The Remaining 6 Qualifiers
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Boris Krcmar, winner of the East Europe Qualifier for the third time this season
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Teemu Harju, winner of the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier for the second time this season
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Four additional players from the Host Nation Qualifier held at the Autotron
Any late withdrawals for the event will be filled by players from the reserve list of:
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Martin Lukeman
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William O’Connor
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Richard Veenstra
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Keane Barry
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Jim Williams
Best Betting Sites for the 2025 Dutch Darts Championship
Betting Tips for the 2025 Dutch Darts Championship
The tournament favourites are likely to be:
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Number one seed and World Number One, Luke Humphries
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Hometown hero and the most successful Euro Tour player ever, Michael van Gerwen
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Winner of the last Euro Tour event and two-time World Champion, Gary Anderson
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Just behind the favourites are:
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Three-time Euro Tour title winner, Germany’s Martin Schindler
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Defending Dutch Darts Championship Champion, Josh Rock
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Young Dutchman and two-time Euro Tour finalist, Gian van Veen
Some good value Dutch picks could be:
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Massively hyped youngster, Wessel Nijman
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Three-time World Champion and all-time legend, Raymond van Barneveld
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Steadily improving tour card holder, Niels Zonneveld
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Odds to be updated closer to the event.
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Who are the Past DDC Winners and Finalists?
In the four past editions of the Dutch Darts Championship, it has only ever been won by a player from the UK:
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England’s Ian White, Michael Smith and Dave Chisnall in 2018, 2022 and 2023
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Northern Ireland’s Josh Rock in 2024
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Both White and Rock’s title were their first on the Euro Tour
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There have been four different losing finalists:
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England’s Ricky Evans and Luke Humphries in 2018 and 2023
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The Netherland’s Danny Noppert in 2022
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Wales’s Jonny Clayton in 2024
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The final has only gone to a sudden-death leg once:
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8-4 in 2024 (Rock vs Clayton)
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8-5 in 2018 and 2023 (White vs Evans and Chisnall vs Humphries)
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8-7 in 2022 (Smith vs Noppert)
Best Odds for the Dutch Darts Championship 2025
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Where to Watch the Tournament
The event can be watched in several ways:
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On PDC-TV in the majority of countries
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On DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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It can also be watched on major sportsbook websites for those with deposited funds
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If you would like to sign-up to DAZN, you can click the button below. Please note you will only be able to watch the Dutch Darts Championship via DAZN if you are based in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
If you are wanting to watch from the UK via a bookmaker, we recommend the following sports betting sites:
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