BALTIC SEA DARTS OPEN 2025
What, When and Where is the Baltic Sea Darts Open?
The 2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open is set to take place from the 11th to the 13th of July in Kiel, Germany’s largest city on the Baltic Sea.
It will be the ninth of this season’s 14 European Tour events, the first since the start of June, and will be followed by a break until the end of August. This will be the third edition of the Baltic Sea Darts Open, which has moved later in the calendar each year so far. This tournament, like the previous two, will be held at Kiel’s Wunderino Arena.
Rob Cross was crowned the Baltic Sea Darts Open Champion in 2024. Photo by Jonas Hunold/PDC
What is the History of the Wunderino Arena?
The historic venue opened back in 1951 and is currently primarily used by THW Kiel, the most successful handball team in Germany’s top professional league.
In terms of darts, the Wunderino Arena hosted darts in 2019 and 2020 with big unranked exhibitions. The first Baltic Sea Darts Open at the arena in 2023 saw 239 180s hit, a new Euro Tour tournament record.
The venue witnessed a nine-darter in the 2024 final from the then-World Champion Luke Humphries.
What is the Format and Session Plan?
European Tour events take place over three days, all of which have both afternoon and evening sessions.
Round one takes place on Friday and features 16 games, with the Pro Tour qualifiers facing the other 16 non-Order of Merit qualifiers.
The Saturday sessions feature the second round, before the last 16 is held on Sunday afternoon and the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are held on Sunday evening.
Who Has Qualified for the Baltic Sea Darts Open?
The current European 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 the Main Order of Merit
These players are seeded and start in round two:
Current Order of Merit. Taken from dartsrankings.com
The only exception to this table, is that Luke Littler has withdrawn. He is missing his fifth Euro Tour event in a row after briefly breaking his German boycott at the World Cup of Darts, and will be replaced by Northern Irish World Cup winner Josh Rock
Top 16 from the Pro Tour Order of Merit
These players face one of 16 qualifiers in round one:
Pro Tour Order of Merit. Taken from dartsrankings.com
Germany’s Martin Schindler, second in the Pro Tour Order of Merit, is the top qualifier through this route, while his World Cup teammate Ricardo Pietreczko has also made it.
Who are the Tour Card Holder Qualifiers?
10 players secured their spots for Kiel at the Tour Card Holder Qualifier on the 20th of June:
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England’s Justin Hood, who won his Tour Card at the start of this year, will make the first European Tour appearance of his career.
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Poland’s Sebastian Białecki and Tytus Kanik and Belgian former WDF World Champion Andy Baetens will each make their first Euro Tour appearance of the year.
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Mensur Suljović will make his second Euro Tour appearance of the year, and the first since coming through the Home Nation Qualifier for April’s Austrian Darts Open.
Who are the Host Nation Qualifiers?
4 German players qualified at the Host Nation Qualifier on 17th May:
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Yorick Hofkens (81.21) and Martin Kramer (84.20) will both make the first Euro Tour appearances of their respective careers.
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Liam Maendl-Lawrance, who with an 86.15 averaged the highest of the four at the Host Nation Qualifier, and Kevin Troppmann (84.59) will both appear in their first Euro Tour event of the year.
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It will be Troppmann’s first ET appearance since his debut at last year’s European Darts Open, where he produced a famous match-winning checkout.
Other Qualifiers for the Tournament
The final two qualifiers come from:
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The East Europe Qualifier which was won by Poland’s Miroslaw Grudziecki, who will be making his Euro Tour debut.
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The Nordic and Baltic qualifier which was won by Sweden’s Johan Engstrom, who beat major winner Joe Cullen 6-1 at last year’s European Darts Grand Prix.
Who is on the Reserve List?
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Mickey Mansell
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William O'Connor
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Kim Huybrechts
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Richard Veenstra
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Niko Springer
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Adam Hunt
Betting Tips and Odds for the Baltic Sea Darts Open
The big hitters will be giving it their all in Kiel, as it will be their final chance to get some stage time before the World Matchplay begins in Blackpool on the 19th of July, but some look like better options than others.
Value in the Top Seed?
Luke Humphries suffered a finger injury on his throwing arm in New York, didn’t appear in the World Series event last week in Poland and has pulled out of the mid-week Pro Tours. This could suggest why his price is high, despite still being fav. Humprhies to win - 10/3
Will the Price be Right?
In Poland it was Gerwyn Price who took the victory, averaging over 100 in his three Saturday games, and he will be looking to keep up his good run of form and pick up his first Euro Tour title since 2022. Price to win - 7/1
Back the Flying Scotsman After a Break?
Gary Anderson, who has reached four Euro Tour finals in the past could be a good option to pick up his fourth title after a few weeks off, as he has played brilliantly so far this year and will be looking to add to his title tally. Anderson to win - 14/1
Odds correct at the time of publishing.
Who Has Won the World Series Events Held Already This Year?
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Four of the eight Euro Tour events held so far this year have been won by Englishmen, with Luke Littler and Stephen Bunting having one title, and Nathan Aspinall being the only player with two.
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Legendary former World Champions Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson also both have one, as do three-time Euro Tour winners Jonny Clayton and Martin Schindler.
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Aspinall is the current leader of the European Tour Order of Merit, which is used to determine the 32 qualifiers for October’s European Championship.
Past Baltic Sea Darts Open Results
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Dave Chisnall averaged 101.31 in the final to win the inaugural edition of the event with an 8-5 win over the top seed Luke Humphries, who hit a nine-darter during the game.
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Humphries also reached the final in 2024 and played brilliantly again, averaging 104.38, but he was beaten 8-6 by Rob Cross, who averaged 105.56.
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2024 also saw Latvia’s Madars Razma become the first unseeded player to reach the semi-finals of the event.
