POLAND DARTS MASTERS 2025
What, When and Where is the Poland Darts Masters?
The 2025 Poland Darts Masters is set to take place on the 4th and 5th of July in Gliwice, a city in Upper Silesia, Poland. It will be the third edition of the event and the second at the PreZero Arena in Gliwice after the inaugural tournament was held in Warsaw, Poland’s capital.
It will be the fifth of this year’s seven World Series events, and the final one in Europe before the Oceanic double-header in August. It will also be the first stage PDC event held in Eastern Europe this year, before the September Euro Tour events in the Czech Republic and Hungary.
Luke Little was crowned Champion in 2024. Photo by Simon O'Connor.
What is the Format and Session Plan?
World Series events take place over just two days with evening sessions and feature 16 players: eight PDC representatives and eight regional representatives.
Round one features eight games, with PDC representatives facing regional representatives, and takes place on the first day.
The day two session features the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
The sessions get underway at 19:00 CET and are available to watch on TV channels or via PDCTV around the world.
Where to Watch the Poland Darts Masters?
For UK fans you can watch the action live on ITV4.
For anyone based in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, you can stream the action live on DAZN. To sign up to DAZN click here.
Alternatively, if you are based anywhere else in the world you are able to stream live on PDCTV.
Who Qualifies for the Poland Darts Masters?
The PDC representatives are hand-picked, whereas there are qualifying rules for the regional representatives for this event, who all come from the Eastern European region.
To get the eight regional representatives:
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Any Eastern European player with an active PDC tour card gets a spot.
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The remaining spots go to the winners of one-off Polish and Hungarian qualifiers.
Who are the PDC Representatives?
The eight seeded players are big stars selected by the PDC.
The event features seven of the eight players from the line-up for this year’s Premier League:
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Luke Littler
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Michael van Gerwen
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Stephen Bunting
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Rob Cross
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Gerwyn Price
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Chris Dobey
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Nathan Aspinall
The one exception is the absence of the world number one Luke Humphries who has opted to take the event off and will be replaced by Jonny Clayton, who has won both a World Series event and the World Series Finals.
Who are the Tour Card Holder Qualifiers?
Any PDC Tour Card holder who represents an Eastern European nation secures a spot.
Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)
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Current world number 33, widely regarded as the greatest Polish player ever.
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Winner of 11 PDC ranking titles, including two Euro Tours.
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Former PDC major semi-finalist and World Championship quarter-finalist.
Radek Szagański (Poland)
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Moved to Ireland in 2006 but was born in Poland and still represents them.
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Won a Players Championship title in 2024 with an 8-5 win over Connor Scutt.
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Made round two on his World Championship debut in 2024.
Sebastian Białecki (Poland)
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Hit a nine-darter at the UK Open in 2021 and reached the quarter-finals in 2022.
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Hit a televised nine-darter on the Modus Super Series in 2023.
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Currently fifth in the PDC Development Tour rankings.
Tytus Kanik (Poland)
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Became the first Polish player to win a PDC tour card back in 2016.
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Four-time Polish World Cup representative.
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Hit the first streamed nine-darter in Poland in 2024.
Karel Sedláček (Czech Republic)
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Became the first Czech player to win a PDC Tour Card back in 2020.
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Has represented his nation at the World Cup since 2017.
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Four-time PDC World Championship qualifier and reached round two in 2023.
Pero Ljubić (Croatia)
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Won his Tour Card at the start of this year but has earned just £3.25k so far.
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Made his World Cup of Darts debut this year.
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Also a high-level chess player.
Who are the Polish and Hungarian Qualifiers?
The two remaining spots were given out at qualifying events held in Poland and Hungary.
Krysztof Kciuk (Poland)
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Became the first Polish player to play in the PDC World Championship in 2010.
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Five-time Polish World Cup representative.
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Together with Ratajski set the pairs World Record average in 2023 (118.10)
György Jehirszki (Hungary)
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Won the WDF Season Opening Darts Open at the start of this year.
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Made his World Cup of Darts debut in June.
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Averaged 83.32, the most of any player, in the Hungarian Qualifier.
Betting Tips and Odds for the Poland Darts Masters
Littler to Get His First of the Year?
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Luke Littler reached four World Series finals last year, winning two of them, but has yet to reach a single one this year, meaning this week could be his time.
Aspinall to Break His Duck?
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Nathan Aspinall averaged over 100 in the first three rounds in New York, beating Littler on the way to a final, meaning he is in great form to take his first World Series title since 2019.
Sedláček to Make Round 2?
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Karel Sedláček appeared in the first two Polish Masters, getting closest to a win in 2023 in a 6-4 loss to Dimitri van den Bergh, but he has shown good form this year and so could be a good bet to get his first match win in the event.
Who Has Appeared in a Poland Darts Masters Final?
At the first edition in 2023, Michael van Gerwen won the title with a 113.22 average in an 8-3 win against Dimitri van den Bergh, the highest World Series final average ever.
Luke Littler is the defending champion, having beaten Rob Cross 8-3 in last year’s final, the first to be held in Gliwice.
Which Eastern European Players Have Won Games at the Event?
The inaugural Poland Darts Masters saw home hero Krzysztof Ratajski beat Rob Cross 6-3 in the first round, before losing 6-3 to Dimitri van den Bergh in round two.
Last year Croatia’s Boris Krčmar averaged 97.79 to beat Nathan Aspinall 6-4, before being whitewashed by Michael van Gerwen, who averaged 109.98.
Therefore, no Eastern European player has ever made the semi-finals.
Who Has Won the World Series Events Held Already This Year?
The four World Series events held this year have been won by Englishman, with Stephen Bunting being the only two-time champion, winning in both Bahrain and Copenhagen.
Rob Cross beat Bunting 8-5 in the Dutch Masters Final in January but was shockingly whitewashed by Danny Lauby in the first round of the recent US Masters.
That US Masters was won by Luke Humphries, who defied a thumb injury to beat Nathan Aspinall 8-6 in the final.
