European Tour

International Darts Open 2025

Riesa,
4 April 2025
Entry Deadline Wednesday 12 February - 2:00pm GMT
Entries:

All Tour Card Holders (Seeds/Qualifiers) must enter this event prior to the entry deadline. The draw for this event will be made on Thursday 3rd April, 24hrs prior to the start of the event and will appear here when done. Games from the Last 16 onwards will be played in the Draw Bracket order.

Players will be required to register at the PDC Control Desk at the Players Entrance no later than one hour before the scheduled time of their match. Any player who fails to register as above will face referral to the DRA. Should a player not register within 30 minutes of their scheduled match then they will be disqualified from the event without exception and not be entitled to receive any prize money from the event.

Any player who wishes to familiarise themselves with their stage before their first match may do so 90 minutes before the start of play, all players must have cleared the stage by the time that doors open to the public.

Withdrawals
Any player who needs to withdraw from this event must do so prior to the Tour Card Qualifier, or at the very latest prior to the draw which is 24 hours prior to the start to avoid a DRA sanction.

Contact Prior to event:
PDC Graham Fairhurst [email protected] 07930 975240
Contacts at event:
PDC Keith Bisby [email protected] 07860 155885
PDPA Andy Scott [email protected] 07946 180180

Guests:

Players are permitted one, non-transferable guest per day in which they compete (excluding DRA Registered Managers). Guests must be aged 16 or above and be genuinely linked to the player who they are a guest of. ID may be required and under-18s must be accompanied by a guardian.

The guest is the sole responsibility of the player they are signed in under. If that player does not attend the Tournament, then the guest cannot gain access to the venue. Players are required to register their guest’s name with PDC Europe via [email protected] before 22.00 local time on Thursday 3rd April.

Failure to submit guest names may result in the guest not being allowed into the venue. When the player has lost their match and leaves the venue then the guest must also leave thevenue at the same time (as the guest is the sole responsibility of the player).

All guests are required to be dressed to an appropriate standard in respect of the event they are attending, which includes the following:

*Shorts can be worn but must be dress shorts or similar.
*Tops must cover down to the waist.
*No flip-flops/sliders to be worn.
*Football shirts and shorts and any other clothing representing sports teams are not permitted.
*PDC Security will monitor compliance upon entry and reserve the right to refuse entry at their absolute discretion.

More Information:

2025 Elten Safety Shoes International Darts Open
April 4-6, WT Energiesysteme Arena, Riesa

(1) Luke Humphries v Dirk van Duijvenbode
(16) Ross Smith v Ricardo Pietreczko
(8) Damon Heta v Mario Vandenbogaerde
(9) Chris Dobey v Wessel Nijman
(4) Stephen Bunting v Darius Labanauskas
(13) James Wade v Cameron Menzies
(5) Jonny Clayton v Raymond van Barneveld
(12) Danny Noppert v Karel Sedlacek
Richard Veenstra v Andrew Gilding
(15) Josh Rock v Gian van Veen
(7) Gerwyn Price v Mike De Decker
(10) Nathan Aspinall v Joe Cullen
Martin Schindler
(14) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Thibault Tricole
(6) Dave Chisnall v Luke Woodhouse
(11) Peter Wright v Ritchie Edhouse

FORMAT:
The format is best of 11 legs up to and including the quarter-final, with the semi-final the best of 13 legs and the final the best of 15 legs.

Saturday April 5
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

James Wade v Cameron Menzies
Danny Noppert v Karel Sedlacek
Ross Smith v Ricardo Pietreczko
Damon Heta v Mario Vandenbogaerde
Chris Dobey v Wessel Nijman
Stephen Bunting v Darius Labanauskas
Dave Chisnall v Luke Woodhouse
Martin Schindler BYE

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Thibault Tricole
Jonny Clayton v Raymond van Barneveld
Gerwyn Price v Mike De Decker
Luke Humphries v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Richard Veenstra v Andrew Gilding
Peter Wright v Ritchie Edhouse
Nathan Aspinall v Joe Cullen
Josh Rock v Gian van Veen

Sunday April 6
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Third Round

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

PRIZE FUND:

Champion £30,000
Runner-Up £12,000
Semi Finals £8,500
Quarter Finals £6,000
Third Round £4,000
Second Round £2,500
First Round £1,250
TOTAL £175,000