European Tour

International Darts Open 2026

Riesa,
22 May 2026
Entry Deadline Wednesday 8 April - 2:00pm GMT
Entries:

All Tour Card Holders must enter before the entry deadline, or you will not be in the event.

European Tour Events will be played with a 48-player main draw consisting of 32 pre-qualified players (the top 16 ranked entered players from the Main Ranking and the next 16 highest ranked players from the ProTour Ranking at the entry deadline) and 16 other qualifiers.

The top 16 ranked entered players from the World Ranking at the entry deadline will be seeded into the second round (last 32) where they will play the 16 winners from the matches involving the remaining 32 players

TOP 16 SEEDS (Exempt to Round Two)
1. Luke Humphries. 2. Gian van Veen. 3. Michael van Gerwen. 4. James Wade. 5. Stephen Bunting. 6. Gerwyn Price. 7. Josh Rock. 8. Danny Noppert. 9. Ryan Searle. 10. Chris Dobey. 11. Ross Smith. 12. Martin Schindler. 13. Jermaine Wattimena. 14. Mike De Decker. 15. Wessel Nijman. 16. Damon Heta

For the Round One draw, the 32 players will be listed as follows;
PRE-QUALIFIED PLAYERS
Dirk van Duijvenbode, Luke Woodhouse, Niko Springer, Niels Zonneveld, Krzysztof Ratajski, Daryl Gurney, William O'Connor, Joe Cullen, Ryan Joyce, Kevin Doets, Andrew Gilding, Dave Chisnall, Cameron Menzies, Karel Sedlacek, Ricardo Pietreczko, Michael Smith
TOUR CARD ‘Q’ 10
Kim Huybrechts, Tom Bissell, Bradley Brooks, Keane Barry, Charlie Manby, Jeffrey Sparidaans, Chris Landman, Madars Razma, Cristo Reyes, Connor Scutt. 
HOST NATION ‘Q’ 4
Finn Behrans, Michael Unterbuchner, Paul Krohne, Liam Maendl-Lawrance
NORDIC & BALTIC ‘Q’ 1
tbc
EAST EUROPE ‘Q’ 1
Gyorgy Jehirszki

RESERVES
1 Rob Cross 2 Maik Kuivenhoven 3 Christian Kist 4 Andy Boulton 5 Thomas Lovely 6 Shane MvGuirk  

Tour Card Holders will be permitted to enter one Host Nation Qualifier for which they are eligible per year instead of the Tour Card Holder Qualifier for that event. To enter players must email PDC Tournament Director Graham Fairhurst to enter [email protected]

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 of the event to avoid a DRA sanction.

DRAW
Draw will be made at 12.00 UK time on the day prior to the start of the Event.

DAILY REGISTRATION
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 and not be entitled to receive any prize money.

SESSION TIMES
Friday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Round One x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Round One x8

Saturday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Round Two x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Round Two x8

Sunday
Afternoon Session (1200-1600 local time, 1100-1500 GMT)
Round Three x8
Evening Session (1800-2200 local time, 1700-2100 GMT)
Quarter-Finals,
Semi-Finals,
Final

Guests:

Players will be allowed ONE NON-TRANSFERABLE bona-fide guest each for each session which they compete in. (excluding DRA Registered Managers) Please note that football shirts, shorts or three-quarter length trousers will not be acceptable and persons wearing them will not be admitted.

Players are required to register their guest’s with PDC-E via [email protected] before 22.00 local time the night prior to the event starting. Failure to submit guest names may result in the guest not being allowed into the venue.

SAFEGUARDING The PDC’s Safeguarding Policy can be seen HERE The Designated Safeguarding Officer at this event is Keith Bisby. Should you have any safeguarding issues, please see the DSO or contact [email protected].

More Information:

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

PRIZE FUND
Champion £35,000
Runner-Up £15,000
Semi Finals £10,000
Quarter Finals £8,000
Last 16 £5,000
Last 32 £3,500
Last 48 £2,000
TOTAL £230,000