2025 Dutch Darts Championship
| 2025 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 23–25 May 2025 | ||
| Venue | Autotron | ||
| Location | Rosmalen | ||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £175,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
| High checkout | |||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Jonny Clayton | |||
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The 2025 Dutch Darts Championship was the seventh of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Autotron, Rosmalen, Netherlands, from 23–25 May 2025. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Josh Rock was the defending champion after defeating Jonny Clayton 8–4 in the 2024 final.[1] However, he lost 6–4 to Ricardo Pietreczko in the second round.
Clayton won the title, his third on the European Tour, by defeating Niko Springer 8–6 in the final.[2][3]
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner[4]:
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £12,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £8,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £6,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £4,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £2,500* |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,250* |
| Total | £175,000 | |
- Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[5]
Qualification and format
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were now seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round.[6][7][8]
In another change, the 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers will be drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.
The seedings were confirmed on 9 May.[9]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 May),[10] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 May),[11] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 May),[12] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February).[13]
Rob Cross and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Ricardo Pietreczko and Martin Lukeman. Ryan Searle and Michael Smith moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.[14] After the draw was made, Gerwyn Price withdrew and was replaced by William O'Connor, who went straight in at the second round. Michael van Gerwen withdrew during the tournament, meaning Mickey Mansell received a bye to the third round.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
Notes
References
- ^ Gorton, Josh (26 May 2024). "Rock breaks new ground with Dutch Darts Championship success". PDC. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "Clayton wins in Netherlands to earn first European Tour title in two years". BBC Sport. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Wellens, Megan (25 May 2025). "Dutch Darts Championship: Jonny Clayton beats Luke Humphries on way to third Euro Tour title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | 2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules, as at January 13 2025". PDC.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (13 January 2025). "PDC confirm further controversial changes to European Tour criteria in 2025". Live Darts. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (13 January 2025). "PDC European Tour rules change again in controversial move seeming to protect big names". Darts News. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules confirmed". PDC. 13 January 2025.
- ^ "2025 ET7-8 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
- ^ "PDC ET07 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET07 Host Nation Qualifier". DartConnect. 22 May 2025.
- ^ "PDCNB 2025 Tour - Finland - Weekend 04 • ET7 Qualifier Final". DartConnect. 9 May 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET07 E. Europe Qualifier". DartConnect. 15 February 2025.
- ^ "2025 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship draw & schedule". Professional Darts Corporation. 22 May 2025.