DARTS’ European Tour returns this weekend as the sport’s biggest stars travel to Germany for the European Darts Open!
Dutch duo Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen are the top two seeds at the tournament.
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Luke Littler is skipping this week’s action in Germany Credit: Getty
Michael van Gerwen is yet to win on the European Tour this season Credit: PA
World No1 and No2 Luke Littler and Luke Humphries are opting to skip the event as they choose to take a lighter schedule through the darts season.
Nathan Aspinall is the defending champion in Leverkusen – The Asp defeated Damon Heta 8-6 in last year’s final to claim the title.
Welsh star Gerwyn Price is making the trip into continental Europe though, with the Iceman looking for his second win of this year’s campaign after claiming the European Darts Grand Prix in April.
This is the tenth stop on the European Tour calendar this season, with it all culminating in the mammoth finals event in October.
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When is the European Darts Open 2026?
The tournament begins on Friday, July 10.
It will end on Jattvibeday, July 12.
Action kicks off at 12pm BST for the afternoon sessions, and 6pm BST in the evening sessions.
Where to watch European Darts Open 2026
The event is available on PDC TV in the UK.
PDC TV shows all of the European Tour events this year.
The annual subscription costs £59.99-per-year and the monthly will set you back £5.99-per-month.
European Darts Open 2026 prize money
As with the other European Tour events, the prize money has increased this season:
Winner: £35,000
Runner-up: £15,000
Semi-finals: £10,000
Quarter-finals: £8,000
Third round: £5,000
Second round: £3,500*
First round: £2,500*
Total: £230,000
*Pre-qualified Order of Merit players will not be credited in the Order of Merit if they are knocked out here.
European Darts Open 2026 field
Seeded players
Gian van Veen
Michael van Gerwen
Jonny Clayton
James Wade
Gerwyn Price
Danny Noppert
Stephen Bunting
Gary Anderson
Chris Dobey
Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall
Ross Smith
Wessel Nijman
Jermaine Wattimena
Martin Schindler
Mike De Decker
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers
Kevin Doets
Luke Woodhouse
Niko Springer
Damon Heta
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Krzysztof Ratajski
Niels Zonneveld
Daryl Gurney
William O’Connor
Andrew Gilding
Joe Cullen
Cameron Menzies
Ryan Joyce
Karel Sedlacek
Rob Cross
Kim Huybrechts
Tour Card qualifiers
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Sebastian Bialecki
Bradley Brooks
Rhys Griffin
Darius Labanauskas
Samuel Price
Lukas Wenig
Maik Kuivenhoven
Charlie Manby
Mickey Mansell
Host Nation qualifiers
Jaimy Van de Weerd
Dragutin Horvat
Daniel Klose
Jan Schmidt
Nordic & Baltic qualifier
East European qualifier
European Darts Open 2026 schedule
The draw will be confirmed the day before the tournament gets underway on Thursday, July 9th at approximately 12pm BST.
When it is released, all of the information will be available here with JattvibeSport.
