Draw European Championship Darts 2025: Top ties include Littler v Van Barneveld, Price v Gurney and Anderson v Menzies
PDCMonday, 20 October 2025 at 10:14
After Nathan Aspinall sealed the final European Tour event of the season, the draw for the European Championship which is due to take place between October 23 - October 26 has been confirmed including a titanic tussle between Luke Littler and Raymond van Barneveld.
The field of participants at the European Darts Championship consists of the top-32 of the PDC European Tour Order of Merit. This ranking also determines who faces which player in the first round of this major tournament.
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World number one Luke Humphries will kick off against Krzysztof Ratajski, while two-time world champion Gary Anderson will face compatriot Cameron Menzies. Peter Wright, a two-time winner of the European Darts Championship, plays against Ross Smith. A meeting with Daryl Gurney is scheduled for former world champion Gerwyn Price. A meeting infamous at the World Matchplay but their issue has now been quashed as per Gurney at the World Grand Prix.
Defending champion Ritchie Edhouse will not be there in Dortmund. 'The Madhouse' did not join the top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit. The ranking is led by Nathan Aspinall, who won three Euro Tours in 2025. He meets Rob Cross in the first round.
Van Gerwen faces Nijman, quality Van Veen-Heta tie set
Aspinall sits in the top section alongside Dirk van Duijvenbode who reached the final of the German Darts Championship. He faces a Double Dutch dustup with Danny Noppert. Josh Rock faces Ricardo Pietreczko while first time winner in 2025, Niko Springer faces last year's finalist Jermaine Wattimena who unlike Edhouse will return.
James Wade faces former World Grand Prix champion, Mike de Decker. Martin Schindler is second seed and will duel with Dave Chisnall who just snuck in this weekend. Jonny Clayton takes on Ryan Searle while we get a quality clash between Gian van Veen and Damon Heta in a sneaky tie of the round. Stephen Bunting takes on Chris Dobey, 'The Bullet' is third seed while in another Double Dutch affair, Michael van Gerwen faces Wessel Nijman.
Draw European Championship Darts 2025
| [1] Nathan Aspinall | Rob Cross [32] |
| [16] Dirk van Duijvenbode | Danny Noppert [17] |
| [8] Josh Rock | Ricardo Pietreczko [25] |
| [9] Niko Springer | Jermaine Wattimena [24] |
| [4] Luke Littler | Raymond van Barneveld [29] |
| [13] James Wade | Mike De Decker [20] |
| [5] Luke Humphries | Krzysztof Ratajski [28] |
| [12] Gary Anderson | Cameron Menzies [21] |
| [2] Martin Schindler | Dave Chisnall [31] |
| [15] Ryan Joyce | Luke Woodhouse [18] |
| [7] Jonny Clayton | Ryan Searle [26] |
| [10] Gian van Veen | Damon Heta [23] |
| [3] Stephen Bunting | Chris Dobey [30] |
| [14] Wessel Nijman | Michael van Gerwen [19] |
| [6] Gerwyn Price | Daryl Gurney [27] |
| [11] Ross Smith | Peter Wright [22] |
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