Michael van Gerwen wins 2024 Hungarian Darts Trophy after dramatic last leg decider with Gian van Veen
PDCMonday, 23 September 2024 at 11:06
Michael van Gerwen won the Hungarian Darts Trophy for the first time in his career on Sunday night. After a thriller, 'Mighty Mike' won 8-7 over Gian van Veen in a Dutch final.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Hungarian Darts Trophy was one of the few Euro Tour titles still missing from Van Gerwen's record. By winning this tournament, the three-time world champion has now won 37 Euro Tour titles. Until the final, Van Gerwen never got into trouble at the Hungarian Darts Trophy. He successively defeated Martin Lukeman (6-2), Gabriel Clemens (6-2), Josh Rock (6-4) and Ross Smith (7-3).
On the other hand, Van Veen reached the final of a Euro Tour tournament for the first time in his career. The 22-year-old dart player from Poederoijen recorded fine wins Keane Barry (6-4), Danny Noppert (6-3), Wessel Nijman (6-2) and Ryan Searle (7-5).
The final had a spectacular start as Van Gerwen hit 170 in the first leg. Van Veen levelled the score, but then 'Mighty Mike' took a 3-1 lead with an 81 finish and a 16-darter. However, Van Veen broke for a rebreak and equalized 3-3 with a 101 finish. The next four legs went with the darts before Van Veen took the lead for the first time in the match. 'GVV The Giant' threw a 14-darter to lead 6-5. Van Veen missed the bullseye to double the lead, after which Van Gerwen forced a rebreak via double 4.
However, Van Gerwen then missed two chances to retake the lead. Van Veen took advantage and threw out 72 to make it 7-6. In the fourteenth leg Van Veen had a matchdart, but narrowly missed the bullseye. Van Gerwen then forced a final leg via double 4.
The last leg was allowed to be started by Van Gerwen, but Van Veen started better with a 180 score. Van Veen left 78 after four visits, while Van Gerwen was first to throw from 110 for the match. 'Mighty Mike' did not let that chance slip away, and via treble 20, single 18 and double 16 Van Gerwen pulled the trigger.
With this title, the Dutchman takes the top prize of 30,000 pounds. Van Veen retains £12,000 from his participation in the Hungarian Darts Trophy.
ADVERTISEMENT
Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
In his reporting, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles when new, verified information becomes available.
claps 0visitors 0
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- Need to see her take part in the womens tour. She'll break the inernet.medinabello08-09-2026
- If he can be bothered? He won't play darts in Germany yet he'll go over and get an award!??rick6702-09-2026
- Why is this the main story? He chose not to compete in loads of tournaments,yes he's number 1 in the world,but he does have to turn up at tournaments! Play the next world championship in Dortmund and see if he turns up!!rick6727-08-2026
- This is exactly what I mean,littler survives the 1st round,I think you'll find a lot of other players did. Can you just report on the real sport,and not just 1 person. I like Luke,but this is getting boring now,as Kevin painter once said to Taylor!! The sport is about every player,not 1 who everyone seems to have put the sport on the map.,which he hasn't,he's just got in when the money is massive. Great as he is,it seems like what's the point in anyone trying,he's going to win everything,unless it's in Germany or Australia!!!rick6726-08-2026
- I mean look, Littler's picture is first,wattimena is second and he won! Level it up. I know littler is fantastic,but the sport was here before him,and will be when he's retired. Any player in the top 64/128 can beat each other,it's not big news. Poor Jermaine,wins it,and not even the headline!!rick6726-08-2026
- I appreciate that littler is a fantastic player,but the top 3 articles are about him. Before he'd thrown a dart in the tournament. Level it out a bit, Taylor and van gerwen soon got disliked as the media could only see them,and nobody else seemed to matterrick6725-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
- I'd happily pay for a site free of Van der Voort's every squeak and utterance.StraightArrowNoBull19-08-2026
- I think you miss the point. It is just a poll if you are willing to pay for an ad-free site. The content stays free.SheGotLegs16-08-2026
Loading
