On Wednesday the eight remaining Germans will battle it out for a place in the last four at the PDC Europe Super League. This tournament was formerly known as the German Super League and is recognised as the German qualifier for the PDC World Darts Championship.
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Last Saturday the event started with 24 Germans and after two group stages there are now eight contenders left. Martin Schindler takes on Niko Springer in his Quarter-Final, while Max Hopp faces Christian Bunse.
Nico Kurz, the winner of the two previous editions of this tournament, will meet Dragutin Horvat. The last Quarter-Final is between Florian Hempel and Lukas Wenig.
The four remaining players will play their Semi-Finals over best of 19 legs on 22 April, which is follewed by the final over best of 21 legs.
I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.
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The quarter-finals for tomorrow:
Martin Schindler - Niko Springer
Christian Bunse - Max Hopp
Nico Kurz - Dragutin Horvat
Florian Hempel - Lukas Wenig
Join us on the livestream tomorrow at 2pm BST!