2025 Czech Darts Open

2025 Gambrinus Czech Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	5–7 September 2025
Venue	PVA Expo
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
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The 2025 Czech Darts Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Gambrinus Czech Darts Open) is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will take place at the PVA Expo in Prague, Czech Republic, from 5 to 7 September 2025. ^{[1] [2]} It is the eleventh of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Luke Humphries is the defending champion after defeating Kim Huybrechts 8–1 in the 2024 final. ^[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)	£8,500
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

• Seeded players who lose in the second round 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 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 were drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.

The seedings were confirmed on 25 July. ^[9]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 31 July), ^[10] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 4 September), ^[11] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 July), ^[12] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 August). ^[13]

The following players will take part in the tournament: ^[14]

Seeded Players   Luke Humphries   Luke Littler   Michael van Gerwen   Stephen Bunting   James Wade   Chris Dobey   Gerwyn Price   Rob Cross   Damon Heta   Jonny Clayton   Gary Anderson   Dave Chisnall   Ross Smith   Peter Wright   Josh Rock   Danny Noppert

Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers   Martin Schindler   Cameron Menzies   Gian van Veen   Wessel Nijman   Ryan Searle   Mike De Decker   Nathan Aspinall   Dirk van Duijvenbode   Jermaine Wattimena   Andrew Gilding   Daryl Gurney   Ricardo Pietreczko   Luke Woodhouse   Joe Cullen   Raymond van Barneveld   Ryan Joyce

Tour Card Qualifier   Niko Springer   Ritchie Edhouse   Krzysztof Ratajski   Brendan Dolan   William O'Connor   Richard Veenstra   Ian White   Kevin Doets   Cor Dekker   Maik Kuivenhoven Host Nation Qualifier         Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Darius Labanauskas East European Qualifier   Benjamin Pratnemer

Draw

Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners. ^[15]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 5 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 6 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 7 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 7 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 7 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 7 September
						1	Luke Humphries
						16	Danny Noppert
						8	Rob Cross
						9	Damon Heta
						4	Stephen Bunting
						13	Ross Smith
						5	James Wade
						12	Dave Chisnall
						2	Luke Littler
						15	Josh Rock
						7	Gerwyn Price
						10	Jonny Clayton
						3	Michael van Gerwen
						14	Peter Wright
						6	Chris Dobey
						11	Gary Anderson

References

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9. Gorton, Josh (25 July 2025). "2025 ET11-12 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
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11. "PDC ET11 Host Nation Qualifier". DartConnect. 4 September 2025.
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