2025 German Darts Championship

2025 Elten Safety Shoes German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	17–19 October 2025
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
«Event 13

The 2025 German Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes German Darts Championship) will be the fourteenth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, from 17 to 19 October 2025. ^{[1] [2]} It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Peter Wright is the defending champion after defeating Luke Littler 8–5 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 5 September. ^[9] The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 11 September), ^[10] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 18 May), ^[11] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 August), ^[12] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 August). ^[13]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

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

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

Tour Card Qualifier   Karel Sedláček   Joe Cullen  Tom Bissell   Christian Kist   Wesley Plaisier   Radek Szagański   Steve Lennon   Callan Rydz  Justin Hood   William O'Connor Host Nation Qualifier   Felix Springer  Kevin Troppmann  Martin Kramer  Maximilian Czerwinski Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Darius Labanauskas East European Qualifier   Tomislav Rosandic

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 17 October					Second round (best of 11 legs) 18 October					Third round (best of 11 legs) 19 October					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 19 October					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 19 October					Final (best of 15 legs) 19 October
						1
						16
						8
						9
						4
						13
						5
						12
						2
						15
						7
						10
						3
						14
						6
						11

References

1. "Elten Safety Shoes German Darts Championship 2025". PDC Europe. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
2. "German Darts Championship 2025 - PDPA". Professional Darts Players Association . Retrieved 6 September 2025.
3. "Peter Wright stuns Luke Littler with emotional German Darts Championship comeback". Sky Sports . 1 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
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5. "PDC Rankings Rules". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
6. Shaw, Jamie (13 January 2025). "PDC confirm further controversial changes to European Tour criteria in 2025". Live Darts. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
7. Gill, Samuel (13 January 2025). "PDC European Tour rules change again in controversial move seeming to protect big names". Darts News. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
8. "2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. 13 January 2025.
9. Gorton, Josh (5 September 2025). "2025 ET13-14 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation.
10. "PDC ET14 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect. 11 September 2025.
11. "PDC ET14 Host Nation Qualifier". DartConnect. 18 May 2025.
12. "PDCNB 2025 Tour ET14 Qualifier Final". DartConnect. 2 August 2025.
13. "PDC ET14 E. Europe Qualifier". DartConnect. 10 August 2025.