Gian van Veen

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Gian van Veen
Personal information
NicknameGVV
The Giant
Born (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22) [1]
Poederoijen, Netherlands
Home townPoederoijen, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2015
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Nexus" by Dr. Kucho!
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2022–
(Tour Card 2023-)
Current world ranking 38 Steady2.svg (21 April 2024) [2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 96: 2024
UK Open Last 16: 2024
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2023
European Ch'ship Semi Final: 2023
PC Finals Last 32: 2023
Other tournament wins
Belfry Open Youth 2019
Denmark Masters Youth 2018
PDC Development Tour 2023 (x6), 2024

Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Contents

Career

2022

On 4 November 2022, van Veen reached the final of the Players Championship 29 event, losing 4–8 to Gerwyn Price in the final. [3]

On 16 November 2022, it was announced that Peter Wright had pulled out of competing in the 2022 Players Championship Finals, with van Veen as the first reserve, taking his place. [4] He lost 2–6 to Ross Smith in the first round.

2023

On 15 January 2023, he won a two-year PDC Tour Card via finishing 9th on the European Order of Merit at Q-School. van Veen reached his first quarter final of the year at the Players Championship 3 event. On 3 March, he made his debut at the 2023 UK Open, winning 6–4 against Robert Owen in the first round with an average of 100.15, before bettering his average to 100.67 in a 6–5 win over Scott Waites. Despite producing a third consecutive ton plus average of 101.68, van Veen lost 6–3 to Jim Williams in the third round (last 64). Van Veen reached his second quarter final of 2023 at the sixth Players Championship tournament, emulating this achievement in the eight event. In-between this and the 2023 European Darts Grand Prix, van Veen picked up a further two wins on the Players Championship circuit. The European Darts Grand Prix was van Veen's second European Tour event of the year (after a loss in the opening round of the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship). There, he reached his maiden quarter final on the Euro Tour stage, losing 4–6 to Luke Humphries, on the back of 6–3, 6–4 and 6–5 wins against, respectively, Josh Rock (last 16), Danny Noppert (last 32) and Jermaine Wattimena (last 48). The check for £6,000 propelled van Veen ten places up the rankings to number 87. On the European Championship later that year, he got in the semi-finals after beating Damon Heta, Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen. However, he then lost to James Wade 11–9. [5]

2024

van Veen made his debut at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Man Lok Leung 2–3.

On the Pro Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Players Championship series. At Players Championship 1, he won against Jeffrey de Graaf 6–1, then defeated Benjamin Reus, Ross Smith, Kim Huybrechts and Brendan Dolan 6–5 respectively, before losing to Ryan Searle in the semi-finals. [6]

On the Winmau Development Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Development Tour series. He reached the final at event 2, losing to Keane Barry 4–5, [7] and won Event 5, with a 5–0 whitewash victory over Dylan Slevin in the final. [8]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament20202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship 1R
UK Open DNQ 3R 6R
European Championship DNPDNQ SF
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR
Players Championship Finals DNP 1R 2R
PDC Non-ranked events
World Youth Championship 2R DNQ RR F
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)––10343

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2022 IDO
DNQ		 GDC
1R		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNP		 EDO
DNP		 CDO
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 DDC
DNQ		 EDM
DNP		 HDT
DNP		 GDO
DNP		 BDO
1R		 GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		IDO
DNQ		GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
1R		 BDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
QF		 EDM
QF		 GDO
2R		 HDT
3R		 GDC
2R
2024 BDO
1R		 GDG
2R		 IDO
2R		 EDG
1R		 ADO
BSD
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2024 WIG
SF		 WIG
4R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
4R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
3R		 LEI
SF		 HIL
HIL
HIL
HIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
WIG
WIG
MIL
MIL
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
LEI
LEI
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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References

  1. ↑ "Gian van Veen – Mastercaller".
  2. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Gerwyn Price beats Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to claim title". Sporting Life. 4 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Gorton, Josh (16 November 2024). "Wright withdraws from PC Finals; schedule of play confirmed". PDC . Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Beesten, Dennis van (29 October 2023). "Van Veen gestrand in halve finale EK". Darts Actueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Players Championship 1". pdc.tv. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Gorton, Josh (23 February 2024). "Jansen & Barry star on opening day of 2024 Winmau Development Tour". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Allen, Dave (25 February 2024). "Superb Van Veen seals Winmau Development Tour Event Five win". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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