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The PDC World Grand Prix will take place from 28. September - 4. October in Leicester. The Top 16 of the World Rankings and the Top 16 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit take part.
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Today Wigan the PDC World Youth Championship including the semi-finals was played. As Luke Littler was among the participants he was the clear favourit. But he sensational lost to Cam Crabtree
who defeated him in a close semi-final with 6:5 . Crabtree will play in the final - which will take place on 29. November during the Players Championship Finals in Minehead - against German Jan Schmidt who as well quite
unexpected progressed into the final with wins over Owen Roelofs, Daniel Kortbek, Sebastian Bialecki, Henry Coates and Charlie Manby. Both Crabtree and Schmidt get a place in the beim Grand Slam and the winner
gets a place in the PDC World Championship as well.
At the weekend in Wigan the last four Development Tour Events of the season were played. They were won by Nunjo Dewaele, Archie Self, Henry Coates and Kaya Baysal. For each of the four players
it was the first Development Tour win though Coates already won a Players Championship in July. Sebastian Bialecki still heads the ranking and will get a place in the Grand Slam.
As he is already qualified for the World Championship the three Development Tour places in the World Championship to the players ranked 2-4 - Jurjen van der Velde, Cam Crabtree and Jamai van den Herik, Owen Bates
would be the replacement. Crabtree and van den Herik will ge a two years Tour Card for 2027 and 2028.
With an 6:4 defeat of Gerwyn Price Luke Humphries wins a highclass and thrilling final and for the second time is World Grand Prix Champion.
While the first semi-final between Gerwyn Price and Nathan Aspinall was dominated from the start by Price and Aspinall was far from his quarterfinals form, the second semi-final between
Luke Humphries and James Wade was in many sets a hardfought match. Only in the final part of the match Humphries managed to draw away and to win in the end 5:3. With the best average of the night
of 96.83 Humphries for the fourth time in a row progressed into the World Grand Prix final where he will meet Gerwyn Price.
Only one of the quarterfinals on the fifth day of the tournament was a hard fought match - the only Welsh clash between Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton. Clayton won the first two sets, Price the sets 3 and 4
and then prevailed in the last set and the match 3:2. He will play in the semi-finals against Nathan Aspinall who defeated Ryan Joyce 3:0 with an 105.15 average -
the highest of the night. In the second semi-final James Wade and Luke Humphries will meet who both won 3:0 against Gian van Veen and Niels Zonneveld respectively.
On the fourth day of the tournament the second round was played to the end and only the last match between
Gian van Veen and Ryan Searle was hard fought and decided in the fifth set mostly because the Dutchman had in some legs problems with his Double In.
But the Dutch number 1 won 3:2 and for the first time reached the quarterfinals. Niels Zonneveld
a little bit surprisingly defeated Gary Anderson 3:1 - it just didn't happen for the Scot tonight. James Wade got a
commanding 3:1 win over Stephen Bunting, who played with 96.29 the highest average of the night and Luke Humphries
was much improved and defeated Jermaine Wattimena 3:0.
On the first second round night all matches were won clearly. Ryan Joyce 3:0 win over Danny Noppert was the biggest surprise. Noppert only won three legs
- one in each set. Jonny Clayton was the only player who lost a set on the night. His scores against Wessel Nijman were not always high but he was impressive
clinical both on Double In and on Double Out. Gerwyn Price dominated against Ross Smith who just didn't find a way to stop him. He won as Nathan Aspinall -
who showed against Luke Woodhouse the best performance of the night - with 3:0.
On the second night of the World Grand Prix the first round was played to the end and again eight matches took place. For the number 7 seed and the number 15 seed, Chris Dobey and Josh Rock, the tournament
ended first round - Dobey never found a way into his match against Jermaine Wattimena while Rock lost to a spirited Niels Zonneveld. The other seeds - among them with Luke Humphries and
Gian van Veen the numbers two and three of the world - won their matches but only Gary Anderson in the third set of his match against Damon Heta was close to convincing at the expense of Heta who lost once again
in the first round of the tournament.
The first night of the World Grand Prix in Leicester brought us the probably biggest upset of the entire tournament - reigning champion Luke Littler was eliminate
with a for him non-characteristic lousy performance by the far from outstanding playing Luke Woodhouse. Beside him from the seeds only
Michael van Gerwen didn't survive the first round - he lost in a mediocre match to the imperturbably Ryan Joyce. The outstanding performance of the night came from Gerwyn Price who
whitewashed the Polish debutant Sebastian Bialecki.
Today in Leicester the PDC World Grand Prix will begin - the only Double In Double Out tournament of the PDC. On the first night the first eight fist round matches will be played.
Among others reigning champion Luke Littler will stand at the oche who will meet Luke Woodhouse. The tournament will be opened by the match between
Danny Noppert and Niko Springer - the only German in this year's field of participants.
By the Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the last European Tour Event of the year which took place today in Den Bosch Scott Williams, Max Hopp, Ricardo Pietreczko, Michael Smith,
Nick Kenny, Callan Rydz, Stephen Burton, James Hurrell, Mickey Mansell and Owen Bates qualified. With the exception of the Host Nation Qualifiers the field of participants on the Dutch Darts Championship
is now complete.
The two Players Championships in Den Bosch were won by Cameron Menzies and Karel Sedlacek. Cameron Menzies won the 29. Players Championship - he defeated in the final Gian van Veen
with 8:4. In the semi-finals stood Kevin Doets and William O'Connor. For Menzies it was already the second Players Championship title on the Pro Tour this year. Cristo Reyes and Max Hopp
threw a nine-darter.
Tomorrow and on Wednesday in Den Bosch, Netherlands, Players Championships 29 and 30 will take place. On Thursday follows at the same venue the Qualifier for the 15. and last European Tour
Event of the year in Maastricht.
With a 11:5 defeat of Gerwyn Price Ross Smith won the World Series of Darts Finals and secured his second Major title. Smith showed throughout the tournament
strong performances and is the deserved winner.
At the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam today is Finals Day. In the afternoon-session the third round will take place, in the evening-session quarterfinals, semi-finals
and the final will be played.
Today in Amsterdam the second round of the World Series of Darts Finals will take place. In an afternoon- and an evening-session four matches each will be played.
On the second day of the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam the first round of the tournament was played to the end.
Today in Amsterdam the World Series of Darts Finals will begin. The first eight matches of the first round will be played. Among the players on stage will be reigning champion Michael van Gerwen
who will begin his campaign against Daryl Gurney.
After the Flanders Darts Trophy last weekend all participants in the PDC World Grand Prix were known. The PDC now published the draw and the schedule of the first and second round
of it's only Double In Double Out tournament.
With an 8:4 defeat of Ross Smith in the final James Wade won the Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp. For Wade it was the first European Tour win in over ten years. Wade reached the final with
wins over Rob Cross, Danny Noppert and Damon Heta. Ross Smith defeated on finals day Gerwyn Price, Ryan Joyce and Gian van Veen - all in the deciding leg.
In Antwerp today the Flanders Darts Trophy will be played to the end. In the afternoon-session the third round will take place, in the evening-session quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final will follow.
On the second day of the tournament the first round winners will play in an afternoon- and an evening-session against the seeded players.
Tomorrow in Antwerp, Belgium, the thirteenth event of the European Tour 2026 will start - the Flanders Darts Trophy. As always on the first day only the qualifiers will stand at the oche.
With an 8:6 defeat of Luke Humphries Luke Littler won the Czech Darts Open in Prague. It was a thrilling final in which Humphries fought back into the match only to miss a few
chances. Littler defeated on finals day with strong performances Krzysztof Ratajski, Danny Noppert and Michael van Gerwen to progress into the final.
Humphries averages were not quite so high - he reached the final with wins over Andrew Gilding, William O'Connor and - in a highclass semi-final - Gerwyn Price.
Today the Czech Darts Open in Prague zu will be played to the end. In the afternoon-session the third round will be played, in the evening-session quarterfinals, semi-finals and final will follow.
On the second day of the Czech Darts Open the winning qualifiers will play in an afternoon- and an evening-session against the seeds.
From tomorrow in Prague the twelfth event of the European Tour 2026 will be played - the Czech Darts Open. As always on the first day only the qualifiers will stand at the oche.
The PDC today published the draw of the first round of the WSOD Finals and the schedule of the first and the second
round of the tournament.
On the CDC Circuit at the weekend events 8, 9 and 10 were played. They were won by Gary Mawson, Fred Krueger
and Adam Sevada. For Sevada it was already the fourth win of the year. Sevada heads the ranking clear in front
of Leonard Gates and Fred Krueger.
On the WDF Circuit in August numerous tournaments took place. Here only the most important reasuts.
With an 8:2 defeat of Gary Anderson Ross Smith won the Hungarian Darts Trophy in Budapest. It was already Smith's second win on the
European Tour this year, while Anderson reached on his only third European Tour participation in 2026 for the first time the final.
Today is Finals Day at the Hungarian Darts Trophy in Budapest. In the afternoon the third round will take place, in the evening-session
quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final will be played.
Tomorrow in Budapest the eleventh event of the European Tour 2026 - the Hungarian Darts Trophy - will begin. as always on the first day only the qualifiers will stand at the oche.
Jermaine Wattimena and Luke Humphries won the two Players Championships in Leicester.
Today and tomorrow in Leicester Players Championships 27 and 28 will take place.
After the World Series event yesterday the World Series of Darts Finals Tour Card Holders Qualifier was played in Leicester by which Callan Rydz, Rob Cross, Kevin Doets and Karel Sedlacek
qualified. So now all 32 participants in the tournament are known. The tournament will take place from 17. - 20. September in Amsterdam.
Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock won on Saturday in Leicester in absence of Beau Greaves the Women's Series events 17 and 18.
Aston won the 17. event with a 5:0 win over Lauryn Salter, Sherrock prevailed 5:0 in the final of the 18. events over
Lisa Ashton. On Sunday Beau Greaves was back and won both event 19 and event 20.
She defeated in her finals Lisa Ashton and Aileen de Graaf. So Greaves still heads the ranking followed by Ashton and Sherrock
on places two and three.
An outstanding playing James Wade won the Australian Darts Masters - the last event of the PDC World Series this year.
Wade defeated in the highclass final the as well strong playing Australian Brody Klinge.
In this blog about darts technique Australian darts player Raymond Smith talks about the problems of darts coaching and explains the for him most important three topics on which he works when coaching players:
Axis, Release to Follow-Through and Muscle control.
Tomorrow in Wollongong in Australia the lst event of this year's World Series of Darts will begin - the Australian Darts Masters. In the first round eight PDC representatives will play against eight Ozeanic
representatives. Among the eight PDC players is Gerwyn Price, who won the first Australian Darts Masters in 2024. He will meet Simon Whitlock in his first round match.
At the weekend five more events were played on the PDC Challenge Tour in Milton Keynes. They were won by Derek Coulson, David Davies, Archie Self, Dylan Slevin and Daniel Klose. Both Coulson and Klose
beside reached another final.
Jonny Clayton won the New Zealand Darts Masters with a 8:4 defeat of Gerwyn Price. Before Clayton won on finals day against Gian van Veen and James Wade while Gerwyn Price prevailed on finals day first over Damon Heta
and then over ADA qualifier Raymond Smith who played an impressive tournament.
The Nordic and Baltic Tour played at the weekend in Oslo, Norway, Pro Tour Events and European Tour Qualifiers. The two Pro Tour Events were won by Benjami Drue Reus and Oskar Lukasiak. Dane Michael Hansen
qualified for the Flanders Darts Trophy, Jani Haavisto will take part in the Swiss Darts Trophy and Jonas Masalin in the Dutch Darts Championship.
At the weekend the PDC Development Tour played in Hildesheim, Germany. Five Events were played - two each on Friday and Saturday, one on Sunday. They were
won by Owen Bates, Sam Jackson, Jamai van den Herik, Yorick Hofkens and Lenny Schlüter. For Jackson, Hofkens and Schlueter it was the first title.
During the eighteenth event Archie Self threw a nine-darter.