2025 Czech Darts Open: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

Alex Walsh

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The Euro Tour heads to the Czech Republic, with the Czech DartsOpen marking the second Euro Tour event to take place in the last two weekends.

As usual, 48 qualifiers will battle it out, starting on Friday, in hopes of advancing to the final on Sunday night.

What to know about the Czech Darts Open

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

2025 Czech Darts Open draw & schedule

Here is the schedule for Friday's action.

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First round (afternoon session)

MatchDateTime (local)
Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Benjamin PratnemerFri., Sept. 51:00 p.m.
Madars Razma vs. Lukas UngerFri., Sept. 51:30 p.m.
Andrew Gilding vs. Darius LabanauskasFri., Sept. 52:00 p.m.
Cameron Menzies vs. Ian WhiteFri., Sept. 52:30 p.m.
Jermaine Wattimena vs. Brendan DolanFri., Sept. 53:00 p.m.
Ryan Joyce vs. Karel SedlacekFri., Sept. 53:30 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. William O'ConnorFri., Sept. 54:00 p.m.
Wessel Nijman vs. Richard VeenstraFri., Sept. 54:30 p.m.

First round (evening session)

MatchDateTime (local)
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Cor DekkerFri., Sept. 57:00 p.m.
Ryan Searle vs. Manak FilipFri., Sept. 57:30 p.m.
Daryl Gurney vs. Kevin DoetsFri., Sept. 58:00 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Maik KuivenhovenFri., Sept. 58:30 p.m.
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Krysztof RatajskiFri., Sept. 59:00 p.m.
Nathan Aspinall vs. Jiri BrejchaFri., Sept. 59:30 p.m.
Mike De Decker vs. Ritchie EdhouseFri., Sept. 510:00 p.m.
Joe Cullen vs. Niko SpringerFri., Sept. 510:30 p.m.

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Tournament bracket

Here are the matchups for all the rounds this weekend.

Second round

MatchDate
R. Smith vs. Gilding/LabanauskasSat., Sept. 6
Schindler vs. Razma/UngerSat., Sept. 6
Heta vs. Nijman/VeenstraSat., Sept. 6
Dobey vs. Wattimena/DolanSat., Sept. 6
Noppert vs. van Veen/KuivenhovenSat., Sept. 6
Chisnall vs. Searle/FilipSat., Sept. 6
Wright vs. Pietreczko/PratnemerSat., Sept. 6
Clayton vs. Joyce/SedlacekSat., Sept. 6
Cross vs. van Barneveld/RatajskiSat., Sept. 6
Price vs. Cullen/SpringerSat., Sept. 6
Bunting vs. Gurney/DoetsSat., Sept. 6
Wade vs. Aspinall/BrejchaSat., Sept. 6
Humphries vs. van Duijvenbode/DekkerSat., Sept. 6
Littler vs. Menzies/WhiteSat., Sept. 6
van Gerwen vs. De Decker/EdhouseSat., Sept. 6
Rock vs. Woodhouse/O'ConnorSat., Sept. 6

Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

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

Format

48 players will be in action this weekend, with 16 seeded players receiving automatic byes into the second round action on Saturday.

Each seeded player will play the winner of one of Friday's games, leaving 32 players left after Friday.

Saturday will feature only round two games, determining which 16 players will advance to action on Sunday.

The afternoon session on Sunday will consist of the round of 16 games.

The evening session will consist of the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.

The first round, second round, round of 16 and quarterfinal round will all be played in a best-of-11-leg format.

The semifinal round will be best-of-13 legs, and the final will be best-of-15 legs.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.