2025 Flanders Darts Trophy: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

Alex Walsh

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The Euro Tour heads to Belgium, with the Flanders Darts Trophy being the first Euro Tour event to take place since early July.

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

With majors coming up soon, these events are great opportunities for players to move up the rankings.

What to know about the Flanders Darts Trophy

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

2025 Flanders Darts Trophy draw & schedule

Here is the schedule for Friday's action.

First round (afternoon session)

MatchDateTime (local)
Jermaine Wattimena vs. Leon WeberFri., Aug. 291:00 p.m.
Dylan Slevin vs. Francois SchweyenFri., Aug. 291:30 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. Johan EngstromFri., Aug. 292:00 p.m.
Lukas Wenig vs. Kim HuybrechtsFri., Aug. 292:30 p.m.
Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Steve LennonFri., Aug. 293:00 p.m.
Cameron Menzies vs. Christian KistFri., Aug. 293:30 p.m.
Andrew Gilding vs. Mensur SuljovicFri., Aug. 294:00 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Adam GawlasFri., Aug. 294:30 p.m.

First round (evening session)

MatchDateTime (local)
Michael Smith vs. Mario VandenbogaerdeFri., Aug. 297:00 p.m.
Ryan Joyce vs. Ricardo PietreczkoFri., Aug. 297:30 p.m.
Joe Cullen vs. Ian WhiteFri., Aug. 298:00 p.m.
Wessel Nijman vs. Karel SedlacekFri., Aug. 298:30 p.m.
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Jefrrey De GraafFri., Aug. 299:00 p.m.
Daryl Gurney vs. Callan RydzFri., Aug. 299:30 p.m.
Mike De Decker vs. Martin LukemanFri., Aug. 2910:00 p.m
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Xanti Van Den BerghFri., Aug. 2910:30 p.m.

Tournament bracket

Here are the matchups for Saturday's round of 32 action.

MatchDate
Cross vs. Gilding/SuljovicSat., Aug. 30
Wright vs. Woodhouse/EngstromSat., Aug. 30
Chisnall vs. Wattimena/WeberSat., Aug. 30
Rock vs. Nijman/SedlacekSat., Aug. 30
Heta vs. Menzies/KistSat., Aug. 30
Dobey vs. Ratajski/LennonSat., Aug. 30
Noppert vs. van Duijvenbode/De GraafSat., Aug. 30
R. Smith vs. Gurney/RydzSat., Aug. 30
Wade vs. Wenig/HuybrechtsSat., Aug. 30
Searle vs. van Barneveld/X. Van den BerghSat., Aug. 30
Price vs. Joyce/PietreczkoSat., Aug. 30
Bunting vs. Cullen/WhiteSat., Aug. 30
Littler vs. Slevin/SchweyenSat., Aug. 30
van Gerwen vs. van Veen/GawlasSat., Aug. 30
Schindler vs. De Decker/LukemanSat., Aug. 30
Clayton vs. M. Smith/VandenbogaerdeSat., Aug. 30

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.

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.