The 2025 European Tour in darts is almost over, with just one final event before the European Championship takes place.
Some players will be there to sharpen their form before the big tournament the following week, while others will be looking to secure their spots at the tournament.
Who will be competing at the 2025 German Darts Championship?
Let's take a look at which 48 players will be taking the stage in Hildesheim.
Seeded players
16 players enter the tournament as seeded players, with byes into the second round, which starts on Saturday.
- Luke Humphries
- 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
- Martin Schindler
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Pro Tour order of merit qualifiers
The next 16 qualifiers are the highest-ranked players on the Pro Tour OoM that aren't already a part of the seeded player group.
- 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
- Krzysztof Ratajski
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Tour card qualifiers
An additional 10 players qualified through a tour card qualifier event earlier this year.
- Karel Sedláček
- Joe Cullen
- Tom Bissell
- Christian Kist
- Wesley Plaisier
- Radek Szagański
- Steve Lennon
- Callan Rydz
- Justin Hood
- William O'Connor
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Host nation qualifiers
Four spots were given to players who qualified via the host nation qualifier route.
- Felix Springer
- Kevin Troppmann
- Martin Kramer
- Maximilian Czerwinski
Nordic & Baltic qualifier
- Darius Labanauskas
East European Qualifier
- Tomislav Rosandic
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