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

Alex Walsh

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After a few weeks of no European Tour events, we are back with European Tour action this weekend, in Germany.

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

Some players are seeking to secure much-needed prize money, while others are looking for a last-minute tune-up before the World Matchplay of Darts.

What to know about the Baltic Sea Darts Open

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

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2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open draw & schedule

Here is the schedule for Friday's action.

First round (afternoon session)

MatchDateTime (local)
Kim Huybrechts vs. Ian WhiteFri., Jul. 11TBD
Wessel Nijman vs. Martin KramerFri., Jul. 11TBD
Richard Veenstra vs. Krzysztof RatajskiFri., Jul. 11TBD
Jermaine Wattimena vs. Callan RydzFri., Jul. 11TBD
Gian van Veen vs. Johan EngstromFri., Jul. 11TBD
Cameron Menzies vs. Yorick HofkensFri., Jul. 11TBD
Luke Woodhouse vs. Liam Maendl-LawranceFri., Jul. 11TBD
Mickey Mansell vs. Miroslaw GrudzieckiFri., Jul. 11TBD

First round (evening session)

MatchDateTime (local)
Joe Cullen vs. Justin HoodFri., Jul. 11TBD
Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Sebastian BialeckiFri., Jul. 11TBD
Mike De Decker vs. Mensur SuljovicFri., Jul. 11TBD
Daryl Gurney vs. Martin LukemanFri., Jul. 11TBD
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Andy BaetensFri., Jul. 11TBD
William O'Connor vs Tytus KanikFri., Jul. 11TBD
Niko Springer vs. Kevin TroppmannFri., Jul. 11TBD
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Ryan MeikleFri., Jul. 11TBD

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Tournament bracket

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

MatchDate
R. Smith vs. Huybrechts/WhiteSat., Jul. 11
Searle vs. Menzies/HofkensSat., Jul. 11
Heta vs. Nijman/KramerSat., Jul. 11
Anderson vs. Veenstra/RatajskiSat., Jul. 11
Clayton vs. van Veen/EngstromSat., Jul. 11
Wade vs. Woodhouse/Maendl-LawranceSat., Jul. 11
Noppert vs. De Decker/SuljovicSat., Jul. 11
Chisnall vs. Gurney/LukemanSat., Jul. 11
Price vs. O'Connor/KanikSat., Jul. 11
Cross vs. van Barneveld/BaetensSat., Jul. 11
Bunting vs. Springer/TroppmanSat., Jul. 11
Humphries vs. Mansell/GrudzieckiSat., Jul. 11
Rock vs. Cullen/HoodSat., Jul. 11
Schindler vs. Wattimena/RydzSat., Jul. 11
Aspinall vs. Pietreczko/BialeckiSat., Jul. 11
Dobey vs. van Duijvenbode/MeikleSat., Jul. 11

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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.