European Darts Open 2025 order of play: full schedule and start times as Dave Chisnall defends title in Leverkusen
Gary Anderson and Peter Wright amongst the World champions hunting victory in Germany
Dave Chisnall will begin his defence of the Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Open against Cameron Menzies.
The year's eighth European Tour event is now down to 32 players competing for the £30,000 top prize in Leverkusen after Friday's 16 first round matches. The 16 PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers will enter the tournament in Saturday's second round as reigning champion Chisnall sets his sights on a ninth European Tour crown with Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall and Gary Anderson amongst the big names joining for the second-round matches.
Highlights on day one saw Niko Springer storm through by demolishing Dirk van Duijvenbode to set-up a clash with Chris Dobey. Sweden's Andreas Harrysson claimed the scalp of Raymond van Barneveld and will now face another former World Champion Smith, who is embroiled in a battle for World Matchplay qualification.
Wessel Nijman, a semi-finalist in Rosmalen last weekend, swept aside the returning Brendan Dolan in his opener and his reward is a clash with two-time World Champion Gary Anderson. Following Saturday's second round, the third round will take place on Sunday afternoon, before the tournament concludes with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in a blockbuster evening session.
Live coverage from the European Darts Open will be streamed on DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and through the DAZN Darts channel on Pluto TV.
Schedule of Play
Saturday May 31
Second Round
Afternoon Session 12 noon
Ross Smith v Matt Campbell
Ryan Searle v Andrew Gilding
Damon Heta v Mickey Mansell
Danny Noppert v Ritchie Edhouse
Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies
Gary Anderson v Wessel Nijman
Mike De Decker v Ryan Joyce
Gian van Veen v Daryl Gurney
Evening Session 6pm
Chris Dobey v Niko Springer
James Wade v Lukas Wenig
Peter Wright v Darryl Pilgrim
Jonny Clayton v Jermaine Wattimena
Michael Smith v Andreas Harrysson
Nathan Aspinall v Bradley Brooks
Martin Schindler v Ricardo Pietreczko
Stephen Bunting v Luke Woodhouse
Sunday June 1
Afternoon Session 12 noon
Third Round
Evening Session 6pm
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
WHERE TO WATCH: All European Tour events are streamed live through Viaplay in the UK and also on PDC TV.
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