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The Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
European Darts Open 2025 prize money: How much can be won in Leverkusen?
LIFTING the European Darts Open trophy will be the main objective on every participant's mind this weekend - but the prize money is a nice added incentive. Dave Chisnall battled through last year's gruelling final before coming out on top 8-6 against Ross Smith. And the Englishman accumulated £30,000 just for winning the showpiece match alone. Fortunately for Chisnall, world number one Luke Humphries, teen sensation Luke Littler and five-time winner Michael van Gerwen have all withdrawn from the tournament. However, the reigning champ will still have to deal with the likes of Stephen Bunting, Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall. What is the European Darts Open 2025 prize money? The total prize pot for the 2025 European Darts Open is a staggering £175,000. And just like last year, the winner will take home £30,000 of that while the runner-up is set to pocket £12,000 for their troubles. Winner: £30,000 Runner-up: £12,000 Losing semi-finalists x2: £8,500 Losing quarter-finalists x4: £6,000 Third round losers x8: £4,000 Second round losers x16: £2,500 First round losers x16: £1,250 How can I watch the European Darts Open 2025? The entire European Darts Open 2025 tournament will be broadcast LIVE on PDCTV in the UK. For those wanting access to the stream, it costs around £49.99 a year and daily and weekend passes are also available. This competition follows similar session time slots for as the rest of the European competitions. Meaning, afternoon sessions are expected to get underway from Friday, May 30 at 12pm BST, while the evening sessions should start from 7pm BST. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all take place on Sunday, June 1.
Metro
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Metro
World Snooker Tour respond to player outrage over Zhao Xintong ranking
World Snooker Tour accept that the wording could have been clearer after Zhao Xintong's ranking status caused confusion and anger among players. The Chinese star won the World Snooker Championship on Monday night, beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the Crucible final. The 28-year-old did so under amateur status as he was banned from the sport for 20-months for being concerned in match-fixing and betting on snooker. That ban saw him drop off the professional tour and he has played on the amateur circuit to regain his pro status, which he did quickly, earning himself a two-year tour card starting in the coming season. However, an unusual situation has arisen as Zhao came through World Championship qualifying, all the way to win the title, earning himself £500,000 in the process. The ranking system is based on prize money and that has catapulted him into the world's top 16, if indeed he is allowed to get those ranking points as an amateur player. The WST entry pack for players appeared to suggest otherwise, although it was, by their own admission, poorly worded. The entry pack reads: 'WST qualification for season 2025/2026: Top 64 from Prize Money Rankings after World Championship 2025. An amateur player can qualify in the Top 64 however their ranking points will always reset to zero at the start of each season. That amateur will count as a Top 64 player and the player ranked 64 would fall outside of the Top 64 and fail to qualify. Additional tour spaces will be announced in due course. Tour places are at the sole discretion of WST.' WST have since explained that Zhao will indeed rise to number 11 in the world rankings, accepting that the entry pack unintentionally suggests that would not happen. A statement before the World Championship final read: 'The principal clearly established in snooker is that amateurs can earn prize money and ranking points in the same way that professionals do, and there are many precedents for this. 'Zhao has earned his top 64 place on merit, he will keep the rankings points he has earned and if he wins the World Championship he will be seeded second for most events next season which again is a long standing principal. 'Our entry pack was agreed with the Players Board before the start of this season. We accept that the wording in this particular paragraph could have been clearer, but the principals are unchanged and well established.' WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson appeared on the BBC and was asked about the situation by Ken Doherty, who said players were 'up in arms' about it. Ali Carter, in particular, could be aggrieved as he is the player who has dropped outside of the top 16 as a result of Zhao being ranked so highly. World number 10 Mark Allen posted on social media: 'What's the point in having rules/criteria if you just change it after the fact whenever suits? I'm baffled how people can't see how poor this is.' Ferguson explained: 'It's not actually a rule change, it's a scenario that's never happened before. 'Amateur players do enter events from time to time, from top-ups in various events, and as they come in they play against professionals but they never break into the top 64 because they only come in for one or two events. 'This is the first time we've seen this where somebody has broken all the way through, earnt enough points in a season. In that scenario the case is that the player retains those ranking points because the player is deemed a professional player and joins the professional tour by retaining that top 64 position.' There was some controversy over Zhao being able to play at all on the amateur circuit this season as his 20-month ban from the sport was extended by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association to run until July 2025. In order to play on the Q Tour, the entry forms state that a player must be 'in good standing' with their national federation, which Zhao clearly was not. More Trending Speaking to Metro in August last year, Ferguson explained that while Zhao remained banned in China, he was going to be allowed to play on the Q Tour anyway. 'We've clarified that situation with China,' he said. 'Those bans stand in China, but what we do here at the WPBSA is recognise the ban of the independent sports tribunal. China does have the ability to put in its own process in its own country. 'However, in terms of the things we do, we're recognising the ban put in place by the independent tribunal.' With Zhao now in the top 64, the tour card he won through the Q Tour is set to be awarded to a different player, although who that is has not yet been confirmed. MORE: Mark Williams compares Zhao Xintong to Ronnie O'Sullivan and rates chances of breaking his records MORE: Zhao Xintong on brink of historic World Snooker Championship title MORE: What is the greatest comeback in World Snooker Championship history?
