2026 Baltic Sea Darts Open: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained

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The Euro Tour heads to Germany, with the Baltic Sea Darts Open marking the eighth ET event of 2026.

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

What to know about the Baltic Sea Darts Open​

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

MORE: 2026 Baltic Sea Darts Open qualifiers

2026 International Darts Open draw & schedule​

Day 1 - first round (afternoon session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
Ricky Evans vs. Teemu Harju	Fri., May. 29	1:00 p.m.
Karel Sedlacek vs. Jason Riedtke	Fri., May. 29	1:30 p.m.
Ryan Joyce vs. Christian Kist	Fri., May. 29	2:00 p.m.
Ian White vs. Jimmy van Schie	Fri., May. 29	2:30 p.m.
KrzysztofRatajski vs. Daniel Klose	Fri., May. 29	3:00 p.m.
Alan Soutar vs. Dimitri Van den Bergh	Fri., May. 29	3:30 p.m.
Justin Hood vs. Max Hopp	Fri., May. 29	4:00 p.m.
Andrew Gilding vs. Jeffrey de Zwaan	Fri., May. 29	4:30 p.m.

Day 1 - first round (evening session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
Niels Zonneveld vs. Richard Veenstra	Fri., May. 29	7:00 p.m.
Kevin Doets vs. Lukas Wenig	Fri., May. 29	7:30 p.m.
Cameron Menzies vs. Rob Cross	Fri., May. 29	8:00 p.m.
James Hurrell vs. Sebastian Bialecki	Fri., May. 29	8:30 p.m.
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Paul Krohne	Fri., May. 29	9:00 p.m.
William O'Connor vs. Cristo Reyes	Fri., May. 29	9:30 p.m.
Joe Cullen vs. Marcel Hausotter	Fri., May. 29	10:00 p.m.
Niko Springer vs. Nandor Major	Fri., May. 29	10:30 p.m.

Day 2 - second round (afternoon session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
Wessel Nijman vs. Krzysztof Ratajski	Sat., May. 30	1:00 p.m.
Luke Woodhouse vs. Andrew Gilding	Sat., May. 30	1:30 p.m.
Mike De Decker vs. Jimmy van Schie	Sat., May. 30	2:00 p.m.
Daryl Gurney vs. Ricky Evans	Sat., May. 30	2:30 p.m.
Damon Heta vs. Karel Sedlacek	Sat., May. 30	3:00 p.m.
Ryan Searle vs. Dirk van Duijvenbode	Sat., May. 30	3:30 p.m.
Dave Chisnall vs. Joe Cullen	Sat., May. 30	4:00 p.m.
Jermaine Wattimena vs. Justin Hood	Sat., May. 30	4:30 p.m.

Day 2 - second round (evening session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
Danny Noppert vs. William O'Connor	Sat., May. 30	7:00 p.m.
Chris Dobey vs. Sebastian Bialecki	Sat., May. 30	7:30 p.m.
James Wade vs. Niels Zonneveld	Sat., May. 30	8:00 p.m.
Stephen Bunting vs. Cameron Menzies	Sat., May. 30	8:30 p.m.
Nathan Aspinall vs. Kevin Doets	Sat., May. 30	9:00 p.m.
Gian van Veen vs. Dimitri Van den Bergh	Sat., May. 30	9:30 p.m.
Martin Schindler vs. Ryan Joyce	Sat., May. 30	10:00 p.m.
Ross Smith vs. Niko Springer	Sat., May. 30	10:30 p.m.

Day 3 - third round (afternoon session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., May. 31	12:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	12:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	1:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	1:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	2:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	2:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	3:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	3:30 p.m.

Day 3 - quarterfinals (evening session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., May. 31	6:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	6:30 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	7:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	7:30 p.m.

Day 3 - semifinals (evening session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., May. 31	8:00 p.m.
TBD	Sun., May. 31	8:30 p.m.

Day 3 - final (evening session)​

Match	Date	Time (local)
TBD	Sun., May. 31	9:15 p.m.

Tournament bracket​

Here is the tournament bracket after the first round.

Second round​

Gian van Veen vs. Dimitri Van den Bergh

Dave Chisnall vs. Joe Cullen

Ross Smith vs. Niko Springer

Martin Schindler vs. Ryan Joyce

Danny Noppert vs. William O'Connor

Damon Heta vs. Karel Sedlacek

Ryan Searle vs. Dirk van Duijvenbode

Wessel Nijman vs. Krzysztof Ratajski

James Wade vs. Niels Zonneveld

Daryl Gurney vs. Ricky Evans

Nathan Aspinall vs. Kevin Doets

Jermaine Wattimena vs. Justin Hood

Stephen Bunting vs. Cameron Menzies

Luke Woodhouse vs. Andrew Gilding

Chris Dobey vs. Sebastian Bialecki

Mike De Decker vs. Jimmy van Schie

Third round​

van Veen/Van den Bergh vs. Chisnall/Cullen

Smith/Springer vs. Schindler/Joyce

Noppert/O'Connor vs. Heta/Sedlacek

Searle/van Duijvenbode vs. Nijman/Ratajski

Wade/Zonneveld vs. Gurney/Evans

Aspinall/Doets vs. Wattimena/Hood

Bunting/Menzies vs. Woodhouse/Gilding

Dobey/Bialecki vs. De Decker/van Schie

Quarterfinals​

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

Semifinals​

TBD

TBD

Final​

TBD

Prize Money​

*Data via Wikipedia

Stage (num. of players)	Prize money
Winner	(1)​	£35,000​
Runner-up	(1)​	£15,000​
Semi-finalists	(2)​	£10,000​
Quarter-finalists	(4)​	£8,000​
Third round losers	(8)​	£5,000​
Second round losers	(16)​	£3,500*​
First round losers	(16)​	£2,000*​
Total	£230,000​

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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