2025 Swiss Darts Trophy

The 2025 Swiss Darts Trophy was the thirteenth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 26 to 28 September 2025.^[1][2] It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner. It was the final event before the cut-off date for World Grand Prix qualification.^[3]

Martin Schindler was the defending champion after defeating Ryan Searle 8–7 in the 2024 final.^[4] However, he was beaten 6–3 by Jonny Clayton in the third round.

Stephen Bunting won the tournament, his second European Tour title, by defeating Luke Woodhouse 8–3 in the final.

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:^[5]

• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.^[6]

In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round.^[7][8][9] In another change, the 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers were drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.

The seedings were confirmed on 5 September.^[10] The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 11 September),^[11] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 25 September),^[12] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 August),^[13] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 August).^[14]

Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Gerwyn Price and Cameron Menzies withdrew and were replaced by Richard Veenstra, Connor Scutt, Mensur Suljović and Chris Landman. Gian van Veen, Mike De Decker and Ryan Searle moved up into the seeded positions as 14th, 15th and 16th seeds respectively.^[15]

The following players took part in the tournament:

The first round was played on Friday 26 September.^[16] Hungarian Darts Trophy champion Niko Springer was eliminated in a deciding leg by Richard Veenstra, who hit a 156 checkout in the penultimate leg before winning the match 6–5.^[16] Nathan Aspinall and Krzysztof Ratajski achieved whitewash wins over Andreas Toft Jørgensen and Owen Bates respectively.^[17][18] All four Swiss qualifiers were unsuccessful: Rocco Fulciniti lost 6–0 to Ryan Joyce, Denis Schnetzer lost 6–3 to Chris Landman, Ansh Sood lost 6–3 to Raymond van Barneveld and Stefan Bellmont lost 6–1 to Jermaine Wattimena.^[19] Callan Rydz progressed to the second round with a 6–1 victory over Connor Scutt to set up a tie against world number one Luke Humphries, while William O'Connor averaged over 102 to defeat Daryl Gurney by the same scoreline. Luke Woodhouse came back from 3–0 down to defeat Lukas Wenig 6–5.^[16]

The second round was played on Saturday 27 September.^[20] Ross Smith withdrew from the tournament on Friday evening for family reasons, meaning reigning European champion Ritchie Edhouse received a bye to the third round.^[21] Luke Woodhouse recorded the highest three-dart average in tournament history, averaging 110.69 to defeat Dave Chisnall 6–1.^[22] Luke Humphries and Stephen Bunting, the top two seeds for the event, advanced to the second round with victories over Callan Rydz and Chris Landman, while James Wade and Josh Rock suffered early exits at the hands of Ryan Joyce and Jermaine Wattimena.^[23] Danny Noppert won a deciding leg against William O'Connor to end O'Connor's chances of qualifying for the World Grand Prix,^[24] as Krzysztof Ratajski confirmed his place with a 6–5 victory over Mike De Decker and Raymond van Barneveld improved his chances by beating Damon Heta by the same scoreline.^[23] Jonny Clayton averaged almost 106 in defeating Nathan Aspinall 6–4, Cor Dekker reached the final day of a European Tour event for the first time by beating Peter Wright 6–3, and Gian van Veen whitewashed compatriot Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–0; Van Veen hit a 170 checkout during his win.^[20] Defending champion Martin Schindler also progressed, defeating fellow German player Ricardo Pietreczko 6–2 to set up a tie against Clayton.^[20]

The third round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played on Sunday 28 September.^[25] The final day saw Luke Woodhouse and Stephen Bunting reach the final. Woodhouse followed victories against Jermaine Wattimena and 2024 runner-up Ryan Searle by ending Cor Dekker's run with a 7–3 win in the semi-finals, progressing to his first European Tour final and second PDC final overall.^[26] Bunting joined Woodhouse in the final by defeating Krzysztof Ratajski, Raymond van Barneveld and Gian van Veen, surviving a match dart from Van Veen in his semi-final match.^[27] Woodhouse looked to win his first PDC title, while Bunting aimed to win his second European Tour title of the year after winning the International Darts Open in April.^[25][28] Van Barneveld's 6–0 whitewash of Ritchie Edhouse in the third round saw him qualify for the World Grand Prix, eliminating Dave Chisnall from the race.^[27]

Bunting missed six doubles in the opening leg of the final but recovered to take a 3–1 lead. Woodhouse won the next leg with a hold of throw.^[29] From there, Bunting took full control of the match and extended his advantage to 6–2 before eventually winning 8–3.^[30] Bunting ended the match with a three-dart average of almost 104.^[26] It was Bunting's second European Tour title and his sixth title of 2025.^[25] In his post-match interview, Bunting, the world number four, stated that he was "playing the best darts of [his] life" and that "to be in the top four in the world is an unbelievable achievement".^[29] Woodhouse praised his opponent's performance in the final, saying that Bunting "kept [him] under the cosh from the start" before commenting, "Hopefully this year, a first title comes."^[25]

The draw was announced on 25 September.^[15][31] Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.^[32]