2026 European Darts Open qualifiers

The Euro Tour heads to Germany this upcoming weekend for the 2026 European Darts Open.

It's the tenth Euro Tour event of 2026, and this one will be held in Leverkusen.

Who will be competing in the 2026 European Darts Open?

Let's take a look at which 48 players will be taking the stage in Leverkusen.

*Qualifying list can change before the event if players withdraw

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Seeded players

16 players enter the tournament as seeded players, with byes into the second round, which starts on Saturday.

1.  Gian van Veen (NED)
2.  Michael van Gerwen (NED)
3.  Jonny Clayton (WAL)
4.  James Wade (ENG)
5.  Gerwyn Price (WAL)
6.  Danny Noppert (NED)
7.  Stephen Bunting (ENG)
8.  Gary Anderson (SCO)
9.  Chris Dobey (ENG)
10.  Ryan Searle (ENG)
11.  Nathan Aspinall (ENG)
12.  Ross Smith (ENG)
13.  Wessel Nijman (NED)
14.  Jermaine Wattimena (NED)
15.  Martin Schindler (GER)
16.  Mike De Decker (BEL)

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Pro Tour order of merit qualifiers

The next 16 qualifiers are the highest-ranked players on the Pro Tour OoM that aren't already a part of the seeded player group.

•  Kevin Doets (NED)
•  Luke Woodhouse (ENG)
•  Niko Springer (GER)
•  Damon Heta (AUS)
•  Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED)
•  Krzysztof Ratajski (POL)
•  Niels Zonneveld (NED)
•  Daryl Gurney (NIR)
•  William O'Connor (IRL)
•  Andrew Gilding (ENG)
•  Joe Cullen (ENG)
•  Cameron Menzies (SCO)
•  Ryan Joyce (ENG)
•  Karel Sedláček (CZE)
•  Rob Cross (ENG)
•  Kim Huybrechts (BEL)

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Tour card qualifiers

An additional 10 players qualified through a tour card qualifier event earlier this year.

•  Mario Vandenbogaerde (BEL)
•  Sebastian Białecki (POL)
•  Bradley Brooks (ENG)
•  Rhys Griffin (WAL)
•  Darius Labanauskas (LIT)
•  Samuel Price (ENG)
•  Lukas Wenig (GER)
•  Maik Kuivenhoven (NED)
•  Charlie Manby (ENG)
•  Mickey Mansell (IRL)

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Host nation qualifiers

Four spots were given to players who qualified via the host nation qualifier route.

•  Jaimy Van de Weerd (GER)
•  Dragutin Horvat (GER)
•  Daniel Klose (GER)
•  Jan Schmidt (GER)

Nordic & Baltic qualifier

•  Mio Varila (FIN)

East European Qualifier

•  Michal Šmejda (CZE)

Reserve List

*None as of 7/7/26

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