Swiss Darts Trophy draw & schedule

The draw and schedule for this weekend’s main event in Basel have been confirmed, and Martin Schindler will start his defence of the Swiss Darts Trophy against either Oskar Lukasiak or Ricardo Pietreczko.

As the battle for World Grand Prix qualifying comes to a close in Switzerland, a field of 48 players will compete for the £30,000 top prize at the penultimate Winamax European Tour event of the year at St. Jakobshalle.

Swiss Darts Trophy draw & schedule

2025 Swiss Darts Trophy

St Jakobshalle, Basel, September 26-28

Tournament Draw Bracket – Second Round Onwards

(1) Luke Humphries v Connor Scutt/Callan Rydz

(16) Ryan Searle v Niels Zonneveld/Dalibor Smolik

(8) Josh Rock v Jermaine Wattimena/Stefan Bellmont

(9) Dave Chisnall v Luke Woodhouse/Lukas Wenig

(4) Jonny Clayton v Nathan Aspinall/Andreas Toft Jorgensen

(13) Martin Schindler v Ricardo Pietreczko/Oskar Lukasiak

(5) Chris Dobey v Mensur Suljovic/Martin Lukeman

(12) Peter Wright v Andrew Gilding/Cor Dekker

(2) Stephen Bunting v Chris Landman/Denis Schnetzer

(15) Mike De Decker v Krzysztof Ratajski/Owen Bates

(7) Damon Heta v Raymond van Barneveld/Ansh Sood

(10) Ross Smith v Wessel Nijman/Ritchie Edhouse

(3) James Wade v Ryan Joyce/Rocco Fulciniti

(14) Gian van Veen v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Jitse van der Wal

(6) Rob Cross v Richard Veenstra/Niko Springer

(11) Danny Noppert v Daryl Gurney/William O’Connor

Schedule of Play

Friday September 26

Round One

Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Callan Rydz 6-1 Connor Scutt

Niels Zonneveld 6-3 Dalibor Smolik

Krzysztof Ratajski 6-0 Owen Bates

Cor Dekker 6-3 Andrew Gilding

Ryan Joyce 6-0 Rocco Fulciniti

Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Lukas Wenig

Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Oskar Lukasiak

Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Martin Lukeman

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)

Chris Landman 6-3 Denis Schnetzer

Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Wessel Nijman

Raymond van Barneveld 6-3 Ansh Sood

Richard Veenstra 6-5 Niko Springer

Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Stefan Bellmont

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Jitse van der Wal

Nathan Aspinall 6-0 Andreas Toft Jorgensen

William O’Connor 6-1 Daryl Gurney

Saturday September 27

Round Two

Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)`

Ryan Searle 6-3 Niels Zonneveld

Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Dave Chisnall

Cor Dekker 6-3 Peter Wright

Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Mike De Decker

Rob Cross 6-2 Richard Veenstra

Gian van Veen 6-0 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Danny Noppert 6-5 William O’Connor

Ritchie Edhouse Bye (Ross Smith withdrawn)

Evening Session

Ryan Joyce 6-5 James Wade

Martin Schindler 6-2 Ricardo Pietreczko

Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Josh Rock

Luke Humphries 6-2 Callan Rydz

Jonny Clayton 6-4 Nathan Aspinall

Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 Damon Heta

Stephen Bunting 6-3 Chris Landman

Chris Dobey 6-4 Mensur Suljovic

Sunday September 28

Afternoon Session (1200 local time, 1100 BST)

Round Three

Ryan Searle 6-4 Luke Humphries

Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Jermaine Wattimena

Jonny Clayton 6-3 Martin Schindler

Cor Dekker 6-5 Chris Dobey

Stephen Bunting 6-3 Krzysztof Ratajski

Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Ritchie Edhouse

Gian van Veen 6-2 Ryan Joyce

Rob Cross 6-5 Danny Noppert

Evening Session (1800 local time, 1700 BST)

Quarter-Finals

Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Ryan Searle

Cor Dekker 6-5 Jonny Clayton

Stephen Bunting 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld

Gian van Veen 6-2 Rob Cross

Semi-Finals

Luke Woodhouse 7-3 Cor Dekker

Stephen Bunting 7-6 Gian van Veen

Final

Stephen Bunting 8-3 Luke Woodhouse

Sunday’s games played in Draw Bracket order

NB: From the original entries, Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Gerwyn Price and Cameron Menzies have withdrawn and have been replaced from the Reserve List by Richard Veenstra, Connor Scutt, Mensur Suljovic and Chris Landman. As a result, Gian van Veen, Mike De Decker and Ryan Searle have moved into the seeded positions.

* Please note the amendment to the schedule originally announced.

Prize Fund

Winner: £30,000

Runner-up: £12,000

Semi-Finalists: £8,500

Quarter-Finalists: £6,000

Last 16 losers: £4,000

Last 32 losers: £2,500

Last 48 losers: £1,250 Total: £175,000

NB: Pre-qualified players who lose in their first match of the Event shall not be credited with prize money on the Order of Merit, ProTour Order of Merit or European Tour Order of Merit, however they shall still receive full prize money payment

All the action gets underway this Friday and is not to be missed as the race for Dortmund hots up for the European Championships.

The third round will be played on Sunday afternoon after the excitement from the second round on Saturday. The competition will end with the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final in an exciting evening session.

You can watch every match live, all the information can be found here. These games are not on TV in the UK but can be live-streamed.