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The Euro Tour heads to the Netherlands this upcoming weekend for the 2026 Dutch Darts Championship.
It's the 15th and final Euro Tour event of 2026, and this one will be held in Maastricht.
Who will be competing in the 2026 Dutch Darts Championship?
Let's take a look at the 48 players taking the stage in Maastricht.
*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.
- Luke Humphries (ENG)
- Gian van Veen (NED)
- Gerwyn Price (WAL)
- Jonny Clayton (WAL)
- Michael van Gerwen (NED)
- Danny Noppert (NED)
- Stephen Bunting (ENG)
- Wessel Nijman (NED)
- Ryan Searle (ENG)
- Ross Smith (ENG)
- Chris Dobey (ENG)
- Nathan Aspinall (ENG)
- Jermaine Wattimena (NED)
- Luke Woodhouse (ENG)
- Martin Schindler (GER)
- Krzysztof Ratajski (POL)
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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 part of the seeded player group.
- Andrew Gilding (ENG)
- Niko Springer (GER)
- Rob Cross (ENG)
- William O’Connor (IRL)
- Damon Heta (AUS)
- Ryan Joyce (ENG)
- Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED)
- Niels Zonneveld (NED)
- Cameron Menzies (SCO)
- Dave Chisnall (ENG)
- Kim Huybrechts (BEL)
- Joe Cullen (ENG)
- Sebastian Białecki (POL)
- Cristo Reyes (ESP)
- Karel Sedláček (CZE)
- Jeffrey de Graaf (SWE)
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Tour card qualifiers
An additional 10 players qualified through a tour card qualifier event earlier this year.
- Scott Williams (ENG)
- Max Hopp (GER)
- Ricardo Pietreczko (GER)
- Michael Smith (ENG)
- Nick Kenny (WAL)
- Callan Rydz (ENG)
- Stephen Burton (ENG)
- James Hurrell (ENG)
- Mickey Mansell (IRL)
- Owen Bates (ENG)
Host nation qualifiers
Four spots were given to players who qualified via the host nation qualifier route.
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
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Nordic & Baltic qualifier
- Jonas Masalin (FIN)
East European qualifier
- Krzysztof Kciuk (POL)
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