Swiss Darts Trophy Basel 2025 set to decide Grand Prix spots

The Swiss Darts Trophy, the penultimate stop on the 2025 PDC European Tour, gets under way at St. Jakobshalle in Basel from Friday to Sunday, September 26 to 28, with 48 players competing for a 175,000 prize fund and a 30,000 top prize. The event is the last Euro Tour chance for several players to secure places at next month’s World Grand Prix and will be played over afternoon and evening sessions across the three days.

Defending champion Martin Schindler, who beat Ryan Searle 8-7 in last year’s final, is seeded 16th and is scheduled to begin his title defence against either Ricardo Pietreczko or debutant Oskar Lukasiak. World number one Luke Humphries leads the seedings and has been handed a potentially tricky path, beginning against the winner of Connor Scutt v Callan Rydz. Other high seeds include Stephen Bunting, Jonny Clayton, James Wade, Rob Cross and Josh Rock.

The lead-up to the tournament has seen notable late withdrawals. Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Gerwyn Price and Cameron Menzies have all pulled out, and the PDC did not give reasons for the cancellations, organisers said. Price was reported to have been forced to withdraw from his recent Hungarian quarterfinal...