The 2025 Dutch Darts Masters, known as the 2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters for sponsorship reasons, was the third staging of the professional

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tournament by the

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and the second event in the 2025 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight elite PDC players and eight

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representatives) and was held at the Maaspoort Den Bosch in

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, Netherlands from 24 to 25 January 2025. The total prize fund was £100,000, with the winner receiving £30,000.

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...

was the defending champion, having defeated

Luke Littler Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number two. Nicknamed "the Nuke", Littler is the rei ...

8–6 in the 2024 final. However, he lost to Littler 6–3 in the quarter-finals.

Rob Cross Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eight; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2018 ...

won the tournament, beating

Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...

8–5 in the final.

Overview

Format

Eight elite PDC representatives were drawn to play eight

representatives in the first round on Friday 24 January; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final all took place on Saturday 25 January. All matches were in

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play format, with the number of legs required to win increasing as the tournament progressed: *First round and quarter-finals: Best of eleven legs *Semi-finals: Best of thirteen legs *Final: Best of fifteen legs

Prize money

The winner received the Toon Greebe Trophy and £30,000. The total prize fund increased from 2024 to £100,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

Broadcasts

The tournament was broadcast on

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and

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in the United Kingdom. Other broadcasters included

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in Germany, Austria and Switzerland;

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in the Netherlands, Iceland, Poland and

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; TV Nova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia;

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in Australia;

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in New Zealand; VTM in Belgium;

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in Hungary and

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in the United States. It was also available on PDCTV to international subscribers.

Qualifiers

The PDC announced the 16-player lineup on 13 January 2025. 2025 PDC World Championship runner-up

made his first 2025 World Series appearance after not participating in the Bahrain Darts Masters. # ''(runner-up)'' # ''(semi-finals)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(semi-finals)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(first round)'' # (champion) # ''(quarter-finals)'' The Benelux representatives list consisted of seven Dutch players and

Dimitri Van den Bergh Dimitri Barbara Peter Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-two; he reached a peak ranking of world n ...

as the sole Belgian player, as Belgian World Grand Prix champion

Mike De Decker Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty. Nicknamed "the Real Deal", he won his first major title ...

was unable to participate due to family commitments.

Richard Veenstra Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Veenstra previously played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where he won the 2019 Dutch Open, a ...

made his debut at the event. * ''(first round)'' * ''(first round)'' * ''(first round)'' * ''(first round)'' * ''(quarter-finals)'' * ''(quarter-finals)'' * ''(quarter-finals)'' * ''(first round)''

Summary

First round

Five of the eight elite PDC representatives were victorious in the first round.

competed in his first match since losing the 2025 World Championship final, defeating

Dirk van Duijvenbode Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known f ...

6–1. This set up a quarter-final meeting between him and

, a rematch of the world final and the

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final – the latter Van Gerwen won 8–6. Littler came out of a closer contest with

as a 6–4 winner.

– the number one

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for the tournament after winning the Bahrain Darts Masters – narrowly defeated

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6–5.

opened the session by beating

6–3 and

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...

won 6–2 against

Danny Noppert Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number sixteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number seven in 2023 an ...

. The Netherlands'

Jermaine Wattimena Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2015; he reached his first major final in 2024, finishing as runner-up at the E ...

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...

and Kevin Doets successfully reached the second round. Wattimena earned a 6–3 upset victory over world number one

Luke Humphries Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number one. He is a former PDC World Darts Champion ...

. Van Barneveld capitalised on

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missing a match dart by hitting a 144 checkout to win their match 6–5. Van Barneveld stated that he was "over the moon" with the win and that he was looking forward to the following night's action. Doets comfortably beat

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6–1 to complete the trio of PDC representative losses.

Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final

In a rematch of the world final, Luke Littler took a 3–0 lead over Michael van Gerwen before Van Gerwen brought the match level at 3–3. However, Littler then won the next three legs to advance to the semi-finals with a 6–3 victory. Gerwyn Price won a last-leg decider against Kevin Doets with a 145 checkout. Stephen Bunting also survived a deciding leg against Raymond van Barneveld, while Rob Cross progressed after beating Jermaine Wattimena 6–3. In the semi-finals, Luke Littler produced a tournament record

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of 107.59, but was defeated 7–6 by Stephen Bunting. Rob Cross won 7–3 against Gerwyn Price in the other semi-final, setting up a final between Cross and Bunting. Cross initially took a 3–1 lead in the final, but Bunting kept the match close and eventually evened the score at 5–5 with a 130 checkout. However, this ended up being the end of Bunting's comeback as Cross won the next three legs, hitting double eight to secure an 8–5 victory and claim the title. This marked Cross' fifth

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title, as well as his first World Series title win in Europe. In his post-match interview, Cross showed appreciation for the Dutch crowd and commended Bunting for his performance, calling him a "credit to the sport." He also said, "To come here and win this one means so much. It's been a great weekend and I've really enjoyed it, and I love the World Series." Bunting saw solace in reaching back-to-back World Series finals and expressed that he " ouldn'twait to continue the form in the

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Draw

The draw was announced on 23 January. Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top four in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their

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in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.

References

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