2025 Hungarian Darts Trophy

The 2025 Hungarian Darts Trophy was the twelfth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the MVM Dome, Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 21 September 2025.^[1][2] It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.^[3]

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gian van Veen 8–7 in the 2024 final.^[4] However, he lost 6–5 to Danny Noppert in the third round.

Niko Springer won the tournament, his first PDC ranking title, by defeating Noppert 8–7 in the final.

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:^[5]

• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.^[6]

In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round.^[7][8][9] In another change, the 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers were drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.

The seedings were confirmed on 25 July.^[10] The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 31 July),^[11] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 31 August),^[12] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 August),^[13] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 August).^[14]

Jonny Clayton, Gary Anderson and Boris Krčmar withdrew and were replaced by Richard Veenstra, Kim Huybrechts and Matthew Dennant. Martin Schindler and Mike De Decker moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.^[15]

The following players took part in the tournament:

The first round was played on 19 September.^[16] Nathan Aspinall progressed to the second round with a whitewash victory over Hungarian qualifier Levente Sárai to set up a tie against world number one Luke Humphries.^[17] 2022 champion Joe Cullen survived three match darts against Lukas Wenig in a 6–5 win. On facing reigning world champion Luke Littler the following day, Cullen said, "I've beaten him this year and on my day I can beat anybody, so bring it on."^[17] Wessel Nijman and Andrew Gilding suffered surprise early defeats; Nijman lost 6–2 to first-time European Tour winner Darren Beveridge while Gilding lost 6–4 to reserve player Matthew Dennant.^[18] Dutch players Jermaine Wattimena and Dirk van Duijvenbode lost last-leg deciders to Thibault Tricole and Tom Bissell respectively, while Gian van Veen averaged close to 106 in his 6–3 defeat to Niko Springer.^[17] Hungarian qualifier András Borbély achieved a 170 checkout during his 6–4 loss against Luke Woodhouse.^[16] The other two Hungarian qualifiers were also eliminated; Nándor Prés was beaten 6–1 by Cameron Menzies and Nándor Major lost 6–2 to five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld.^[19] Ryan Joyce eliminated reigning European Champion Ritchie Edhouse, Kim Huybrechts defeated Danish debutant Andreas Hyllgaardhus and Robert Owen won a deciding leg against Ryan Searle.^[16]

The second round was played on 20 September.^[20] Luke Littler defeated Joe Cullen 6–1 to advance to the final day and was joined by Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen, who beat Nathan Aspinall and Matthew Dennant respectively.^[21] Raymond van Barneveld registered a three-dart average of 107.97 in his 6–1 victory over 2023 champion Dave Chisnall. "Today it just clicked," said Van Barneveld, who was glad that he could take his performances in the practice room to the stage.^[22] Thibault Tricole eliminated fourth seed Stephen Bunting, who missed eight match darts as Tricole recovered from 5–2 down to win 6–5.^[21] Gerwyn Price defeated Richard Veenstra 6–2 to set up a match against Van Barneveld in the third round, with Price claiming he had "plenty more in the tank" heading into the final day.^[22] Martin Schindler won five consecutive legs to beat Ryan Joyce 6–2, while his compatriot Niko Springer defeated Damon Heta 6–1.^[20] Ricardo Pietreczko landed checkouts of 124, 126 and 161 in his 6–3 loss to Josh Rock.^[22] Robert Owen missed a match dart to eliminate Danny Noppert in a deciding leg, while Kim Huybrechts prevailed in his own deciding leg against Peter Wright.^[20]

The third round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played on 21 September.^[23] Gerwyn Price withdrew from the tournament before his quarter-final match against Luke Littler for medical reasons.^[24] The final day saw Niko Springer and Danny Noppert reach the final. After beating world champions Rob Cross and Luke Humphries, Springer defeated Josh Rock in a deciding leg in the semi-finals, having hit a 170 checkout, missed double 12 for a nine-dart finish and survived a match dart from Rock.^[23] Cross also landed a 170 checkout in his loss to Springer, while Humphries recorded the highest three-dart average in tourmament history as he defeated Mike De Decker 6–1 in the third round, averaging 113.05.^[25] 2022 UK Open champion Noppert reached the final following victories against Michael van Gerwen, Chris Dobey and Littler.^[26] Both players were seeking their first European Tour title, with Noppert reaching his first final since 2022 and Springer appearing in his second final of the year after losing to Jonny Clayton at the Dutch Darts Championship.^[23][26][27]

Springer and Noppert traded holds of throw to start the final until Noppert found a break to go 3–2 ahead.^[27] The Dutchman extended his lead to 4–2 and 5–3,^[23][24] but Springer found a break of his own with a 120 checkout to level the match at 5–5.^[26] The final entered a deciding leg for the third consecutive year at the Hungarian Darts Trophy,^[23] where Springer eventually hit double 8 to secure an 8–7 victory.^[24] Springer ended the match with a lower average than Noppert, averaging 89.28 to Noppert's 93.59.^[28] Unseeded qualifier Springer, who entered the tournament as the world number 70,^[29] won his first PDC ranking title in his first year as a PDC Tour Card holder; he defeated six of the world's top 20 during his campaign.^[23] He became the fourth German player to win a European Tour event after Max Hopp, Ricardo Pietreczko and Martin Schindler.^[27][28] Springer stated that he was "over the moon" in his post-match interview, adding, "I took my chances and I am very happy, I can't believe it."^[26] Noppert thanked the Budapest crowd and commended his opponent's performance, saying that Springer "deserved it in the end" and that he "played a good last leg".^[20]

The draw was announced on 18 September.^[15][30] Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.^[31]

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.^[31] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.