Overview
- The tournament is underway at St. Jakobshalle in Basel with a 48-player field competing for a £230,000 prize fund and live coverage on SPORT1 and the Joyn stream.
- The European Tour format gives the top 16 seeded players a bye into round two while the other 32 play opening matches that are best-of-11 legs.
- A string of high-profile withdrawals opened places in the draw, with names reported to have pulled out including Luke Littler, Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and Nathan Aspinall.
- The withdrawals promoted Martin Schindler into the 16 seeds so he starts in round two, and German hope Niko Springer begins in the opening round against a host-nation qualifier.
- As the 14th of 15 European Tour events, results in Basel will affect players’ chances to qualify for the European Darts Championships and set the stage for the final Tour stop in Maastricht and the Championships in Dortmund.