{"id":57460,"date":"2026-03-12T13:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/elten-safety-shoes-european-darts-trophy-2026-schedule-luke-humphries-and-michael-van-gerwen-to-star-in-germany-darts-news\/12\/03\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:27:16","slug":"elten-safety-shoes-european-darts-trophy-2026-schedule-luke-humphries-and-michael-van-gerwen-to-star-in-germany-darts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/elten-safety-shoes-european-darts-trophy-2026-schedule-luke-humphries-and-michael-van-gerwen-to-star-in-germany-darts-news\/12\/03\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy 2026 schedule: Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen to star in Germany | Darts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen are among the star names who will compete at the 2026 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy, beginning on Friday.<\/p>\n

The tournament, held in Goettingen, Germany, will also welcome star names including Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen.<\/p>\n

But Luke Littler, 19, who won the UK Open at the weekend<\/a><\/strong> for the second consecutive year, will be absent along with Nathan Aspinall, Gary Anderson and James Wade.<\/p>\n

‘The Nuke’ has previously received a hostile reception from crowds in Germany, and withdrew from last year’s European Darts Grand Prix<\/a><\/strong>, held in Sindelfingen.<\/p>\n

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In the weeks before, the world champion was booed on a Premier League night in Berlin and then booed again at the German Darts Grand Prix, in Munich.<\/p>\n

Taking to X after the latter tournament, he said: “Shouldn’t have been in Munich but had to play anyway. Next one in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am glad to say that.”<\/p>\n

The winner of the European Darts Trophy, who will compete in a final scheduled for Sunday, will scoop a \u00a335,000 prize.<\/p>\n

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2026 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Round one (Friday March 13)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afternoon Session<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Gilding v Darius Labanauskas
Kevin Doets v Jonas Masalin
Ricky Evans v Florian Preis
Niels Zonneveld v Keane Barry
Cameron Menzies v Paul Krohne
Richard Veenstra v Florian Hempel
Krzysztof Ratajski v Shane McGuirk
Ryan Joyce v Lukas Wenig<\/p>\n

Evening Session<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Chisnall v Jeffrey De Zwaan
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Mario Vandenbogaerde
Luke Woodhouse v Dragutin Horvat
Daryl Gurney v Sebastian Bialecki
Joe Cullen v Wojciech Brulinski
Niko Springer v Kai Gotthardt
William O’Connor v Mensur Suljovic
Wessel Nijman v Cristo Reyes<\/p>\n

Round two (Saturday March 14)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afternoon Session <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jermaine Wattimena v Joyce\/Wenig
Damon Heta v Gilding\/Labanauskas
Danny Noppert v Evans\/Preis
Ross Smith v Chisnall\/De Zwaan
Rob Cross v Van Duijvenbode\/Vandenbogaerde
Mike De Decker v Nijman\/Reyes
Chris Dobey v Woodhouse\/Horvat
Ryan Searle v Gurney\/Bialecki<\/p>\n

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Josh Rock v Menzies\/Krohne
Gerwyn Price v Cullen\/Brulinski
Martin Schindler v Veenstra\/Hempel
Michael van Gerwen v Zonneveld\/Barry
Luke Humphries v O’Connor\/Suljovic
Gian van Veen v Ratajski\/McGuirk
Stephen Bunting v Springer\/Gotthardt
Jonny Clayton v Doets\/Masalin<\/p>\n

Round three (Sunday March 15)
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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Who will win this year’s Premier League Darts? Luke Humphries will be defending his title and you can watch the action every single Thursday until May on Sky Sports. <\/strong>Stream darts and more top sport with NOW<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen are among the star names who will compete at the 2026 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts