Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy 2026 schedule: Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen to star in Germany

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.

The tournament, held in Goettingen, Germany, will also welcome star names including Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen.

But Luke Littler, 19, who won the UK Open at the weekend for the second consecutive year, will be absent along with Nathan Aspinall, Gary Anderson and James Wade.

'The Nuke' has previously received a hostile reception from crowds in Germany, and withdrew from last year's European Darts Grand Prix, held in Sindelfingen.

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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.

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."

The winner of the European Darts Trophy, who will compete in a final scheduled for Sunday, will scoop a £35,000 prize.

2026 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy schedule

Round one (Friday March 13)

Afternoon Session

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

Evening Session

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

Round two (Saturday March 14)

Afternoon Session

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

Evening Session

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

Round three (Sunday March 15)
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
​​​​​​​Final

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. Stream darts and more top sport with NOW.

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