PDC Tier Tours

Highly fancied Ricardo Pietreczko, a former German Darts Championship winner, found himself dumped out at the very first hurdle by host-nation qualifier Benjamin Pratnemer

As this tournament is not being staged in Germany, Luke Littler also joins the party...

The juiciest carrot dangling in front of them? Finish in the top two and you earn the sport’s golden ticket – a two-year PDC Tour Card....

He may not be particularly fond of playing in Germany, but across the border in Belgium? Different story.

...hoping for a night of Belgian glory at the Flanders Darts Trophy. They got plenty to shout about, though not without a few broken hearts along the way.

And, true to Euro Tour tradition, it didn’t take long for the seeds to start tumbling. The afternoon session served up seven contests, and some serious drama...

...three Belgians won their respective ties at the Blåkläder Flanders Darts Trophy on Friday.

...a couple of favourites tripped over their own shoelaces while underdogs happily cashed in.

While that’s a blow to the Belgian Gezzy fan club, it’s something of a lottery win for Ryan Joyce or Ricardo Pietreczko...