The 2025 Elten Safety Shoes German Darts Championship gets underway on Friday, as the race for European Championship qualification takes centre stage in Hildesheim.
Day One of the £175,000 event will see 16 opening round games take place at Halle 39, with Nathan Aspinall - the current leader on the European Tour rankings - headlining Friday's play alongside 2023 champion Ricardo Pietreczko.
Live coverage of the German Darts Championship will be streamed through Viaplay, and through DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Coverage will also be shown on PDCTV (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and through bookmakers' worldwide.
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2025 Elten Safety Shoes German Darts Championship
Friday October 17
First Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Wesley Plaisier
Niels Zonneveld v Darius Labanauskas
Jeffrey de Graaf v Steve Lennon
Wessel Nijman v Martin Kramer
Ryan Joyce v Justin Hood
Luke Woodhouse v Tom Bissell
Krzysztof Ratajski v Felix Springer
Andrew Gilding v William O'Connor
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Jermaine Wattimena v Keane Barry
Daryl Gurney v Christian Kist
Ricardo Pietreczko v Radek Szaganski
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Karel Sedlacek
Raymond van Barneveld v Kevin Troppmann
Ricky Evans v Joe Cullen
Gabriel Clemens v Tomislav Rosandic
Nathan Aspinall v Maximilian Czerwinski