Nijman headlines 2025 World Series Finals qualifiers

Wessel Nijman will return to the Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals next month, after the young Dutchman was one of six players to win through Wednesday’s Tour Card Holder Qualifier in Milton Keynes.

Nijman demolished Owen Bates 6-1 in their winner-takes-all showdown to book his place in this year’s showpiece, which will take place at AFAS Live in Amsterdam from September 12-14.

The 25-year-old also overcame his fellow countrymen Jitse van der Wan and Dirk van Duijvenbode en route to qualification, averaging over a ton to edge out Van der Wal before accounting for 2022 runner-up Van Duijvenbode.

Wednesday’s qualifier saw 82 players in action at Arena MK, with Gabriel Clemens closing out a 6-4 victory over World Youth Champion Gian van Veen to deny the Dutchman a return to home soil.

2024 runner-up Michael Smith was also beaten in the final round of qualification by Cameron Menzies, who makes his return to the Dutch capital following his debut appearance 12 months ago.

Joe Cullen whitewashed William O’Connor to confirm his place in the 32-player event, while Luke Woodhouse and Cor Dekker defeated Lukas Wenig and Kim Huybrechts respectively to earn World Series Finals debuts.

Italian number one Michele Turetta landed a nine-darter in the opening stages of Wednesday's event, although his perfect leg came in a losing cause against Andy Boulton.

2025 Jack’s Casino World Series of Darts Finals Tour Card Holder Qualifier
Last 12 Results
Gabriel Clemens 6-4 Gian van Veen
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Michael Smith
Wessel Nijman 6-1 Owen Bates
Luke Woodhouse 6-3 Lukas Wenig
Joe Cullen 6-0 William O'Connor
Cor Dekker 6-3 Kim Huybrechts

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The top eight players from the 2025 World Series of Darts rankings will be seeded for next month’s event, while the remaining 24 players are to be drawn at random.

The first round will be held across the evening of Friday September 12 and the afternoon of Saturday September 13, with the second round taking place on Saturday evening.

The World Series of Darts Finals will then reach its climax on Sunday September 14, as the quarter-finals are held in the afternoon, before the tournament concludes with the semi-finals and final in a bumper evening session.

The tournament will be broadcast live on ITV4 in the UK, through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding subscribers based in the UK, Germany, Austria & Switzerland).

2025 Jack's Casino World Series of Darts Finals
September 12-14
AFAS Live, Amsterdam
World Series Rankings Qualifiers
(1) Stephen Bunting
(2) Luke Littler
(3) Gerwyn Price
(4) Luke Humphries
(5) Rob Cross
(6) Chris Dobey
(7) Nathan Aspinall
(8) Mike De Decker
Damon Heta
Michael van Gerwen
Josh Rock
Peter Wright
Jonny Clayton
Raymond van Barneveld
Kevin Doets
Jermaine Wattimena
Danny Lauby
Jason Brandon
Krzysztof Ratajski
Haupai Puha
Simon Whitlock
Jonny Tata