2025 Poland Darts Masters

2025 Superbet Poland Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates4–5 July 2025
VenuePreZero Arena
LocationGliwice
Country Poland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£100,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170
Chris Dobey
Luke Littler
«2024 2026»

The 2025 Poland Darts Masters, known as the 2025 Superbet Poland Darts Masters for sponsorship reasons, is the ongoing third staging of the professional darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the fifth event in the 2025 World Series of Darts. The tournament features 16 players (eight elite PDC players and eight Eastern Europe representatives) and is being held at the PreZero Arena in Gliwice, Poland between 4–5 July 2025.

Luke Littler is the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–3 in the 2024 final.[1][2]

Overview

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Format

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Eight elite PDC representatives were drawn to play eight Eastern Europe representatives in the first round on Friday 4 July; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final all take place on Saturday 5 July. All matches are in leg play format, with the number of legs required to win increasing as the tournament progresses:[3]

  • First round and quarter-finals: Best of eleven legs
  • Semi-finals: Best of thirteen legs
  • Final: Best of fifteen legs

Prize money

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The winner will receive £30,000. The total prize fund is £100,000.[4]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £100,000)
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £16,000
Semi-finalists (2) £10,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
First round (8) £1,750

Broadcasts

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The tournament is being broadcast on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. Other broadcasters include TVP Sport in Poland; DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Viaplay in the Netherlands, Iceland, the Baltic states and Scandinavia; TV Nova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Fox Sports in Australia; Sky Sport in New Zealand; AMC Pragosport in Hungary; VTM in Belgium; FanDuel in the United States and Brazil; Maincast in Ukraine and Rigour in China. It is also available on PDCTV to international subscribers.[5]

Qualifiers

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The PDC announced the eight players participating as their elite representatives on 15 April. World number one Luke Humphries did not participate due to family reasons.[6]

The seedings are based on the 2025 World Series rankings after four events:

  1.  Stephen Bunting
  2.  Gerwyn Price
  3.  Rob Cross
  4.  Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
  5.  Luke Littler
  6.  Chris Dobey
  7.  Michael van Gerwen
  8.  Jonny Clayton (first round)

The six Eastern European Tour Card holders automatically qualified, with the remaining two spots allocated to the winners of qualifiers in Hungary and Poland. The Hungarian qualifier was won by György Jehirszki, who defeated János Végső in the final.[7] In the 158-player Polish qualifier, Krzysztof Kciuk beat Mirosław Grudziecki in the final to secure the last spot.[8]

Qualification Player
PDC Tour Card Holders  Krzysztof Ratajski (quarter-finals)
 Radek Szagański (first round)
 Sebastian Białecki (first round)
 Tytus Kanik (first round)
 Karel Sedláček (first round)
 Pero Ljubić (first round)
Eastern Europe Qualifiers  György Jehirszki (first round)
 Krzysztof Kciuk (first round)

Summary

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First round

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Seven out of the eight elite PDC representatives won their opening match. The only Eastern Europe representative to succeed was Polish number one Krzysztof Ratajski, who defeated Jonny Clayton 6–3 in front of his home crowd. Defending champion Luke Littler battled past Karel Sedláček to win 6–4, with Littler calling Sedláček a "top player" after their match. Chris Dobey won the opening match of the session by beating Hungarian qualifier György Jehirszki 6–1, including checkouts of 170 and 167 from Dobey. Gerwyn Price and Rob Cross advanced to the second round following wins over Poland's Sebastian Białecki and Krzysztof Kciuk respectively.[9] Michael van Gerwen was critical of his performance in his 6–4 victory over Pero Ljubić, while also branding Ljubić a "pub player".[10] Stephen Bunting defeated Tytus Kanik 6–3, and Nathan Aspinall closed out the first round with a 6–4 win against Radek Szagański.[9]

Draw

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The draw was announced on 3 July.[3] Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top four in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.[11]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
4 July
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
5 July
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
5 July
Final
(best of 15 legs)
5 July
            
1  Stephen Bunting 87.57 6
 Tytus Kanik 88.82 3
1  Stephen Bunting 96.35 6
 Krzysztof Ratajski 95.16 5
   Jonny Clayton 99.59 3
 Krzysztof Ratajski 100.31 6
1  Stephen Bunting
 Luke Littler
4  Nathan Aspinall 87.19 6
 Radek Szagański 87.19 4
4  Nathan Aspinall 99.94 3
 Luke Littler 104.88 6
   Luke Littler 97.88 6
 Karel Sedláček 97.58 4
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2  Gerwyn Price 88.22 6
 Sebastian Białecki 85.93 3
2  Gerwyn Price
   Chris Dobey
   Chris Dobey 100.84 6
 György Jehirszki 94.43 1
 
 
3  Rob Cross 85.36 6
 Krzysztof Kciuk 81.09 2
3  Rob Cross
 Michael van Gerwen
   Michael van Gerwen 84.71 6
 Pero Ljubić 82.69 4

References

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  1. ^ "Littler doubles World Series title tally at Superbet Poland Darts Masters". Professional Darts Corporation. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Littler beats Cross to win Poland Darts Masters". BBC Sport. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b Gorton, Josh (3 July 2025). "Littler pitted against Czech star Sedlacek at Superbet Poland Darts Masters". PDC. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Poland Darts Masters 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ Gorton, Josh (4 July 2025). "Where to watch the 2025 Superbet Poland Darts Masters". PDC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Littler set to headline trio of World Series events this summer". PDC. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (6 May 2025). "Jehirszki confirms Superbet Poland Darts Masters return". PDC. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ^ Białka, Kamil (24 May 2025). "Zwycięstwo! Krzysztof Kciuk zagra w Superbet Poland Darts Masters" [Victory! Krzysztof Kciuk will play in Superbet Poland Darts Masters]. Łączy Nas Dart (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Poland Darts Masters: Jonny Clayton suffers first-round exit to home hero Krzysztof Ratajski". Sky Sports. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  10. ^ Nijjar, Aaron (4 July 2025). "VAN GERWEN BRANDS OPPONENT PUB PLAYER AFTER WIN". Oche180. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Results of Poland Darts Masters 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 July 2025.