Gian van Veen
Fixtures
| World Grand Prix 2025 | 10/07 19:00 | 5 | Luke Littler vs Gian van Veen | View |
Results
| Players Championship 30 | 10/02 14:50 | 5 |
Niels Zonneveld
v
Gian van Veen |
6-5 | |
| Players Championship 29 | 10/01 12:05 | 57 | Gian van Veen v Benjamin Reus | 6-3 | |
| Players Championship 28 | 09/30 14:20 | 6 |
Gian van Veen v
Mickey Mansell
|
6-5 | |
| European Tour 13 | 09/28 18:40 | 2 |
Stephen Bunting
v
Gian van Veen |
7-6 | |
| European Tour 13 | 09/28 17:35 | 3 |
Gian van Veen v
Rob Cross
|
6-2 | |
| European Tour 13 | 09/28 13:00 | 4 |
Ryan Joyce
v
Gian van Veen |
2-6 | |
| European Tour 13 | 09/27 13:55 | 5 |
Gian van Veen v
Dirk van Duijvenbode
|
6-0 | |
| European Tour 12 | 09/19 20:00 | 7 | Gian van Veen v Niko Springer | 3-6 | |
| Players Championship 26 | 09/09 16:40 | 1 |
Gian van Veen v
Gerwyn Price
|
5-8 | |
| Players Championship 26 | 09/09 16:00 | 2 |
Gary Anderson
v
Gian van Veen |
4-7 | |
| Players Championship 26 | 09/09 15:30 | 3 |
Gian van Veen v
Ross Smith
|
6-3 | |
| European Tour 11 | 09/07 19:30 | 2 | Gian van Veen v Josh Rock | 3-7 |
Wikipedia - Gian van Veen
Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number seventeen. A professional since 2023, Van Veen reached his first major semi-final at the 2023 European Championship. He won his first PDC ranking title at 2025 Players Championship 6.
In his youth career, Van Veen won the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship and nine PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.
History
2022
Van Veen attended 2022 PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School. He reached the final stage but lost his opening games on the first two days, losing 6–3 to Mario Vandenbogaerde in the last 16 in event three and to Ricardo Pietreczko 6–4 in the last 32 in event four. This meant he failed to gain a PDC Tour Card but gained access to the secondary tour, the 2022 Challenge Tour.
On 15 July 2022, Van Veen won his only Challenge Tour (CT) title to-date at CT12, defeating David Pallett 5–4 in a deciding leg in the final.
While participating in the Challenge Tour, Van Veen suffered with dartitis, a neurological condition which makes it difficult to release a dart. Van Veen has spoken out about it, stating that dartitis actually made him play better, and that an opponent had accused him of cheating while he suffered with it.
On 4 November 2022, Van Veen reached the final of the Players Championship 29 event, losing 4–8 to Gerwyn Price in the final.
2023
In January 2023, he attended 2023 PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (Q–School) and won a PDC Tour Card by finishing ninth on the European Q–School Order of Merit.
On 27 August, he reached his second Pro Tour final. He finished as the runner-up at Players Championship 18, being defeated by Gerwyn Price 8–1 in the final.
He qualified for the 2023 European Championship, held in late-October, and reached his first PDC major semi-final. He achieved victories against Damon Heta, Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen. He lost to James Wade 11–9 in the semi-finals.
2024
Van Veen made his PDC World Championship debut in the 2024 edition. He was eliminated in the first round by Hong Kong qualifier Man Lok Leung, who overturned a 2–0 deficit to defeat Van Veen 3–2 in a major upset.
Van Veen won two 2024 Development Tour (DT) titles: DT5 on 25 February, with a 5–0 whitewash of Dylan Slevin in the final; and DT7 on 3 May, with a 5–1 win against Nathan Rafferty.
On 22 September 2024, he reached his third Pro Tour final. In his first PDC European Tour final, he finished as runner-up after missing a match dart at the bullseye. He was defeated by Michael van Gerwen 8–7. In November, he reached his second PDC major quarter-final at the Grand Slam. He was defeated by Gary Anderson 16–14.
Having been defeated by Luke Littler in the previous year's final, Van Veen defeated fellow Dutchman Jurjen van der Velde 6–5 to win the 2024 World Youth Championship.
2025
Van Veen made his third UK Open appearance at the 2025 event. He reached the quarter-finals for the first time, before losing there to world champion Luke Littler 10–4. He reached the final of Players Championship 5 by defeating Luke Littler 7–6 in the semi-finals – ending Littler's 19-match winning streak. In the final, he led 7–4 against Joe Cullen but missed six match darts on his way to an 8–7 loss. The following day, he won his first ranking PDC title by winning Players Championship 6, defeating world number one Luke Humphries 8–3 in the final.