The Baltic Sea Darts Open is the ninth of 14 tournaments on the PDC European Tour. SPORT1 will broadcast the matches live from the Wunderino Arena in Kiel today.
The PDC European Tour is in full swing. The Baltic Sea Darts Open, the ninth of 14 tournaments, will take place from July 11th to 13th in the Wunderino Arena in Kiel. The current champion, Rob Cross, will take to the stage, having defeated Luke Humphries 8-6 in the 2024 final.
Humphries and Cross will be there again this year and are among the favorites alongside Nathan Aspinall and Stephen Bunting. Like the best German, Martin Schindler, they will only intervene in the second round on Saturday.
But the start on Friday also promises exciting matches with German participation. SPORT1 shows all tournament days live on free TV.
Darts: How to watch the Baltic Sea Open in Kiel live today:
The Baltic Sea Open from Kiel will be broadcast live on free TV by SPORT1. The ninth tournament of the PDC European Tour will also be shown in a free live stream on SPORT1.de.
The broadcast starts on Friday at 12 p.m. with the countdown show. The darts will fly from 1 p.m. when the afternoon session with eight first-round games begins. Then the German super talent Yorick Hofkens (18) will also be challenged in his debut on the European Tour.
From 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., SPORT1 will also accompany the evening session in full length.
Baltic Sea Darts Open live today: The matches on Friday at a glance
Friday, July 11th, 2025: Afternoon Session: (from 1:00 p.m. CEST)
Friday, July 11th, 2025: Evening Session: (from 7:00 p.m. CEST)
Baltic Sea Darts Open: German stars benefit from cancellations
The short-term cancellations of stars such as Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Michael Smith have played into the hands of the German stars in two ways.
Martin Schindler moved into the field of seeded players and has a bye on Friday. In addition, Niko Springer was able to secure a starting place as a replacement and will play in the German-German duel against Kevin Troppmann in the evening session.
Ricardo Pietreczko will also play his opening match against Sebastian Bialecki later in the evening. Immediately before that, the Austrian Mensur Suljovic will be in action against Mike de Decker.
The 16 seeded players will enter the tournament on Saturday.