Fixtures

European Tour 11 09/07 13:00 4 Luke Littler vs Gian van Veen View

Results

European Tour 11 09/06 13:05 5 Danny Noppert v Gian van Veen 2-6
European Tour 11 09/05 18:30 7 Gian van Veen v Maik Kuivenhoven 6-3
European Tour 10 08/31 17:35 3 James Wade v Gian van Veen 6-4
European Tour 10 08/31 12:40 4 Gian van Veen v Martin Schindler 6-3
European Tour 10 08/30 19:25 5 Michael van Gerwen v Gian van Veen 3-6
European Tour 10 08/29 14:50 - Gian van Veen v Adam Gawlas 6-2
Players Championship 25 08/26 16:10 3 Martin Schindler v Gian van Veen 6-3
Players Championship 25 08/26 15:30 4 Gian van Veen v Cameron Menzies 6-3
Players Championship 23 07/30 14:30 4 Gian van Veen v Bradley Brooks 4-6
Players Championship 22 07/29 15:15 3 Sebastian Bialecki v Gian van Veen 6-4
Players Championship 22 07/29 13:15 6 Gian van Veen v Bradley Brooks 6-4
World Matchplay 2025 07/24 19:05 3 Gian van Veen v James Wade 13-16

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 eighteen. Nicknamed "the Giant", Van Veen made his first major semi-final at the 2023 European Championship. He won his first ranking PDC title at 2025 Players Championship 6. He also won on the PDC's secondary tour, at 2022 Challenge Tour 12.

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 how dartitis actually made him play better. Before he spoke out about it, fans didn't believe how he had dartitis, and thought how he was trying to cheat against his opponents in the Challenge Tour.

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 (right) and his Dutch teammate Danny Noppert at the 2025 PDC World Cup of Darts

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.