German Darts Championship 2025 Predictions: Bunting the 11/1 Euro Tour hat-trick hero?
The 2025 PDC European Tour regular season comes to an end with the German Darts Championship, which runs from Friday, October 17 - Sunday, October 19 in Hildesheim.
Our darts expert Sean Rafferty is back with his German Darts Championship 2025 predictions, comprising three selections, with his best bet to lift the trophy being a man who had a decent week on the floor in Wigan...
German Darts Championship 2025 Betting Tips
- Stephen Bunting @ 11/1 - 1.5 units win
- Nathan Aspinall @ 20/1 - 0.75 units e/w 2 places (1/2 odds)
- Martin Schindler @ 33/1 - 0.5 units e/w 2 places (1/2 odds)
*odds correct at time of publication
History, Location and Format
The 2025 German Darts Championship is the sixteenth running of this PDC event, having been first held last year and is the last of 14 events on the PDC European Tour before the European Championships, which takes place next week. .
The tournament is held at the Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, and runs from Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19. It will be aired on PDCTV, Viaplay and DAZN.
The defending champion is Scotland's Peter Wright, who defeated Luke Littler 8-5 in last year's final.
Prize Money
There is a prize fund of £175,000 on offer to the 48 participants, which includes four host-nation qualifiers.
| Finishing Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | £12,000 |
| Semi-Finalists | £8,000 |
| Quarter-Finalist | £6,000 |
| Last 16 | £4,000 |
| Last 32 | £2,500 |
| Last 48 | £1,250 |
German Darts Championship Draw
German Darts Championship 2025 Odds
Stephen Bunting to win tournament @ 11/1
It was yet another productive week for Bunting on the Pro Tour this midweek, it’s fair to say he’s become accustomed to a fair bit of success at the floor events. There was no third Players Championship title of the year for the Bullet, but he made back-to-back semi-finals, winning 10 of his 12 matches through the week.
I had my doubts about Bunting coming into this week, as he exited the World Grand Prix in the second round against Danny Noppert with a below-par performance, in the aftermath of that match he revealed that he was struggling with a sore back. Clearly he must have overcome that injury worry very quickly as he was back to top form on the Pro Tour, averaging 98+ in 8 of his 12 matches.
Stephen already has two Euro Tour titles to his name in 2025, in what is already proving to be by far his most successful year in the PDC to date. He’d dearly love to make it a hat-trick of titles before heading to Dortmund for the European Championship next week. The draw doesn’t look too bad - I’d be pretty confident of him navigating his way to the quarter-finals, where Josh Rock could well be his opponent, but he hasn’t been hitting the heights quite as much in recent weeks.
11/1 is a decent price for a player who’s won six titles this year, in good form and in a field that excludes Littler, Humphries and Van Gerwen.
Nathan Aspinall to win tournament @ 20/1 - e/w 2 places (1/2 odds)
It’s been a while since we’ve backed The Asp but after a very positive week on the Pro Tour I think now could be a good time to jump back on him. Since a near two-month break after the World Matchplay for Aspinall, he’s struggled to put much form together, without looking terrible. That changed this week though - making the final of PC31, before backing it up with a run to the quarters of PC32.
It had been a slow year on the Pro Tour for Aspinall up until then, but they results mean he’s now comfortably qualified for the Players Championship Finals in Minehead next month, which is more good news for him. He’ll look to transfer that form over to Germany this week, having already won two Euro Tour titles this year (both in Germany).
I like his chances in this quarter of the draw - he faces Maximilian Czerwinski in the opening round, who makes his Euro Tour debut. I fully expect Asp to win that one, which would lead to a second round tie against Ross Smith, who has a lot going on away from the oche at the moment so his form has understandably taken a dip the past week or two.
He could then face Damon Heta in the last 16, who again, isn’t playing his best stuff of late. It looks a good opportunity to make the quarters and there’s not many better equipped than Aspinall to get the job done on a Sunday night, as he’s already proved twice this year. He needs the money to climb back up the rankings again, this looks a good chance to do just that.
Martin Schindler to win tournament @ 33/1 - e/w 2 places (1/2 odds)
This selection was based mainly on the draw, as opposed to recent form. Performances haven’t been terrible from Schindy, but he hasn’t had any noteworthy runs as of late. Euro Tour has been his happy hunting ground though, winning three titles on it in the last 18 months.
This section looks very weak, with a few bigger names in Cross, Dobey, Wright and Van Duijvenbode, but none of them are playing anywhere close to their best as of late. Their chances look even slimmer when you consider how poor their records are on the Euro Tour - between the four of them, they’ve managed a total of just two semi-finals this year. An abysmal record considering everything they’ve achieved but they just aren’t having a great time of it just now. Schindler looks the pick of the bunch, having won the Austrian Darts Open earlier in the year.
If he can get through a few games, the confidence should return and with the home crowd on his side, that could give him the edge over many in this quarter which may result in a deep run for The Wall at tasty odds of 33/1.
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