Göttingen hosts European Darts Trophy
The European Darts Trophy 2026 is underway in Göttingen through March 15 — key names Dobey, Heta and Noppert advanced while favorites like Cross and Chisnall were knocked out early, making for lively evening crowds [](https://dartsnews.com/pdc/live-european-darts-trophy-saturday-afternoon-second-round-action-begins-with-dobey-noppert-cross-heta-headlining). If you like catching local sporting nights, Göttingen’s compact center makes it easy to combine matches with mid-range lodging and pubs.
The Lokhalle in Göttingen is hosting the event from 13–15 March 2026 pdc.tv, with a £230,000 total prize fund and a £35,000 winner’s share as part of the 2026 European Tour prize uplift live-darts.com. Wessel Nijman posted a tournament-leading average of 112.87 in a 6–1 win over Gian van Veen in the last 32 mastercaller.com, while van Veen recorded the event’s high checkout of 149 earlier in the competition en.wikipedia.org. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final were all scheduled for the decisive evening session starting at 17:00 GMT on Sunday 15 March, compressing the title fight into one long night of TV-friendly action pdc.tv. All matches up to and including the quarter-finals are best of 11 legs, with semi-finals best of 13 and the final best of 15, per the tournament format set out in the schedule live-darts.com. Prize-money breakdown shows the runner-up receives £15,000 and semi-finalists £10,000, with quarter-finalists on £8,000 and third-round losers £5,000 under the 2026 European Tour structure en.wikipedia.org. Three notable withdrawals—Nathan Aspinall, Gary Anderson and James Wade—led to replacements Mensur Suljović, Keane Barry and Lukas Wenig being added to the 48-player field before the draw was finalised en.wikipedia.org. Lokhalle capacity figures list Hall 1 at up to 4,000 seated and as many as 7,500 unseated for large events, giving organisers flexibility for crowd layouts during the European Darts Trophy weekend lokhalle.de.
