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Maiden Euro Tour Title Completes Dream Week For Bunting

Maiden Euro Tour Title Completes Dream Week For Bunting

Alex Moss |

A Week In Darts – April 7, 2025 – Bunting Claims First European Tour Title At The International Darts Open

Stephen Bunting enjoyed the perfect week in Germany with a nightly win in the Premier League in Berlin before landing his maiden title on the European Tour. Here’s our round-up of all the action...

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FIRST EURO TOUR TITLE FOR BUNTING

Stephen Bunting capped off a ‘dream’ week on the oche by winning his first European Tour title at the International Darts Open on Sunday.

‘The Bullet’ got off the mark in the Premier League with a nightly title in Berlin on Thursday night, and followed up that success with another trophy in Germany just three days later.

Bunting beat Nathan Aspinall 8-5 in the final held at the SACHSENarena, in Riesa, to pocket the £30,000 prize which has moved him up to number four on the PDC Order of Merit.

“It feels unbelievable, it’s been a dream week for me,” said Bunting, who posted a tournament average over 101 at the weekend.

“I’m just so happy to get the win. I came in with a lot of confidence after winning my first Premier League night.

“Nathan didn’t play his best there but I’m sure we’re going to have many more battles.

“It’s been a long few days, but I love coming to Germany and playing in front of these fans.”

Bunting’s run to his maiden European Tour title started off with a 6-4 victory over Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas on Saturday, in a high-quality tie which saw Bunting average 104 and Labanauskas 101.

On Sunday, ‘The Bullet’ averaged 105 in another 6-4 triumph, this time against Cameron Menzies, before a 6-2 win against Karel Sedlacek set up a semi-final showdown with the world number one Luke Humphries.

Bunting edged past Humphries in a last-leg decider and then ended Aspinall’s bid for back-to-back European Tour titles in the final.

BULLET OFF THE MARK IN PREMIER LEAGUE

Ahead of his title-winning campaign at the International Darts Open at the weekend, Stephen Bunting picked up his first points in this year’s Premier League on Thursday night.

‘The Bullet’ went into Night Nine at the Uber Arena, in Berlin, sitting bottom of the table with zero points, having lost all of his first eight matches of the season.

But the former Masters champion got off the mark in style with victories over Nathan Aspinall (6-2), Luke Humphries (6-2) and Gerwyn Price (6-5) to clinch the nightly title and five points.

“I’ve put a lot of work in behind the scenes,” Bunting said. “I have given 110% every week and tonight I’ve won an event. I’m so happy.

“I felt so good in the practice room tonight. I even hit a nine-darter earlier on!

“To be honest, after that first win against Nathan I was just relieved to get off zero points.”

The Premier League season continues with night 10 in Manchester on Thursday (April 10).

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£1 MILLION FOR ALLY PALLY WINNER

The winner of the PDC World Darts Championship will pocket £1 million as part of a record-breaking increase in prize money from the PDC.

The biggest prize money increase in the history of the PDC was announced last week, with an unprecedented £1 million going to the winner at Alexandra Palace starting from this year.

The seven-figure top prize for the world champion is part of a cash injection of £7 million which will see the total prize pot on the professional darts circuit pass the £25 million mark next year.

As part of the announcement, the field for the World Darts Championship will move up from 96 to 128 players, whilst the Grand Slam of Darts will also be expanded from 32 to 48 players from 2026 onwards.

“The £1 million prize for the world champion reflects darts’ standing as one of the most exciting and in-demand sports in the world and the historic total will rightly attract headlines as the biggest prize ever paid out in the sport,” PDC chief executive Matt Porter said.

“However, the increased prize funds announced today demonstrate our commitment to growing earning potential for players at all levels within the PDC system.

“Expanding the player fields for the World Darts Championship and Grand Slam of Darts will provide more opportunities than ever before for players around the world to feature in televised PDC events.

“The incredible growth of the PDC in recent years has seen darts elevated to levels never seen before both in terms of playing opportunities and global interest and this is a huge moment for all players with the ambition to make it to the very pinnacle of the sport.”

Pictures: Johannes Michel/PDC Europe

Alex Moss is a content creator for Darts Corner and the co-host of the Weekly Dartscast podcast. Alex co-founded the Weekly Dartscast in 2017 and has helped produce 350+ episodes of the podcast, with their list of previous guests on the show a who’s who in the world of darts.

Alex also writes content for the Darts Corner blog, including the weekly darts news round-ups and how-to guides.

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