Jermaine Wattimena and Kevin Doets have been confirmed among the ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers for the 2026 European Darts Open, adding a heavy Dutch thread to the July 10-12 event at Ostermann-Arena in Leverkusen.
Jermaine Wattimena averages almost 105 to dispatch Rob Cross in a last-leg decider, surviving a match dart on the bullseye from the former World Champion.
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) June 2026
PDC Europe has listed Wattimena and Doets at the front of the 16-player ProTour Order of Merit group for European Tour Event 10, where they join a field already loaded with elite Order of Merit names including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen, Michael van Gerwen and defending champion Nathan Aspinall.
Wattimena and Doets add ranking edge
The confirmation matters because Leverkusen is not just another weekend stop. The European Darts Open carries a £230,000 prize fund, with £35,000 to the winner, and the money counts across the PDC Order of Merit, ProTour Order of Merit and European Tour Order of Merit.
That makes Wattimena’s place especially pointed. He arrives through the ProTour route rather than as a protected top-16 world seed, giving him a live route into a tournament where first-round winners can immediately run into the sport’s biggest names.
Doets, Niko Springer, Luke Woodhouse, Damon Heta, Martin Schindler, Joe Cullen and Cameron Menzies are also named in the ProTour group, while Mario Vandenbogaerde, Sebastian Bialecki and Charlie Manby are among the Tour Card Holder qualifiers. PDC Europe confirmed the full Leverkusen field details in its European Darts Open tournament update.
