Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen are among the star names who will compete at the 2026 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Trophy, beginning on Friday.
The tournament, held in Goettingen, Germany, will also welcome star names including Gerwyn Price, Stephen Bunting and Josh Rock.
But Luke Littler, 19, who for the second consecutive year, will be absent along with Nathan Aspinall, Gary Anderson and James Wade.
'The Nuke' has previously received a hostile reception from crowds in Germany, and , held in Sindelfingen.
In the weeks before, the world champion was booed on a Premier League night in Berlin and then booed again at the German Darts Grand Prix, in Munich.
Taking to X after the latter tournament, he said: "Shouldn't have been in Munich but had to play anyway. Next one in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am glad to say that."
Luke Humphries and Jonny Clayton both pulled out of the event late on Thursday night, and subsequently replaced by Karel Sedlacek and Cam Crabtree.
The PDC were notified of Humphries' withdrawal after the draw had taken place, although he had previously indicated to his management that he would not be competing.
Clayton withdrew due to an ankle problem following Thursday's win in the Premier League in Nottingham.
The winner of the European Darts Trophy, who will compete in a final scheduled for Sunday, will scoop a £35,000 prize.
Friday March 13
Round One
Afternoon Session (12pm)
Andrew Gilding vs Darius Labanauskas
Kevin Doets vs Jonas Masalin
Ricky Evans vs Florian Preis
Niels Zonneveld vs Keane Barry
Cameron Menzies vs Paul Krohne
Richard Veenstra vs Florian Hempel
Krzysztof Ratajski vs Shane McGuirk
Ryan Joyce vs Lukas Wenig
Evening Session (6pm)
Dave Chisnall vs Jeffrey De Zwaan
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Mario Vandenbogaerde
Luke Woodhouse vs Dragutin Horvat
Daryl Gurney vs Sebastian Bialecki
Joe Cullen vs Wojciech Brulinski
Niko Springer vs Kai Gotthardt
William O'Connor vsMensur Suljovic
Wessel Nijman vs Cristo Reyes
Saturday March 14
Round Two
Afternoon Session (12pm)
Jermaine Wattimena vs Joyce/Wenig
Damon Heta vs Gilding/Labanauskas
Danny Noppert vs Evans/Preis
Ross Smith vs Chisnall/De Zwaan
Rob Cross vs Van Duijvenbode/Vandenbogaerde
Mike De Decker vs Nijman/Reyes
Chris Dobey vs Woodhouse/Horvat
Ryan Searle vs Gurney/Bialecki
Evening Session (6pm)
Josh Rock vs Menzies/Krohne
Gerwyn Price vs Cullen/Brulinski
Martin Schindler vs Veenstra/Hempel
Michael van Gerwen vs Zonneveld/Barry
Karel Sedlacek vs O'Connor/Suljovic
Gian van Veen vs Ratajski/McGuirk
Stephen Bunting vs Springer/Gotthardt
Cam Crabtree vs Doets/Masalin
Sunday March 15 - note earlier start times
Afternoon Session (11am)
Round Three
Evening Session (5pm)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Who will win this year's Premier League Darts? Luke Humphries will be defending his title and you can watch the action every single Thursday until May on Your Site. .
