Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five. Nicknamed "the Giant", Van Veen made his first major semi-final at the 2023 European Championship. He has finished as the runner-up at three PDC ranking events. He also won 2022 Challenge Tour 12.
In his youth career, Van Veen won the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship and nine PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.
Career
2022
Van Veen attended 2022 PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School. He reached the final stage but lost his opening games on the first two days, losing 6–3 to Mario Vandenbogaerde in the last 16 in event three[5] and to Ricardo Pietreczko 6–4 in the last 32 in event four.[6] This meant he failed to gain a PDC Tour Card but gained access to the secondary tour, the 2022 Challenge Tour.
On 15 July 2022, Van Veen won his only Challenge Tour (CT) title to-date at CT12, defeating David Pallett 5–4 in a deciding leg in the final.[7]
On 4 November 2022, Van Veen reached the final of the Players Championship 29 event, losing 4–8 to Gerwyn Price in the final.[8]
2023
In January 2023, he attended 2023 PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (Q–School) and won a PDC Tour Card by finishing ninth on the European Q–School Order of Merit.[9]
On 27 August, he reached his second Pro Tour final. He finished as the runner-up at Players Championship 18, being defeated by Gerwyn Price 8–1 in the final.[10][11]
He qualified for the 2023 European Championship, held in late-October, and reached his first PDC major semi-final. He achieved victories against Damon Heta, Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen. He lost to James Wade 11–9 in the semi-finals.[12]
2024
Van Veen won two 2024 Development Tour (DT) titles: DT5 on 25 February, with a 5–0 whitewash of Dylan Slevin in the final;[13] and DT7 on 3 May, with a 5–1 win against Nathan Rafferty.[14]
On 22 September 2024, he reached his third Pro Tour final. In his first PDC European Tour final, he finished as runner-up after missing a match dart at the Bullseye. He was defeated by Michael van Gerwen 8–7.[15]
In November, he reached his second PDC major quarter-final at the Grand Slam. He was defeated by Gary Anderson 16–14.[16]
Having been defeated by Luke Littler in the previous year's final, Van Veen defeated fellow Dutchman Jurjen van der Velde 6–5 to win the 2024 World Youth Championship.[17]
2025
Van Veen made his third UK Open appearance at the 2025 event. He reached the quarter-finals for the first time, before losing there to Luke Littler 10–4.[18][19]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2024: First round (lost to Man Lok Leung 2–3)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Ricardo Pietreczko 1–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R | |||
| World Masters[N 1] | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 3R | 6R | QF | ||
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 1R | ||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | 1R | ||||
| European Championship | DNP | SF | 1R | |||
| Grand Slam | DNQ | RR | QF | |||
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||
| World Series Finals | Did not participate | 1R | ||||
| World Youth Championship | 2R | RR | F | W | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | – | 103 | 43 | 27 | ||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
Did not qualify | BDO 1R |
GDT DNQ | ||||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | DDC 1R |
DNQ | EDG QF |
EDM QF |
GDO 2R |
HDT 3R |
GDC 2R | |||||
| 2024 | BDO 1R |
GDG 2R |
IDO 2R |
EDG 1R |
ADO QF |
BSD 2R |
DDC 3R |
EDO QF |
GDC 3R |
FDT 3R |
HDT F |
SDT 2R |
CDO 3R |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022[nb 1] | Did not participate | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR F |
BAR 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
HIL 1R |
HIL QF |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI DNP |
HIL 2R |
HIL F |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR SF |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR SF |
| 2024 | WIG SF |
WIG 4R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI SF |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 4R |
WIG QF |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
PDC Development Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 EU | NIE SF |
NIE 4R |
NIE 5R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R |
NIE QF |
NIE 5R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Did not participate | WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG SF |
HIL F |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL W |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
WIG QF |
WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R | ||||
| 2023 | MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL W |
MIL QF |
DNP | WIG W |
WIG 5R |
WIG W |
HIL 5R |
HIL SF |
HIL W |
HIL 5R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI W |
LEI QF |
LEI F |
LEI F |
MIL 1R |
MIL SF |
MIL W |
MIL 3R | |
| 2024 | MIL 2R |
MIL F |
MIL QF |
MIL 6R |
MIL W |
HIL SF |
HIL W |
HIL QF |
HIL 6R |
HIL F |
Not eligible[nb 2] | |||||||||||||
- ^ Not a Tour card holder
- ^ Van Veen was ranked in the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit ranking, therefore was not eligible to play in Development Tour events.
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
- ^ Before 2025 this was a non ranked event.
References
- ^ a b c d "Gian van Veen player profile". Professional Darts Players Association.
- ^ a b c d e "Gian van Veen player profile". Mastercaller.
- ^ Hartman, Tim (11 December 2024). "Nederlandse artiesten maken lied voor WK darts: deze darter gaat het gebruiken als opkomstnummer" [Dutch artists make song for World Darts Championship: This darts player will use it as a walk-on song]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "PDC EU Q-School Final Stage Event 03 | Last 16 | Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 Gian van Veen". Dart Connect.
- ^ "PDC EU Q-School Final Stage Event 04 | Last 32 | Ricardo Pietreczko 6–4 Gian van Veen". Dart Connect.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". Professional Darts Corporation.
- ^ "Gerwyn Price beats Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to claim title". Sporting Life. 4 November 2022.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Darts results: Gerwyn Price wins back-to-back Players Championship titles". Sporting Life. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Gerwyn Price continues prolific form with dominant win at Players Championship 18". Planet Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Beesten, Dennis van (29 October 2023). "Van Veen gestrand in halve finale EK". Darts Actueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Allen, Dave (25 February 2024). "Superb Van Veen seals Winmau Development Tour Event Five win". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (3 May 2024). "Van Veen & Benecky claim Development Tour titles in Hildesheim". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Michael Van Gerwen wins Hungarian Darts Trophy: 'My love for the game is still there'". Sky Sports. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Wellens, Megan (17 November 2024). "Grand Slam of Darts 2024: Luke Littler puts on a show and dominates Jermaine Wattimena to book semi-final clash with Gary Anderson". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Allen, Dave (24 November 2024). "Van Veen becomes first Dutch winner of Winmau World Youth Championship". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Abraham, Timothy (2 March 2025). "Littler into UK Open semi-finals but Humphries out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (2 March 2025). "Luke Littler wins battle of World Youth Champions, eases past Gian van Veen into UK Open semi-finals". Darts News. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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