Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Gian van Veen
van Veen at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Personal information
NicknameThe Giant
Born (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)[1]
Poederoijen, Netherlands
Home townPoederoijen, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2015
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicAstronomia (Vicetone remix) by Vicetone
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2022–
(Tour Card 2023-)
Current world ranking28 Increase 4 (17 November 2024)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2024
World MatchplayLast 32: 2024
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2024
UK OpenLast 16: 2024
Grand SlamQuarter Final: 2024
European Ch'shipSemi Final: 2023
PC FinalsLast 32: 2023
World Series FinalsLast 32: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2022

Youth events

Belfry Open Youth 2019
Denmark Masters Youth 2018
PDC Development Tour 2022, 2023 (x6), 2024 (x2)

Career

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2022

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On 4 November 2022, van Veen reached the final of the Players Championship 29 event, losing 4–8 to Gerwyn Price in the final.[3]

On 16 November 2022, it was announced that Peter Wright had pulled out of competing in the 2022 Players Championship Finals. van Veen, as the first reserve, took Wright's place.[4] He lost 2–6 to Ross Smith in the first round.

2023

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On 15 January 2023, he won a two-year PDC Tour Card via finishing 9th on the European Order of Merit at Q-School. van Veen reached his first quarter final of the year at the Players Championship 3 event. On 3 March, he made his debut at the 2023 UK Open, winning 6–4 against Robert Owen in the first round with an average of 100.15, before bettering his average to 100.67 in a 6–5 win over Scott Waites. Despite producing a third consecutive ton plus average of 101.68, van Veen lost 6–3 to Jim Williams in the third round (last 64). Van Veen reached his second quarter final of 2023 at the sixth Players Championship tournament, emulating this achievement in the eight event. In-between this and the 2023 European Darts Grand Prix, van Veen picked up a further two wins on the Players Championship circuit. The European Darts Grand Prix was van Veen's second European Tour event of the year (after a loss in the opening round of the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship). There, he reached his maiden quarter final on the Euro Tour stage, losing 4–6 to Luke Humphries, on the back of 6–3, 6–4 and 6–5 wins against, respectively, Josh Rock (last 16), Danny Noppert (last 32) and Jermaine Wattimena (last 48). The check for £6,000 propelled van Veen ten places up the rankings to number 87. On the European Championship later that year, he got in the semi-finals after beating Damon Heta, Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen. However, he then lost to James Wade 11–9.[5]

2024

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Van Veen made his debut at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Man Lok Leung 2–3.

On the Pro Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Players Championship series. At Players Championship 1, he won against Jeffrey de Graaf 6–1, then defeated Benjamin Reus, Ross Smith, Kim Huybrechts and Brendan Dolan 6–5 respectively, before losing to Ryan Searle in the semi-finals.[6]

On the Winmau Development Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Development Tour series. He reached the final at event 2, losing to Keane Barry 4–5,[7] and won Event 5, with a 5–0 whitewash victory over Dylan Slevin in the final.[8]

World Championship results

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  • 2024: First round (lost to Man Lok Leung 2–3)

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship 1R
UK Open DNQ 3R 6R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R
European Championship DNP DNQ SF 1R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR QF
Players Championship Finals DNP 1R 2R 1R
PDC Non-ranked events
World Series of Darts Finals DNP 1R
World Youth Championship 2R DNQ RR F
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) 103 43

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
1R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNP
EDO
DNP
CDO
DNP
EDG
DNP
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNP
HDT
DNP
GDO
DNP
BDO
1R
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
1R
BDO
DNQ
CDO
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] BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
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 WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
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
MIL
DNP
WIG
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
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
  1. ^ Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
L#
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ "Gian van Veen – Mastercaller".
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Gerwyn Price beats Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to claim title". Sporting Life. 4 November 2022.
  4. ^ Gorton, Josh (16 November 2024). "Wright withdraws from PC Finals; schedule of play confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ Beesten, Dennis van (29 October 2023). "Van Veen gestrand in halve finale EK". Darts Actueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Players Championship 1". pdc.tv. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (23 February 2024). "Jansen & Barry star on opening day of 2024 Winmau Development Tour". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  8. ^ Allen, Dave (25 February 2024). "Superb Van Veen seals Winmau Development Tour Event Five win". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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