2024 FLANDERS DARTS TROPHY DRAW & SCHEDULE CONFIRMED

Dimitri Van den Bergh will take on Andrew Gilding in a battle of the two most recent UK Open champions on the opening night of the inaugural Flanders Darts Trophy on Friday.

The 2024 PDC European Tour will make a second visit to Belgium from September 6-8, as a star-studded 48-player field compete in the £175,000 event at Antwerp Expo.

Belgian number one Van den Bergh will take centre stage on home soil in the new European Tour event, as he faces 2023 UK Open winner Gilding for the right to play Germany’s Ricardo Pietreczko in Saturday’s second round.

Peter Wright - the winner at last weekend’s German Darts Championship - will begin his bid for back-to-back titles against fellow veteran Brendan Dolan, with Martin Schindler awaiting the winner in round two.

Friday's first round, which will be held across two sessions from 1300 & 1900 local time (1200 & 1800 BST), also features a tasty clash between ten-time TV title winner James Wade and in-form Cameron Menzies.

Jonny Clayton and Dirk van Duijvenbode go head-to-head in another stand-out contest, as Raymond van Barneveld and Maik Kuivenhoven lock horns in an all-Dutch affair.