Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| Gian van Veen | |||||||
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 van Veen in 2024 | |||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | GVV The Giant | ||||||
| Born | 23 April 2002[1] Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||
| Home town | Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Nexus" by Dr. Kucho! | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| PDC | 2022– (Tour Card 2023-) | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 37  1 (28 April 2024)[2] | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2024 | ||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2023 | ||||||
| European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Career edit
2022 edit
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, with van Veen as the first reserve, taking his place.[4] He lost 2–6 to Ross Smith in the first round.
2023 edit
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 edit
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 edit
PDC edit
- 2024: First round (lost to Man Lok Leung 2–3)
Performance timeline edit
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||
| PDC World Championship | 1R | ||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 3R | 6R | ||
| European Championship | DNP | DNQ | SF | ||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | |||
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | 2R | ||
| PDC Non-ranked events | |||||
| 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 |
DDC |
EDO |
GDC |
FDT |
HDT |
SDT |
CDO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | WIG SF |
WIG 4R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI SF |
HIL |
HIL |
HIL |
HIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
WIG |
WIG |
MIL |
MIL |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
LEI |
LEI |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 edit
- ^ "Gian van Veen – Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Gerwyn Price beats Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to claim title". Sporting Life. 4 November 2022.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (16 November 2024). "Wright withdraws from PC Finals; schedule of play confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Beesten, Dennis van (29 October 2023). "Van Veen gestrand in halve finale EK". Darts Actueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Players Championship 1". pdc.tv. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (23 February 2024). "Jansen & Barry star on opening day of 2024 Winmau Development Tour". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ Allen, Dave (25 February 2024). "Superb Van Veen seals Winmau Development Tour Event Five win". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 February 2024.