Gian van Veen
| Gian van Veen | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | GVV | ||||||
| Born | 23 April 2002[1] Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||
| Home town | Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Astronomia" by Vicetone and Tony Igy | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| PDC | 2022– | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 32  (31 October 2024)[2] | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2023 | ||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2023 | ||||||
| European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
On 4 November 2022, van Veen reached the final of a Players Championship 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]
On 15 January 2023, he won a two-year PDC Tour Card via the Order of Merit at Q-School. Van veen reached his first quarter final of the year at the third Players Championship event. Shortly after, he debuted at the 2023 UK Open, winning 6-4 against Robert Owen in round one 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 succumbed 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. The game ended in 11-9.[5]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2024: First round (lost to Man Lok Leung 2–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||
| PDC World Championship | 1R | ||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 3R | |||
| 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 | ||
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 |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- ^ "Gian van Veen – Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Gerwyn Price beats Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to claim title – Sportinglife.com".
- ^ "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.