# Gian van Veen

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-four. Nicknamed "the Giant", Van Veen made his first major semi-final at the 2023 European Championship. He won his first ranking PDC title at 2025 Players Championship 6. He also won on the PDC's secondary tour, at 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 and to Ricardo Pietreczko 6–4 in the last 32 in event four. 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.
On 4 November 2022, Van Veen reached the final of the Players Championship 29 event, losing 4–8 to Gerwyn Price in the final.

### 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.
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.
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.

### 2024

Van Veen made his PDC World Championship debut in the 2024 edition. He was eliminated in the first round by Hong Kong qualifier Man Lok Leung, who overturned a 2–0 deficit to defeat Van Veen 3–2 in a major upset.
Van Veen won two 2024 Development Tour (DT) titles: DT5 on 25 February, with a 5–0 whitewash of Dylan Slevin in the final; and DT7 on 3 May, with a 5–1 win against Nathan Rafferty.
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. In November, he reached his second PDC major quarter-final at the Grand Slam. He was defeated by Gary Anderson 16–14.
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.

### 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 world champion Luke Littler 10–4. He reached the final of Players Championship 5 by defeating Luke Littler 7–6 in the semi-finals – ending Littler's 19-match winning streak. In the final, he led 7–4 against Joe Cullen but missed six match darts on his way to an 8–7 loss. The following day, he won his first ranking PDC title by winning Players Championship 6, defeating world number one Luke Humphries 8–3 in the final.

## 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R |
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Prel. |
| UK Open | DNQ | DNQ | 3R | 6R | QF |
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | |
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | |
| European Championship | DNP | DNP | SF | 1R | |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | DNQ | RR | QF | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | 2R | 1R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events ||||||
| World Series Finals | Did not participate | Did not participate | 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 | 14 |
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | BDO 1R | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | DDC 1R | DNQ | 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 |
| 2025 | BDO 2R | EDT | IDO | GDG | ADO | EDG | DDC | EDO | BSD | FDT | CDO | HDT | SDT | GDC |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 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 |
| 2025 | WIG 4R | WIG QF | ROS 1R | ROS 2R | LEI F | LEI W | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
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 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 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 | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible |
* ↑ 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 | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |
* ↑ Before 2025 this was a non ranked event.