Luke Humphries withdraws from European Championship

World quantity two Luke Humphries has pulled out of the European Championship in Germany due to gastroenteritis.

Humphries was coming into the match on the again of winning the World Grand Prix previous to reaching the final of the Swiss Darts Trophy final, which he misplaced to Jonny Clayton.

Kim Huybrechts will are available in as a alternative because the Belgian is the highest-ranked participant from the 2026 European Tour rankings who had not certified.

Huybrechts will face Ryan Searle when the European Championship begins in Dortmund on Thursday, whereas Gerwyn Price will play Rob Cross and defending champion Gian van Veen will tackle Andrew Gilding among the many night time’s eight matches.

World primary and PDC global community champion Luke Littler will begin his problem on Friday with a match in opposition to William O’Connor.