Gian van Veen beats Wessel Nijman 6-2
Poland Darts Open · Quarter-finals · Sun 22 Feb
Visit-by-visit scoring
Open the scoring record to compare both players visit by visit. During a live match this panel continues to update from the stored provider feed.
Open leg-by-leg scoringEvery stored visit
The final story
A concise final report built from the same chronological scoring record above.
Gian van Veen faces Wessel Nijman at Poland Darts Open in Quarter-finals and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Gian van Veen who has the result at 6-2, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Gian van Veen comes through Leg 1 on throw. A 180 from Wessel Nijman turns up the pressure; Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 41; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg.
Gian van Veen leads 1-0. Gian van Veen strikes with a break of throw in Leg 2. Wessel Nijman gets a look at 96 but the finish does not go, and 40 remains. Gian van Veen is sitting on 107 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Gian van Veen shuts the door with a 107 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.
Gian van Veen leads 2-0. Gian van Veen makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 41; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg. Gian van Veen leads 3-0.
Wessel Nijman stops a run of 3 legs by taking Leg 4. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Wessel Nijman gets the finish on 32; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Gian van Veen leads 3-1. Wessel Nijman strikes with a break of throw in Leg 5.
Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen reaches 68 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 20 still on the board. Wessel Nijman is sitting on 40 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Wessel Nijman takes out 40 with Gian van Veen poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. Gian van Veen leads 3-2. Gian van Veen answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 6.
Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 47; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gian van Veen leads 4-2. Gian van Veen comes through Leg 7 on throw. Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 32; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg.
The match contains 4 breaks of throw. The decisive difference comes in the moments when one player reaches a finish, the other is close enough to punish a miss, and the next visit suddenly matters more than the average.
About this commentary: All Things Darts Match Centre compiles it from the stored match result, statistics and ordered visit-by-visit scoring. It does not invent exact doubles, missed darts or dart segments that are not present in the source data. Per-leg averages are only labelled as exact when darts used are available for every recorded visit in that leg.
How every leg unfolded
The permanent match record keeps the commentary, score after each leg and each player’s exact three-dart leg average where the darts-used data is available.
Gian van Veen comes through Leg 1 on throw. A 180 from Wessel Nijman turns up the pressure; Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 41; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg. Gian van Veen leads 1-0.
Gian van Veen strikes with a break of throw in Leg 2. Wessel Nijman gets a look at 96 but the finish does not go, and 40 remains. Gian van Veen is sitting on 107 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Gian van Veen shuts the door with a 107 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gian van Veen leads 2-0.
Gian van Veen makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 41; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 10-dart leg. Gian van Veen leads 3-0.
Wessel Nijman stops a run of 3 legs by taking Leg 4. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Wessel Nijman gets the finish on 32; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg. Gian van Veen leads 3-1.
Wessel Nijman strikes with a break of throw in Leg 5. Wessel Nijman answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen reaches 68 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 20 still on the board. Wessel Nijman is sitting on 40 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Wessel Nijman takes out 40 with Gian van Veen poised on 20; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; and that is a break of throw. Gian van Veen leads 3-2.
Gian van Veen answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 6. Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 47; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gian van Veen leads 4-2.
Gian van Veen comes through Leg 7 on throw. Gian van Veen answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen gets the finish on 32; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg. Gian van Veen leads 5-2.
Gian van Veen closes out Leg 8. Gian van Veen shuts the door with a 130 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - Gian van Veen wins 6-2.