Photo: PDC Nordic & Baltic/Zanis Buklovskis
Daniel Larsson and Cor Dekker secured their spots in the 2026/27 PDC World Darts Championship, as Petri Rasmus and Jonas Graversen won their first titles on the Nordic and Baltic Pro Tour.
The sixth and final weekend of this year’s Nordic and Baltic Pro Tour saw the first events to be held in Estonia, as the Nordic Forum Hotel, in Tallinn, played host to Pro Tours 11 and 12 at the weekend.
Sweden’s Larsson clinched his return to Alexandra Palace on Saturday, with a semi-final run in Pro Tour 11 enough to make sure he could no longer drop out of the top two on the PDCNB Pro Tour rankings. The former PDC tour card holder will make his fifth appearance in the sport’s biggest tournament, and first since the 2022/23 edition, when he faced the two-time world champion Adrian Lewis in the first round four years ago.
Larsson’s bid for a fourth Pro Tour final of the season was ended by Finland’s Rasmus, who went on to survive six match darts in the final to beat his compatriot Teemu Harju 6-5 in a dramatic Pro Tour 11 decider.
Rasmus started his run to the title with victories over Estonian pair Indro Konik (6-3) and Riho Vaikmäe (6-2), before seeing off PDC tour card holders Oskar Lukasiak (6-3) and Darius Labanauskas (6-5) to make the semi-finals.
The Finn then defeated the PDCNB number one Larsson 6-3 to progress to his first final on the tour, where he faced the reigning PDCNB champion Harju. Rasmus took the opening two legs of the final with a pair of 14 darters, before Harju produced a show-stopping 170 checkout to get off the mark in leg three.
Harju reeled off four straight legs to take a firm control of the final at 4-2 and, despite Rasmus replying with an 11 darter, last year’s PDCNB number two held throw in 14 darts to move 5-3 up and on the brink of victory.
However, a missed match dart at double 16 in leg 10 from Harju allowed Rasmus to take out a match-saving 64 and force a last-leg decider, where Harju would spurn a further five match darts and a reprieved Rasmus checked out 60 to win his first Pro Tour title.
On Sunday, Norway’s Dekker sealed second spot on the Pro Tour rankings after Jani Haavisto was beaten 6-2 by Johan Engstrom in the last 16. It will be back-to-back appearances at Alexandra Palace for ‘The Sheriff’, who made his World Darts Championship debut last December.
Dekker’s hunt for a third Pro Tour title of 2026 ended at the hands of Mio Varila 6-5 in the last 16, before another new name joined the roll of honour later that day as Denmark’s Graversen went on to claim Pro Tour 12 glory in Tallinn.
The 24-year-old had reached his third semi-final of the season on Saturday, but went all the way on Sunday to become the 10th different title winner across the 12 Pro Tour events held this year.
Graversen’s run to a maiden title started with wins over Jonas Masalin (6-0), Rickard Johansson (6-2) and Varila (6-2), before surviving a late fightback from Engstrom to prevail 6-5 in a last-leg decider in the semi-finals.
A new Pro Tour winner was guaranteed in the final as Graversen went up against Sweden’s Viktor Tingström, with both players appearing in their maiden finals on the circuit.
After Graversen struck first with a 14 darter in the opening leg, Tingström won the next three legs, which included a 127 finish on the bull, to take control of the final. Graversen returned the favour with a three-leg burst of his own, featuring a 100 checkout and a 10 darter against the throw to move 4-3 in front.
Tingström held firm to level at 4-4 before a nerve-shredding ninth leg saw both players miss a combined 19 darts at double. Graversen eventually pinned double one to edge back into the lead, before breaking the Tingström throw in 13 darts to win 6-4.
There was still final day drama on Sunday as the qualification race for the PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship reached its conclusion. Edwin Torbjörnsson, last year’s runner-up in the inaugural event in Copenhagen, needed to reach the semi-finals in Pro Tour 12 to climb into the top 24 of the rankings and qualify for this year’s finals in Odense.
The Swede reeled off wins over Andreas Hyllgaardhus (6-3), Janis Pinka (6-5) and Harju (6-4) to progress to the quarter-finals, but his late push ended in heartbreak after losing 6-4 to PDC tour card holder Tingström in the last eight.
Torbjörnsson’s defeat ensured that Iceland’s Alexander Thorvaldsson held onto the 24th and final qualification spot for the end of season finals, which will be held at the Odense Congress Centre from November 6-8.
The winner of the PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship will lift the Jann Hoffmann Trophy and earn a spot in the 2026/27 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts.
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