A massive match-winning moment 😧 Stephen Bunting's 160 checkout was the @FostersUK Good Call of Day One at the European Championship!

THE perfect way to kick off the tournament! 😍 Check out our full round-up from Day One of the Machineseeker European Championship! 👇 📝 bit.ly/WoodhouseEC26

🤩 Nine-dart Woodhouse stars 🌪️ Huybrechts storms through ✅ Van Veen's title defence underway Confirmation of this evening's results in Dortmund! 👇

Top seed Ross Smith rounds off Thursday's opening night with a battling victory over Karel Sedlacek!

SMUDGER GETS OVER THE LINE! Top seed Ross Smith battles past Karel Sedlacek 6-4 to set up a round two clash with Damon Heta! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

SMITH 🆚 SEDLACEK Top seed Ross Smith takes on Karel Sedlacek in the final match of the evening! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

Reigning champion Gian van Veen is off and running on his return to Dortmund! 🙌

THE TITLE DEFENCE IS UNDERWAY! Gian van Veen becomes the first defending European Champion to win a match at this event since 2018, defeating Andrew Gilding 6-4! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

VAN VEEN 🆚 GILDING Reigning champion Gian van Veen kicks off his title defence against Andrew Gilding at the Westfalenhalle! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

🔥 "It's a massive confidence boost!" Damon Heta reacts to his dramatic last-leg decider over James Wade. #ECDarts | @DamonHeta180

Mikel Merino eat your heart out! 😍 Super-sub Kim Huybrechts averages 103.81 to storm through to round two in Dortmund! 🙌

TALK ABOUT A SUPER SUB 😱 Kim Huybrechts reels off six legs straight to thrash Ryan Searle 6-1! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

HUYBRECHTS 🆚 SEARLE Can Kim Huybrechts capitalise on his late call-up here in Dortmund when he plays Ryan Searle? 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

The Heat puts out Wade! 🔥 The Australian number one survives four match darts to dump out the 2018 champion in Dortmund!

HETA EDGES PAST WADE! 🇦🇺 Damon Heta survives FOUR match darts to defeat James Wade in a dramatic last-leg shootout! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

WADE 🆚 HETA 2018 champion James Wade faces Australian number one Damon Heta in our fifth game of the evening! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

PRICE DOWNS CROSS! Gerwyn Price takes out a tidy 135 checkout to triumph 6-2 against Rob Cross and set up a round two tie against Cameron Menzies! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1

Price powers through! Gerwyn Price puts in a clinical display to dispatch two-time champion Rob Cross! 💪

"I'm 37 not 16!" 😂 A brilliant start for Cameron Menzies! 💪

PRICE 🆚 CROSS Welsh number one Gerwyn Price takes on two-time champion Rob Cross in a rematch of the 2019 European Championship final! 📺 bit.ly/EC2026Live #ECDarts | R1