2024 European Darts Open

European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates21–23 June 2024
VenueOstermann-Arena
LocationLeverkusen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
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Darts tournament

The 2024 European Darts Open will be the eighth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany from 21 to 23 June 2024. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price is the defending champion after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–7 in the 2023 final.

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[1]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Third round losers (8) £4,000
Second round losers (16) £2,500*
First round losers (16) £1,250*
Total £175,000
  • Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[2][3]

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[4]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.

The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.[5]

The seedings were confirmed on 1 May.[6]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (to be held on 8 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on 31 May) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 7 April).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Seeded Players
  1.  Luke Humphries
  2.  Dave Chisnall
  3.  Damon Heta
  4.  Rob Cross
  5.  Gerwyn Price
  6.  Danny Noppert
  7.  Michael van Gerwen
  8.  Josh Rock
  9.  Ross Smith
  10.  Ryan Searle
  11.  Stephen Bunting
  12.  Martin Schindler
  13.  Peter Wright
  14.  Chris Dobey
  15.  Ricardo Pietreczko
  16.  Gian van Veen
Order of Merit Qualifiers
Tour Card Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier
  •  Nico Kurz
  •  Nico Blum
  •  Kevin Troppmann
  •  Jan Dueckers
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
East European Qualifier
Reserve List

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
24 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
25 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
26 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
26 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
26 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
26 May
  Raymond van Barneveld 1 Luke Humphries
 Krzysztof Ratajski  
 
 
  Andy Baetens 16 Gian van Veen
 Nathan Rafferty  
 
 
  Ryan Meikle 8 Josh Rock
 Dimitri Van den Bergh  
 
 
  Nico Kurz 9 Ross Smith
 Callan Rydz  
 
 
  Michael Smith 4 Rob Cross
 James Wade  
 
 
  Ritchie Edhouse 13 Peter Wright
 Jan Dueckers  
 
 
  Gabriel Clemens 5 Gerwyn Price
 Dirk van Duijvenbode  
 
 
  Karel Sedláček 12 Martin Schindler
 Matthew Dennant  
 
 
  Mike De Decker 2 Dave Chisnall
 Luke Woodhouse  
 
 
  Nico Blum 15 Ricardo Pietreczko
 Kevin Doets  
 
 
  Jamie Hughes 7 Michael van Gerwen
 Dylan Slevin  
 
 
  Marko Kantele 10 Ryan Searle
 Daryl Gurney  
 
 
  Radek Szagański 3 Damon Heta
 Dom Taylor  
 
 
  Jeffrey de Graaf 14 Chris Dobey
 Andrew Gilding  
 
 
  Owen Bates 6 Danny Noppert
 Joe Cullen  
 
 
  Benjamin Pratnemer 11 Stephen Bunting
 Kevin Troppmann  

Notes

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  3. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  5. ^ Wood, Kieran (7 May 2024). "Luke Littler, Luke Humphries & Michael van Gerwen headline list of players automatically qualified for European Darts Open 2024". DartsNews. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (1 May 2024). "ET7-8 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
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