2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy

The 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy will be the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the BOK Sportcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary from 22-24 September 2023. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates22-24 September 2023
VenueBOK Sportcsarnok
LocationBudapest
Country Hungary
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
Nine-dart finish Luke Humphries (final)
High checkout170  Luke Humphries
(x2)
Champion(s)
 Dave Chisnall
«Event 11 Event 13»

The defending champion is Joe Cullen, who defeated William O'Connor 8–2 in the 2022 final.[1]

Dave Chisnall won the Hungarian Darts Trophy and secured his third European Tour win of the season after a 8-7 win against Luke Humphries, who produced a nine-dart finish in the final in Budapest.[2]

Prize money edit

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[3]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,000
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
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round 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.[4]

Qualification and format edit

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 15 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[5]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 28 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 May), the top-seeded Hungarian automatically qualified, alongside three from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 5 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 14 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw edit

First round
(best of 11 legs)
22 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
23 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
24 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
24 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
24 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
24 September
  Andy Boulton 90.1251  Dave Chisnall 96.636
  Scott Mitchell 87.236  Scott Mitchell 90.252
1  Chisnall 98.106
  Rodriguez 83.051
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.06616  Ryan Searle 94.144
  Patrik Kovács 83.895  Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.116
1  Chisnall 95.486
9  van Gerwen 101.434
  Joe Murnan 82.1148  Jonny Clayton 92.896
  Jermaine Wattimena 86.266  Jermaine Wattimena 87.375
8  Clayton 100.645
9  van Gerwen 103.896
  Robert Owen 87.3929  Michael van Gerwen 98.866
  Ross Smith 100.866  Ross Smith 98.014
1  Chisnall 100.417
  Williams 93.305
  Scott Williams 91.3364  Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.743
  Richard Veenstra 91.173  Scott Williams 92.126
  Williams 89.776
13  Noppert 91.415
  Vladimir Andersen 77.61213  Danny Noppert 97.636
  Anton Östlund 97.186  Anton Östlund 86.575
   Williams 86.316
  De Decker 83.705
  Mike De Decker 92.0365  Josh Rock 90.851
  Andrew Gilding 87.744  Mike De Decker 94.736
  De Decker 98.736
12  Smith 92.492
  Daryl Gurney 85.22512  Michael Smith 89.416
  José de Sousa 94.616  José de Sousa 87.114
1  Chisnall 104.828
3  Humphries 100.977
  Ricardo Pietreczko 82.0542  Damon Heta 96.976
  Nándor Major 82.146  Nándor Major 80.400
2  Heta 85.316
  Van Veen 86.574
  Gian van Veen 90.77615  Nathan Aspinall 101.721
  Brendan Dolan 86.352  Gian van Veen 99.566
2  Heta 88.965
7  Price 91.486
  Nathan Rafferty 99.0667  Gerwyn Price 106.096
  Stephen Bunting 94.484  Nathan Rafferty 98.190
7  Price 99.406
10  Cullen 90.934
  William O'Connor 85.28310  Joe Cullen 87.496
  James Wade 85.526  James Wade 88.964
7  Price 95.124
3  Humphries 103.107
  Gabriel Clemens 96.6933  Luke Humphries 108.566
  Keane Barry 98.326  Keane Barry 95.192
3  Humphries 106.176
14  Schindler 92.531
  Sebastian Białecki 85.07614  Martin Schindler 100.176
  Mihály Vida 80.791  Sebastian Białecki 83.001
3  Humphries 100.206
  Woodhouse 87.930
  Gábor Jagicza 77.9236  Rob Cross 89.643
  Luke Woodhouse 84.726  Luke Woodhouse 97.526
  Woodhouse 100.316
11  Wright 95.642
  Madars Razma 90.84411  Peter Wright 94.256
  Scott Waites 88.166  Scott Waites 96.023

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Clinical Cullen clinches Hungarian Darts Trophy title". PDC. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Dave Chisnall wins Hungarian Darts Trophy despite Luke Humphries nine-darter". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ "2023 Players Championships 17-18 entries and & ET11-12 seeds confirmed". PDC.