2024 European Darts Open

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

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
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Dave Chisnall
«Event 7 Event 9»

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–7 in the 2023 final. He lost 6–2 to Van Duijvenbode in the second round.

Dave Chisnall won the title, beating Ross Smith 8–6 in the final.[1]

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[2]

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.[3][4]

Qualification and format

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A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[5]

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.[6]

The seedings were confirmed on 1 May.[7]

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).

Gary Anderson, Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall, Jonny Clayton and Ryan Joyce withdrew and were replaced by Ritchie Edhouse, Kevin Doets, Dylan Slevin, Jamie Hughes and Ryan Meikle. Gian van Veen moved up to become the 16th seed.[8]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
21 June
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
22 June
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
23 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
23 June
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
23 June
Final
(best of 15 legs)
23 June
   Raymond van Barneveld 96.6061  Luke Humphries 96.484
  Krzysztof Ratajski 96.925  Raymond van Barneveld 96.106
  van Barneveld 98.631
16  van Veen 103.226
   Andy Baetens 88.06616  Gian van Veen 97.236
  Nathan Rafferty 87.495  Andy Baetens 89.704
16  van Veen 94.775
9  R. Smith 97.786
Alt  Ryan Meikle 85.2318  Josh Rock 100.026
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 109.456  Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.013
8  Rock 101.405
9  R. Smith 106.396
   Nico Kurz w/d9  Ross Smith 90.166
  Callan Rydz w/o  Callan Rydz 83.952
9  R. Smith 92.307
  M. Smith 96.715
   Michael Smith 97.0064  Rob Cross 85.500
  James Wade 98.835  Michael Smith 89.296
  M. Smith 94.076
13  Wright 94.904
Alt  Ritchie Edhouse 84.28613  Peter Wright 97.496
  Jan Dueckers 76.540Alt  Ritchie Edhouse 95.033
  M. Smith 100.826
12  Schindler 95.145
   Gabriel Clemens 96.2735  Gerwyn Price 85.532
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.976  Dirk van Duijvenbode 102.586
  van Duijvenbode 94.054
12  Schindler 99.366
   Karel Sedláček 96.44612  Martin Schindler 102.936
  Matthew Dennant 82.823  Karel Sedláček 94.134
9  R. Smith 93.826
2  Chisnall 89.678
   Mike De Decker 94.6532  Dave Chisnall 101.036
  Luke Woodhouse 97.426  Luke Woodhouse 100.065
2  Chisnall 96.456
Alt  Doets 91.404
   Nico Blum 78.02315  Ricardo Pietreczko 95.054
Alt  Kevin Doets 84.186Alt  Kevin Doets 92.166
2  Chisnall 92.226
10  Searle 92.545
Alt  Jamie Hughes 84.2547  Michael van Gerwen 92.776
Alt  Dylan Slevin 84.666Alt  Dylan Slevin 88.734
7  van Gerwen 86.043
10  Searle 87.826
   Marko Kantele 80.88010  Ryan Searle 89.626
  Daryl Gurney 89.296  Daryl Gurney 93.124
2  Chisnall 96.877
3  Heta 89.891
   Radek Szagański 88.3033  Damon Heta 99.996
  Dom Taylor 97.156  Dom Taylor 97.374
3  Heta 99.096
14  Dobey 101.035
   Jeffrey de Graaf 90.66614  Chris Dobey 90.426
  Andrew Gilding 89.634  Jeffrey de Graaf 87.245
3  Heta 100.626
11  Bunting 92.545
   Owen Bates 87.4066  Danny Noppert 89.805
  Joe Cullen 85.454  Owen Bates 85.756
  Bates 88.420
11  Bunting 117.126
   Benjamin Pratnemer 80.66511  Stephen Bunting 85.796
  Kevin Troppmann 78.326  Kevin Troppmann 81.154

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Seventh heaven for Chisnall with European Darts Open success in Leverkusen". PDC. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (1 May 2024). "ET7-8 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  8. ^ Gorton, Josh (20 June 2024). "2024 NEO.bet European Darts Open draw & schedule confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 21 June 2024.