2024 European Darts Open

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.

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
«Event 7 Event 9»

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

Prize money

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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

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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:

Draw

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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
    1  Luke Humphries
     
  
  
    16  Ricardo Pietreczko
     
  
  
    8  Michael van Gerwen
     
  
  
    9  Josh Rock
     
  
  
    4  Gary Anderson
     
  
  
    13  Martin Schindler
     
  
  
    5  Rob Cross
     
  
  
    12  Stephen Bunting
     
  
  
    2  Dave Chisnall
     
  
  
    15  Chris Dobey
     
  
  
    7  Danny Noppert
     
  
  
    10  Ross Smith
     
  
  
    3  Damon Heta
     
  
  
    14  Peter Wright
     
  
  
    6  Gerwyn Price
     
  
  
    11  Ryan Searle
     

Notes

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References

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  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.