2024 Swiss Darts Trophy

The 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy will be the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland from 27 to 29 September 2024. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2024 Swiss Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates27–29 September 2024
VenueSt. Jakobshalle
LocationBasel
Country Switzerland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
«Event 11 Event 13»

This will be the first PDC tournament to take place in Switzerland.

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.[citation needed]

The seedings were confirmed on 26 July.[5]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 3 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 26 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 June).[citation needed]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
27 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
28 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
29 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
29 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
29 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
29 September
    1  Dave Chisnall
     
  
  
    16  Ricardo Pietreczko
     
  
  
    8  Damon Heta
     
  
  
    9  Ryan Searle
     
  
  
    4  Gerwyn Price
     
  
  
    13  Chris Dobey
     
  
  
    5  Danny Noppert
     
  
  
    12  Gian van Veen
     
  
  
    2  Ross Smith
     
  
  
    15  Michael van Gerwen
     
  
  
    7  Stephen Bunting
     
  
  
    10  Martin Schindler
     
  
  
    3  Luke Humphries
     
  
  
    14  Luke Littler
     
  
  
    6  Josh Rock
     
  
  
    11  Rob Cross
     

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. ^ "ET11-12 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC. 26 July 2024.