The 2024 German Darts Championship will be the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany from 30 August to 1 September 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Ricardo Pietreczko is the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–4 in the 2023 final.[1]
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[2]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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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
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.
The seedings were confirmed on 7 June.[6]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 31 May), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 31 May).
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Dave Chisnall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Michael van Gerwen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Ryan Searle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Ross Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Damon Heta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Luke Littler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Danny Noppert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Ricardo Pietreczko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Gary Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Michael Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Stephen Bunting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Martin Schindler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Gian van Veen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Josh Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Chris Dobey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ Allen, Dave (15 October 2023). "Perfect Pietreczko wins Interwetten German Darts Open". PDC.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
- ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
- ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (7 June 2024). "ET9-10 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
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