2024 European Championship (darts)
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2024 Machineseeker European Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 24–27 October 2024 | ||
Venue | Westfalenhallen | ||
Location | Dortmund, Germany | ||
Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £600,000 | ||
Winner's share | £120,000 | ||
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The 2024 Machineseeker European Championship will be the seventeenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which will see the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament will take place from 24 to 27 October 2024 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany.
Peter Wright is the defending champion after defeating James Wade 11–6 in the 2023 final.[1]
Prize money
[edit]The 2024 European Championship is expected to have a total prize fund of £600,000.
The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (no. of players) | Prize Money (Total: £600,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £120,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £60,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £40,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £25,000 |
Second round | (8) | £15,000 |
First round | (16) | £7,500 |
Qualification
[edit]The 2024 tournament will continue the now established qualification system whereby the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit will qualify for the tournament. The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season.[2]
As with the previous tournaments, players were drawn in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on.[3]
The following players qualified for the tournament:[4]
- Martin Schindler
- Luke Humphries
- Luke Littler
- Dave Chisnall
- Michael van Gerwen
- Josh Rock
- Rob Cross
- Ryan Searle
- Ross Smith
- Peter Wright
- Danny Noppert
- Stephen Bunting
- Gian van Veen
- Ricardo Pietreczko
- Chris Dobey
- Gerwyn Price
- Daryl Gurney
- Jonny Clayton
- Damon Heta
- Ritchie Edhouse
- Gary Anderson
- Joe Cullen
- Jermaine Wattimena
- Luke Woodhouse
- Raymond van Barneveld
- James Wade
- Mike De Decker
- Gabriel Clemens
- Michael Smith
- Andrew Gilding
- Nathan Aspinall
- Dirk van Duijvenbode
Draw
[edit]First round (best of 11 legs) 24–25 October | Second round (best of 19 legs) 26 October | Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 27 October | Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 27 October | Final (best of 21 legs) 27 October | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Martin Schindler | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Gerwyn Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Daryl Gurney | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Ryan Searle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Raymond van Barneveld | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Ross Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Luke Woodhouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Dave Chisnall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Michael Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Gian van Veen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Ritchie Edhouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Michael van Gerwen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Gabriel Clemens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Stephen Bunting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Gary Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Luke Humphries | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Nathan Aspinall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Chris Dobey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Jonny Clayton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Rob Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | James Wade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Peter Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Jermaine Wattimena | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Luke Littler | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Andrew Gilding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Ricardo Pietreczko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Damon Heta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Josh Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Mike De Decker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Danny Noppert | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Joe Cullen |
References
[edit]- ^ "Wonderful Wright seals second European Championship crown in Dortmund". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (21 October 2024). "Final PDC European Tour Order of Merit: Schindler wins ranking ahead of Humphries and Littler". DartsNews. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (20 October 2024). "Draw European Championship Darts 2024: Humphries-Aspinall and Bunting-Anderson lead top ties in Dortmund". DartsNews. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "European Tour Order of Merit". DartsRankings. 20 October 2024.