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2024 European Championship (darts)

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2024 Machineseeker European Championship
Tournament information
Dates24–27 October 2024
VenueWestfalenhallen
LocationDortmund, Germany
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£600,000
Winner's share£120,000
«2023 2025»

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

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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)
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

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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]

Draw

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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

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  1. ^ "Wonderful Wright seals second European Championship crown in Dortmund". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "European Tour Order of Merit". DartsRankings. 20 October 2024.