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2024 European Darts Open

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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
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Dave Chisnall
«Event 7 Event 9»

The 2024 NEO.bet European Darts Open was the eighth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany from 21 to 23 June 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–7 in the 2023 final. He lost 6–2 to Van Duijvenbode in the second round.

Dave Chisnall won the title, beating Ross Smith 8–6 in the final.[1]

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[2]

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.[3][4]

Qualification and format

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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.[6]

The seedings were confirmed on 1 May.[7]

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).

Gary Anderson, Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall, Jonny Clayton and Ryan Joyce withdrew and were replaced by Ritchie Edhouse, Kevin Doets, Dylan Slevin, Jamie Hughes and Ryan Meikle. Gian van Veen moved up to become the 16th seed.[8]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
21 June
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
22 June
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
23 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
23 June
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
23 June
Final
(best of 15 legs)
23 June
  Raymond van Barneveld 96.6061 Luke Humphries 96.484
 Krzysztof Ratajski 96.925 Raymond van Barneveld 96.106
 van Barneveld 98.631
16 van Veen 103.226
  Andy Baetens 88.06616 Gian van Veen 97.236
 Nathan Rafferty 87.495 Andy Baetens 89.704
16 van Veen 94.775
9 R. Smith 97.786
Alt Ryan Meikle 85.2318 Josh Rock 100.026
 Dimitri Van den Bergh 109.456 Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.013
8 Rock 101.405
9 R. Smith 106.396
  Nico Kurz w/d9 Ross Smith 90.166
 Callan Rydz w/o Callan Rydz 83.952
9 R. Smith 92.307
 M. Smith 96.715
  Michael Smith 97.0064 Rob Cross 85.500
 James Wade 98.835 Michael Smith 89.296
 M. Smith 94.076
13 Wright 94.904
Alt Ritchie Edhouse 84.28613 Peter Wright 97.496
 Jan Dueckers 76.540Alt Ritchie Edhouse 95.033
 M. Smith 100.826
12 Schindler 95.145
  Gabriel Clemens 96.2735 Gerwyn Price 85.532
 Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.976 Dirk van Duijvenbode 102.586
 van Duijvenbode 94.054
12 Schindler 99.366
  Karel Sedláček 96.44612 Martin Schindler 102.936
 Matthew Dennant 82.823 Karel Sedláček 94.134
9 R. Smith 93.826
2 Chisnall 89.678
  Mike De Decker 94.6532 Dave Chisnall 101.036
 Luke Woodhouse 97.426 Luke Woodhouse 100.065
2 Chisnall 96.456
Alt Doets 91.404
  Nico Blum 78.02315 Ricardo Pietreczko 95.054
Alt Kevin Doets 84.186Alt Kevin Doets 92.166
2 Chisnall 92.226
10 Searle 92.545
Alt Jamie Hughes 84.2547 Michael van Gerwen 92.776
Alt Dylan Slevin 84.666Alt Dylan Slevin 88.734
7 van Gerwen 86.043
10 Searle 87.826
  Marko Kantele 80.88010 Ryan Searle 89.626
 Daryl Gurney 89.296 Daryl Gurney 93.124
2 Chisnall 96.877
3 Heta 89.891
  Radek Szagański 88.3033 Damon Heta 99.996
 Dom Taylor 97.156 Dom Taylor 97.374
3 Heta 99.096
14 Dobey 101.035
  Jeffrey de Graaf 90.66614 Chris Dobey 90.426
 Andrew Gilding 89.634 Jeffrey de Graaf 87.245
3 Heta 100.626
11 Bunting 92.545
  Owen Bates 87.4066 Danny Noppert 89.805
 Joe Cullen 85.454 Owen Bates 85.756
 Bates 88.420
11 Bunting 117.126
  Benjamin Pratnemer 80.66511 Stephen Bunting 85.796
 Kevin Troppmann 78.326 Kevin Troppmann 81.154

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Seventh heaven for Chisnall with European Darts Open success in Leverkusen". PDC. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (1 May 2024). "ET7-8 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  8. ^ Gorton, Josh (20 June 2024). "2024 NEO.bet European Darts Open draw & schedule confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 21 June 2024.