2024 European Darts Grand Prix
2024 European Darts Grand Prix | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 19–21 April 2024 | ||
Venue | Glaspalast | ||
Location | Sindelfingen | ||
Country | Germany | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £175,000 | ||
Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
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The 2024 European Darts Grand Prix will be the fourth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany from 19 to 21 April 2024. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Rob Cross is the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 8–6 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 16 February.[6]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 February),[7] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 18 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 April), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 11 February).
The following players will take part in the tournament:
Draw
First round (best of 11 legs) 19 April | Second round (best of 11 legs) 20 April | Third round (best of 11 legs) 21 April | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 21 April | Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 21 April | Final (best of 15 legs) 21 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Dave Chisnall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Ricardo Pietreczko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Michael van Gerwen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Jonny Clayton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Damon Heta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Krzysztof Ratajski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Ross Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Luke Humphries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Ryan Searle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Rob Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Danny Noppert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Gary Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Josh Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Michael Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ Gorton, Josh (28 May 2023). "Clinical Cross denies Humphries to claim maiden Euro Tour crown". 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 (16 February 2024). "ET3-4 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
- ^ "Luke Littler survives nine-darter from Simon Whitlock to reach European Grand Prix in April". Sky Sports. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.