2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open

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2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates10–12 May 2024
VenueWunderino Arena
LocationKiel
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open will be the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 10 to 12 May 2024. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Dave Chisnall is the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the 2023 final.[1]

Prize money[edit]

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[edit]

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 4 April.[6]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 10 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 18 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on the 5 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 6 April).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw[edit]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
10 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
11 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
12 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
12 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
12 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
12 May
   1 Dave Chisnall
   
 
 
   16 Ross Smith
   
 
 
   8 Gary Anderson
   
 
 
   9 Josh Rock
   
 
 
   4 Gerwyn Price
   
 
 
   13 Peter Wright
   
 
 
   5 Rob Cross
   
 
 
   12 Danny Noppert
   
 
 
   2 Damon Heta
   
 
 
   15 Stephen Bunting
   
 
 
   7 Michael van Gerwen
   
 
 
   10 Dirk van Duijvenbode
   
 
 
   3 Luke Humphries
   
 
 
   14 Ricardo Pietreczko
   
 
 
   6 Jonny Clayton
   
 
 
   11 Ryan Searle
   


Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open (ET1)". PDC.
  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. ^ Gorton, Josh (4 April 2024). "ET5-6 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.