2024 European Darts Grand Prix

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2024 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates19–21 April 2024
VenueGlaspalast
LocationSindelfingen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
  • 170
  •  Josh Rock
(x3)
Champion(s)
 Gary Anderson
«Event 3 Event 5»

The 2024 NEO.bet European Darts Grand Prix was the fourth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany from 19 to 21 April 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Rob Cross was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 8–6 in the 2023 final.[1] He was eliminated in the semi final, losing 5–7 to eventual winner Gary Anderson.

Gary Anderson won his first European Tour title since the 2014 German Darts Championship, defeating Ross Smith 8–6 in the final.[2]

Prize money[edit]

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Losing semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Losing 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.[4][5]

Qualification and format[edit]

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[6]

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.[7]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 February),[8] 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).

Nathan Aspinall and Dimitri Van den Bergh withdrew and were replaced by Ian White and Niels Zonneveld.[9]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw[edit]

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
  Stephen Burton 86.8551 Dave Chisnall 86.646
 Keane Barry 87.706 Keane Barry 84.813
1 Chisnall 93.403
 Clemens 101.436
  Gabriel Clemens 89.77616 Ricardo Pietreczko 80.152
 René Eidams 78.411 Gabriel Clemens 93.646
 Clemens 94.403
8 van Gerwen 99.236
  Johan Engström 99.1468 Michael van Gerwen 100.756
 Joe Cullen 86.141 Johan Engström 92.071
8 van Gerwen 93.716
9 Clayton 87.804
  Chris Dobey 97.2169 Jonny Clayton 96.586
Alt Ian White 90.341 Chris Dobey 96.975
8 van Gerwen 94.736
12 R. Smith 98.777
  Peter Wright 88.4754 Damon Heta 117.486
 Mickey Mansell 87.536 Mickey Mansell 104.812
4 Heta 92.836
 Williams 89.302
  Scott Williams 88.42613 Krzysztof Ratajski 94.084
 Niko Springer 83.781 Scott Williams 92.946
4 Heta 90.685
12 R. Smith 95.416
  Ritchie Edhouse 103.1565 Dirk van Duijvenbode 85.531
 James Wade 86.762 Ritchie Edhouse 94.686
 Edhouse 85.965
12 R. Smith 90.946
  Luke Woodhouse 95.00612 Ross Smith 92.886
 Martin Lukeman 91.074 Luke Woodhouse 84.792
12 R. Smith 90.886
14 Anderson 90.768
  Arno Merk 67.5402 Luke Humphries 101.156
 Luke Littler 101.336 Luke Littler 100.105
2 Humphries 105.866
 Bunting 100.925
  Stephen Bunting 98.60615 Ryan Searle 102.385
 Romeo Grbavac 89.321 Stephen Bunting 98.206
2 Humphries 94.962
7 Cross 98.466
  Martin Schindler 108.8267 Rob Cross 102.656
 Gian van Veen 100.292 Martin Schindler 106.085
7 Cross 91.146
10 Noppert 94.461
  José de Sousa 90.84210 Danny Noppert 103.896
 Daryl Gurney 95.856 Daryl Gurney 99.975
7 Cross 89.895
14 Anderson 93.317
  Andrew Gilding 90.6143 Gerwyn Price 110.126
 Brendan Dolan 97.686 Brendan Dolan 101.501
3 Price 98.494
14 Anderson 102.526
Alt Niels Zonneveld 97.25414 Gary Anderson 110.236
 Christian Perez 88.516 Christian Perez 94.413
14 Anderson 89.526
6 Rock 93.835
  Callan Rydz 80.0216 Josh Rock 90.896
 Jeffrey Sparidaans 90.186 Jeffrey Sparidaans 86.062
6 Rock 96.586
11 M. Smith 99.765
  Franz Rötzsch 92.64211 Michael Smith 94.796
 Raymond van Barneveld 93.736 Raymond van Barneveld 96.095

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gorton, Josh (28 May 2023). "Clinical Cross denies Humphries to claim maiden Euro Tour crown". PDC.
  2. ^ "Gary Anderson wins first PDC European Tour darts title in over a decade with victory over Ross Smith". Sky Sports. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (16 February 2024). "ET3-4 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  8. ^ "Luke Littler survives nine-darter from Simon Whitlock to reach European Grand Prix in April". Sky Sports. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 NEO.bet European Darts Grand Prix draw & schedule". PDC. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.