2023 German Darts Championship

The 2023 German Darts Championship was the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany from 13 to 15 October 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

The defending champion was, who defeated 8–5 in the 2022 final, but he lost 6–7 to  in the semi-finals.

Pietreczko won his first European Tour and his first PDC ranking title as well, defeating 8–4 in the final., He became only the second German player to win a PDC ranking title, and the first since  in 2019.

Prize money
The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:


 * Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit.

Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 23 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and are seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 6 September), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 12 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June).

Gerwyn Price withdrew and was replaced by Ross Smith from the Reserve List. Under PDC Rules, Price is replaced as a seed by the player ranked highest on the ProTour OoM at the entry deadline, which was also Smith.

The following players took part in the tournament:


 * Top 16


 * 1)  (second round)
 * 2)  (quarter-finals)
 * 3)  (semi-finals)
 * 4)  (second round)
 * 5)  (second round)
 * 6)  (quarter-finals)
 * 7)  (second round)
 * 8)  (semi-finals)
 * 9)  (third round)
 * 10)  (runner-up)
 * 11)  (third round)
 * 12)  (second round)
 * 13)  (second round)
 * 14)  (second round)
 * 15)  (second round)
 * 16)  (third round)


 * Tour Card Qualifier
 * (first round)
 * (second round)
 * (second round)
 * (third round)
 * (first round)
 * (first round)
 * (third round)
 * (first round)
 * (third round)
 * (first round)
 * (second round)
 * (second round)
 * (quarter-finals)
 * (first round)
 * (first round)
 * (second round)
 * (second round)
 * (first round)
 * (first round)
 * (first round)
 * (first round)
 * (first round)
 * (third round)
 * (second round)


 * Associate Member Qualifier
 * (second round)
 * (first round)


 * Highest Ranking Germans
 * (quarter-finals)
 * (champion)


 * Host Nation Qualifier
 * (first round)
 * (third round)


 * Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
 * (first round)


 * East European Qualifier
 * (first round)