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2023 Bahrain Darts Masters | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 12–13 January 2023 | ||
Venue | Bahrain International Circuit | ||
Location | Sakhir | ||
Country | Bahrain | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £60,000 | ||
Winner's share | £20,000 | ||
High checkout | 157 Jonny Clayton (quarter-finals) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Michael Smith | |||
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The 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters was the first staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first event in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 Asian representatives), and was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 12–13 January 2023. [1] [2]
Michael Smith won the inaugural staging of the event, and his third World Series title, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–6 in the final. [3] [2]
The event was announced on 26 September 2022, alongside the 2023 Nordic Darts Masters, which are to be held a week later. [4]
The total prize fund is expected to be at £60,000.
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £60,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £20,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £5,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £2,500 |
First round | (8) | £1,250 |
The PDC announced 7 of their 8 players who are their elite representatives at the event on 13 December 2022, and did not include Michael van Gerwen, who couldn't attend for family reasons. [5] Jonny Clayton was announced as the 8th representative on 4 January 2023. [6]
As this was the first World Series event of the year, the PDC representatives were seeded based on their positions on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.
The Asian representatives consisted of six invited players, alongside 2 Bahrain qualifiers that were decided in a qualifier held on 17–18 December 2022. [7]
Qualification | Player |
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Asian Invitees | Paul Lim (first round) |
Toru Suzuki (first round) | |
Man Lok Leung(first round) | |
Yuki Yamada (first round) | |
Nitin Kumar (first round) | |
Alain Abiabi(first round) | |
Bahrain qualifiers | Bassim Mahmood(first round) |
Abdulnaser Yusuf(first round) | |
The draw was announced on 10 January 2023. [8]
First round (best of 11 legs) 12 January | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 13 January | Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 13 January | Final (best of 15 legs) 13 January | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Michael Smith 96.30 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Abdulnaser Yusuf 63.15 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Michael Smith 84.59 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.80 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.38 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alain Abiabi 82.62 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Michael Smith 98.28 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Raymond van Barneveld 95.81 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Luke Humphries 90.78 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Man Lok Leung 91.64 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Luke Humphries 96.28 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Raymond van Barneveld 101.10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Raymond van Barneveld 98.16 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Yuki Yamada 84.64 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Michael Smith 96.77 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 97.88 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Peter Wright 91.34 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Toru Suzuki 83.98 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Peter Wright 93.88 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Rob Cross 88.50 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rob Cross 95.09 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nitin Kumar 79.25 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rob Cross 96.73 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 94.14 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 96.63 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Paul Lim 87.66 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 101.23 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Jonny Clayton 98.12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jonny Clayton 103.66 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bassim Mahmood 78.00 | 0 |
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