2023 European Championship (darts)

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2023 Machineseeker European Championship
Tournament information
Dates26–29 October 2023
Venue Westfalenhallen
Location Dortmund, Germany
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£120,000
High checkout170 Chris Dobey
(second round)
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright
«2022 2024»

The 2023 Machineseeker European Championship was the sixteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which sees the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 26 to 29 October 2023 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany. [1]

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Ross Smith was the defending champion, having beaten Michael Smith in the 2022 final. [2] He became the fifth consecutive defending champion to lose in the first round after a 6–3 defeat to Ricardo Pietreczko. [3]

Peter Wright won the tournament for the second time after beating James Wade 11–6 in the final. [4] [5] [6]

Prize money

The 2023 European Championship had a total prize fund of £600,000, up from £500,000 in 2022. [7] [8]

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (no. of players)Prize Money
(Total: £600,000)
Winner(1)£120,000
Runner-Up(1)£60,000
Semi-finalists(2)£40,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£25,000
Last 16  (second round)(8)£15,000
Last 32  (first round)(16)£7,500

Qualification

The 2023 tournament continued the established qualification system whereby the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualified for the tournament. The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season. [9]

As with the previous editions, players were drawn in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

  1. Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall (first round)
  2. Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)
  4. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
  5. Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross (second round)
  6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta (first round)
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
  8. Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith (second round)
  9. Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright (champion)
  10. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton (first round)
  11. Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock (first round)
  12. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert (semi-finals)
  13. Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall (second round)
  14. Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko (second round)
  15. Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)
  16. Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler (first round)
  17. Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting (second round)
  18. Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen (first round)
  19. Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith (first round)
  20. Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle (first round)
  21. Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding (first round)
  22. Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney (second round)
  23. Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa (second round)
  24. Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens (first round)
  25. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld (first round)
  26. Flag of England.svg   James Wade (runner-up)
  27. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen (semi-finals)
  28. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)
  29. Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry (first round)
  30. Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma (first round)
  31. Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan (first round)
  32. Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey (quarter-finals)

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
26–27 October 		Second round
(best of 19 legs)
28 October 		Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
29 October 		Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
29 October 		Final
(best of 21 legs)
29 October
               
1 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 94.912
32 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 95.276
32 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 97.6410
17 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 96.058
16 Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler 95.871
17 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 101.426
32 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 99.178
9 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 99.6110
8 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 98.806
25 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 90.171
8 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 92.324
9 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 96.4710
9 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 94.836
24 Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 97.945
9 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 100.4211
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 97.018
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 91.666
29 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 84.131
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 102.2710
13 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 93.895
13 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 98.476
20 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 95.803
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 96.928
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 101.0310
5 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 99.876
28 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.472
5 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 92.867
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 93.5410
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 106.096
21 Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding 89.310
9 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 97.3911
26 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 92.096
2 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 97.106
31 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 90.911
2 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 96.9610
15 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 94.835
15 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 94.216
18 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 98.813
2 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 95.066
26 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 98.4110
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 75.713
26 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 80.066
26 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 95.5310
23 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 82.581
10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 91.004
23 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 89.226
26 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 93.6311
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 89.699
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 97.866
30 Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma 104.925
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 104.1210
14 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 95.197
14 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 104.286
19 Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith 98.593
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 93.756
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 93.6710
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 98.471
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 107.346
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 93.6110
22 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 88.416
11 Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock 100.152
22 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 98.626

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