2023 German Darts Championship

2023 Interwetten German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	13–15 October 2023
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Nine-dart finish	Scott Waites
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Ricardo Pietreczko
«Event 12

The 2023 German Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Interwetten 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 Michael van Gerwen , who defeated Rob Cross 8–5 in the 2022 final, ^[1] but he lost 6–7 to Ricardo Pietreczko in the semi-finals.

Pietreczko won his first European Tour and his first PDC ranking title as well, defeating Peter Wright 8–4 in the final without missing a single dart at a double. ^{[2] [3] [4]} He became only the second German player to win a PDC ranking title, and the first since Max Hopp in 2019.

Scott Waites hit a nine-dart finish in his first round loss against George Killington. ^[5]

Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours: ^[6]

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

• Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. ^[7]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit on 23 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and are seeded in the second round. ^[8]

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   Dave Chisnall (second round)   Damon Heta (quarter-finals)   Luke Humphries (semi-finals)   Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)   Josh Rock (second round)   Rob Cross (quarter-finals)   Jonny Clayton (second round)   Michael van Gerwen (semi-finals)   Joe Cullen (third round)   Peter Wright (runner-up)   Michael Smith (third round)   Danny Noppert (second round)   Martin Schindler (second round)   Nathan Aspinall (second round)   Ryan Searle (second round)   Ross Smith (third round)

Tour Card Qualifier   Mickey Mansell (first round)   Chris Dobey (second round)   Steve Lennon (second round)   Jules van Dongen (third round)   Vincent van der Voort (first round)   Jeff Smith (first round)   James Wade (third round)   Danny Jansen (first round)   Martin Lukeman (third round)   Scott Waites (first round)   Boris Krčmar (second round)   Gian van Veen (second round)   Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)   Ryan Joyce (first round)   Dylan Slevin (first round)   Alan Soutar (second round)   Daryl Gurney (second round)   Lee Evans (first round)   Florian Hempel (first round)   Madars Razma (first round)   Karel Sedláček (first round)   James Wilson (first round)   George Killington (third round)   Arron Monk (second round)

Associate Member Qualifier  Darryl Pilgrim(second round)   Jelle Klaasen (first round) Highest Ranking Germans   Gabriel Clemens (quarter-finals)   Ricardo Pietreczko (champion) Host Nation Qualifier  Marcus Kirchmann(first round)   Nico Kurz (third round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Jeffrey de Graaf (first round) East European Qualifier   Patrik Kovács (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 13 October					Second round (best of 11 legs) 14 October					Third round (best of 11 legs) 15 October					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 15 October					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 15 October					Final (best of 15 legs) 15 October
	Gabriel Clemens 95.00		6			1	Dave Chisnall 99.38	2
	Danny Jansen 90.71		3				Gabriel Clemens 100.99	6
												Clemens 87.86	6
											16	R. Smith 84.80	4
	Vincent van der Voort 87.89		2			16	Ross Smith 102.21	6
	Daryl Gurney 95.09		6				Daryl Gurney 97.22	3
																	Clemens 90.36	5
																8	van Gerwen 94.26	6
	Steve Lennon 90.18		6			8	Michael van Gerwen 90.38	6
	Marcus Kirchmann 77.56		3				Steve Lennon 88.44	3
											8	van Gerwen 96.72	6
											9	Cullen 90.09	5
	Florian Hempel 91.69		4			9	Joe Cullen 95.73	6
	Arron Monk 85.18		6				Arron Monk 90.78	4
																					8	van Gerwen 98.15	6
																						Pietreczko 99.15	7
	Scott Waites 95.28		5			4	Dirk van Duijvenbode 80.93	0
	George Killington 91.05		6				George Killington 103.66	6
												Killington 92.36	2
												Pietreczko 96.35	6
	Ricardo Pietreczko 91.57		6			13	Martin Schindler 96.53	2
	Mickey Mansell 86.94		4				Ricardo Pietreczko 107.08	6
																	Pietreczko 102.23	6
																	Bunting 103.74	4
	Stephen Bunting 93.44		6			5	Josh Rock 95.62	3
	Jeffrey de Graaf 92.73		5				Stephen Bunting 101.70	6
												Bunting 90.99	6
												van Dongen 91.53	5
	Patrik Kovács 78.68		2			12	Danny Noppert 100.73	2
	Jules van Dongen 94.27		6				Jules van Dongen 101.32	6
																											Pietreczko 92.93	8
																										10	Wright 85.08	4
	Jeff Smith 83.26		1			2	Damon Heta 94.46	6
	Darryl Pilgrim 102.88		6				Darryl Pilgrim 90.84	4
											2	Heta 90.72	6
												Lukeman 89.16	5
	Martin Lukeman 90.19		6			15	Ryan Searle 96.31	4
	Madars Razma 88.53		5				Martin Lukeman 89.94	6
																2	Heta 89.03	4
																10	Wright 97.73	6
	Dylan Slevin 90.76		2			7	Jonny Clayton 91.54	5
	Nico Kurz 92.59		6				Nico Kurz 93.67	6
												Kurz 86.54	3
											10	Wright 92.93	6
	Chris Dobey 93.87		6			10	Peter Wright 94.26	6
	Lee Evans 93.80		5				Chris Dobey 98.50	2
																					10	Wright 101.59	7
																					3	Humphries 101.00	5
	Boris Krčmar 88.63		6			3	Luke Humphries 106.23	6
	Ryan Joyce 81.28		4				Boris Krčmar 92.63	2
											3	Humphries 111.33	6
												Wade 94.81	0
	Jelle Klaasen 94.58		2			14	Nathan Aspinall 102.23	4
	James Wade 94.31		6				James Wade 98.53	6
																3	Humphries 105.86	6
																6	Cross 96.37	4
	James Wilson 91.01		4			6	Rob Cross 98.96	6
	Gian van Veen 94.12		6				Gian van Veen 92.40	5
											6	Cross 102.16	6
											11	M. Smith 100.83	5
	Karel Sedláček 88.95		1			11	Michael Smith 91.43	6
	Alan Soutar 91.82		6				Alan Soutar 89.56	5

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