2023 Jack's World Series of Darts Finals | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 15–17 September 2023 | ||
Venue | AFAS Live | ||
Location | Amsterdam | ||
Country | Netherlands | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £300,000 | ||
Winner's share | £70,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish | Michael van Gerwen | ||
High checkout | 170 Nathan Aspinall | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Michael van Gerwen | |||
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The 2023 Jack's World Series of Darts Finals was the ninth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 15 to 17 September 2023. It featured a field of 24 players. [1]
Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after beating Dirk van Duijvenbode 11–10 in the 2022 final. [2] However, he lost 4–6 to Keegan Brown in the second round.
Michael van Gerwen won his fifth World Series Finals title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 11–4 in the final.
The prize money remained the same as the previous year. [3]
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £300,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £70,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £30,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £20,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £15,000 |
Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £7,500 |
Last 24 (first round) | (8) | £5,000 |
The top eight players from the six World Series events were seeded for this tournament.
Those events were:
Eight additional players were invited by the PDC, with eight players qualifying from a qualifying event for tour card holders on September 6. [4] [5]
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The draw was made on 11 September 2023. [6]
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