2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open

2024 NEO.bet Baltic Sea Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	10–12 May 2024
Venue	Wunderino Arena
Location	Kiel
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Nine-dart finish	Luke Humphries
High checkout	170   Ryan Joyce   Mike De Decker   Madars Razma
Champion(s)
Rob Cross
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open known as the 2024 NEO.bet Baltic Sea Darts Open for sponshorship reasons, was the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 10 to 12 May 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Dave Chisnall was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the 2023 final. ^[1] Chisnall lost 6–5 to Madars Razma in the second round.

Rob Cross won his second European Tour title, beating Luke Humphries 8–6 in the final. ^[2]

In the final, Humphries hit his second nine-darter on the European Tour. It came in the eighth leg. ^[3]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner: ^[4]

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

• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event. ^{[5] [6]}

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January. ^[7]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.

The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.

The seedings were confirmed on 4 April. ^[8]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 10 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 18 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on the 5 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 6 April).

Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Luke Woodhouse and Jermaine Wattimena. Krzysztof Ratajski and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively. ^[9]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Seeded Players   Dave Chisnall (second round)   Damon Heta (third round)   Luke Humphries (runner-up)   Rob Cross (champion)   Jonny Clayton (second round)   Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)   Josh Rock (second round)   Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)   Ryan Searle (quarter-finals)   Danny Noppert (semi-finals)   Peter Wright (second round)   Ricardo Pietreczko (third round)   Stephen Bunting (third round)   Ross Smith (third round)   Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)   Joe Cullen (third round)

Order of Merit Qualifiers   Nathan Aspinall (first round)   Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)   Chris Dobey (first round)   Daryl Gurney (third round)   Andrew Gilding (third round)   Raymond van Barneveld (second round)   Gian van Veen (second round)   Martin Schindler (first round)   Ryan Joyce (first round)   José de Sousa (first round)   James Wade (second round)   Brendan Dolan (first round)   Luke Littler (first round)   Gabriel Clemens (first round)

Tour Card Qualifier  Matthew Dennant(first round)   Mike De Decker (quarter-finals)   Madars Razma (semi-finals)   Wessel Nijman (second round)   Ritchie Edhouse (quarter-finals)   Maik Kuivenhoven (second round)   Niels Zonneveld (first round)   Thibault Tricole (first round)   Andy Baetens (second round)   Haupai Puha (first round) Host Nation Qualifier  Moritz Hilger(second round)  Franz Rötzsch(third round)  Kevin Troppmann(first round)  Christopher Toonders(first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Daniel Larsson (first round) East European Qualifier   Sebastian Białecki (second round) Reserve List   Luke Woodhouse (second round)   Jermaine Wattimena (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 10 May [10]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 11 May					Third round (best of 11 legs) 12 May					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 12 May					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 12 May					Final (best of 15 legs) 12 May
		Madars Razma 86.49	6			1	Dave Chisnall 97.50	5
		Chris Dobey 91.04	5				Madars Razma 96.61	6
												Razma 93.32	6
											16	Cullen 88.57	5
		James Wade 99.92	6			16	Joe Cullen 96.83	6
		Niels Zonneveld 93.54	2				James Wade 91.93	3
																	Razma 95.30	6
																9	Searle 88.86	3
		Daryl Gurney 88.30	6			8	Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.98	3
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.77	3				Daryl Gurney 91.42	6
												Gurney 94.10	5
											9	Searle 96.88	6
		Brendan Dolan 86.41	1			9	Ryan Searle 96.92	6
	Alt	Jermaine Wattimena 101.06	6			Alt	Jermaine Wattimena 99.19	5
																						Razma 92.45	4
																					4	Cross 99.00	7
		Maik Kuivenhoven 92.02	6			4	Rob Cross 102.59	6
		Christopher Toonders 82.75	0				Maik Kuivenhoven 94.45	2
											4	Cross 103.21	6
											13	Bunting 100.91	5
		Andy Baetens 95.33	6			13	Stephen Bunting 94.49	6
		Gabriel Clemens 94.06	5				Andy Baetens 93.69	3
																4	Cross 97.61	6
																	Edhouse 90.98	5
		Ritchie Edhouse 106.46	6			5	Jonny Clayton 96.36	5
		Nathan Aspinall 99.31	2				Ritchie Edhouse 93.13	6
												Edhouse 94.92	6
											12	Pietreczko 99.26	3
		Moritz Hilger 79.51	6			12	Ricardo Pietreczko 89.29	6
		Matthew Dennant 79.46	2				Moritz Hilger 76.55	0
																										4	Cross 105.56	8
																										3	Humphries 104.38	6
		Kevin Troppmann 94.99	4			2	Damon Heta 104.54	6
		Gian van Veen 95.10	6				Gian van Veen 100.01	4
											2	Heta 88.37	2
												De Decker 97.70	6
		Martin Schindler 95.09	3			15	Krzysztof Ratajski 92.30	5
		Mike De Decker 96.44	6				Mike De Decker 93.32	6
																	De Decker 91.38	4
																10	Noppert 96.75	6
		Haupai Puha 82.04	4			7	Josh Rock 91.84	3
		Franz Rötzsch 85.93	6				Franz Rötzsch 91.36	6
												Rötzsch 89.38	2
											10	Noppert 96.64	6
		Raymond van Barneveld 99.33	6			10	Danny Noppert 100.34	6
		Daniel Larsson 95.18	1				Raymond van Barneveld 100.05	5
																					10	Noppert 89.51	4
																					3	Humphries 92.93	7
		Sebastian Białecki 88.06	6			3	Luke Humphries 103.65	6
		José de Sousa 84.92	5				Sebastian Białecki 89.11	1
											3	Humphries 99.83	6
											14	R.Smith 99.13	4
	Alt	Luke Woodhouse 97.16	6			14	Ross Smith 99.60	6
		Ryan Joyce 96.66	5			Alt	Luke Woodhouse 97.62	4
																3	Humphries 101.34	6
																6	van Gerwen 92.30	3
		Luke Littler 83.98	3			6	Michael van Gerwen 107.78	6
		Wessel Nijman 92.44	6				Wessel Nijman 92.83	2
											6	van Gerwen 89.45	6
												Gilding 93.27	5
		Thibault Tricole 82.92	1			11	Peter Wright 85.50	2
		Andrew Gilding 84.24	6				Andrew Gilding 94.37	6

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