2024 Dutch Darts Championship

2024 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	24–26 May 2024
Venue	Autotron
Location	Rosmalen
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Nine-dart finish	Ross Smith
High checkout	170   Mike De Decker   Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Josh Rock
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2024 Dutch Darts Championship, known as the 2024 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship for sponsorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Autotron, Rosmalen, Netherlands from 24 to 26 May 2024. It was the seventh of thirteen European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. 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, but lost to Jonny Clayton 6–3 in the third round.

Josh Rock won his first European Tour title by beating Jonny Clayton 8–4 in the final. Rock became the second Northern Irish player to win a European Tour event. ^[1]

Ross Smith hit his second nine-darter on the European Tour, and first for 11 years, in his second-round defeat to Dimitri Van den Bergh. ^[2]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner: ^[3]

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. ^{[4] [5]}

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January. ^[6]

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 1 May. ^[7]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (to be held on 8 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (to be held on 23 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on the 6 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 7 April).

Michael Smith and Nathan Aspinall withdrew and were replaced by Ritchie Edhouse and Jermaine Wattimena. Jonny Clayton moved up to become the 16th seed. ^[8]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Seeded Players   Dave Chisnall (third round)   Damon Heta (second round)   Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)   Danny Noppert (quarter-finals)   Michael van Gerwen (semi-finals)   Josh Rock (champion)   Ross Smith (second round)   Ryan Searle (quarter-finals)   Stephen Bunting (second round)   Martin Schindler (semi-finals)   Peter Wright (second round)   Chris Dobey (third round)   Ricardo Pietreczko (second round)   Gian van Veen (third round)   Daryl Gurney (second round)   Jonny Clayton (runner-up)

Order of Merit Qualifiers   Dimitri Van den Bergh (third round)   Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)   Joe Cullen (first round)   Ryan Joyce (first round)   Raymond van Barneveld (first round)   Andrew Gilding (second round)   James Wade (second round)   Gabriel Clemens (first round)   Luke Woodhouse (quarter-finals)   Brendan Dolan (second round)   Mike De Decker (first round)   José de Sousa (first round)   Callan Rydz (first round)   Kevin Doets (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier   Madars Razma (first round)   William O'Connor (first round)   Cameron Menzies (third round)   Mickey Mansell (second round)   Ryan Meikle (first round)   Niels Zonneveld (second round)  Dom Taylor(second round)   Owen Bates (first round)   Jeffrey de Graaf (third round)   Haupai Puha (first round) Host Nation Qualifier   Moreno Blom (second round)  Damian Mol(first round)   Christian Kist (first round)  Marvin van Velzen(second round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Teemu Harju (first round) East European Qualifier  Jiri Brejcha(first round) Reserve List   Ritchie Edhouse (third round)   Jermaine Wattimena (third round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 24 May					Second round (best of 11 legs) 25 May					Third round (best of 11 legs) 26 May					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 26 May					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 26 May					Final (best of 15 legs) 26 May
		Niels Zonneveld 83.67	6			1	Dave Chisnall 100.75	6
		Haupai Puha 86.37	5				Niels Zonneveld 85.82	2
											1	Chisnall 100.47	3
											16	Clayton 93.74	6
		Christian Kist 85.96	5			16	Jonny Clayton 99.17	6
		Marvin van Velzen 86.31	6				Marvin van Velzen 92.96	4
																16	Clayton 99.49	6
																8	Searle 91.51	2
		Teemu Harju 78.79	0			8	Ryan Searle 100.02	6
		James Wade 85.08	6				James Wade 93.58	3
											8	Searle 100.59	6
												de Graaf 93.39	1
		Madars Razma 89.29	3			9	Stephen Bunting 89.98	3
		Jeffrey de Graaf 91.24	6				Jeffrey de Graaf 93.58	6
																					16	Clayton 96.61	7
																					5	van Gerwen 98.93	6
		Andrew Gilding 86.28	6			4	Danny Noppert 93.97	6
		Damian Mol 88.17	5				Andrew Gilding 96.35	5
											4	Noppert 99.67	6
											Alt	Wattimena 94.82	5
		Joe Cullen 94.49	5			13	Ricardo Pietreczko 82.02	5
	Alt	Jermaine Wattimena 93.74	6			Alt	Jermaine Wattimena 95.40	6
																4	Noppert 90.15	1
																5	van Gerwen 101.73	6
		Mike De Decker 91.14	5			5	Michael van Gerwen 96.97	6
		Kevin Doets 91.48	6				Kevin Doets 90.24	0
											5	van Gerwen 103.52	6
											12	Dobey 91.39	1
		Moreno Blom 100.26	6			12	Chris Dobey 95.94	6
		Ryan Joyce 95.93	3				Moreno Blom 77.57	0
																										16	Clayton 90.59	4
																										6	Rock 89.89	8
	Alt	Ritchie Edhouse 84.95	6			2	Damon Heta 82.03	5
		Jiri Brejcha 79.29	3			Alt	Ritchie Edhouse 88.47	6
											Alt	Edhouse 97.19	5
												Woodhouse 98.33	6
		Ryan Meikle 84.00	5			15	Daryl Gurney 92.20	4
		Luke Woodhouse 85.20	6				Luke Woodhouse 99.27	6
																	Woodhouse 100.79	5
																10	Schindler 106.04	6
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.93	6			7	Ross Smith 93.35	4
		Gabriel Clemens 100.76	4				Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.38	6
												Van den Bergh 98.36	4
											10	Schindler 102.17	6
		Brendan Dolan 83.55	6			10	Martin Schindler 96.72	6
		Owen Bates 78.22	3				Brendan Dolan 94.24	4
																					10	Schindler 89.18	3
																					6	Rock 93.54	7
		William O'Connor 91.88	2			3	Gerwyn Price 101.33	6
		Mickey Mansell 91.50	6				Mickey Mansell 91.66	0
											3	Price 105.06	6
											14	van Veen 92.66	1
		Dom Taylor 102.26	6			14	Gian van Veen 93.79	6
		José de Sousa 95.33	3				Dom Taylor 92.35	5
																3	Price 99.92	3
																6	Rock 101.75	6
		Callan Rydz 90.00	3			6	Josh Rock 104.83	6
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.48	6				Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.61	3
											6	Rock 96.42	6
												Menzies 98.52	5
		Raymond van Barneveld 94.81	1			11	Peter Wright 102.33	3
		Cameron Menzies 103.87	6				Cameron Menzies 99.42	6

References

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5. Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
6. Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
7. Gorton, Josh (1 May 2024). "ET7-8 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
8. Gorton, Josh (23 May 2024). "2024 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship draw & schedule". PDC. Retrieved 23 May 2024.