2024 European Darts Open

2024 NEO.bet European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	21–23 June 2024
Venue	Ostermann-Arena
Location	Leverkusen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170   Radek Szagański   Dirk van Duijvenbode   Chris Dobey
Champion(s)
Dave Chisnall
«Event 7 Event 9»

The 2024 European Darts Open known as the 2024 NEO.bet European Darts Open for sponshorship reasons, was the eighth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany from 21 to 23 June 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–7 in the 2023 final. He lost 6–2 to Van Duijvenbode in the second round.

Dave Chisnall won the title, beating Ross Smith 8–6 in the final. ^[1]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner: ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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 (held on 19 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on 31 May) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 7 April).

Gary Anderson, Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall, Jonny Clayton and Ryan Joyce withdrew and were replaced by Ritchie Edhouse, Kevin Doets, Dylan Slevin, Jamie Hughes and Ryan Meikle. Gian van Veen moved up to become the 16th seed. ^[8]

The following players took part in the tournament:

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

Order of Merit Qualifiers   Michael Smith (semi-finals)   Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)   Dirk van Duijvenbode (third round)   Joe Cullen (first round)   Daryl Gurney (second round)   Raymond van Barneveld (third round)   Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)   Andrew Gilding (first round)   James Wade (first round)   Gabriel Clemens (first round)   Luke Woodhouse (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier   Nathan Rafferty (first round)   Radek Szagański (first round)   Mike De Decker (first round)   Callan Rydz (second round)  Dom Taylor(second round)   Karel Sedláček (second round)  Matthew Dennant(first round)   Andy Baetens (second round)   Owen Bates (third round)   Jeffrey de Graaf (second round) Host Nation Qualifier   Nico Kurz (first round)  Nico Blum(first round)  Kevin Troppmann(second round)  Jan Dueckers(first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Marko Kantele (first round) East European Qualifier   Benjamin Pratnemer (first round) Reserve List   Ritchie Edhouse (second round)   Kevin Doets (third round)   Dylan Slevin (second round)   Jamie Hughes (first round)   Ryan Meikle (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 21 June					Second round (best of 11 legs) 22 June					Third round (best of 11 legs) 23 June					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 23 June					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 23 June					Final (best of 15 legs) 23 June
		Raymond van Barneveld 96.60	6			1	Luke Humphries 96.48	4
		Krzysztof Ratajski 96.92	5				Raymond van Barneveld 96.10	6
												van Barneveld 98.63	1
											16	van Veen 103.22	6
		Andy Baetens 88.06	6			16	Gian van Veen 97.23	6
		Nathan Rafferty 87.49	5				Andy Baetens 89.70	4
																16	van Veen 94.77	5
																9	R. Smith 97.78	6
	Alt	Ryan Meikle 85.23	1			8	Josh Rock 100.02	6
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 109.45	6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.01	3
											8	Rock 101.40	5
											9	R. Smith 106.39	6
		Nico Kurz	w/d			9	Ross Smith 90.16	6
		Callan Rydz	w/o				Callan Rydz 83.95	2
																					9	R. Smith 92.30	7
																						M. Smith 96.71	5
		Michael Smith 97.00	6			4	Rob Cross 85.50	0
		James Wade 98.83	5				Michael Smith 89.29	6
												M. Smith 94.07	6
											13	Wright 94.90	4
	Alt	Ritchie Edhouse 84.28	6			13	Peter Wright 97.49	6
		Jan Dueckers 76.54	0			Alt	Ritchie Edhouse 95.03	3
																	M. Smith 100.82	6
																12	Schindler 95.14	5
		Gabriel Clemens 96.27	3			5	Gerwyn Price 85.53	2
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.97	6				Dirk van Duijvenbode 102.58	6
												van Duijvenbode 94.05	4
											12	Schindler 99.36	6
		Karel Sedláček 96.44	6			12	Martin Schindler 102.93	6
		Matthew Dennant 82.82	3				Karel Sedláček 94.13	4
																										9	R. Smith 93.82	6
																										2	Chisnall 89.67	8
		Mike De Decker 94.65	3			2	Dave Chisnall 101.03	6
		Luke Woodhouse 97.42	6				Luke Woodhouse 100.06	5
											2	Chisnall 96.45	6
											Alt	Doets 91.40	4
		Nico Blum 78.02	3			15	Ricardo Pietreczko 95.05	4
	Alt	Kevin Doets 84.18	6			Alt	Kevin Doets 92.16	6
																2	Chisnall 92.22	6
																10	Searle 92.54	5
	Alt	Jamie Hughes 84.25	4			7	Michael van Gerwen 92.77	6
	Alt	Dylan Slevin 84.66	6			Alt	Dylan Slevin 88.73	4
											7	van Gerwen 86.04	3
											10	Searle 87.82	6
		Marko Kantele 80.88	0			10	Ryan Searle 89.62	6
		Daryl Gurney 89.29	6				Daryl Gurney 93.12	4
																					2	Chisnall 96.87	7
																					3	Heta 89.89	1
		Radek Szagański 88.30	3			3	Damon Heta 99.99	6
		Dom Taylor 97.15	6				Dom Taylor 97.37	4
											3	Heta 99.09	6
											14	Dobey 101.03	5
		Jeffrey de Graaf 90.66	6			14	Chris Dobey 90.42	6
		Andrew Gilding 89.63	4				Jeffrey de Graaf 87.24	5
																3	Heta 100.62	6
																11	Bunting 92.54	5
		Owen Bates 87.40	6			6	Danny Noppert 89.80	5
		Joe Cullen 85.45	4				Owen Bates 85.75	6
												Bates 88.42	0
											11	Bunting 117.12	6
		Benjamin Pratnemer 80.66	5			11	Stephen Bunting 85.79	6
		Kevin Troppmann 78.32	6				Kevin Troppmann 81.15	4

References

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