2024 German Darts Championship

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2024 NEO.bet German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates30 August–1 September 2024
Venue Halle 39
Location Hildesheim, Germany
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Legs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout167 Martin Schindler
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright
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The 2024 German Darts Championship (known for sponshorship reasons as the 2024 NEO.bet German Darts Championship) was the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany from 30 August to 1 September 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Contents

Ricardo Pietreczko was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–4 in the 2023 final. [1] Pietreczko lost 6–5 to Nick Kenny in the third round.

Peter Wright won his first title of 2024, beating Luke Littler 8–5 in the final. [2] [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

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 ProTour 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 7 June. [8]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 31 May), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 31 May).

Gary Anderson , Josh Rock, Michael Smith and Nathan Aspinall withdrew and were replaced by Stephen Burton , Dylan Slevin, Mensur Suljović and Robert Owen . Ryan Joyce, Daryl Gurney and Joe Cullen moved up to become seeds. [9]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
30 August [10]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
31 August [10]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
1 September [10]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
1 September [10]
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
1 September [10]
Final
(best of 15 legs)
1 September [2]
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 89.5521 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 95.856
Flag of England.svg   Dom Taylor 96.036 Flag of England.svg   Dom Taylor 87.073
1 Flag of England.svg   Chisnall 96.976
16 Flag of England.svg   Cullen 79.500
  Flag of Portugal (official).svg   José de Sousa 83.82216 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 85.486
Flag of Germany.svg   Max Hopp 86.676 Flag of Germany.svg   Max Hopp 84.044
1 Flag of England.svg   Chisnall 98.646
8 Flag of Germany.svg   Schindler 96.625
Alt Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 102.4368 Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler 92.386
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.872Alt Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 89.174
8 Flag of Germany.svg   Schindler 95.196
9 Flag of England.svg   Dobey 95.614
  Ulster Banner.svg   Mickey Mansell 83.3769 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 110.646
Flag of Germany.svg  Matthias Ehlers 80.022 Ulster Banner.svg   Mickey Mansell 98.652
1 Flag of England.svg   Chisnall 98.675
Flag of Scotland.svg   Wright 94.907
  Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 81.2524 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 94.266
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.306 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 91.124
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noppert 88.712
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Gerwen 102.086
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Maik Kuivenhoven 84.70313 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 96.896
Flag of England.svg   James Wade 91.736 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 90.802
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Gerwen 104.104
Flag of Scotland.svg   Wright 108.906
  Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 95.1565 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 103.205
Flag of Germany.svg   Niko Springer 95.704 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 95.036
Flag of Scotland.svg   Wright 93.506
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Veen 89.804
  Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Kciuk 86.35312 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 102.656
Alt Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen 102.126Alt Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen 93.683
Flag of Scotland.svg   Wright 96.628
11 Flag of England.svg   Littler 106.875
  Flag of Germany.svg   Dragutin Horvat 86.6032 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 88.875
Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 93.686 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 89.236
  Flag of Poland.svg   Ratajski 90.882
15 Ulster Banner.svg   Gurney 101.336
  Flag of Croatia.svg   Boris Krčmar 83.85415 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 92.876
Alt Flag of England.svg   Stephen Burton 91.136Alt Flag of England.svg   Stephen Burton 83.811
15 Ulster Banner.svg   Gurney 100.946
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Kenny 97.623
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny 91.9467 Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith 91.095
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jelle Klaasen 82.993 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny 84.046
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Kenny 87.806
10 Flag of Germany.svg   Pietreczko 91.605
  Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 85.66410 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 91.746
Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Simon Whitlock 92.666 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Simon Whitlock 86.223
15 Ulster Banner.svg   Gurney 97.052
11 Flag of England.svg   Littler 107.887
  Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 87.9963 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 93.626
Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse 88.025 Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 91.602
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Heta 90.986
Flag of England.svg   Gilding 87.544
  Flag of Sweden.svg   Johan Engström 87.72414 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Joyce 90.843
Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding 93.006 Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding 92.226
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Heta 92.555
11 Flag of England.svg   Littler 99.596
  Flag of England.svg   Martin Lukeman 90.0456 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 96.666
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 90.786 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 92.074
6 Flag of England.svg   Searle 86.052
11 Flag of England.svg   Littler 90.996
Alt Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 89.63611 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 101.336
Flag of England.svg   Steve Beaton 93.874Alt Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 86.070

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