2024 International Darts Open

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2024 NEO.bet International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates12–14 April 2024
Venue SACHSENarena
Location Riesa, Germany
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Legs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
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Champion(s)
Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler
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The 2024 International Darts Open, known as the 2024 NEO.bet International Darts Open for sponsorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that took place at the SACHSENarena in Riesa, Germany from 12 to 14 April 2024. It was the third of thirteen PDC 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. [1] [2]

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Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the 2023 final. [3] [4]

Martin Schindler won his first European Tour title and first senior PDC title overall, beating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the final. Schindler became the third German player to win a senior PDC title. [5] [6]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner: [1] [7]

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. [10]

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. [1] The seedings were confirmed on 16 February. [11]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 February), [12] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 17 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 17 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 11 February).

Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Dylan Slevin and Lee Evans. Stephen Bunting and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively. [13]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The two reserves are indicated by (Alt). The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners. [14]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
12 April
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
13 April
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
14 April
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
14 April
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
14 April
Final
(best of 15 legs)
14 April
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Richard Veenstra 97.2961 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 96.272
Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding 96.794 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Richard Veenstra 95.776
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Veenstra 92.941
Flag of Germany.svg   Schindler 97.096
  Flag of Germany.svg  Jan Dueckers 69.46116 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 93.083
Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler 97.316 Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler 105.056
Flag of Germany.svg   Schindler 95.926
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noppert 95.195
  Flag of England.svg   Owen Bates 94.6758 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 98.212
Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 96.896 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 113.146
Flag of England.svg   Aspinall 90.522
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noppert 85.906
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Alexander Mašek 85.1629 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 100.916
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.986 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.134
  Flag of Germany.svg   Schindler 98.527
Flag of England.svg   Dobey 86.393
  Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 82.5564 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 90.726
Alt Flag of England.svg   Lee Evans 75.831 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 83.281
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Heta 100.275
13 Flag of England.svg   Searle 97.216
  Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 92.02613 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 98.746
Flag of Germany.svg  Patrick Klingelhöfer 75.420 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 98.735
13 Flag of England.svg   Searle 98.692
Flag of England.svg   Dobey 104.266
  Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 86.2565 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 83.794
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 91.985 Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 93.966
  Flag of Germany.svg   Clemens 83.350
Flag of England.svg   Dobey 94.936
  Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 96.78612 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 99.604
Alt Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 101.361 Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 111.196
Flag of Germany.svg   Schindler 96.358
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Price 101.625
  Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 98.1362 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 99.656
Flag of Norway.svg   Cor Dekker 95.113 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 81.312
2 Flag of England.svg   Humphries 92.204
15 Flag of England.svg   Bunting 89.676
  Flag of Germany.svg   Michael Unterbuchner 89.64615 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 101.506
Flag of England.svg   Luke Woodhouse 83.114 Flag of Germany.svg   Michael Unterbuchner 92.761
15 Flag of England.svg   Bunting 91.556
Flag of England.svg   Edhouse 91.075
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 92.6467 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 91.766
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 86.903 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 91.505
7 Flag of England.svg   Cross 95.604
Flag of England.svg   Edhouse 103.496
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jitse Van der Wal 84.47110 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 100.785
Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 95.836 Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 100.536
15 Flag of England.svg   Bunting 97.865
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Price 96.757
  Flag of Germany.svg  Kai Gotthardt 102.2223 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 96.866
Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 103.856 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 92.984
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Price 115.746
14 Flag of Germany.svg   Pietreczko 102.613
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Mike De Decker 93.39314 Flag of Germany.svg   Ricardo Pietreczko 98.266
Flag of England.svg   James Wade 96.856 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 92.535
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Price 96.566
11 Flag of England.svg   R. Smith 102.925
  Flag of Scotland.svg   Cameron Menzies 101.2066 Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock 95.365
Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Simon Whitlock 92.394 Flag of Scotland.svg   Cameron Menzies 92.356
Flag of Scotland.svg   Menzies 92.424
11 Flag of England.svg   R. Smith 89.906
  Flag of Ireland.svg   William O'Connor 92.81611 Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith 90.476
Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King 87.343 Flag of Ireland.svg   William O'Connor 93.975

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