2024 Poland Darts Masters

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2024 Superbet Poland Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates14–15 June 2024
Venue PreZero Arena
Location Gliwice
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout164 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting
170 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
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The 2024 Superbet Poland Darts Masters was the second edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, and the fifth entry in the 2024 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight top-ranking players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the PreZero Arena in Gliwice, Poland on 14–15 June 2024.

Contents

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–3 in the 2023 final. [1] Van Gerwen lost 7–2 to Rob Cross in the semi-finals.

Luke Littler won his second World Series title, defeating Cross 8–3. [2]

Prize money

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
Winner(1)£20,000
Runner-up(1)£10,000
Semi-finalists(2)£5,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£2,500
First round(8)£1,250

Qualifiers

Professional Darts Corporation announced 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event, which included World Champion Luke Humphries, World Champion finalist Luke Littler and reigning champion Michael van Gerwen. They will be joined by Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and Peter Wright. Dimitri Van den Bergh, finalist of the first edition of tournament, was not included among the invited players. Later, after the tournament was announced, Gerwyn Price withdrew. He was replaced by Stephen Bunting. [3]

Regional qualifiers from Poland will be Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szagański . They will be joined by Boris Krčmar from Croatia, and Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček from the Czech Republic. The remaining three spots will be allocated to the winners of qualifiers in Poland and Hungary. The first qualifying tournament took place at March in Tarnowo Podgórne. The winner was Sebastian Białecki, who defeated Krzysztof Kciuk in the final match. 136 competitors took part in the competition. [4] The second tournament took place at the beginning of May in Sianożęty. The winner of the tournament was Jacek Krupka, who defeated Witold Lewandowski in the final match. 68 players took part in the tournament. [5] The Hungarian Qualifier tournament took place on 3 May and was won by György Jehirszki. [6]

QualificationPlayer
PDC Tour Card Holders Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
Flag of Poland.svg   Radek Szagański (first round)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas (first round)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Karel Sedláček (first round)
Flag of Croatia.svg   Boris Krčmar (quarter-finals)
Hungarian Qualifier Flag of Hungary.svg  György Jehirszki(first round)
Polish Qualifiers Flag of Poland.svg   Sebastian Białecki (first round)
Flag of Poland.svg   Jacek Krupka (first round)

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
14 June

[7]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
15 June
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
15 June
Final
(best of 15 legs)
15 June
            
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 96.976
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas 90.414
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 98.216
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 109.733
  Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 81.986
Flag of Poland.svg   Jacek Krupka 64.910
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 101.137
Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 101.536
4 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 91.776
Flag of Hungary.svg  György Jehirszki 87.111
4 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 95.695
Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 94.926
  Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 95.186
Flag of Poland.svg   Radek Szagański 85.074
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 101.848
2 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 94.913
2 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 95.646
Flag of Poland.svg   Sebastian Białecki 91.661
2 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 96.966
Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 96.994
  Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 99.626
Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 97.241
2 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 106.687
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 92.082
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 95.076
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Karel Sedláček 88.691
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 109.986
Flag of Croatia.svg   Boris Krčmar 93.770
  Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 96.174
Flag of Croatia.svg   Boris Krčmar 97.796

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