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2023 PDC Players Championship Series
The 2023 PDC Players Championship series consisted of 30 darts tournaments on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The Top 64 on the Players Championship Order of Merit qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals. Gerwyn Price topped the Players Championship Order of Merit, with Gary Anderson, Damon Heta and Dave Chisnall completing the top four. 2023 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit: Prize money The prize money for the Players Championship events remained at 2022 levels, with each event having a prize fund of £100,000. This is how the prize money was divided: February Players Championship 1 Players Championship 1 was contested on Saturday 11 February 2023 at the Barnsley Metrodome. The tournament was won by , who defeated 8–4 in the final. Players Championship 2 Players Championship 2 was contested on Sunday 12 February 2023 at the Barnsley Metrodome. The tournament was won by Danny Noppert, who defeated Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final. Players Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 PDC Pro Tour
The 2023 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series. Prize money On 21 November 2022, it was announced that the prize money for the Women's Series will be doubled in 2023. The following day, it was announced that the prize money for Challenge/Development Tour events would also increase, with the prize fund going up from £10,000 to £15,000 per event. On 15 February 2023, it was announced that the prize money for the PDC European Tour events was to increase by 25% with prize funds increasing from £140,000 to £175,000 per event. This is how the prize money was divided: PDC Tour Card 128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Veenstra
Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Veenstra previously played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where he won the 2019 Dutch Open, and was the runner-up at the 2019 BDO World Trophy and 2018 Finder Darts Masters. Veenstra obtained a PDC Tour Card in 2023, and reached the last 32 in his PDC World Championship debut in 2024. He has reached four quarter-finals in the PDC's ranking Players Championship events. He was also a two-time world championship semi-finalist at Lakeside, reaching the last four at the 2018 BDO World Championship and the 2022 WDF World Championship. Career BDO/WDF In October 2014, Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4. He reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open. In October 2015, he won WDF World Cup Pairs with Wesley Harms to beat Scott Mitchell and Mark McGeeney 6–3. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ricardo Pietreczko
Ricardo Pietreczko (born 20 October 1994) is a German professional darts player. Nicknamed "Pikachu" after the character from ''Pokémon'', he competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-nine. He won his maiden PDC title at the 2023 German Darts Championship and reached his first major quarter-final at the 2024 European Championship. Career Pietreczko started playing darts at the age of 16 after his father put a dartboard in his room and he trained diligently before and after school. In 2014, he took part in qualifiers for PDC European Tour events, but was not able to qualify. At the national level, however, he was doing much better. He advanced to the semi-finals of the Super League Darts. In 2016, he took part in the 4 Nations Cup for the Germany team and reached the semi-finals in singles competition, where he lost to Wesley Harms 5–3 in legs. At the beginning of 2017, he played at the Dinslaken Open and rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mike De Decker
Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty. Nicknamed "the Real Deal", he won his first major title at the 2024 World Grand Prix, defeating Luke Humphries 6–4 in the final. De Decker won his first ranking PDC title at Players Championship 16 in 2024. He made his first PDC European Tour final at the 2025 Belgian Darts Open. He reached his second major quarter-final at the 2024 Players Championship Finals. In his youth career, De Decker won four PDC Development Tour titles. Career 2014–2015: First appearances in the PDC De Decker first played on the PDC Youth Tour in 2014 and reached the Last 16 twice. In the same year, he won the British Teenage Open at the World Darts Federation. He also qualified for three European Tours but failed to win a match. In January 2015 De Decker played PDC Q-School for the first time but was unab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rob Cross
Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eight; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2018 and 2019. Nicknamed "Voltage", Cross is a former PDC World Champion, defeating Phil Taylor in the 2018 World Championship final after turning professional less than a year beforehand. He has won three other PDC major titles: the 2019 World Matchplay and the European Championship in 2019 and 2021. He has also won five World Series of Darts titles. Cross has won a total of twenty-one PDC titles in his professional career; sixteen ranking and five non-ranking. Before turning professional he reached the last 32 at the UK Open, losing there to Michael van Gerwen, and won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour in 2016, which earned him his PDC Tour Card. BDO career 2015 In October 2015, Cross attempted to qualify for the 2016 BDO World Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Leicester Arena
The Leicester Arena (officially known as the Mattioli Arena due to sponsorship reasons) is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Leicester, England. The arena has a seating capacity for 3,000 spectators and its main tenants are the Leicester Riders of the British Basketball League, whilst regularly hosting darts and snooker competitions. From 2018 to 2024, the arena was known as Morningside Arena. Background The £4.8 million arena, which is owned by the Leicester Riders Foundation, was officially opened in January 2016. It is used as the home venue for the basketball team Leicester Riders, as well as the wheelchair basketball team the Leicester Cobras. It is also used by the students of Leicester College as well as by the local community. It hosted its first game on 30 January 2016, in a quarter-final match between Leicester Riders and Surrey Scorchers in the British Basketball League Trophy, won by the Riders 77–60. In 2018 Morningside Pharmaceuticals agreed to ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
José De Sousa
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number five. Nicknamed "the Ferret", he has won four PDC major televised singles titles, all in 2021: the Masters, Premier League, World Series Finals and World Grand Prix. He has also won the PDC World Cup of Darts on two occasions in 2020 and 2023, representing Wales alongside Gerwyn Price. He has won a total of seventeen PDC titles. He has finished as runner-up at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, 2023 World Matchplay and the 2025 World Masters. He is a one-time World Championship quarter-finalist, reaching the last eight at the 2023 PDC World Championship. Career 2015 Clayton joined the PDC Pro Tour in 2015 after winning a Tour Card on the final day of Qualifying School. His first quarter-final came at the sixth Players Championship event and he lost 6–1 to Benito van de Pas. Clayton quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Boris Krčmar
Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over a decade. He is a four-time IDF World Darts Championship, IDF World Champion, ten-time EDF European Darts Championship, EDF European Champion, nine-time EDU European Darts Championship, EDU European Champion and FECS European Darts Championship, FECS European Champion. He was the first Croatian player to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship. Krcmar is also a semi-finalist on the PDC Pro Tour and a quarter-finalist on the European Tour. Career Krčmar won the IDF World Championship in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He started his career in 2005. From 2007 to present, he is the captain of the Croatian national team. Krčmar qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Eastern European qualifier. In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's Per Laursen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eighteen. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2017, he has won four ranking titles. He won 2025 Players Championship 8 and has won three PDC European Tours; the International Darts Open and Swiss Darts Trophy in 2024, and the 2025 Austrian Darts Open. Nicknamed "the Wall", Schindler is a two-time major televised event quarter-finalist, reaching the last eight at the World Grand Prix and UK Open, both in 2023. In his youth career, Schindler finished as the runner-up at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship and won three Development Tours. Career 2017 Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany alongside Max Hopp at the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the quarter-finals, before losing to the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Landman
Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won 2023 PDC Challenge Tour 1 and finished as runner-up at 2023 Players Championship 9. Landman previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, finishing as the runner-up at the 2023 Lakeside World Championship. Career 2017 Landman won the 2017 Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the 2017 WDF World Cup Singles, and reached the Last 16 of the 2017 BDO World Masters. 2018 Landman qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Regional Table Qualifiers, losing to Derk Telnekes 3–0 in sets in the preliminary round. 2019 Landman also qualified for the 2019 BDO World Championship, losing in the first round to Kyle McKinstry 3–2. 2020 Landman qualified for the 2020 BDO World Championship and reached the quarter-finals after beating Dave Parletti 3–2 and Ben Hazel 4–3 before losing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough of 330,714. Wigan is part of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire. Wigan was in the territory of the Brigantes, an ancient List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes, Celtic tribe that ruled much of what is now Northern England. The Brigantes were subjugated in the Roman conquest of Britain and the Roman settlement of was established where Wigan lies. Wigan was incorporated as a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in 1246, following the issue of a charter by Henry III of England, King Henry III of England. At the end of the Middle Ages, it was one of four boroughs in Lancashire established by royal charter. The Industrial Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
