The 2023 Superbet Poland Darts Masters was the first
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the Wor ...
tournament organised in
Poland
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, and the fourth entry in the
2023 World Series of Darts
The 2023 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Six World Series events and one finals event, which like the previous year took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were held ...
. The tournament featured 16 players (eight top-ranking players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the
Arena COS Torwar
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in
Warsaw
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,
Poland
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on 7–8 July 2023. The event was announced on 23 March 2023,
and betting company Superbet were announced as the sponsors on 29 June.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
became the inaugural champion after defeating
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Ga ...
8–3 in the final.
The final average of Michael van Gerwen (113.22) was his highest average during a television tournament since 2017.
Prize money
Qualifiers
The PDC announced 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event, which included World Champion
Michael Smith, alongside reigning World Series of Darts Finals winner
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...
and three-time World Champion
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
. They were joined by
Rob Cross,
Luke Humphries
Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career
Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 20 ...
,
Danny Noppert
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, ...
,
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Ga ...
and
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 UK Open with a 170 checkout in the final leg against former World Champion Rob Cross.
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Regional qualifiers from
Poland
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were Tour card holders , and . They were joined by from
Croatia
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, and from the
Czech Republic
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. The remaining two spots were allocated to the winners of qualifiers in Poland and
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
.
The Hungarian Qualifier tournament took place on 4 June and was won by
Nándor Major.
The Polish Qualifier event was played on 1 July in
Tarnowo Podgórne, during the weekend of the Polish Darts Organisation's National Championship. The final qualifying match was won by
Łukasz Wacławski
Łukasz Wacławski (born 2 May 1980) is a Poland, Polish entrepreneur, dog trainer and professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Kiev Masters (darts), Kiev Masters ...
who defeated
Krzysztof Chmielewski 6–4.
Draw
References
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