The 2024 International Darts Open, known as the 2024 NEO.bet International Darts Open for sponsorship reasons, was a professional
darts
Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard.
Point ...
tournament that took place at the
SACHSENarena in
Riesa
Riesa (; ) is a town in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany. It is located on the river Elbe, approximately northwest of Dresden.
History
The name ''Riesa'' is derived from Slavic ''Riezowe''. This name, romanised as "Rezoa", appears f ...
, Germany from 12 to 14 April 2024. It was the third of thirteen
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
events on the
2024 PDC Pro Tour
The 2024 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 Cham ...
. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
was the defending champion after defeating
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
8–4 in
the 2023 final.
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 ra ...
won his first European Tour title and first senior PDC title overall, beating
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
8–5 in the final. Schindler became the third German player to win a senior PDC title.
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:
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* Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.
]
Qualification and format
A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.
For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded ...
and the PDC Pro Tour
The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players ...
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 16 February.
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 February), 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
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Dylan Slevin
Dylan Slevin (born 19 November 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He obtained a PDC Tour Card in 2023. He previously won two medals in the WDF Europe Cup Youth and represent ...
and Lee Evans. Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...
and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.
The following players took part in the tournament:
:Seeded Players
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# ''(runner-up)''
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# ''(quarter-finals)''
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# ''(semi-finals)''
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:Order of Merit Qualifiers
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:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(second round)''
:* ''(semi-finals)''
:* (champion)
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:* ''(third round)''
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:Tour Card Qualifier
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(second round)''
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(quarter-finals)''
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(third round)''
:* ''(second round)''
:* ''(third round)''
:Host Nation Qualifier
:* ''(second round)''
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(first round)''
:Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
:* ''(first round)''
:East European Qualifier
:* ''(first round)''
:Reserve List
:* ''(first round)''
:* ''(first round)''
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
The three-dart average in darts is the average of the total score achieved with each turn of three darts.
Averages are the most cited statistics in matches as they give a rough estimate of a player's form. The longer a match lasts, the harder it i ...
in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:International Darts Open
2024 PDC Pro Tour
2024 PDC European Tour
2024 in German sport
April 2024 sports events in Germany