2024 German Darts Grand Prix

2024 German Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates30 March–1 April 2024
VenueKulturhalle Zenith
LocationMunich
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries
«Event 1 Event 3»

The 2024 NEO.bet German Darts Grand Prix was the second of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich, Germany from 30 March–1 April 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith was the defending champion after defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–5 in the 2023 final.[1] However, he lost 6–4 to Josh Rock in the third round.

Luke Humphries won the German Darts Grand Prix for the second time, his sixth European Tour title in all, beating Michael van Gerwen 8–1 in the final.

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[2]

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
  • 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.[3][4]

Qualification and format

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A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[5]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour 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 6 February.[6]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 17 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 16 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 February).

Gary Anderson withdrew through injury and was replaced by Luke Woodhouse. Stephen Bunting moved up to become the 16th seed.[7]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
30 March
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
31 March
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
1 April
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
1 April
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
1 April
Final
(best of 15 legs)
1 April
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.6961 Dave Chisnall 90.376
 Gabriel Clemens 91.785 Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.314
1 Chisnall 94.505
  Wattimena 95.336
  Franz Rötzsch 76.53016 Stephen Bunting 91.052
 Jermaine Wattimena 85.896 Jermaine Wattimena 91.886
 Wattimena 95.362
8 van Gerwen 95.376
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 86.6968 Michael van Gerwen 97.976
 Matthias Ehlers 81.305 Jeffrey de Zwaan 83.084
8 van Gerwen 102.486
 Cullen 83.930
  Andrew Gilding 89.7429 Jonny Clayton 94.213
 Joe Cullen 99.626 Joe Cullen 96.056
8 van Gerwen 101.007
 Schindler 96.632
  Martin Schindler 92.0464 Damon Heta 91.631
 Vítězslav Sedlák 74.971 Martin Schindler 99.296
  Schindler 98.016
 Dobey 95.374
  Chris Dobey 103.42613 Krzysztof Ratajski 91.984
 Viktor Tingström 85.052 Chris Dobey 92.056
  Schindler 100.836
 Aspinall 93.994
  Nathan Aspinall 92.2965 Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.174
 Michael Unterbuchner 87.342 Nathan Aspinall 98.046
 Aspinall 102.786
12 R. Smith 97.062
  Brendan Dolan 94.26612 Ross Smith 93.516
 Alan Soutar 83.492 Brendan Dolan 87.341
8 van Gerwen 96.801
2 Humphries 112.668
  Niels Zonneveld 90.3652 Luke Humphries 108.686
Alt Luke Woodhouse 94.936Alt Luke Woodhouse 99.403
2 Humphries 111.636
  Joyce 102.402
  Ryan Joyce 95.40615 Ricardo Pietreczko 89.781
 Kevin Doets 94.294 Ryan Joyce 102.886
2 Humphries 106.946
10 Noppert 106.442
  James Wade 87.9537 Rob Cross 96.716
 Daryl Gurney 97.196 Daryl Gurney 90.642
7 Cross 91.812
10 Noppert 100.236
  Raymond van Barneveld 94.98510 Danny Noppert 104.616
 Gian van Veen 96.656 Gian van Veen 108.515
2 Humphries 99.937
3 Price 92.323
  Peter Wright 103.9463 Gerwyn Price 100.246
 José de Sousa 96.023 Peter Wright 91.564
3 Price 112.736
14 Searle 96.420
  Lukas Wenig 86.30314 Ryan Searle 90.556
 Steve Lennon 86.496 Steve Lennon 80.502
3 Price 101.056
6 Rock 99.995
  Oliver Mueller 87.3236 Josh Rock 94.366
 Richard Veenstra 87.746 Richard Veenstra 88.755
6 Rock 91.916
11 M. Smith 95.364
  Cameron Menzies 98.16611 Michael Smith 102.156
 Mike De Decker 96.574 Cameron Menzies 99.994

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Gorton, Josh (10 April 2023). "Super Six for Sensational Smith at Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix". PDC.
  2. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (6 February 2024). "ET1-2 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  7. ^ Jamie, Shaw (27 March 2024). "Gary Anderson withdraws from the German Darts Grand Prix". Live-darts.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.