2024 German Darts Grand Prix
2024 German Darts Grand Prix | |||
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Dates | 30 March–1 April 2024 | ||
Venue | Kulturhalle Zenith | ||
Location | Munich | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £175,000 | ||
Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
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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
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[2]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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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
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:
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Draw
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes
References
- ^ Gorton, Josh (10 April 2023). "Super Six for Sensational Smith at Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix". PDC.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
- ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
- ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (6 February 2024). "ET1-2 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
- ^ Jamie, Shaw (27 March 2024). "Gary Anderson withdraws from the German Darts Grand Prix". Live-darts.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.