2024 Dutch Darts Championship

The 2024 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship was the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Autotron, Rosmalen, Netherlands from 24 to 26 May 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2024 Dutch Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates24–26 May 2024
VenueAutotron
LocationRosmalen
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
Nine-dart finish
  •  Ross Smith
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Josh Rock
«Event 6 Event 8»

Dave Chisnall was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the 2023 final, but lost to Jonny Clayton 6–3 in the third round.

Josh Rock won his first European Tour title by beating Jonny Clayton 8–4 in the final. Rock became the second Northern Irish player to win a European Tour event.[1]

Ross Smith hit his second nine-darter on the European Tour, and first for 11 years, in his second-round defeat to Dimitri Van den Bergh.[2]

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]

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.[4][5]

Qualification and format

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A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[6]

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 1 May.[7]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (to be held on 8 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (to be held on 23 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on the 6 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 7 April).

Michael Smith and Nathan Aspinall withdrew and were replaced by Ritchie Edhouse and Jermaine Wattimena. Jonny Clayton moved up to become the 16th seed.[8]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
24 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
25 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
26 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
26 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
26 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
26 May
   Niels Zonneveld 83.6761  Dave Chisnall 100.756
  Haupai Puha 86.375  Niels Zonneveld 85.822
1  Chisnall 100.473
16  Clayton 93.746
   Christian Kist 85.96516  Jonny Clayton 99.176
  Marvin van Velzen 86.316  Marvin van Velzen 92.964
16  Clayton 99.496
8  Searle 91.512
   Teemu Harju 78.7908  Ryan Searle 100.026
  James Wade 85.086  James Wade 93.583
8  Searle 100.596
  de Graaf 93.391
   Madars Razma 89.2939  Stephen Bunting 89.983
  Jeffrey de Graaf 91.246  Jeffrey de Graaf 93.586
16  Clayton 96.617
5  van Gerwen 98.936
   Andrew Gilding 86.2864  Danny Noppert 93.976
  Damian Mol 88.175  Andrew Gilding 96.355
4  Noppert 99.676
Alt  Wattimena 94.825
   Joe Cullen 94.49513  Ricardo Pietreczko 82.025
Alt  Jermaine Wattimena 93.746Alt  Jermaine Wattimena 95.406
4  Noppert 90.151
5  van Gerwen 101.736
   Mike De Decker 91.1455  Michael van Gerwen 96.976
  Kevin Doets 91.486  Kevin Doets 90.240
5  van Gerwen 103.526
12  Dobey 91.391
   Moreno Blom 100.26612  Chris Dobey 95.946
  Ryan Joyce 95.933  Moreno Blom 77.570
16  Clayton 90.594
6  Rock 89.898
Alt  Ritchie Edhouse 84.9562  Damon Heta 82.035
  Jiri Brejcha 79.293Alt  Ritchie Edhouse 88.476
Alt  Edhouse 97.195
  Woodhouse 98.336
   Ryan Meikle 84.00515  Daryl Gurney 92.204
  Luke Woodhouse 85.206  Luke Woodhouse 99.276
  Woodhouse 100.795
10  Schindler 106.046
   Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.9367  Ross Smith 93.354
  Gabriel Clemens 100.764  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.386
  Van den Bergh 98.364
10  Schindler 102.176
   Brendan Dolan 83.55610  Martin Schindler 96.726
  Owen Bates 78.223  Brendan Dolan 94.244
10  Schindler 89.183
6  Rock 93.547
   William O'Connor 91.8823  Gerwyn Price 101.336
  Mickey Mansell 91.506  Mickey Mansell 91.660
3  Price 105.066
14  van Veen 92.661
   Dom Taylor 102.26614  Gian van Veen 93.796
  José de Sousa 95.333  Dom Taylor 92.355
3  Price 99.923
6  Rock 101.756
   Callan Rydz 90.0036  Josh Rock 104.836
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.486  Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.613
6  Rock 96.426
  Menzies 98.525
   Raymond van Barneveld 94.81111  Peter Wright 102.333
  Cameron Menzies 103.876  Cameron Menzies 99.426

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Dutch Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen falls in semi-finals as Josh Rock wins first European Tour title". Sky Sports. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave (25 May 2024). "Nine-dart Smith denied at Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship". PDC.
  3. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (1 May 2024). "ET7-8 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  8. ^ Gorton, Josh (23 May 2024). "2024 Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship draw & schedule". PDC. Retrieved 23 May 2024.