Draft:2023 European Darts Matchplay

2023 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates30 June–2 July 2023
VenueTrier Arena
LocationTrier
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170  Raymond van Barneveld
(third round)
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries
«Event 9 Event 11»

The 2023 European Darts Matchplay will be the tenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Trier Arena, Trier, Germany from 30 June–2 July 2023. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

The defending champion is Luke Humphries, who defeated Rowby-John Rodriguez 8–7 in the 2022 final.[1]

Prize money edit

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[2]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,000
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
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round 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]

Qualification and format edit

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 April 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[4]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 April), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 20 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw edit

First round
(best of 11 legs)
30 June
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
1 July
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
2 July
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
2 July
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
2 July
Final
(best of 15 legs)
2 July
  Liam Maendl-Lawrence 71.4321  Luke Humphries 96.726
  Marko Kantele 71.856  Marko Kantele 89.481
1  Humphries 109.006
  Bunting 95.873
  Luke Woodhouse 87.34316  Ross Smith 96.185
  Stephen Bunting 93.446  Stephen Bunting 96.066
1  Humphries 109.506
8  Aspinall 91.492
  Graham Hall 83.9348  Nathan Aspinall 103.496
  Martin Lukeman 88.046  Martin Lukeman 92.475
8  Aspinall 100.166
9  Noppert 103.413
  Simon Whitlock 90.6229  Danny Noppert 97.936
  James Wilson 92.936  James Wilson 92.695
1  Humphries 105.577
  Wade 109.125
  Gian van Veen 103.9264  Damon Heta 103.960
  Christian Kist 99.183  Gian van Veen 114.156
  Van Veen 101.406
13  Schindler 94.702
  Stephen Burton 89.26313  Martin Schindler 96.366
  Callan Rydz 94.446  Callan Rydz 90.133
   Van Veen 90.773
  Wade 96.966
  Mickey Mansell 95.4165  Rob Cross 96.236
  Matt Campbell 92.953  Mickey Mansell 96.864
5  Cross 92.552
  Wade 97.296
  William O'Connor 83.65112  Jonny Clayton 106.093
  James Wade 101.566  James Wade 107.376
1  Humphries 93.278
2  van Duijvenbode 91.067
  Darryl Pilgrim 92.9042  Dirk van Duijvenbode 100.676
  Andrew Gilding 91.176  Andrew Gilding 96.332
2  van Duijvenbode 107.366
15  Van den Bergh 91.190
  Fabian Herz 77.67015  Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.346
  Ricardo Pietreczko 90.186  Ricardo Pietreczko 86.543
2  van Duijvenbode 95.316
7  Smith 92.964
  Kim Huybrechts 95.3327  Michael Smith 101.106
  Keane Barry 97.006  Keane Barry 100.692
7  Smith 111.336
10  Rock 101.704
  Connor Scutt 90.00210  Josh Rock 107.366
  Brendan Dolan 90.676  Brendan Dolan 96.390
2  van Duijvenbode 93.267
14  Cullen 93.396
  Ryan Joyce 94.9863  Dave Chisnall 99.773
  Ted Evetts 92.911  Ryan Joyce 91.096
  Joyce 90.124
14  Cullen 94.666
  Daniel Klose 91.77314  Joe Cullen 100.546
  Vítězslav Sedlák 102.376  Vítězslav Sedlák 93.403
14  Cullen 92.546
  van Barneveld 89.184
  George Killington 87.5936  Michael van Gerwen 91.573
  Raymond van Barneveld 89.966  Raymond van Barneveld 91.956
  van Barneveld 100.896
11  Searle 97.035
  José de Sousa 90.51311  Ryan Searle 90.566
  Gabriel Clemens 96.166  Gabriel Clemens 85.275

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gorton, Josh (3 July 2022). "Humphries denies Rodriguez to prevail in European Darts Matchplay epic". PDC. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  4. ^ "2023 Players Championships 9-10 entries & ET9-10 seeds confirmed". PDC.


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