2023 European Darts Open

2023 edition of European Darts OpenTemplate:SHORTDESC:2023 edition of European Darts Open

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2023 Interwetten European Darts Open** was the second of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany from 24–26 March 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

The defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who defeated Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–5 in the 2022 final, however, he was beaten 6–4 by Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals.

Price went on to win his seventh European Tour title, defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–7 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours, with the prize fund increasing to £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:

* Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit.

## Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 31 January automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 February), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 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).

On 23 March, it was announced that Joe Murnan had withdrawn from the tournament for personal reasons, so using the new Reserve List system, José de Sousa (as the highest ranked non-qualifier) took his place.

On 25 March, Luke Humphries withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons, which meant that Brendan Dolan received a bye to the third round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Michael van Gerwen  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Damon Heta  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Rob Cross  *(Semi-finals)*
5. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
6. Dave Chisnall  *(Third round)*
7. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
8. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Runner-up)*
9. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
10. **Gerwyn Price**  **(Champion)**
11. Danny Noppert  *(Semi-finals)*
12. Ryan Searle  *(Second round)*
13. Martin Schindler  *(Second round)*
14. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
15. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Third round)*
16. Josh Rock  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Second round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(Second round)*
* Bradley Brooks  *(First round)*
* Maik Kuivenhoven  *(First round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(Third round)*
* Jim Williams  *(Second round)*
* James Wade  *(Second round)*
* Ross Smith  *(Third round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* Jurjen van der Velde  *(First round)*
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
* Ricardo Pietreczko  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(Third round)*
* Geert Nentjes  *(First round)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(First round)*
* William O'Connor  *(Third round)*
* Ian White  *(Second round)*
* Steve Lennon  *(First round)*
* Brendan Dolan  *(Third round)*
* Ted Evetts  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(First round)*
* Pascal Rupprecht  *(First round)*
* John Henderson  *(First round)*
* Andy Boulton  *(Second round)*

**Highest Ranking Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Florian Hempel  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* René Eidams  *(Second round)*
* Nico Kurz  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Marko Kantele  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Filip Šebesta  *(First round)*

**Reserve List Qualifier**
* José de Sousa  *(First round)*

## Draw

The draw and schedule was announced on 23 March.

## References

1. ↑ Imperious Van Gerwen wins Interwetten European Darts Open.
2. ↑ Seventh heaven for Price with Interwetten European Darts Open triumph.
3. ↑ Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ 2023 Players Championships 1-2 entries & ET1-2 seeds confirmed.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 2023 Interwetten European Darts Open draw & schedule.