2023 Poland Darts Masters

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The **2023 Superbet Poland Darts Masters** was the first Professional Darts Corporation tournament organised in Poland, and the fourth entry in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight top-ranking players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland on 7–8 July 2023. The event was announced on 23 March 2023, and betting company Superbet were announced as the sponsors on 29 June.

Michael van Gerwen became the inaugural champion after defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–3 in the final. Final average of Michael van Gerwen (113.22) was his highest average during a television tournament since 2017. During the 2017 Premier League Darts, van Gerwen last threw a television average above 113 points.

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event, which included World Champion Michael Smith, alongside reigning World Series of Darts Finals winner Gerwyn Price and three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen. They will be joined by Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Danny Noppert, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Nathan Aspinall.

The seedings were based on the rankings after the first 3 World Series events:

1. Gerwyn Price  *(Semi-finals)*
2. Michael Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
3. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
4. Rob Cross  *(First round)*
5. Luke Humphries  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Runner-up)*
7. Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*

Regional qualifiers from Poland will be Krzysztof Ratajski, Krzysztof Kciuk and Radek Szagański. They will be joined by Boris Krčmar from Croatia, Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček from the Czech Republic. The remaining two spots will be allocated to the winners of qualifiers in Poland and Hungary. The Hungarian Qualifier tournament took place on 4 June and was won by Nándor Major. The Polish Qualifier event has been played on 1 July in Tarnowo Podgórne, during the weekend of the Polish Darts Organisation's National Championship. The final qualifying match was won by Łukasz Wacławski who beat Krzysztof Chmielewski by 6–4 in legs.

## Draw

The draw took place on 5 July and was drawn by Colin Lloyd.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New Poland Darts Masters event completes 2023 World Series schedule. *Professional Darts Corporation* (23 March 2023).
2. ↑ Superbet announced as title sponsor of Poland Darts Masters. *Professional Darts Corporation* (29 June 2023).
3. ↑ Tournament centre Poland Darts Masters 2023: Play schedule, all results, live stream and prize money breakdown. *dartsnews.com* (9 July 2023).
4. ↑ Inspired Van Gerwen claims inaugural Poland Darts Masters crown. *Professional Darts Corporation* (8 July 2023).
5. ↑ van Gerwen records best tv average since 2017 at Poland Darts Masters. *dartsnews.com* (9 July 2023).
6. ↑ Major secures Poland Darts Masters spot at Hungarian Qualifier. *PDC* (6 June 2023).
7. ↑ Waclawski secures Poland Darts Masters spot at Polish Qualifier. Professional Darts Corporation.
8. ↑ 2023 Superbet Poland Darts Masters draw & schedule. *PDC.tv* (5 July 2023). Retrieved on July 6, 2023.