2023 Dutch Darts Championship

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The **2023 Dutch Darts Championship** was the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the WTC Expo, Leeuwarden, Netherlands from 28–30 April 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 Smith, who defeated Danny Noppert 8–7 in the 2022 final, but he lost 6–4 to Peter Wright in the third round.

Dave Chisnall won his second European Tour title of the year, and as with the first one, he defeated Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.

This was also the first time in European Tour history that all the top 4 seeds made the semi-finals.

## 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 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.

## Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 7 March 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 March), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 29 March), the two highest ranked Dutchmen automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 27 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 March), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 April).

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. **Dave Chisnall**  **(Champion)**
3. Michael van Gerwen  *(Semi-finals)*
4. Damon Heta  *(Semi-finals)*
5. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Third round)*
6. Rob Cross  *(Second round)*
7. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
8. Nathan Aspinall  *(Third round)*
9. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Peter Wright  *(Quarter-finals)*
11. Ryan Searle  *(Third round)*
12. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
13. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
14. Martin Schindler  *(Third round)*
15. Josh Rock  *(Third round)*
16. Andrew Gilding  *(Third round)*
* Dylan Slevin  *(Second round)*
* Adam Smith-Neale  *(First round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(Second round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
* Jim Williams  *(Second round)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(Second round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Second round)*
* Ross Smith  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Second round)*
* Ian White  *(Second round)*
* Alan Soutar  *(First round)*
* Ricardo Pietreczko  *(First round)*
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
* Graham Hall  *(Second round)*
* Adam Gawlas  *(First round)*
* Arron Monk  *(First round)*
* Kim Huybrechts  *(First round)*
* Gian van Veen  *(First round)*
* Gary Anderson  *(First round)*
* Keane Barry  *(Quarter-finals)*
* John O'Shea  *(First round)*
* George Killington  *(First round)*
* Andy Boulton  *(First round)*
* Marcel Hausotter  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranking Dutchmen**
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Martijn Dragt  *(First round)*
* Berry van Peer  *(Third round)*

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

**East European Qualifier**
* Roman Benecký  *(Second round)*

## References

1. ↑ Sensational Smith wins Jack's Dutch Darts Championship.
2. ↑ Clinical Chisnall seals Dutch Darts Championship triumph.
3. ↑ Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Players Championships 5-6 entries & ET5-6 seeds confirmed
6. ↑ 2023 Dutch Darts Championship draw & schedule.