European Tour

Baltic Sea Darts Open 2024

Kiel,
10 May 2024
Entry Deadline Friday 29 March - 2:00pm GMT
Entries:

All Tour Card Holders (Seeds/Qualifiers) must enter this event prior to the entry deadline. The draw for this event will be made on Thursday 9th May, 24hrs prior to the start of the event and will appear here when done. Games from the Last 16 onwards will be played in the Draw Bracket order.

Players will be required to register at the PDC Control Desk at the Players Entrance no later than one hour before the scheduled time of their match. Any player who fails to register as above will face referral to the DRA. Should a player not register within 30 minutes of their scheduled match then they will be disqualified from the event without exception and not be entitled to receive any prize money from the event.

Any player who wishes to familiarize themselves with their stage before their first match may do so 90 minutes before the start of play, all players must have cleared the stage by the time that doors open to the public.

Withdrawals
Any player who needs to withdraw from this event must do so prior to the Tour Card Qualifier, or at the very latest prior to the draw which is 24 hours prior to the start to avoid a DRA sanction.

Contact Prior to event:
PDC Graham Fairhurst [email protected] 07930 975240
Contacts at event:
PDC Keith Bisby [email protected] 07860 155885
PDPA Andy Scott [email protected] 07946 180180

Guests:

Players will be allowed ONE NON-TRANSFERABLE bona-fide guest each for each session which they compete in. Please note that football shirts, shorts or three-quarter length trousers will not be acceptable and persons wearing them will not be admitted.

Players are required to register their guest’s name with PDC Europe via [email protected] before 22.00 local time on Thursday May 9th. Failure to submit guest names may result in the guest not being allowed into the venue.

More Information:

IN FULL - THE EUROPEAN TOUR & HOW IT WORKS
At the Entry Deadline, if entered, qualifiers in this order.
Top 16 Main Order of Merit.
The next 16 on ProTour table outside of these 16 OoM players.
16 Further players then come from Qualifiers
10 Tour Card
4 Host Nation
1 Nordic and Baltic
1 East European

WHO IS SEEDED
At the deadline, we will have 32 qualifiers, the 16 seeds from this 32 are taken from the ProTour table. These 16 seeds start the event in the Last 32 (2nd Round) against the winners from the round of 48 (1st Round

WHO KEEPS PRIZE MONEY ON RANKINGS
If any of the 32 Pre-Qualified players (Top 16 OoM & Next 16 PTOoM) lose their opening match, the prize money does not go on any Order of Merit tables, but players receive the money.

Wunderino Arena, Kiel, May 10-12
Tournament Draw Bracket - Second Round Onwards

(6) Michael van Gerwen v Luke Littler/Wessel Nijman
(11) Peter Wright v Thibault Tricole/Andrew Gilding
(3) Luke Humphries v Sebastian Bialecki/Jose de Sousa
(14) Ross Smith v Luke Woodhouse/Ryan Joyce
(7) Josh Rock v Haupai Puha/Franz Roetzsch
(10) Danny Noppert v Raymond van Barneveld/Daniel Larsson
(2) Damon Heta v Kevin Troppmann/Gian van Veen
(15) Krzysztof Ratajski v Martin Schindler/Mike De Decker
(5) Jonny Clayton v Ritchie Edhouse/Nathan Aspinall
(12) Ricardo Pietreczko v Moritz Hilger/Matthew Dennant
(4) Rob Cross v Maik Kuivenhoven/Christopher Toonders
(13) Stephen Bunting v Andy Baetens/Gabriel Clemens
(8) Dirk van Duijvenbode v Daryl Gurney/Dimitri Van den Bergh
(9) Ryan Searle v Brendan Dolan/Jermaine Wattimena
(1) Dave Chisnall v Madars Razma/Chris Dobey
(16) Joe Cullen v James Wade/Niels Zonneveld

Friday May 10
First Round

Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Sebastian Bialecki v Jose de Sousa
Maik Kuivenhoven v Christopher Toonders
Thibault Tricole v Andrew Gilding
Haupai Puha v Franz Roetzsch
Moritz Hilger v Matthew Dennant
Brendan Dolan v Jermaine Wattimena
Luke Woodhouse v Ryan Joyce
James Wade v Niels Zonneveld

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Madars Razma v Chris Dobey
Kevin Troppmann v Gian van Veen
Daryl Gurney v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Raymond van Barneveld v Daniel Larsson
Andy Baetens v Gabriel Clemens
Ritchie Edhouse v Nathan Aspinall
Martin Schindler v Mike De Decker
Luke Littler v Wessel Nijman

Saturday May 11
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Josh Rock v Puha/Roetzsch
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Gurney/Van den Bergh
Ryan Searle v Dolan/Wattimena
Ross Smith v Woodhouse/Joyce
Damon Heta v Troppmann/Van Veen
Joe Cullen v Wade/Zonneveld
Rob Cross v Kuivenhoven/Toonders
Ricardo Pietreczko v Hilger/Dennant

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Jonny Clayton v Edhouse/Aspinall
Danny Noppert v Van Barneveld/Larsson
Peter Wright v Tricole/Gilding
Luke Humphries v Bialecki/De Sousa
Michael van Gerwen v Littler/Nijman
Krzysztof Ratajski v Schindler/De Decker
Stephen Bunting v Baetens/Clemens
Dave Chisnall v Razma/Dobey

Sunday May 12
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Third Round

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

FORMAT:
The format is best of 11 legs up to and including the quarter-final, with the semi-final the best of 13 legs and the final the best of 15 legs.

SESSION TIMES:
Friday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
First Round x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
First Round x8

Saturday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Second Round x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Second Round x8.

Sunday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Third Round x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Quarter-Final, Semi-Final, Final

PRIZE FUND:
Champion £30,000
Runner-Up £12,000
Semi Finals £8,500
Quarter Finals £6,000
Third Round £4,000
Second Round £2,500
First Round £1,250
TOTAL £175,000