2023 Baltic Sea Darts Open

2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates24–26 February 2023
VenueWunderino Arena
LocationKiel, Germany
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170  Keegan Brown
Champion(s)
 Dave Chisnall
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The 2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 24 to 26 February 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.[1][2][3][4]

Dave Chisnall won his fourth European Tour title by defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.[5][6][7]

The event also saw 239 scores of 180 hit during the tournament, beating the previous European Tour record of 231.[6][8][9]

Prize money

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The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[10]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
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 lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit.[11]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 31 January 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[12]

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).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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The draw was confirmed on 23 February.[13][14]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
24 February
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
25 February
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
26 February
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
26 February
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
26 February
Final
(best of 15 legs)
26 February
  Gabriel Clemens 98.5551 Luke Humphries 98.806
 Daryl Gurney 97.276 Daryl Gurney 92.821
1 Humphries 94.236
16 Van den Bergh 90.513
  Shaun Wilkinson 85.23216 Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.776
 Ritchie Edhouse 92.806 Ritchie Edhouse 96.963
1 Humphries 100.506
9 van Duijvenbode 100.914
  Jermaine Wattimena 91.5648 Michael Smith 93.626
 Niko Springer 97.596 Niko Springer 88.124
8 Smith 99.273
9 van Duijvenbode 100.276
  Florian Hempel 82.9929 Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.366
 Richard Veenstra 90.356 Richard Veenstra 87.553
1 Humphries 97.047
13 Searle 101.026
  Ricky Evans 90.1724 Rob Cross 93.825
 Martijn Dragt 90.356 Martijn Dragt 88.296
 Dragt 97.212
13 Searle 100.126
  Niels Zonneveld 90.61513 Ryan Searle 95.486
 Mario Vandenbogaerde 86.726 Mario Vandenbogaerde 90.191
13 Searle 99.146
 Brown 81.951
  James Wade 92.1765 Peter Wright 96.606
 Raymond van Barneveld 89.533 James Wade 94.593
5 Wright 88.744
 Brown 94.476
  Filip Šebesta 82.99312 Danny Noppert 89.783
 Keegan Brown 89.086 Keegan Brown 90.386
1 Humphries 96.275
6 Chisnall 101.318
  William O'Connor 95.0942 Michael van Gerwen 98.314
 Stephen Bunting 97.296 Stephen Bunting 96.926
 Bunting 94.172
15 Clayton 95.856
  Jeroen Mioch 91.12315 Jonny Clayton 97.106
 Ted Evetts 89.596 Ted Evetts 88.311
15 Clayton 102.846
 Beaton 85.612
  Steve Beaton 106.1067 Nathan Aspinall 92.305
 Adrian Lewis 99.682 Steve Beaton 92.536
 Beaton 86.236
10 Cullen 88.064
  Arron Monk 91.92610 Joe Cullen 95.946
 Brendan Dolan 93.975 Arron Monk 98.434
15 Clayton 97.385
6 Chisnall 94.167
  Bradley Brooks 83.3563 Damon Heta 101.536
 Josh Payne 83.022 Bradley Brooks 91.762
3 Heta 91.002
14 Schindler 96.556
  Ryan Meikle 80.69114 Martin Schindler 98.146
 Lukas Wenig 90.846 Lukas Wenig 94.004
14 Schindler 89.484
6 Chisnall 88.146
  Lewy Williams 98.4866 Dave Chisnall 100.756
 Dennis Nilsson 85.893 Lewy Williams 94.932
6 Chisnall 107.046
11 Price 108.294
  Ryan Joyce 81.47311 Gerwyn Price 109.076
 Graham Usher 84.046 Graham Usher 88.982

References

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  2. ^ "FIELD CONFIRMED FOR 2023 BALTIC SEA DARTS OPEN AS EUROPEAN TOUR RETURNS WITH HUMPHRIES AND VAN GERWEN TOP SEEDS". DartsNews.
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  6. ^ a b "Dave Chisnall wins fourth European Tour title with victory over Luke Humphries". Sky Sports. 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "St Helens' Dave Chisnall wins Baltic Sea Darts Open in Kiel". St Helens Star. 27 February 2023.
  8. ^ Niklas Schomburg (27 February 2023). "Baltic Sea Darts Open: Spieler und Veranstalter schwärmen von Kiel". Kieler Nachrichten (in German). von Freitag bis Sonntag warf die Weltelite insgesamt 239 Mal die 180, das Maximum.
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  10. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. 15 February 2023.
  11. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  12. ^ "2023 Players Championships 1-2 entries & ET1-2 seeds confirmed". PDC.
  13. ^ "2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open draw & schedule". PDC.
  14. ^ "Baltic Sea Darts Open". DAZN.