2024 Flanders Darts Trophy

2024 Flanders Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates6–8 September 2024
VenueAntwerp XPO
LocationAntwerp, Belgium
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170 Mike De Decker
Champion(s)
 Dave Chisnall
«Event 9 Event 11»

The 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy was the tenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Antwerp XPO, Antwerp, Belgium from 6 to 8 September 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

This was the first edition of the event, marking the first European Tour event in Antwerp. With the Belgian Darts Open taking place in Wieze earlier in 2024, this was the first time multiple European Tour events have taken place in Belgium in the same year.

Dave Chisnall won the title in his 100th European Tour event, beating Ricardo Pietreczko 8–6 in the final.[1][2]

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]

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
  • Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match 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.[4][5]

Qualification and format

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A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[6][7]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.

The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.

The seedings were confirmed on 7 June.[8]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (to be held on 5 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 June).

Gary Anderson and Nathan Aspinall withdrew and were replaced by Mike De Decker and Scott Williams. Ryan Joyce moved up to become a seed.[9]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
6 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
7 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
8 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
8 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
8 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
8 September
  Daryl Gurney 98.0931 Luke Humphries 100.666
 Ritchie Edhouse 104.636 Ritchie Edhouse 96.373
1 Humphries 99.176
16 Joyce 92.885
  Jody Tobback 72.56016 Ryan Joyce 93.166
 Alan Soutar 87.556 Alan Soutar 94.985
1 Humphries 104.296
8 Searle 100.722
  Joe Cullen 93.3268 Ryan Searle 94.356
 Callan Rydz 86.873 Joe Cullen 91.434
8 Searle 91.866
9 Smith 91.803
Alt Mike De Decker 89.6069 Ross Smith 101.296
 Richard Veenstra 85.102Alt Mike De Decker 93.625
1 Humphries 98.514
12 Pietreczko 104.927
  Jonny Clayton 93.5024 Damon Heta 90.385
 Dirk van Duijvenbode 103.676 Dirk van Duijvenbode 97.616
 van Duijvenbode 101.386
13 Littler 93.792
  Jermaine Wattimena 102.16613 Luke Littler 111.136
 Brian Raman 93.884 Jermaine Wattimena 101.571
 van Duijvenbode 94.694
12 Pietreczko 93.526
  Raymond van Barneveld 98.0265 Danny Noppert 92.726
 Maik Kuivenhoven 84.660 Raymond van Barneveld 90.742
5 Noppert 91.841
12 Pietreczko 102.946
  Andrew Gilding 101.41612 Ricardo Pietreczko 99.296
 Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.432 Andrew Gilding 93.645
12 Pietreczko 96.906
2 Chisnall 95.238
  Cameron Menzies 99.6542 Dave Chisnall 102.006
 James Wade 96.386 James Wade 94.672
2 Chisnall 100.926
 Clemens 96.942
  Gabriel Clemens 95.01615 Michael van Gerwen 99.934
 Martin Lukeman 95.545 Gabriel Clemens 107.276
2 Chisnall 95.576
 Wright 98.405
  Marko Kantele 90.6337 Stephen Bunting 104.246
Alt Scott Williams 100.736Alt Scott Williams 93.613
7 Bunting 93.295
 Wright 99.136
  Brendan Dolan 86.68510 Martin Schindler 89.122
 Peter Wright 90.346 Peter Wright 100.006
2 Chisnall 101.367
11 Dobey 92.725
  Luke Woodhouse 101.8863 Gerwyn Price 97.885
 Luc Bogaert 94.023 Luke Woodhouse 98.596
 Woodhouse 87.986
14 van Veen 92.515
  Krzysztof Ratajski 93.07314 Gian van Veen 92.946
 Robert Owen 92.826 Robert Owen 91.703
 Woodhouse 90.553
11 Dobey 104.156
  Jitse Van der Wal 89.5766 Josh Rock 103.666
 Sebastian Białecki 85.842 Jitse Van der Wal 83.040
6 Rock 97.545
11 Dobey 100.436
  François Schweyen 90.61411 Chris Dobey 98.626
 Kevin Doets 90.136 Kevin Doets 87.272

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Hodge, Stuart (9 September 2024). "Flanders Darts Trophy: Dave Chisnall wins second European title of season in Antwerp to join exclusive list". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. ^ Phillips, Josh (8 September 2024). "Chisnall doubles 2024 Euro Tour title tally in Antwerp". PDC.tv.
  3. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  7. ^ Wood, Kieran (8 January 2024). "New qualifying criteria for the PDC European Tour announced". Darts News.
  8. ^ Gorton, Josh (7 June 2024). "ET9-10 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  9. ^ Gorton, Josh (5 September 2024). "2024 Flanders Darts Trophy draw & schedule confirmed". PDC.