2023 European Darts Open


The 2023 European Darts Open was a professional darts tournament that took place at Ostermann-Arena in Leverkusen, Germany from 24 to 26 March 2023. It was the second of thirteen European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dimitri van den Bergh 8–5 in the 2022 final, however he was defeated 6–4 by Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals.
Gerwyn Price won his seventh European Tour title after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–7 in the final.

Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:
  • Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualified as a qualifier, but later became a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players was credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progressed in the event.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC Pro [Tour Order of Merit] on 31 January 2023 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, two from the Associate Member Qualifier, the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier, one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier, and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier.
On 23 March, it was announced that Joe Murnan had withdrawn from the tournament for personal reasons, so using the new Reserve List system, José de Sousa took his place.
On 25 March, Luke Humphries withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons, which meant that Brendan Dolan received a bye to the third round.
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Draw

The draw and schedule was announced on 23 March. Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.