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2023 Belgian Darts Open

The 2023 Belgian Darts Open, known as the 2023 Blåkläder Belgian Darts Open for sponshorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium from 5–7 May 2023. It was the seventh 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.

Dave Chisnall was the defending champion, defeating Andrew Gilding 8–6 in the 2022 final, but he was defeated 6–4 to Josh Rock in the third round.

Michael van Gerwen won his first European Tour title of 2023 by defeating Luke Humphries 8–6 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 9 March 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded into the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 March), two from the Associate Member Qualifier, the two highest ranked Belgians 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On 4 May, it was announced that Cameron Menzies had withdrawn due to injury, and was replaced by Gabriel Clemens, who was top of the Reserve List Qualifiers.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16
  1. (runner-up)
  2. (third round)
  3. (champion)
  4. (third round)
  5. (semi-finals)
  6. (third round)
  7. (quarter-finals)
  8. (quarter-finals)
  9. (third round)
  10. (second round)
  11. (second round)
  12. (second round)
  13. (quarter-finals)
  14. (third round)
  15. (semi-finals)
  16. (second round)
Tour Card Qualifier
* (first round)
* (second round)
* (second round)
* (first round)
* (second round)
* (second round)
* (first round)
* (first round)
* (quarter-finals)
* (first round)
* (first round)
* (first round)
* (first round)
* (first round)
* (second round)
* (first round)
* (second round)
* (first round)
* (second round)
* (second round)
* (third round)
* (second round)
* (second round)
Associate Member Qualifier
* (second round)
* (first round)
Highest ranking Belgians
* (second round)
* (first round)
Host Nation Qualifier
* (first round)
* (third round)
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
* (first round)
East European Qualifier
* (first round)
Reserve List Qualifier
* (third round)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 4 May.

References