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2023 Dutch Darts Championship

The 2023 Dutch Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament that took place at the WTC Expo in Leeuwarden, Netherlands from 28 to 30 April 2023. It was the sixth 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 Smith was the defending champion after defeating Danny Noppert 8–7 in the 2022 final, but he lost 6–4 to Peter Wright in the third round.

Dave Chisnall won his second European Tour title of the year, and as with the first one, he defeated Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.

This was the first time in European Tour history that all the top four seeds made the semi-finals.

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 7 March 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded into the second round.

The remaining 32 places went on to qualifiers from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 March), two from the associate member qualifier, the two highest ranked Dutchmen 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.

The following players took part in the tournament:

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

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 27 April.

References