The 2024 German Darts Championship (known for sponshorship reasons as the 2024 NEO.bet German Darts Championship) was the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany from 30 August to 1 September 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and ã175,000 in prize money, with ã30,000 going to the winner.
Ricardo Pietreczko was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8âÂÂ4 in the 2023 final. Pietreczko lost 6âÂÂ5 to Nick Kenny in the third round.
Peter Wright won his first title of 2024, beating Luke Littler 8âÂÂ5 in the final.
The prize fund remained at ã175,000, with ã30,000 to the winner:
A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.
For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC Pro Tour 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.
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events â 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 31 May), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 31 May).
, Josh Rock, and Nathan Aspinall withdrew and were replaced by , Dylan Slevin, Mensur SuljoviÃÂ and . Ryan Joyce, Daryl Gurney and moved up to become seeds.
The following players took part in the tournament: