2023 European Darts Matchplay

2023 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	30 June–2 July 2023
Venue	Trier Arena
Location	Trier
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170  Raymond van Barneveld (third round)
Champion(s)
Luke Humphries
«Event 9 Event 11»

The 2023 European Darts Matchplay was the tenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Trier Arena, Trier, Germany from 30 June–2 July 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

The defending champion was Luke Humphries, who defeated Rowby-John Rodriguez 8–7 in the 2022 final.[1]

Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[2]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£30,000
Runner-up	(1)	£12,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£8,000
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

• Seeded players who lose in the second round 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.[3]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 April 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[4]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 April), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 20 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16  Luke Humphries (champion)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (runner-up)  Dave Chisnall (second round)  Damon Heta (second round)  Rob Cross (third round)  Michael van Gerwen (second round)  Michael Smith (quarter-finals)  Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)  Danny Noppert (third round)  Josh Rock (third round)  Ryan Searle (third round)  Jonny Clayton (second round)  Martin Schindler (third round)  Joe Cullen (semi-finals)  Dimitri Van den Bergh (third round)  Ross Smith (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier  George Killington (first round)  Stephen Burton (first round)  Daniel Klose (first round)  Luke Woodhouse (first round)  José de Sousa (first round)  Simon Whitlock (first round)  Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)  Stephen Bunting (third round)  Connor Scutt (first round)  Brendan Dolan (second round)  Ted Evetts (first round)  James Wade (semi-finals)  Keane Barry (second round)  Gian van Veen (quarter-finals)  Graham Hall (first round)  Ryan Joyce (third round)  Kim Huybrechts (first round)  James Wilson (second round)  Martin Lukeman (second round)  William O'Connor (first round)  Mickey Mansell (second round)  Matt Campbell (first round)

Associate Member Qualifier  Christian Kist (first round)  Darryl Pilgrim (first round) Highest Ranking Germans  Gabriel Clemens (second round)  Ricardo Pietreczko (second round) Host Nation Qualifier  Fabian Herz (first round)  Liam Maendl-Lawrance (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Marko Kantele (second round) East European Qualifier  Vítězslav Sedlák (second round) Reserve List Qualifiers  Andrew Gilding (second round)  Callan Rydz (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 30 June					Second round (best of 11 legs) 1 July					Third round (best of 11 legs) 2 July					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 2 July					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 2 July					Final (best of 15 legs) 2 July
	Liam Maendl-Lawrance 71.43		2			1	Luke Humphries 96.72	6
	Marko Kantele 71.85		6				Marko Kantele 89.48	1
											1	Humphries 109.00	6
												Bunting 95.87	3
	Luke Woodhouse 87.34		3			16	Ross Smith 96.18	5
	Stephen Bunting 93.44		6				Stephen Bunting 96.06	6
																1	Humphries 109.50	6
																8	Aspinall 91.49	2
	Graham Hall 83.93		4			8	Nathan Aspinall 103.49	6
	Martin Lukeman 88.04		6				Martin Lukeman 92.47	5
											8	Aspinall 100.16	6
											9	Noppert 103.41	3
	Simon Whitlock 90.62		2			9	Danny Noppert 97.93	6
	James Wilson 92.93		6				James Wilson 92.69	5
																					1	Humphries 105.57	7
																						Wade 109.12	5
	Gian van Veen 103.92		6			4	Damon Heta 103.96	0
	Christian Kist 99.18		3				Gian van Veen 114.15	6
												Van Veen 101.40	6
											13	Schindler 94.70	2
	Stephen Burton 89.26		3			13	Martin Schindler 96.36	6
	Callan Rydz 94.44		6				Callan Rydz 90.13	3
																	Van Veen 90.77	3
																	Wade 96.96	6
	Mickey Mansell 95.41		6			5	Rob Cross 96.23	6
	Matt Campbell 92.95		3				Mickey Mansell 96.86	4
											5	Cross 92.55	2
												Wade 97.29	6
	William O'Connor 83.65		1			12	Jonny Clayton 106.09	3
	James Wade 101.56		6				James Wade 107.37	6
																										1	Humphries 93.27	8
																										2	van Duijvenbode 91.06	7
	Darryl Pilgrim 92.90		4			2	Dirk van Duijvenbode 100.67	6
	Andrew Gilding 91.17		6				Andrew Gilding 96.33	2
											2	van Duijvenbode 107.36	6
											15	Van den Bergh 91.19	0
	Fabian Herz 77.67		0			15	Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.34	6
	Ricardo Pietreczko 90.18		6				Ricardo Pietreczko 86.54	3
																2	van Duijvenbode 95.31	6
																7	Smith 92.96	4
	Kim Huybrechts 95.33		2			7	Michael Smith 101.10	6
	Keane Barry 97.00		6				Keane Barry 100.69	2
											7	Smith 111.33	6
											10	Rock 101.70	4
	Connor Scutt 90.00		2			10	Josh Rock 107.36	6
	Brendan Dolan 90.67		6				Brendan Dolan 96.39	0
																					2	van Duijvenbode 93.26	7
																					14	Cullen 93.39	6
	Ryan Joyce 94.98		6			3	Dave Chisnall 99.77	3
	Ted Evetts 92.91		1				Ryan Joyce 91.09	6
												Joyce 90.12	4
											14	Cullen 94.66	6
	Daniel Klose 91.77		3			14	Joe Cullen 100.54	6
	Vítězslav Sedlák 102.37		6				Vítězslav Sedlák 93.40	3
																14	Cullen 92.54	6
																	van Barneveld 89.18	4
	George Killington 87.59		3			6	Michael van Gerwen 91.57	3
	Raymond van Barneveld 89.96		6				Raymond van Barneveld 91.95	6
												van Barneveld 100.89	6
											11	Searle 97.03	5
	José de Sousa 90.51		3			11	Ryan Searle 90.56	6
	Gabriel Clemens 96.16		6				Gabriel Clemens 85.27	5

Notes

References

1. Gorton, Josh (3 July 2022). "Humphries denies Rodriguez to prevail in European Darts Matchplay epic". PDC. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
2. "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
3. "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
4. "2023 Players Championships 9-10 entries & ET9-10 seeds confirmed". PDC.