The 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy will be the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland from 27 to 29 September 2024. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
| 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 27–29 September 2024 | ||
| Venue | St. Jakobshalle | ||
| Location | Basel | ||
| Country |  Switzerland | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £175,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
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This will be the first PDC tournament to take place in Switzerland.
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[1]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| Winner | (1) | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £12,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £8,500 |
| 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 | |
- Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match 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.[2][3]
Qualification and format
A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[4]
For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour 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 26 July.[5]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 3 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 26 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 June).[6]
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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Draw
| First round (best of 11 legs) 27 September | Second round (best of 11 legs) 28 September | Third round (best of 11 legs) 29 September | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 29 September | Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 29 September | Final (best of 15 legs) 29 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Walpen | 1 | Dave Chisnall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nathan Aspinall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Karel Sedláček | 16 | Daryl Gurney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | Jim Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madars Razma | 8 | Damon Heta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Fehlmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ryan Searle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Meikle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4 | Gerwyn Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Wade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Woodhouse | 13 | Chris Dobey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wessel Nijman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Menzies | 5 | Danny Noppert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jonny Clayton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Callan Rydz | 12 | Gian van Veen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brendan Dolan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike De Decker | 2 | Ross Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Cullen | 15 | Ricardo Pietreczko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | Ian White | 7 | Stephen Bunting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anton Östlund | 10 | Martin Schindler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Wright | 3 | Luke Humphries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Veenstra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Krzysztof Ratajski | 14 | Luke Littler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruno Stöckli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ritchie Edhouse | 6 | Josh Rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Wattimena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Gilding | 11 | Rob Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nándor Prés | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
- ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
- ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
- ^ "ET11-12 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC. 26 July 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (8 January 2024). "New qualifying criteria for the PDC European Tour announced". Darts News.