Busy Autumn of darts kicks off this weekend: These big names will be in action at German Darts Championship 2024
PDCMonday, 26 August 2024 at 15:00
From Friday, August 30 to Sunday, September 1, the German Darts Championship 2024 is on the program in Hildesheim. This Euro Tour tournament is the start of a jam-packed autumn, in which many Euro Tours, Players Championship tournaments and majors will be played.
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Most of the world's top players are present at the Euro Tour event in Germany. The seedings list is headed by Dave Chisnall, while players such as Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Ross Smith, Luke Littler, Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen are also among the seeded players. The big absentee is reigning world champion Luke Humphries, who is currently enjoying a well-deserved vacation with his family. The top-16 seeded players enter the tournament from the second round.
The sixteen Order of Merit qualifiers were also guaranteed an automatic starting spot at the German Darts Championship, but must start from the first round. This includes Joe Cullen, Jonny Clayton, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Peter Wright, Dimitri van den Bergh and Dirk van Duijvenbode.
Through the Tour Card qualifying tournament, Jose de Sousa, Simon Whitlock, Jelle Klaasen, Maik Kuivenhoven and Steve Beaton, among others, managed to secure their entry for this event. Max Hopp is one of the Host Nation Qualifiers. For the former junior world champion, it is his first Euro Tour tournament in over two years.
The German Darts Championship is one of the oldest Euro Tour tournaments on the darts calendar. The tournament originated in 2012, and is now up to its twelfth edition. Only in 2021 could the event not take place due to the corona pandemic. The first edition took place in Berlin, where Phil Taylor got to lift the cup. In 2013, the German Darts Championship moved to the Halle 39 in Hildesheim, where the Euro Tour tournament still takes place today.
The tournament's honors list includes a lot of different names. Michael van Gerwen (2015, 2018 and 2022) is the only player to win the German Darts Championship more than once. Dave Chisnall (2013), Gary Anderson (2014), Alan Norris (2016), Peter Wright (2017), Daryl Gurney (2019) Devon Petersen (2020) and Ricardo Pietreczko (2023) are the other tournament winners. Pietreczko sensationally won the title in Hildesheim last year. He defeated Michael van Gerwen 7-6 in the semifinals, before 'Pikachu' dealt with Peter Wright (8-4) in the final.
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Field 2024 German Darts Championship
Top 16 seeding list
1. Dave Chisnall
2. Gary Anderson
3. Gerwyn Price
4. Damon Heta
5. Danny Noppert
6. Josh Rock
7. Stephen Bunting
8. Ryan Searle
9. Ross Smith
10. Martin Schindler
11. Chris Dobey
12. Ricardo Pietreczko
13. Luke Littler
14. Gian van Veen
15. Michael Smith
16. Michael van Gerwen
Order of Merit Qualifiers
Ryan Joyce
Daryl Gurney
Joe Cullen
Brendan Dolan
Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton
Raymond van Barneveld
Krzysztof Ratajski
James Wade
Ritchie Edhouse
Andrew Gilding
Peter Wright
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Nathan Aspinall
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Callan Rydz
Tour Card Qualifiers
Martin Lukeman
José de Sousa
Mickey Mansell
Dom Taylor
Simon Whitlock
Nick Kenny
Boris Krčmar
Maik Kuivenhoven
Jelle Klaasen
Steve Beaton
Host Nation Qualifiers
Niko Springer
Max Hopp
Dragutin Horvat
Matthias Ehlers
Nordic and Baltic Qualifier.
Johan Engström
East European Qualifier
Krzysztof Kciuk
Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
In his reporting, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles when new, verified information becomes available.
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