The draw and field for the 2024 Machineseeker European Championship has been confirmed! Peter Wright will begin his title defence against Jermaine Wattimena, as Luke Humphries and Nathan Aspinall go head-to-head in Dortmund! 👉 bit.ly/2024ECDraw
Draw European Championship Darts 2024: Humphries-Aspinall and Bunting-Anderson lead top ties in Dortmund
PDCMonday, 21 October 2024 at 06:00
With the completion of the Czech Darts Open, the field of participants and the draw for the 2024 European Championship Darts is also known. The draw is based on the players' final positions on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit.
The Euro Tour rankings include players' performances at the 13 Euro Tour tournaments in 2024. The top-32 of the PDC European Tour Order of Merit received an invitation to the European Championship.
During the last Euro Tour tournament of the season there were no more changes in the field of participants. A few players were very close to participating in Dortmund, but Cameron Menzies (first round eliminated), Niels Zonneveld (semifinalist) and Kim Huybrechts (losing finalist) were all one win away from qualifying for the final tournament. This allowed Dirk van Duijvenbode to breathe a sigh of relief, as the former World Grand Prix finalist occupied the last qualifying spot.
Martin Schindler though who is top seed is Van Duijvenbode's opponent in the first round of the European Darts Championship, who leads the ranking after two Euro Tour titles.
The draw for the first round also produced some absolute crackers. Dave Chisnall meets former world champion Michael Smith, while Stephen Bunting faces Gary Anderson. Reigning world champion Luke Humphries opens against two-time major winner Nathan Aspinall, and Rob Cross faces off with James Wade.
While other big names such as Luke Littler faces Andrew Gilding and Michael van Gerwen takes on Gabriel Clemens.
The 2024 European Championship will take place from Thursday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 27. It will be the seventeenth time the tournament has taken place. Peter Wright crowned himself European champion for the second time in 2023 by defeating James Wade in the final. Van Gerwen and Phil Taylor are the record champions at the European Darts Championship with both winning four titles.
2024 European Championship draw
(1) Martin Schindler v (32) Dirk van Duijvenbode
(16) Gerwyn Price v (17) Daryl Gurney
(8) Ryan Searle v (25) Raymond van Barneveld
(9) Ross Smith v (24) Luke Woodhouse
(4) Dave Chisnall v (29) Michael Smith
(13) Gian van Veen v (20) Ritchie Edhouse
(5) Michael van Gerwen v (28) Gabriel Clemens
(12) Stephen Bunting v (21) Gary Anderson
(2) Luke Humphries v (31) Nathan Aspinall
(15) Chris Dobey v (18) Jonny Clayton
(7) Rob Cross v (26) James Wade
(10) Peter Wright v (23) Jermaine Wattimena
(3) Luke Littler v (30) Andrew Gilding
(14) Ricardo Pietreczko v (19) Damon Heta
(6) Josh Rock v (27) Mike De Decker
(11) Danny Noppert v (22) Joe Cullen
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