Goto wins last event on PDC Asian Tour; playoff match needed to determine World Championship contender

After an exciting final day, the World Championship tickets have been distributed on the PDC Asian Tour. Tomoya Goto was able to win the final tournament of the PDC Asian Tour 2023 on Sunday, which also secured a starting ticket to the World Darts Championship.

Goto defeated the likes of Man Lok Leung (4-3), Reynaldo Rivera (5-0) and Paolo Nebrida (5-1) on his way to the title, finishing second in the final standings. Lourence Ilagan finished first and may also go to the World Darts Championship.

The top four of the final ranking will receive an invitation to the event at Alexandra Palace. Paolo Nebrida took third place. Reynaldo Rivera and Man Lok Leung finished in fourth place with equal prize money, so a playoff match was organized to determine who would run away with the final World Championship spot. That playoff match was won 5-4 by Rivera.

PDC Asian Tour 24

Quarterfinals

Lourence Ilagan 4-2 Mitsuhiko Tatsunami

Paolo Nebrida 4-0 Rosendo Lubaton

Tomoya Goto 4-3 Man Lok Leung

Reynaldo Rivera 4-3 Yoshihisa Baba

Semi-final

Paolo Nebrida 5-2 Lourence Ilagan

Tomoya Goto 5-0 Reynaldo Rivera

Final

Tomoya Goto 5-1 Paolo Nebrida