From October 13 to 15, the German Darts Open Championship is on the program in Hildesheim. The field of participants for the last Euro Tour tournament of the season consists of 48 players.
Michael van Gerwen,
Luke Humphries and Gerwyn have protected status in the draw and enter the tournament from the second round. Also among the top-16 seeded players are
Dave Chisnall, Josh Rock,
Damon Heta, Jonny Clayton,
Peter Wright,
Michael Smith and
Nathan Aspinall.
Through the Tour Card qualifier Vincent van der Voort, Danny Jansen and Gian van Veen managed to secure a starting spot for the
German Darts Championship. Also well-known names like Chris Dobey, Jules van Dongen, James Wade, Stephen Bunting, Alan Soutar and Daryl Gurney came through this qualifier.
After this tournament, the balance will be taken and the top-32 of the Euro Tour Order of Merit will receive an invitation to participate in the European Championship in Dortmund (Oct. 26-29).
Participant field German Darts Championship 2023
Top-16 seeded players
Dave Chisnall
Damon Heta
Luke Humphries
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Josh Rock
Rob Cross
Jonny Clayton
Michael van Gerwen
Joe Cullen
Peter Wright
Michael Smith
Danny Noppert
Martin Schindler
Nathan Aspinall
Ryan Searle
Ross Smith
Tour Card Qualifier
Mickey Mansell
Chris Dobey
Steve Lennon
Jules van Dongen
Vincent van der Voort
Jeff Smith
James Wade
Danny Jansen
Martin Lukeman
Scott Waites
Boris Krčmar
Gian van Veen
Stephen Bunting
Ryan Joyce
Dylan Slevin
Alan Soutar
Daryl Gurney
Lee Evans
Florian Hempel
Madars Razma
Karel Sedláček
James Wilson
George Killington
Arron Monk
Associate Member Qualifier
Darryl Pilgrim
Jelle Klaasen
Highest seeded players from host country.
Gabriel Clemens
Ricardo Pietreczko
Host Nation Qualifier
2x (Oct. 12)
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier.
Jeffrey de Graaf
East European Qualifier
Patrik Kovács