The first 32 participants for the 2024 Belgian Darts Open have been announced by the PDC. The Euro Tour tournament in the Belgian Wieze from March 8 to 10 is the first event under the new qualification rules.
First, the top 16 in the world rankings will receive an invitation. This is followed by the next sixteen highest ranked players on the Pro Tour rankings. However, the top-16 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit get protected status in the draw. They may enter the tournament from the second round.
Dave Chisnall will head the seeds at the Belgian Darts Open. In addition, Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Damon Heta, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Josh Rock, Rob Cross, Michael van Gerwen, Jonny Clayton, Danny Noppert, Michael Smith, Ross Smith, Krzysztof Ratajski, Gary Anderson, Ryan Searle and Ricardo Pietreczko have also secured seeded status for the first Euro Tour tournament of the season.
Nathan Aspinall, Peter Wright, Joe Cullen, Dimitri van den Bergh, Chris Dobey, Stephen Bunting, Martin Schindler, Andrew Gilding, Daryl Gurney, James Wade, Gian van Veen, Ryan Joyce, Gabriel Clemens, Jose de Sousa, Brendan Dolan and Raymond van Barneveld are also qualified for the Belgian Darts Open, but will have to start the tournament from the first round.
Sixteen starting spots are still available for the main tournament. Ten of those will be distributed during a qualifying tournament for Tour Card holders on Wednesday, Feb. 14. There is also another Host Nation Qualifier where four starting spots are up for grabs and, in addition, there is another Eastern European qualifying tournament and a Nordic & Baltic Qualifier.
Top-16 seeded players (automatically seeded for second round)
1. Dave Chisnall
2. Luke Humphries
3. Gerwyn Price
4. Damon Heta
5. Dirk van Duijvenbode
6. Josh Rock
7. Rob Cross
8. Michael van Gerwen
9. Jonny Clayton
10. Danny Noppert
11. Michael Smith
12. Ross Smith
13. Krzysztof Ratajski
14. Gary Anderson
15. Ryan Searle
16. Ricardo Pietreczko
Automatically placed for main tournament
Nathan Aspinall
Peter Wright
Joe Cullen
Dimitri van den Bergh
Chris Dobey
Stephen Bunting
Martin Schindler
Andrew Gilding
Daryl Gurney
James Wade
Gian van Veen
Ryan Joyce
Gabriel Clemens
Jose de Sousa
Brendan Dolan
Raymond van Barneveld
Participants Tour Card Qualifying Tournament.
Andy Baetens
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Steve Beaton
Leighton Bennett
Darren Beveridge
William Borland
Keegan Brown
Stephen Burton
Matt Campbell
Brett Claydon
Mike De Decker
Jeffrey De Graaf
Jeffrey De Zwaan
Matthew Dennant
Kevin Doets
Martijn Dragt
Ritchie Edhouse
Lee Evans
Ricky Evans
Adam Gawlas
Patrick Geeraets
Callum Goffin
Rhys Griffin
Robert Grundy
Graham Hall
Florian Hempel
Jamie Hughes
Adam Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Nick Kenny
George Killington
Mervyn King
Jelle Klaasen
Daniel Klose
Robbie Knops
Boris Krcmar
Paul Krohne
Maik Kuivenhoven
Jacques Labre
Chris Landman
Danny Lauby
Steve Lennon
Luke Littler
Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Arron Monk
Geert Nentjes
Wessel Nijman
William O'Connor
Robert Owen
Josh Payne
Christian Perez
Haupai Puha
Nathan Rafferty
Madars Razma
Joshua Richardson
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Owen Roelofs
Pascal Rupprecht
Callan Rydz
Karel Sedlacek
Dylan Slevin
Adam Smith-Neale
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Mensur Suljovic
Radek Szaganski
Dom Taylor
Thibault Tricole
Michele Turetta
Graham Usher
Jurjen van der Velde
Vincent van der Voort
Jitse van der Wal
Jules van Dongen
Berry van Peer
Danny van Trijp
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Lukas Wenig
Ian White
Simon Whitlock
Jim Williams
Scott Williams
Luke Woodhouse
Niels Zonneveld