From April 12 to 14, the 2024
International Darts Open is scheduled in Riesa. This Euro Tour tournament in the East German city has been a regular stop on the calendar for years.
The International Darts Open was played for the first time in 2015. The inaugural winner back then, was
Michael Smith who defeated Dutchman, Benito van de Pas in the final.
In the two subsequent years, Kim Huybrechts lost in back to back finals to Mensur Suljovic (2016) and
Peter Wright (2017). Four of the five subsequent editions were won by
Gerwyn Price. 'The Iceman' proved himself the best in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. Last year, Price took the title by defeating
Michael van Gerwen 8-4 in the final. Van Gerwen also made it to the final in 2020, but then went down against Joe Cullen. In 2021, the tournament was cancelled due to the corona pandemic.
Defending champion Price is again one of the top favourites this year. Top players such as
Dave Chisnall,
Luke Humphries, Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen are also in attendance. Van Gerwen is one of eight Dutch participants at the International Darts Open.
Other well-known participants include Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall, Joe Cullen, Chris Dobey, Stephen Bunting and James Wade.
International Darts Open 2024 participant field
Top-16 seeded players
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
Order of Merit Qualifiers
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
Gabriel Clemens
José de Sousa
Brendan Dolan
Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Woodhouse
Tour Card Qualifiers
Mike De Decker
Callan Rydz
Mervyn King
Ritchie Edhouse
Jitse Van der Wal
Owen Bates
Simon Whitlock
Cameron Menzies
William O'Connor
Richard Veenstra
Host Nation Qualifiers
Michael Unterbuchner
Patrick Klingelhöfer
Kai Gotthardt
Jan Dueckers
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier.
Cor Dekker
East European Qualifier
Alexander Mašek