Schedule quarter-finals Poland Darts Masters 2024 including Michael van Gerwen, Luke Littler and Luke Humphries

Eight players are still in the race for the title at the Poland Darts Masters 2024 in Gliwice. Of the eight PDC stars in Poland, seven managed to get past the first round. Only Nathan Aspinall stumbled against one of the top Eastern European players.

Boris Krcmar managed to surprise Aspinall. The Croatian turned a 3-2 deficit into a 6-4 victory, earning him a clash with defending champion Michael van Gerwen on Saturday night. The 35-year-old from Vlijmen won easily 6-4 over Karel Sedlacek on Friday night. This is the fourth quarterfinal of the evening. The first quarterfinal is between Luke Littler and Peter Wright. The latter needed an average of 81.98 to beat Jacek Krupka 6-0. Littler prevailed 6-4 against Adam Gawlas. It will be the fourth time this season that 'The Nuke' and 'Snakebite' have faced each other. Littler won all three previous confrontations.

Tournament centre Poland Darts Masters 2024: Schedule, all results, TV guide and prize money breakdown

Next, Luke Humphries and Michael Smith take to the stage at the PreZero Arena. Humphries dominated Gyorgy Jehirszki 6-1 in the first round, and Michael Smith recorded a difficult 6-4 win over Radek Szaganski. The two Englishmen have met eighteen times in the past. In the head-to-head, Humphries leads 10-8.

The third match of the evening is also an English affair. That one is between Stephen Bunting and Rob Cross, after they were too strong in the first round for Krzysztof Ratajski (6-1) and Sebastian Bialecki (6-1) respectively. The balance between them offers little hope in advance for Bunting, as it is 11-3 in Cross' favor.

So in the fourth quarterfinal, it will be Van Gerwen and Krcmar who will determine who will be the final semifinalist at the Poland Darts Masters. Later on Saturday night, the semifinals and finals will be played.

Luke Littler survives Gawlas scare before big wins for Stephen Bunting and Luke Humphries at Poland Darts Masters

Format

First round: Best of 11 legs

Quarterfinals: Best of 11 legs

Semifinals: Best of 13 legs

Final: Best of 15 legs

TV and live stream

The Poland Darts Masters will be broadcast on ITV and PDC TV. On Friday, June 14, at 6 p.m., the first round of the Poland Darts Masters will kick off. In this round, the eight PDC top players will take on eight players from Eastern European countries. Competing on behalf of the PDC are Luke Humphries, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Luke Littler and Stephen Bunting.

The eight winners of the first round may return to the stage of the ProZero Arena in Gliwice a day later. Then the quarter-finals, semifinals and finals will be played consecutively.

Distribution of prize money

The prize pool for this event includes £60,000. This amount is the same at all regular World Series tournaments. All participants are guaranteed 1250 pounds of prize money.

This amount increases further upon winning matches. The losing finalist collects a check for 10,000 pounds, while the winner of the Poland Darts Masters gets to take home the top prize of 20,000 pounds. By the way, the money does not count toward the PDC Order of Merit.

However, points can be taken for the World Series Order of Merit. All participants in a World Series tournament are guaranteed one point for the World Series Order of Merit. This number increases to three points upon reaching the quarterfinals, and then to five points for a semifinal place. The losing finalist receives eight points and the winner receives 12 points.