Seeds confirmed for Baltic Sea Darts Open and European Darts Open as Humphries and Van Gerwen lead European Tour 1-2

The PDC has published the top 16 seeds for both opening European Tour tournaments of the 2023 season in the form of the Baltic Sea Darts Open and European Darts Open.

Leaders on the European Tour last season, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen lead the way alongside Damon Heta. The Pro Tour ranking is used for this, a ranking based on the performance at the Players Championship tournaments and Euro Tour tournaments in the past 52 weeks.

Also this includes Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall is one of the players who has decided to play Kiel but skip Leverkusen likely managing his schedule with Premier League duties this season.

In addition to the top 16 of the Pro Tour ranking, the two highest ranked players from the host country have also received an invitation. In both cases, those are Gabriel Clemens and Florian Hempel because both Euro Tour tournaments take place in Germany.

The Tour Card qualifiers for the first two Euro Tour tournaments of 2023 will be played on Monday, February 13. Each time, 24 spots are on offer.

European Tour 1-2 Seeded Players

Baltic Sea Darts Open (ET1)

Wunderino Arena, Kiel

February 24-26 2023

1. Luke Humphries

2. Michael van Gerwen

3. Damon Heta

4. Rob Cross

5. Peter Wright

6. Dave Chisnall

7. Nathan Aspinall

8. Michael Smith

9. Dirk van Duijvenbode

10. Joe Cullen

11. Gerwyn Price

12. Danny Noppert

13. Ryan Searle

14. Martin Schindler

15. Jonny Clayton

16. Dimitri Van den Bergh

Top 2 Non-Qualified Host Nation Players

1. Gabriel Clemens

2. Florian Hempel

European Darts Open (ET2)

Ostermann Arena, Leverkusen

March 24-26 2023

1. Luke Humphries

2. Michael van Gerwen

3. Damon Heta

4. Rob Cross

5. Peter Wright

6. Dave Chisnall

7. Michael Smith

8. Dirk van Duijvenbode

9. Joe Cullen

10. Gerwyn Price

11. Danny Noppert

12. Ryan Searle

13. Martin Schindler

14. Jonny Clayton

15. Dimitri Van den Bergh

16. Josh Rock