2024 German Darts Grand Prix

The 2024 German Darts Grand Prix, known as the 2024 NEO.bet German Darts Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Kulturhalle Zenith in Munich, Germany from 30 March–1 April 2024. It was the second of thirteen European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2024 NEO.bet German Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	30 March–1 April 2024
Venue	Kulturhalle Zenith
Location	Munich, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170 Chris Dobey Luke Humphries (x2) Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
Luke Humphries
«Event 1 Event 3»

Michael Smith was the defending champion after defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–5 in the 2023 final.^[1][2] However, he lost 6–4 to Josh Rock in the third round.

Luke Humphries won the German Darts Grand Prix for the second time, his sixth European Tour title in all, beating Michael van Gerwen 8–1 in the final.^[3][4]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:^[5][6]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£30,000
Runner-up	(1)	£12,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£8,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Third round losers	(8)	£4,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,500*
First round losers	(16)	£1,250*
Total	£175,000

• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.^[7][8]

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.^[9]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event. The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event. The seedings were confirmed on 6 February.^[10]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 17 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 16 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 February).

Gary Anderson withdrew through injury and was replaced by Luke Woodhouse. Stephen Bunting moved up to become the 16th seed.^[11]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Seeded Players  Dave Chisnall (third round)  Luke Humphries (champion)  Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)  Damon Heta (second round)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)  Josh Rock (quarter-finals)  Rob Cross (third round)  Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)  Jonny Clayton (second round)  Danny Noppert (quarter-finals)  Michael Smith (third round)  Ross Smith (third round)  Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)  Ryan Searle (third round)  Ricardo Pietreczko (second round)  Stephen Bunting (second round)

Order of Merit Qualifiers  Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)  Peter Wright (second round)  Joe Cullen (third round)  Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)  Chris Dobey (third round)  Martin Schindler (semi-finals)  Andrew Gilding (first round)  Daryl Gurney (second round)  James Wade (first round)  Gian van Veen (second round)  Ryan Joyce (third round)  Gabriel Clemens (first round)  José de Sousa (first round)  Brendan Dolan (second round)  Raymond van Barneveld (first round)

Tour Card Qualifier  Mike De Decker (first round)  Alan Soutar (first round)  Steve Lennon (second round)  Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round)  Niels Zonneveld (first round)  Lukas Wenig (first round)  Richard Veenstra (second round)  Kevin Doets (first round)  Jermaine Wattimena (quarter-finals)  Cameron Menzies (second round) Host Nation Qualifier  Oliver Mueller (first round)  Michael Unterbuchner (first round)  Matthias Ehlers (first round)  Franz Rötzsch (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Viktor Tingström (first round) East European Qualifier  Vítězslav Sedlák (first round) Reserve  Luke Woodhouse (second round)

Draw

Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The sole reserve is indicated by (Alt). The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.^[12]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 30 March [13]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 31 March [14]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 1 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 1 April					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 1 April					Final (best of 15 legs) 1 April
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.69	6			1	Dave Chisnall 90.37	6
		Gabriel Clemens 91.78	5				Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.31	4
											1	Chisnall 94.50	5
												Wattimena 95.33	6
		Franz Rötzsch 76.53	0			16	Stephen Bunting 91.05	2
		Jermaine Wattimena 85.89	6				Jermaine Wattimena 91.88	6
																	Wattimena 95.36	2
																8	van Gerwen 95.37	6
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 86.69	6			8	Michael van Gerwen 97.97	6
		Matthias Ehlers 81.30	5				Jeffrey de Zwaan 83.08	4
											8	van Gerwen 102.48	6
												Cullen 83.93	0
		Andrew Gilding 89.74	2			9	Jonny Clayton 94.21	3
		Joe Cullen 99.62	6				Joe Cullen 96.05	6
																					8	van Gerwen 101.00	7
																						Schindler 96.63	2
		Martin Schindler 92.04	6			4	Damon Heta 91.63	1
		Vítězslav Sedlák 74.97	1				Martin Schindler 99.29	6
												Schindler 98.01	6
												Dobey 95.37	4
		Chris Dobey 103.42	6			13	Krzysztof Ratajski 91.98	4
		Viktor Tingström 85.05	2				Chris Dobey 92.05	6
																	Schindler 100.83	6
																	Aspinall 93.99	4
		Nathan Aspinall 92.29	6			5	Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.17	4
		Michael Unterbuchner 87.34	2				Nathan Aspinall 98.04	6
												Aspinall 102.78	6
											12	R. Smith 97.06	2
		Brendan Dolan 94.26	6			12	Ross Smith 93.51	6
		Alan Soutar 83.49	2				Brendan Dolan 87.34	1
																										8	van Gerwen 96.80	1
																										2	Humphries 112.66	8
		Niels Zonneveld 90.36	5			2	Luke Humphries 108.68	6
	Alt	Luke Woodhouse 94.93	6			Alt	Luke Woodhouse 99.40	3
											2	Humphries 111.63	6
												Joyce 102.40	2
		Ryan Joyce 95.40	6			15	Ricardo Pietreczko 89.78	1
		Kevin Doets 94.29	4				Ryan Joyce 102.88	6
																2	Humphries 106.94	6
																10	Noppert 106.44	2
		James Wade 87.95	3			7	Rob Cross 96.71	6
		Daryl Gurney 97.19	6				Daryl Gurney 90.64	2
											7	Cross 91.81	2
											10	Noppert 100.23	6
		Raymond van Barneveld 94.98	5			10	Danny Noppert 104.61	6
		Gian van Veen 96.65	6				Gian van Veen 108.51	5
																					2	Humphries 99.93	7
																					3	Price 92.32	3
		Peter Wright 103.94	6			3	Gerwyn Price 100.24	6
		José de Sousa 96.02	3				Peter Wright 91.56	4
											3	Price 112.73	6
											14	Searle 96.42	0
		Lukas Wenig 86.30	3			14	Ryan Searle 90.55	6
		Steve Lennon 86.49	6				Steve Lennon 80.50	2
																3	Price 101.05	6
																6	Rock 99.99	5
		Oliver Mueller 87.32	3			6	Josh Rock 94.36	6
		Richard Veenstra 87.74	6				Richard Veenstra 88.75	5
											6	Rock 91.91	6
											11	M. Smith 95.36	4
		Cameron Menzies 98.16	6			11	Michael Smith 102.15	6
		Mike De Decker 96.57	4				Cameron Menzies 99.99	4