2024 Swiss Darts Trophy

The 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy was the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland from 27 to 29 September 2024.^[1] It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2024 Swiss Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	27–29 September 2024
Venue	St. Jakobshalle
Location	Basel
Country	Switzerland
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	167  Madars Razma
Champion(s)
Martin Schindler
«Event 11 Event 13»

This was the first edition of the event, marking the first European Tour event in Switzerland.

Martin Schindler won the title, his second European Tour trophy, after defeating Ryan Searle 8–7 in the final.^[2][3][4]

Prize money

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

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.^[6][7]

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.^[8]

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 26 July.^[9]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 3 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 26 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 June).^[10]

Ryan Joyce and Michael van Gerwen withdrew and were replaced by Ian White and Jim Williams. Daryl Gurney moved up to become a seed.^[1]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Seeded Players  Dave Chisnall (second round)  Ross Smith (third round)  Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)  Gerwyn Price (second round)  Danny Noppert (second round)  Josh Rock (semi-finals)  Stephen Bunting (third round)  Damon Heta (second round)  Ryan Searle (runner-up)  Martin Schindler (champion)  Rob Cross (third round)  Gian van Veen (second round)  Chris Dobey (second round)  Luke Littler (third round)  Ricardo Pietreczko (second round)  Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)

Order of Merit Qualifiers  Jonny Clayton (first round)  Michael Smith (second round)  Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)  Peter Wright (first round)  Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)  Ritchie Edhouse (first round)  Brendan Dolan (first round)  Luke Woodhouse (first round)  James Wade (quarter-finals)  Andrew Gilding (second round)  Joe Cullen (first round)  Callan Rydz (semi-finals)  Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)  Nathan Aspinall (third round)

Tour Card Qualifier  Mike De Decker (second round)  Cameron Menzies (third round)  Wessel Nijman (third round)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)  Karel Sedláček (second round)  Jermaine Wattimena (second round)  Madars Razma (third round)  Richard Veenstra (second round)  Ryan Meikle (first round)  Graham Hall (first round) Host Nation Qualifier  Roger Hertig (second round)  Bruno Stöckli (second round)  Marcel Walpen (first round)  Alex Fehlmann (first round) Nordic and Baltic Qualifier  Anton Östlund (second round) East European Qualifier  Nándor Prés (first round) Reserve List  Jim Williams (first round)  Ian White (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 27 September[11]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 28 September[11]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 29 September[11]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 29 September[11]					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 29 September[11]					Final (best of 15 legs) 29 September[11]
		Marcel Walpen 79.01	3			1	Dave Chisnall 91.10	3
		Nathan Aspinall 91.61	6				Nathan Aspinall 100.89	6
												Aspinall 92.63	3
											16	Gurney 99.14	6
		Karel Sedláček 95.67	6			16	Daryl Gurney 94.91	6
	Alt	Jim Williams 92.58	4				Karel Sedláček 89.24	2
																16	Gurney 88.69	2
																9	Searle 91.76	6
		Madars Razma 94.02	6			8	Damon Heta 87.71	5
		Alex Fehlmann 87.84	3				Madars Razma 88.66	6
												Razma 85.54	2
											9	Searle 91.52	6
		Roger Hertig 74.04	6			9	Ryan Searle 86.04	6
		Ryan Meikle 74.63	5				Roger Hertig 71.21	1
																					9	Searle 89.31	7
																						Rydz 85.90	1
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.02	3			4	Gerwyn Price 96.91	4
		James Wade 95.41	6				James Wade 98.79	6
												Wade 96.06	6
												Nijman 98.07	4
		Luke Woodhouse 74.34	0			13	Chris Dobey 94.60	5
		Wessel Nijman 98.02	6				Wessel Nijman 94.60	6
																	Wade 84.00	2
																	Rydz 94.03	6
		Cameron Menzies 90.98	6			5	Danny Noppert 97.56	4
		Jonny Clayton 90.54	3				Cameron Menzies 96.64	6
												Menzies 92.22	5
												Rydz 90.99	6
		Callan Rydz 96.48	6			12	Gian van Veen 95.59	4
		Brendan Dolan 91.89	1				Callan Rydz 88.18	6
																										9	Searle 93.68	7
																										10	Schindler 93.03	8
		Mike De Decker 88.78	6			2	Ross Smith 94.18	6
		Graham Hall 83.55	2				Mike De Decker 90.00	4
											2	Smith 88.60	4
												van Barneveld 93.27	6
		Joe Cullen 87.18	2			15	Ricardo Pietreczko 85.92	5
		Raymond van Barneveld 102.47	6				Raymond van Barneveld 89.02	6
																	van Barneveld 93.68	4
																10	Schindler 95.03	6
	Alt	Ian White 88.92	5			7	Stephen Bunting 99.42	6
		Michael Smith 92.96	6				Michael Smith 98.39	5
											7	Bunting 89.56	4
											10	Schindler 95.72	6
		Anton Östlund 95.50	6			10	Martin Schindler 96.36	6
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 97.91	2				Anton Östlund 85.04	1
																					10	Schindler 102.05	7
																					6	Rock 99.83	2
		Peter Wright 93.44	4			3	Luke Humphries 100.70	6
		Richard Veenstra 86.72	6				Richard Veenstra 90.18	2
											3	Humphries 95.20	6
											14	Littler 93.32	3
		Krzysztof Ratajski 84.04	3			14	Luke Littler 93.51	6
		Bruno Stöckli 79.58	6				Bruno Stöckli 83.07	3
																3	Humphries 94.11	1
																6	Rock 96.86	6
		Ritchie Edhouse 87.62	4			6	Josh Rock 93.12	6
		Jermaine Wattimena 88.99	6				Jermaine Wattimena 91.80	4
											6	Rock 102.54	6
											11	Cross 99.72	4
		Andrew Gilding 86.71	6			11	Rob Cross 100.96	6
		Nándor Prés 71.47	0				Andrew Gilding 94.97	2