2023 Dutch Darts Championship

2023 Dutch Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28–30 April 2023
Venue	WTC Expo
Location	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen x2 Damon Heta
Champion(s)
Dave Chisnall
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2023 Dutch Darts Championship, was a professional darts tournament that took place at the WTC Expo in Leeuwarden, Netherlands from 28 to 30 April 2023. It was the sixth of thirteen European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith was the defending champion after defeating Danny Noppert 8–7 in the 2022 final,^[1] but he lost 6–4 to Peter Wright in the third round.

Dave Chisnall won his second European Tour title of the year, and as with the first one, he defeated Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.^[2]

This was the first time in European Tour history that all the top four seeds made the semi-finals.

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:^[3]

• Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualified as a qualifier, but later became a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players was credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progressed in the event.^[4]

The top 16 entrants from the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit on 7 March 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded into the second round.^[5]

The remaining 32 places went on to qualifiers from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 March^[6]), two from the associate member qualifier, the two highest ranked Dutchmen automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier, one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier, and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier.

The following players took part in the tournament:

The draw was confirmed on 27 April.^[7]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 21 April					Second round (best of 11 legs) 22 April					Third round (best of 11 legs) 23 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 23 April					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 23 April					Final (best of 15 legs) 23 April
		Ross Smith 101.33	6			1	Luke Humphries 101.42	6
		Jermaine Wattimena 87.79	0				Ross Smith 97.98	3
											1	Humphries 96.08	6
											16	Gilding 91.93	4
		Ian White 97.88	6			16	Andrew Gilding 108.58	6
		Arron Monk 94.98	2				Ian White 100.85	4
																1	Humphries 102.38	6
																9	Noppert 92.19	5
		Ricardo Pietreczko 90.94	2			8	Nathan Aspinall 89.78	6
		Daryl Gurney 101.18	6				Daryl Gurney 89.87	4
											8	Aspinall 84.78	5
											9	Noppert 89.81	6
		Madars Razma 103.20	6			9	Danny Noppert 96.06	6
		John O'Shea 86.40	3				Madars Razma 89.41	1
																					1	Humphries 91.83	7
																					4	Heta 86.47	3
		Steve Beaton 92.57	6			4	Damon Heta 87.06	6
		Kim Huybrechts 99.08	4				Steve Beaton 92.48	4
											4	Heta 96.31	6
												van Peer 89.80	1
		Alan Soutar 82.46	2			13	Jonny Clayton 97.66	5
		Berry van Peer 96.17	6				Berry van Peer 97.89	6
																4	Heta 97.98	6
																	Bunting 89.39	2
		Dylan Slevin 81.24	6			5	Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.93	6
		Marcel Hausotter 68.47	0				Dylan Slevin 85.08	5
											5	van Duijvenbode 97.06	4
												Bunting 100.25	6
		Stephen Bunting 99.10	6			12	Joe Cullen 95.16	5
		Adam Smith-Neale 78.67	0				Stephen Bunting 94.54	6
																										1	Humphries 96.31	5
																										2	Chisnall 99.89	8
		Martin Lukeman 92.91	6			2	Dave Chisnall 100.48	6
		Martijn Dragt 91.96	3				Martin Lukeman 93.48	4
											2	Chisnall 102.51	6
											15	Rock 91.99	3
		Graham Hall 89.29	6			15	Josh Rock 92.16	6
		Adam Gawlas 75.47	0				Graham Hall 84.33	2
																2	Chisnall 95.74	6
																10	Wright 90.00	1
		Jim Williams 104.25	6			7	Michael Smith 100.46	6
		George Killington 87.61	1				Jim Williams 93.42	4
											7	Smith 94.80	4
											10	Wright 102.71	6
		Andy Boulton 89.27	4			10	Peter Wright 87.51	6
		Krzysztof Ratajski 99.78	6				Krzysztof Ratajski 87.23	5
																					2	Chisnall 91.43	7
																					3	van Gerwen 89.12	6
		Gian van Veen 95.85	5			3	Michael van Gerwen 97.45	6
		Gabriel Clemens 98.32	6				Gabriel Clemens 83.79	2
											3	van Gerwen 97.40	6
											14	Schindler 91.17	2
		Gary Anderson 87.66	2			14	Martin Schindler 90.46	6
		Roman Benecký 89.12	6				Roman Benecký 81.02	4
																3	van Gerwen 91.22	6
																	Barry 92.13	3
		Keane Barry 95.66	6			6	Rob Cross 104.43	3
		Marko Kantele 83.28	2				Keane Barry 101.50	6
												Barry 92.06	6
											11	Searle 94.48	5
		Raymond van Barneveld 91.92	3			11	Ryan Searle 109.14	6
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 105.62	6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 105.37	1