2024 Poland Darts Masters
| 2024 Superbet Poland Darts Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 14–15 June 2024 | ||
| Venue | PreZero Arena | ||
| Location | Gliwice | ||
| Country |  Poland | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £60,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £20,000 | ||
| High checkout | 164  Stephen Bunting Luke Littler | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Luke Littler | |||
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The 2024 Superbet Poland Darts Masters was the second edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, and the fifth entry in the 2024 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight top-ranking players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the PreZero Arena in Gliwice, Poland on 14–15 June 2024.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–3 in the 2023 final.[1] Van Gerwen lost 7–2 to Rob Cross in the semi-finals.
Luke Littler won his second World Series title, defeating Cross 8–3.[2]
Prize money
[edit]| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £60,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £20,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £2,500 |
| First round | (8) | £1,250 |
Qualifiers
[edit]Professional Darts Corporation announced 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event, which included World Champion Luke Humphries, World Champion finalist Luke Littler and reigning champion Michael van Gerwen. They will be joined by Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and Peter Wright. Dimitri Van den Bergh, finalist of the first edition of tournament, was not included among the invited players. Later, after the tournament was announced, Gerwyn Price withdrew. He was replaced by Stephen Bunting.[3]
Nathan Aspinall (first round)- Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
- Rob Cross (runner-up)
Michael van Gerwen (semi-finals)- Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
- Luke Littler (champion)
- Michael Smith (semi-finals)
Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
Regional qualifiers from Poland will be Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szagański. They will be joined by Boris Krčmar from Croatia, and Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček from the Czech Republic. The remaining three spots will be allocated to the winners of qualifiers in Poland and Hungary. The first qualifying tournament took place at March in Tarnowo Podgórne. The winner was Sebastian Białecki, who defeated Krzysztof Kciuk in the final match. 136 competitors took part in the competition.[4] The second tournament took place at the beginning of May in Sianożęty. The winner of the tournament was Jacek Krupka, who defeated Witold Lewandowski in the final match. 68 players took part in the tournament.[5] The Hungarian Qualifier tournament took place on 3 May and was won by György Jehirszki.[6]
| Qualification | Player |
| PDC Tour Card Holders | Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
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| Radek Szagański (first round)
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 Adam Gawlas (first round)
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| Karel Sedláček (first round)
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 Boris Krčmar (quarter-finals)
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| Hungarian Qualifier |  György Jehirszki (first round)
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| Polish Qualifiers | Sebastian Białecki (first round)
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| Jacek Krupka (first round)
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Draw
[edit]| First round (best of 11 legs) 14 June [7] | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 15 June | Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 15 June | Final (best of 15 legs) 15 June | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Littler 96.97
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Adam Gawlas 90.41
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Littler 98.21
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Peter Wright 109.73
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Wright 81.98
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jacek Krupka 64.91
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Littler 101.13
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Smith 101.53
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Humphries 91.77
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| György Jehirszki 87.11
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Humphries 95.69
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Smith 94.92
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Smith 95.18
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Radek Szagański 85.07
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Littler 101.84
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rob Cross 94.91
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rob Cross 95.64
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sebastian Białecki 91.66
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rob Cross 96.96
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Bunting 96.99
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Bunting 99.62
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Krzysztof Ratajski 97.24
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rob Cross 106.68
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Michael van Gerwen 92.08
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen 95.07
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Karel Sedláček 88.69
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen 109.98
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Boris Krčmar 93.77
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nathan Aspinall 96.17
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Krčmar 97.79
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Inspired Van Gerwen claims inaugural Poland Darts Masters crown". Professional Darts Corporation. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Littler doubles World Series title tally at Superbet Poland Darts Masters". Professional Darts Corporation. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Bunting to star in World Series events in Denmark and Poland". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Białecki zagra w Gliwicach! Kwalifikacje do Superbet Poland Darts Masters". Łączy nas Dart. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Krupka jedzie do Gliwic! Nieoczekiwany bohater kwalifikacji do PDM!". Łączy nas Dart. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "WSoD Poland Darts Masters 2024 - Hungarian Qualifier". DartConnect. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Krcmar denies Aspinall to set up van Gerwen showdown". PDC. 14 June 2024.