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2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy

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2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates22-24 September 2023
VenueMVM Dome
LocationBudapest
Country Hungary
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
Nine-dart finish Luke Humphries (final)
High checkout170  Luke Humphries
(x2)
Champion(s)
 Dave Chisnall
«Event 11 Event 13»

The 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy was the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the MVM Dome, Budapest, Hungary from 22-24 September 2023. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

The defending champion is Joe Cullen, who defeated William O'Connor 8–2 in the 2022 final.[1]

Dave Chisnall won the Hungarian Darts Trophy and secured his third European Tour win of the season after a 8-7 win against Luke Humphries, who produced a nine-dart finish in the final in Budapest.[2]

Prize money

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

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,000
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
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round 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.[4]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 15 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[5]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 28 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 May), the top-seeded Hungarian automatically qualified, alongside three from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 5 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 14 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
22 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
23 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
24 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
24 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
24 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
24 September
 Andy Boulton 90.1251 Dave Chisnall 96.636
 Scott Mitchell 87.236 Scott Mitchell 90.252
1 Chisnall 98.106
 Rodriguez 83.051
 Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.06616 Ryan Searle 94.144
 Patrik Kovács 83.895 Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.116
1 Chisnall 95.486
9 van Gerwen 101.434
 Joe Murnan 82.1148 Jonny Clayton 92.896
 Jermaine Wattimena 86.266 Jermaine Wattimena 87.375
8 Clayton 100.645
9 van Gerwen 103.896
 Robert Owen 87.3929 Michael van Gerwen 98.866
 Ross Smith 100.866 Ross Smith 98.014
1 Chisnall 100.417
 Williams 93.305
 Scott Williams 91.3364 Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.743
 Richard Veenstra 91.173 Scott Williams 92.126
 Williams 89.776
13 Noppert 91.415
 Vladimir Andersen 77.61213 Danny Noppert 97.636
 Anton Östlund 97.186 Anton Östlund 86.575
  Williams 86.316
 De Decker 83.705
 Mike De Decker 92.0365 Josh Rock 90.851
 Andrew Gilding 87.744 Mike De Decker 94.736
 De Decker 98.736
12 Smith 92.492
 Daryl Gurney 85.22512 Michael Smith 89.416
 José de Sousa 94.616 José de Sousa 87.114
1 Chisnall 104.828
3 Humphries 100.977
 Ricardo Pietreczko 82.0542 Damon Heta 96.976
 Nándor Major 82.146 Nándor Major 80.400
2 Heta 85.316
 Van Veen 86.574
 Gian van Veen 90.77615 Nathan Aspinall 101.721
 Brendan Dolan 86.352 Gian van Veen 99.566
2 Heta 88.965
7 Price 91.486
 Nathan Rafferty 99.0667 Gerwyn Price 106.096
 Stephen Bunting 94.484 Nathan Rafferty 98.190
7 Price 99.406
10 Cullen 90.934
 William O'Connor 85.28310 Joe Cullen 87.496
 James Wade 85.526 James Wade 88.964
7 Price 95.124
3 Humphries 103.107
 Gabriel Clemens 96.6933 Luke Humphries 108.566
 Keane Barry 98.326 Keane Barry 95.192
3 Humphries 106.176
14 Schindler 92.531
 Sebastian Białecki 85.07614 Martin Schindler 100.176
 Mihály Vida 80.791 Sebastian Białecki 83.001
3 Humphries 100.206
 Woodhouse 87.930
 Gábor Jagicza 77.9236 Rob Cross 89.643
 Luke Woodhouse 84.726 Luke Woodhouse 97.526
 Woodhouse 100.316
11 Wright 95.642
 Madars Razma 90.84411 Peter Wright 94.256
 Scott Waites 88.166 Scott Waites 96.023

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Clinical Cullen clinches Hungarian Darts Trophy title". PDC. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Dave Chisnall wins Hungarian Darts Trophy despite Luke Humphries nine-darter". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ "2023 Players Championships 17-18 entries and & ET11-12 seeds confirmed". PDC.