2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open: Schedule, format, players, prize money and where to watch

Luke Littler is flying in the Premier League and he isn’t taking his foot off the gas when it comes to continental darts either.

The 17-year-old won the Austrian Darts Open a fortnight ago and will be looking for his third European Tour crown in Kiel.

The remaining 47 players in this weekend’s tournament will be looking to stop the rampant teenager.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the Baltic Sea Darts Open, including the schedule, format, qualified players, prize money and where to watch.

 

Schedule and format

The first round of the event begins on Friday (May 10) as the first 32 players enter the tournament.

Winners of those games will progress to the second round where they will meet the top 16 ranked PDC stars.

Second round matches will take place on Saturday (May 11) while the rest of the tournament will play out on Sunday (May 12).

First, second and third round games will be contested in a best of 11 legs format. That will continue in the quarter-finals.

Matches will be played in a best of 13 legs in the semi-finals and best of 15 in the final.

 

Schedule of Play

Friday May 10 - First Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Sebastian Bialecki v Jose de Sousa
Maik Kuivenhoven v Christopher Toonders
Thibault Tricole v Andrew Gilding
Haupai Puha v Franz Roetzsch
Moritz Hilger v Matthew Dennant
Brendan Dolan v Jermaine Wattimena
Luke Woodhouse v Ryan Joyce
James Wade v Niels Zonneveld

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Madars Razma v Chris Dobey
Kevin Troppmann v Gian van Veen
Daryl Gurney v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Raymond van Barneveld v Daniel Larsson
Andy Baetens v Gabriel Clemens
Ritchie Edhouse v Nathan Aspinall
Martin Schindler v Mike De Decker
Luke Littler v Wessel Nijman

Saturday May 11 - Second Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Josh Rock v Puha/Roetzsch
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Gurney/Van den Bergh
Ryan Searle v Dolan/Wattimena
Ross Smith v Woodhouse/Joyce
Damon Heta v Troppmann/Van Veen
Joe Cullen v Wade/Zonneveld
Rob Cross v Kuivenhoven/Toonders
Ricardo Pietreczko v Hilger/Dennant

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Jonny Clayton v Edhouse/Aspinall
Danny Noppert v Van Barneveld/Larsson
Peter Wright v Tricole/Gilding
Luke Humphries v Bialecki/De Sousa
Michael van Gerwen v Littler/Nijman
Krzysztof Ratajski v Schindler/De Decker
Stephen Bunting v Baetens/Clemens
Dave Chisnall v Razma/Dobey

Sunday May 12
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Third Round

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

 

Qualified players

Seeded Players

Dave Chisnall, Damon Heta, Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Jonny Clayton, Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Josh Rock, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Ryan Searle, Danny Noppert, Peter Wright, Ricardo Pietreczko, Stephen Bunting, Ross Smith

Order of Merit Qualifiers

Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Joe Cullen, Chris Dobey, Krzysztof Ratajski, Daryl Gurney, Andrew Gilding, Raymond van Barneveld, Gian van Veen, Martin Schindler, Ryan Joyce, José de Sousa, James Wade, Brendan Dolan, Luke Littler, Gabriel Clemens

Tour Card Qualifiers

Matthew Dennant, Mike De Decker, Madars Razma, Wessel Nijman, Ritchie Edhouse, Maik Kuivenhoven, Niels Zonneveld, Thibault Tricole, Andy Baetens, Haupai Puha

Host Nation Qualifiers

Moritz Hilger, Franz Rötzsch, Kevin Troppmann, Christopher Toonders

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Daniel Larsson

East European Qualifier

Sebastian Białecki

 

Prize money

Winner - £30,000
Runner-up - £12,000
Semi-finalist - £8,500
Quarter-finalist - £6,000
Third round losers - £4,000
Second round losers - £2,500
First round losers - £1,250
Total prize pool - £175,000

 

Defending champion

Dave Chisnall enters the tournament as the defending champion having gone all the way in the 2023 edition of this event.

Chizzy overcame a tough draw on that occasion as he battled past Gerwyn Price, Martin Schindler and Jonny Clayton before beating Luke Humphries 8-5 in the final.

 

Where to watch

Fans will be able to follow every match from the European Darts Grand Prix with PDC TV. The event is also available on Viaplay and DAZN internationally.