| Tournament Name: | 2023 German Darts Championship |
| Dates: | 13–15 October 2023 |
| Venue: | Halle 39 |
| Location: | Hildesheim |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £175,000 |
| Winners Share: | £30,000 |
| High Checkout: | 170 |
| Prev: | Event 12 |
The 2023 German Darts Championship was the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany from 13 to 15 October 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
The defending champion was, who defeated 8–5 in the 2022 final,[1] but he lost 6–7 to in the semi-finals.
Pietreczko won his first European Tour and his first PDC ranking title as well, defeating 8–4 in the final.[2] He became only the second German player to win a PDC ranking title, and the first since in 2019.
The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[3]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £12,000 |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £8,500 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £6,000 |
| Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £4,000 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £2,500* |
| First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,250 |
| Total | align=center colspan=2 | £175,000 | ||
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 23 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and are 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 6 September), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 12 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June).
Gerwyn Price withdrew and was replaced by Ross Smith from the Reserve List. Under PDC Rules, Price is replaced as a seed by the player ranked highest on the ProTour OoM at the entry deadline, which was also Smith.
The following players took part in the tournament:
Top 16
Tour Card Qualifier
Associate Member Qualifier
Highest Ranking Germans
Host Nation Qualifier
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
East European Qualifier