Tournament Name: | 2023 Superbet Poland Darts Masters |
Dates: | 7–8 July 2023 |
Venue: | Arena COS Torwar |
Location: | Warsaw |
Organisation: | PDC |
Format: | Legs |
Prize Fund: | £60,000 |
Winners Share: | £20,000 |
High Checkout: | 156 |
Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 Superbet Poland Darts Masters was the first Professional Darts Corporation tournament organised in Poland, and the fourth entry in the 2023 World Series of Darts.[1] The tournament featured 16 players (eight top-ranking players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland on 7–8 July 2023. The event was announced on 23 March 2023,[2] and betting company Superbet were announced as the sponsors on 29 June.[3] [4]
Michael van Gerwen became the inaugural champion after defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–3 in the final.[5] The final average of Michael van Gerwen (113.22) was his highest average during a television tournament since 2017.[6] [7]
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £60,000) | ||||
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Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £20,000 | |
Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 | |
Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £5,000 | |
Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £2,500 | |
First round | align=center | (8) | align=center | £1,250 |
The PDC announced 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event, which included World Champion Michael Smith, alongside reigning World Series of Darts Finals winner Gerwyn Price and three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen. They were joined by Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Danny Noppert, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Nathan Aspinall.[2]
Regional qualifiers from Poland were Tour card holders, and . They were joined by from Croatia, and from the Czech Republic. The remaining two spots were allocated to the winners of qualifiers in Poland and Hungary.[2] The Hungarian Qualifier tournament took place on 4 June and was won by Nándor Major.[8] The Polish Qualifier event was played on 1 July in Tarnowo Podgórne, during the weekend of the Polish Darts Organisation's National Championship. The final qualifying match was won by Łukasz Wacławski who defeated Krzysztof Chmielewski 6–4.[9] [10]
Qualification | Player | |
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PDC Tour Card Holders | ||
Hungarian Qualifier | ||
Polish Qualifier |