| Tournament Name: | 2024 Austrian Darts Open |
| Dates: | 26–28 April 2024 |
| Venue: | Steiermarkhalle |
| Location: | Premstätten |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £175,000 |
| Winners Share: | £30,000 |
| Prev: | Event 4 |
| Next: | Event 6 |
The 2024 NEO.bet Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Steiermarkhalle, Premstätten, Austria from 26 to 28 April 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Jonny Clayton was the defending champion after defeating 8–6 in the 2023 final.[1] [2] Clayton was beaten 6–3 by in the third round.
Luke Littler won his second European Tour title of 2024 after beating 8–4 in the final.[3] [4]
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[5]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £30,000 | |
| Runner-up | (1) | £12,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £8,500 | |
| 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 | ||
A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[8]
For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.
The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.
The seedings were confirmed on 4 April.[9]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 10 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (to be held on 25 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on 5 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 6 April).
Luke Humphries and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Richard Veenstra and Ricky Evans. Krzysztof Ratajski and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.[10]
After the draw was made, Gerwyn Price withdrew and was replaced by Daniel Klose, who went straight in at the second round.
The following players took part in the tournament:
Seeded Players
Order of Merit Qualifiers
Tour Card Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
East European Qualifier
Reserve List