2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy Explained

Tournament Name:	2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy
Dates:	22-24 September 2023
Venue:	MVM Dome
Location:	Budapest
Organisation:	PDC
Format:	Legs
Prize Fund:	£175,000
Winners Share:	£30,000
Nine Dart:	(final)
High Checkout:	170 (x2)
Prev:	Event 11
Next:	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, who defeated 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

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	£8,000
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

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

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:

Top 16

(champion)
(quarter-finals)
(runner-up)
(second round)
(second round)
(second round)
(semi-finals)
(third round)
(quarter-finals)
(third round)
(third round)
(third round)
(third round)
(third round)
(second round)
(second round)

Tour Card Qualifier

(second round)

(first round)

(second round)

(second round)

(first round)

(first round)

(first round)

(second round)

(second round)

(quarter-finals)

(semi-finals)

(first round)

(first round)

(first round)

(first round)

(third round)

(first round)

(third round)

(second round)

(first round)

(first round)

(first round)

(quarter-finals)

(second round)

Associate Member Qualifier

(first round)

(second round)

Highest Ranking Hungarian

(first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

(first round)

(first round)

(second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

(second round)

East European Qualifier

(second round)

Notes and References

Web site: Clinical Cullen clinches Hungarian Darts Trophy title. . 29 August 2023.
Web site: Dave Chisnall wins Hungarian Darts Trophy despite Luke Humphries nine-darter . Sky Sports . 13 December 2023.
Web site: PDC Order of Merit Rules . PDC.
Web site: PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC .
Web site: 2023 Players Championships 17-18 entries and & ET11-12 seeds confirmed. PDC.