2017 International Darts Open

2017 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates 22-24 September
Venue Sachsen Arena
Location Riesa
Country  Germany
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £135,000
Winners share £25,000
«Event 10 Event 12»

The 2017 International Darts Open is the eleventh of twelve European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at Sachsen Arena, Riesa, Germany, between 22-24 September. It will feature a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Mensur Suljović was the defending champion after defeating Kim Huybrechts 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 4 August), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 21 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 21 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 11 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

  First round
22 September		 Second round
23 September		 Third round
24 September		 Quarter-finals
24 September		 Semi-finals
24 September		 Final
24 September
                                                         
    1 Scotland Peter Wright  
     
   
   
16 Spain Cristo Reyes
     
   
   
    8 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen  
     
 
   
9 Netherlands Benito van de Pas
     
   
   
    5 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney  
     
 
   
12 England Dave Chisnall
     
 
   
    4 England Michael Smith  
     
 
   
13 England Rob Cross
     
    2 Austria Mensur Suljović  
     
   
   
15 Wales Gerwyn Price
     
   
   
    7 Belgium Kim Huybrechts  
     
 
   
10 England Ian White
     
 
   
    6 England Alan Norris  
     
 
   
11 England Joe Cullen
     
 
   
    3 Australia Simon Whitlock  
     
 
   
14 England Mervyn King
     

References

  1. ↑ "Dutch Darts Masters Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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