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's European Championship tournament, which sees the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 26 to 29 October 2023 at the

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, Germany. Ross Smith was the defending champion, having beaten Michael Smith in the 2022 final. He became the fifth consecutive defending champion to lose in the first round after a 6–3 defeat to Ricardo Pietreczko. Peter Wright won the tournament for the second time after beating

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11–6 in the final.

Prize money

The 2023 European Championship had a total prize fund of £500,000, the same as its previous edition. The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Qualification

The 2023 tournament continued the established qualification system whereby the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualified for the tournament. The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season. As with the previous editions, players were drawn in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on. The following players qualified for the tournament:

Draw

References

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