The 2023 German Darts Open was the eleventh of thirteen

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events on the

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. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena,

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from 8-10 September 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner. The defending champion was , who defeated 8–6 in the 2022 final. However, he was beaten by 4–6 in the second round. won his second European Tour title, defeating 8–3 in the final.

Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours: * 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.

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. 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 20 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 20 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June). The following players took part in the tournament: :Top 16 # ''(third round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(semi-finals)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # (champion) :Tour Card Qualifier :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(runner-up)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(quarter-finals)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(third round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(third round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :Associate Member Qualifier :* ''(semi-finals)'' :* ''(second round)'' :Highest Ranking Germans :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :Host Nation Qualifier :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :Nordic & Baltic Qualifier :* ''(first round)'' :East European Qualifier :* ''(first round)''

Draw

Notes

References

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