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2023 Bahrain Darts Masters

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{{Infobox individual darts tournament

|tournament_name = 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters

|image =Bahrain Darts Masters - Logo.svg

|dates = 12–13 January 2023

|venue = Bahrain International Circuit

|location = Sakhir

|country = {{BHR}}

|organisation = PDC

|format = Legs

|prize_fund = £60,000

|winners_share = £20,000

|nine_dart =

|high_checkout = {{nowrap|1=157 {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton}}}}

|winner = {{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|b=1}}

|prev =

|next = 2024

}}

The 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters was the first staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first event in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 Asian representatives), and was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 12–13 January 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.bahraingp.com/blog/events/bahrain-darts-masters/|title=Bahrain Darts Masters|work=Bahrain GP|access-date=3 January 2023}}

Michael Smith won the inaugural staging of the event, and his third World Series title, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–6 in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/01/13/bahrain-darts-masters-glory-classy-smith|title=Bahrain Darts Masters glory for classy Smith|date=13 January 2023|work=PDC|access-date=13 January 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Smith continues winning streak to hold off Gerwyn Price and claim first ever Bahrain Darts Masters |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12785891/michael-smith-continues-winning-streak-to-hold-off-gerwyn-price-and-claim-first-ever-bahrain-darts-masters-i-apologised-to-price-for-booing |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Sky Sports |language=en |quote=I apologised to Price for booing}}

The event was announced on 26 September 2022, alongside the 2023 Nordic Darts Masters, which are to be held a week later.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/09/26/world-series-darts-debut-bahrain-january-2023|title=World Series of Darts to debut in Bahrain in January 2023|date=26 September 2022|work=PDC|access-date=13 December 2022}}

Prize money

The total prize fund is expected to be at £60,000.

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2 | Position (no. of players)

! Prize money
(Total: £60,000)

Winner

| align=center | (1)

| align=center | £20,000

Runner-up

| align=center | (1)

| align=center | £10,000

Semi-finalists

| align=center | (2)

| align=center | £5,000

Quarter-finalists

| align=center | (4)

| align=center | £2,500

First round

| align=center | (8)

| align=center | £1,250

Qualifiers

The PDC announced 7 of their 8 players who are their elite representatives at the event on 13 December 2022, and did not include Michael van Gerwen, who couldn't attend for family reasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/12/13/humphries-van-barneveld-among-bahrain-darts-masters-field|title=Humphries & Van Barneveld among Bahrain Darts Masters field|date=13 December 2022|work=PDC|access-date=13 December 2022}} Jonny Clayton was announced as the 8th representative on 4 January 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/01/04/bahrain-darts-masters-spot-clayton|title=Bahrain Darts Masters spot for Clayton|date=4 January 2023|work=PDC|access-date=4 January 2023}}

As this was the first World Series event of the year, the PDC representatives were seeded based on their positions on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.

  1. {{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|b=1}} (champion)
  2. {{PDCFlag|Peter Wright}} (quarter-finals)
  3. {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price}} (runner-up)
  4. {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries}} (quarter-finals)
  5. {{PDCFlag|Rob Cross}} (semi-finals)
  6. {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton}} (quarter-finals)
  7. {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh}} (quarter-finals)
  8. {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}} (semi-finals)

The Asian representatives consisted of six invited players, alongside 2 Bahrain qualifiers that were decided in a qualifier held on 17–18 December 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/12/21/mahmood-yusuf-qualify-bahrain-darts-masters|title=Mahmood & Yusuf qualify for Bahrain Darts Masters|date=21 December 2022|work=PDC|access-date=22 December 2022}}

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style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold"

! width="250" |Qualification

! width="250" |Player

rowspan="6" |Asian Invitees

|{{PDCFlag|Paul Lim|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)

{{PDCFlag|Toru Suzuki|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)
{{PDCFlag|Man Lok Leung|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)
{{PDCFlag|Yuki Yamada|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)
{{PDCFlag|Nitin Kumar|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)
{{PDCFlag|Alain Abiabi|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)
rowspan="2" |Bahrain qualifiers

|{{PDCFlag|Bassim Mahmood|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)

{{PDCFlag|Abdulnaser Yusuf|org=PDCAsia}} (first round)

Draw

The draw was announced on 10 January 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/01/10/world-champion-smith-draws-local-star-bahrain-darts-masters|title=World Champion Smith draws local star in Bahrain Darts Masters|date=10 January 2023|work=PDC|access-date=10 January 2023}}

{{16TeamBracket

| RD1= {{nowrap|1=First round
(best of 11 legs)
12 January}}

| RD2= {{nowrap|1=Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
13 January}}

| RD3= {{nowrap|1=Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
13 January}}

| RD4= {{nowrap|1=Final
(best of 15 legs)
13 January}}

| team-width = 220

| boldwinner = high

| RD1-seed01 = 1

| RD1-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=96.30|b=1}}

| RD1-score01= 6

| RD1-seed02 =

| RD1-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Abdulnaser Yusuf|org=PDCAsia|avg=63.15}}

| RD1-score02= 1

| RD1-seed03 =  

| RD1-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=88.38|b=1}}

| RD1-score03= 6

| RD1-seed04 =

| RD1-team04 = {{PDCFlag|Alain Abiabi|org=PDCAsia|avg=82.62}}

| RD1-score04= 5

| RD1-seed05 = 4

| RD1-team05 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=90.78|b=1}}

| RD1-score05= 6

| RD1-seed06 =

| RD1-team06 = {{PDCFlag|Man Lok Leung|org=PDCAsia|avg=91.64}}

| RD1-score06= 3

| RD1-seed07 =  

| RD1-team07 = {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|avg=98.16|b=1}}

| RD1-score07= 6

| RD1-seed08 =

| RD1-team08 = {{PDCFlag|Yuki Yamada|org=PDCAsia|avg=84.64}}

| RD1-score08= 2

| RD1-seed09 = 2

| RD1-team09 = {{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=91.34|b=1}}

| RD1-score09= 6

| RD1-seed10 =

| RD1-team10 = {{PDCFlag|Toru Suzuki|org=PDCAsia|avg=83.98}}

| RD1-score10= 3

| RD1-seed11 =  

| RD1-team11 = {{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|avg=95.09|b=1}}

| RD1-score11= 6

| RD1-seed12 =

| RD1-team12 = {{PDCFlag|Nitin Kumar|org=PDCAsia|avg=79.25}}

| RD1-score12= 2

| RD1-seed13 = 3

| RD1-team13 = {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=96.63|b=1}}

| RD1-score13= 6

| RD1-seed14 =

| RD1-team14 = {{PDCFlag|Paul Lim|org=PDCAsia|avg=87.66}}

| RD1-score14= 2

| RD1-seed15 =  

| RD1-team15 = {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton|avg=103.66|b=1}}

| RD1-score15= 6

| RD1-seed16 =

| RD1-team16 = {{PDCFlag|Bassim Mahmood|org=PDCAsia|avg=78.00}}

| RD1-score16= 0

| RD2-seed01 = 1

| RD2-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=84.59|b=1}}

| RD2-score01= 6

| RD2-seed02 =  

| RD2-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=86.80}}

| RD2-score02= 4

| RD2-seed03 = 4

| RD2-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=96.28}}

| RD2-score03= 5

| RD2-seed04 =

| RD2-team04 = {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|avg=101.10|b=1}}

| RD2-score04= 6

| RD2-seed05 = 2

| RD2-team05 = {{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=93.88}}

| RD2-score05= 5

| RD2-seed06 =  

| RD2-team06 = {{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|avg=88.50|b=1}}

| RD2-score06= 6

| RD2-seed07 = 3

| RD2-team07 = {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=101.23|b=1}}

| RD2-score07= 6

| RD2-seed08 =

| RD2-team08 = {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton|avg=98.12|b=}}

| RD2-score08= 4

| RD3-seed01 = 1

| RD3-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=98.28|b=1}}

| RD3-score01= 7

| RD3-seed02 =

| RD3-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|avg=95.81}}

| RD3-score02= 5

| RD3-seed03 =  

| RD3-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|avg=96.73}}

| RD3-score03= 3

| RD3-seed04 = 3

| RD3-team04 = {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=94.14|b=1}}

| RD3-score04= 7

| RD4-seed01 = 1

| RD4-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=96.77|b=1}}

| RD4-score01= 8

| RD4-seed02 = 3

| RD4-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=97.88}}

| RD4-score02= 6

}}

References

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