2026 Austrian Darts Open
The 2026 Austrian Darts Open (for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open) is an upcoming a professional darts tournament that is taking place at the Stadthalle Graz in Graz, Austria from 25 to 27 April 2026. is the sixth of fifteen PDC European Tour events on the 2026 PDC Pro Tour. It will feature a field of 48 players and £230,000 in prize money, with £35,000 going to the winner.
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2026 Austrian Darts Open
The 2026 Austrian Darts Open (for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open) is an upcoming a professional darts tournament that is taking place at the Stadthalle Graz in Graz, Austria from 25 to 27 April 2026. is the sixth of fifteen PDC European Tour events on the 2026 PDC Pro Tour. It will feature a field of 48 players and £230,000 in prize money, with £35,000 going to the winner.
Martin Schindler is the reigning champion after beating Ross Smith 8–4 in the (/wiki/2025AustrianDartsOpen) final.
Prize money
2026 Austrian Darts Open
As part of a mass boost in prize money for Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events in 2026, the prize fund for all 2026 European Tour events rose to £230,000, of which the winner will receive £35,000.
<table><thead><tr><th>Stage (num. of players)</th><th>Prize money</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Winner</td><td>(1)</td><td>£35,000</td></tr><tr><td>Runner-up</td><td>(1)</td><td>£15,000</td></tr><tr><td>Semi-finalists</td><td>(2)</td><td>£10,000</td></tr><tr><td>Quarter-finalists</td><td>(4)</td><td>£8,000</td></tr><tr><td>Third round losers</td><td>(8)</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>Second round losers</td><td>(16)</td><td>£3,500</td></tr><tr><td>First round losers</td><td>(16)</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>£230,000</td></tr></tbody></table>
• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit.
Qualification and format
2026 Austrian Darts Open
The top 16 players on the two-year PDC Order of Merit will be seeded and will enter the tournament in the second round, while the next 16 highest-ranked players from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the first round. The remaining 16 places will go to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier, one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier, and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier.