Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion, after defeating Gary Anderson 11–5 in the 2022 final.

Price then lost to Peter Wright in the final, with Wright winning his fourth World Series title, his first since 2019, when he won the German Darts Masters.

The PDC announced 7 of their 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event on 2 January 2023, which included Michael van Gerwen, who missed the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters for family reasons.

The seedings are based on the 2023 World Series rankings after 1 event.

The Nordic & Baltic representatives consisted of their three Tour Card holders (Madars Razma, Darius Labanauskas and Vladimir Andersen), recent World Darts Championship qualifier Daniel Larsson, and four invited players from the region.