Dutch Darts Championship 2018

Dutch Darts Championship 2018

Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	MECC , Maastricht
Tournament dates
Defending champion	-
Attendees	48
Opening game	September 7, 2018
Endgame	September 9, 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 135,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	England Ian White
statistics
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The Dutch Darts Championship 2018 is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the first time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from September 7th to September 9th, 2018 . It was the eleventh event of the European Darts Tour 2018 , which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2018 . The venue was the Maastrichts Expositie en Congres Centrum in Maastricht .

The tournament was won by the Englishman Ian White , who prevailed in the final with 8: 5 legs against his compatriot Ricky Evans .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode was best of 11 legs in the first rounds , best of 13 legs in the semi-finals and best of 15 legs in the final . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 135,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 25,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 6,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 4,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 3,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 2,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000

		£ 135,000

Attendees

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit
places 1–16

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Scotland Peter Wright
Austria ~~Scale length Suljović~~ ¹
England Ian White
Wales Jonny Clayton
England James Wade
England Adrian Lewis
Australia Simon Whitlock
England Joe Cullen
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
Wales Gerwyn Price
England Darren Webster
Germany Max Hopp
England Stephen Bunting
England Mervyn King
England Dave Chisnall

UK Qualifier Winner

England Steve West
Wales Barrie Bates
England James Wilson
England Kevin Painter
England Ross Smith
England Arron Monk
England Andy Boulton
Australia Kyle Anderson
England Josh Payne
England Wayne Jones
Canada Dawson Murschell
Ireland William O'Connor
Australia Paul Nicholson
England Ritchie Edhouse
England Darren Johnson
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Ricky Evans
England Ryan Searle

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Netherlands Jan Dekker
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Lithuania Darius Labanauskas

East Europe Qualifier

Czech Republic Karel Sedlacek

¹Mensur Suljović and Erik Tautfest withdrew their participation at short notice. For Suljović, Steve West moved up to the seeding list. There were also two other local qualifiers.

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen	round 2
02.	Scotland Peter Wright	Semifinals
03.	England Ian White	victory
04th	Wales Jonny Clayton	round 2
05.	England James Wade	round 2
06th	England Adrian Lewis	Quarter finals
07th	Australia Simon Whitlock	Quarter finals
08th.	England Joe Cullen	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney	Round of 16
10.	Wales Gerwyn Price	round 2
11.	England Darren Webster	round 2
12.	Germany Max Hopp	round 2
13.	England Stephen Bunting	round 2
14th	England Mervyn King	Round of 16
15th	England Dave Chisnall	Round of 16
16.	England Steve West	round 2

Tournament course

Preliminary round

August 31, 2018

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Germany Kevin Münch 77.73	4: 6	England Darren Johnson 83.11
2	Czech Republic Karel Sedlacek 76.17	2: 6	Ireland William O'Connor 88.75
3	Wales Barrie Bates 86.18	6 : 3	Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 85.32
4th	Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 100.71	6 : 3	Germany Robert Marijanović 90.38
5	England Ryan Searle 94.4	6 : 3	England Andy Boulton 88.68
6th	England Ricky Evans 95.32	6 : 3	Netherlands Jan Dekker 94.99
7th	Spain Antonio Alcinas 88.39	3: 6	Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 92.5
8th	England Josh Payne 92.87	6 : 3	Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 85.78

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
9	Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.88	2: 6	England Wayne Jones 89.79
10	Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 91.25	6 : 5	Australia Paul Nicholson 92.93
11	Canada Dawson Murschell 82.03	4: 6	England Ritchie Edhouse 88.95
12	England Kevin Painter 89.21	6 : 5	Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 87.17
13	England Ross Smith 96.91	6 : 2	Australia Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 88.4
14th	Scotland Robert Thornton 87.75	3: 6	England Arron Monk 92.12
15th	Australia Kyle Anderson 99.1	6 : 0	Germany Christian Bunse 80.72
16	England James Wilson 94.4	4: 6	Spain Cristo Reyes 96.04