European Darts Championship 2018

European Darts Championship 2018
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Westfalenhalle , Dortmund
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	October 25, 2018
Endgame	October 28, 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 400,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	James Wade
statistics
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The European Darts Championship 2018 is a major tournament in darts and was organized for the eleventh time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from October 25th to 28th . The venue for the first time was the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund .

The tournament victory was secured by the Englishman James Wade , who prevailed in the final with 11: 8 legs against the Australian Simon Whitlock .

format

The tournament was played in legs using the knockout system . The number of legs to be won per round increased. Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 11 legs . By the finale, the mode rose to best of 21 legs . Each leg was played in 501 double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 400,000. The prize money is distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 40,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 20,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 15,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 10,000
1st round loser	(16)	£ 5,000
		£ 400,000

Attendees

For the European Darts Championship 2018 the best 32 players of the European Tour Order of Merit were qualified after the thirteenth and final event of the European Darts Tour 2018 .

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Scale length Suljović
3. Gerwyn Price
4. Ian White
5. Joe Cullen
6. James Wade
7. Max Hopp
8. Simon Whitlock
9. Peter Wright
10. Jonny Clayton
11. Daryl Gurney
12. Michael Smith
13. Rob Cross
14. Adrian Lewis
15. Darren Webster
16. Steve West
17. Mervyn King
18. Stephen Bunting
19. Dave Chisnall
20. Danny Noppert
21. Steve Lennon
22. Ricky Evans
23. James Wilson
24. Jermaine Wattimena
25. Steve Beaton
26. William O'Connor
27. Martin Schindler
28. Jelle Klaasen
29. Richard North
30. Kyle Anderson
31. Cristo Reyes
32. Paul Nicholson

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen round 2 02. Scale length Suljović Round 1 03. Gerwyn Price Quarter finals 04th Ian White Round 1

No. player Round reached 05. Joe Cullen Semifinals 06th James Wade victory 07th Max Hopp Semifinals 08th. Simon Whitlock final

Results

Round 1 25/26 Oct. 2018 best of 11 legs

Round 2 26./27. Oct. 2018 best of 19 legs

Quarterfinals Oct 28, 2018 best of 19 legs

Semi-finals October 28, 2018 best of 21 legs

Final Oct. 28, 2018 best of 21 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 110.32

6th

Paul Nicholson 96.45

2

1

Michael van Gerwen 95.27

7th

Steve West 96.06

10

Steve West 94.15

6th

Mervyn King 92.53

5

Steve West 101.67

7th

8th

Simon Whitlock 100.27

10

8th

Simon Whitlock 101.16

6th

Steve Beaton 95.93

3

8th

Simon Whitlock 89.83

10

Peter Wright 86.82

6th

Peter Wright 101.33

6th

Jermaine Wattimena 91.57

0

8th

Simon Whitlock 90.19

11

5

Joe Cullen 87.07

10

5

Joe Cullen 94.76

6th

Jelle Klaasen 89.71

2

5

Joe Cullen 94.02

10

Michael Smith 91.92

4th

Michael Smith 100.76

6th

Steve Lennon 96.60

3

5

Joe Cullen 90.79

10

Rob Cross 93.83

8th

4th

Ian White 88.94

1

Richard North 93.22

6th

Richard North 89.47

2

Rob Cross 93.06

10

Rob Cross 97.17

6th

Danny Noppert 92.17

4th

8th

Simon Whitlock 88.81

6th

6th

James Wade 91.44

11

2

Scale length Suljović 89.23

3

Cristo Reyes 90.90

6th

Cristo Reyes 91.74

9

Darren Webster 91.84

10

Darren Webster 99.38

6th

Stephen Bunting 96.79

5

Darren Webster 95.27

5

7th

Max Hopp 94.80

10

7th

Max Hopp 91.28

6th

William O'Connor 86.92

1

7th

Max Hopp 92.59

10

James Wilson 90.83

7th

Jonny Clayton 91.06

2

James Wilson 103.64

6th

7th

Max Hopp 93.90

10

6th

James Wade 93.91

11

6th

James Wade 91.77

6th

Martin Schindler 84.35

3

6th

James Wade 94.40

10

Ricky Evans 91.77

5

Daryl Gurney 97.20

4th

Ricky Evans 94.83

6th

6th

James Wade 95.80

10

3

Gerwyn Price 91.14

9

3

Gerwyn Price 92.34

6th

Kyle Anderson 101.09

4th

3

Gerwyn Price 95.19

10

Dave Chisnall 94.82

5

Adrian Lewis 90.53

5

Dave Chisnall 97.94

6th

transmission

Internationally, all games were broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv. In Germany, all games were shown on the DAZN streaming service .

Web links

• Report on dartn.de
• Report on pdc.tv

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Darts Championship 2018 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)