European Darts Grand Prix 2018

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European Darts Grand Prix 2018

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue Glaspalast ,
Sindelfingen
Tournament dates
Defending champion ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
Attendees 48
Opening game 4th May 2018
Endgame May 6, 2018
Prize money (total) £ 135,000
Prize money (winner) £ 25,000
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics
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2019

The European Darts Grand Prix 2018 is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the fifth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from May 4th to 6th, 2018 . It was the fifth event of the European Darts Tour 2018 , which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2018 . The venue was the Glass Palace in Sindelfingen .

The tournament victory was secured by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who prevailed in the final with 8: 3 legs against the Englishman James Wade .

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

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
  2. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  3. EnglandEngland Rob Cross
  4. EnglandEngland Michael Smith
  5. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney
  6. AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
  7. EnglandEngland Joe Cullen
  8. EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall
  9. EnglandEngland Ian White
  10. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts
  11. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock
  12. EnglandEngland Mervyn King
  13. NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen
  14. ScotlandScotland John Henderson
  15. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price
  16. EnglandEngland Darren Webster

UK Qualifier Winner

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

East Europe Qualifier

1Adrian Lewis withdrew his participation at short notice due to illness. A fifth local qualifier moved up for him.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen victory
02. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Round of 16
03. EnglandEngland Rob Cross Round of 16
04th EnglandEngland Michael Smith Semifinals

05. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney round 2

06th AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović Round of 16

07th EnglandEngland Joe Cullen Quarter finals

08th. EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall Quarter finals
No. player Round reached
09. EnglandEngland Ian White Round of 16

10. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts round 2

11. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock Quarter finals

12. EnglandEngland Mervyn King round 2

13. NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen round 2

14th ScotlandScotland John Henderson round 2

15th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price round 2

16. EnglandEngland Darren Webster Round of 16

Tournament course

Preliminary round

4th May 2018
game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 EnglandEngland Peter Hudson 83.78 3: 6 EnglandEngland Arron Monk 85.63
2 LatviaLatvia Madars Razma 90.1 6  : 4 EnglandEngland Steve Hine 88.05
3 EnglandEngland Matt Padgett 89.74 6  : 4 BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.66
4th IrelandIreland Steve Lennon 90.49 4: 6 NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 103.4
5 GermanyGermany Gabriel Clemens 87.59 3: 6 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Dekker 89.29
6th EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 91.7 2: 6 EnglandEngland Kirk Shepherd 93.93
7th NetherlandsNetherlands Mats Gies 80.77 3: 6 EnglandEngland Alan Tabern 93.59
8th GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 89.29 6  : 0 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Owen 73.97
game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Noppert 99.73 6  : 3 PolandPoland Krzysztof Ratajski 91.6
10 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 91.49 6  : 5 SpainSpain Toni Alcinas 88.55
11 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Lewis 91.11 6  : 4 GermanyGermany Christian Bunse 80.73
12 EnglandEngland Jamie Caven 84.89 6  : 1 NetherlandsNetherlands Mareno Michels 77.47
13 EnglandEngland Ricky Evans 92.32 4: 6 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 94.28
14th EnglandEngland James Wade 8/22 6  : 4 GermanyGermany Max Hopp 89.81
15th CanadaCanada Dawson Murschell 89.68 2: 6 AustraliaAustralia Paul Nicholson 95.71
16 GermanyGermany Robert Marijanović 84.49 6  : 3 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 92.37

Main round

  Round 2 05/05/2018
best of 11 legs
Round of 16 May 6, 2018
best of 11 legs
Quarter-finals 05/06/2018
best of 11 legs
Semi-finals 05/06/2018
best of 13 legs
Final 05/06/2018
best of 15 legs
                                               
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.04 6th                
 EnglandEngland Alan Tabern 92.62 2  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.8 6th
  16  EnglandEngland Darren Webster 99.95 5  
16  EnglandEngland Darren Webster 88.57 6th
 GermanyGermany Robert Marijanović 80.98 3  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 109.54 6th
  8th  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 107.57 4th  
8th  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 89.45 6th    
 EnglandEngland Matt Padgett 84.7 5  
8th  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 04/10 6th
   EnglandEngland Ian White 95.43 5  
9  EnglandEngland Ian White April 92 6th
 LatviaLatvia Madars Razma 90.97 1  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 110.65 7th
  4th  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 90.43 0  
5  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 96.73 4th
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Lewis 93.0 6th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Lewis 89.16 6th
   AustraliaAustralia Paul Nicholson 95.34 5  
12  EnglandEngland Mervyn King 93.75 4th
 AustraliaAustralia Paul Nicholson 93.74 6th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Lewis 81.25 2
  4th  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 89.91 6th  
4th  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 95.33 6th    
 EnglandEngland Arron Monk 89.91 5  
4th  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 98.32 6th
   NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 87.78 3  
13  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.45 3
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 89.1 6th  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 111.77 8th
 EnglandEngland James Wade 99.3 3
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 110.29 6th
 EnglandEngland Kirk Shepherd 95.11 2  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 103.49 5
   NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Noppert 94.45 6th  
15th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 101.33 5
 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Noppert 97.16 6th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Noppert 91.09 6th
   EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 90.63 5  
7th  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 98.22 6th    
 GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 99.53 5  
7th  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 105.89 6th
   AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 97.68 3  
10  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 98.1 4th
 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 99.82 6th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Noppert 96.49 3
   EnglandEngland James Wade 96.6 7th  
6th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 93.11 6th
 EnglandEngland Jamie Caven 7/94 5  
6th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 100.82 4th
  11  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 98.65 6th  
11  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 99.1 6th
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Dekker 89.86 0  
11  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 86.79 3
   EnglandEngland James Wade 90.6 6th  
3  EnglandEngland Rob Cross 102.47 6th    
 NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.54 5  
3  EnglandEngland Rob Cross 98.5 5
   EnglandEngland James Wade 100.52 6th  
14th  ScotlandScotland John Henderson 94.51 4th
 EnglandEngland James Wade 94.78 6th  

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the event was not shown on TV, but was broadcast on Laola1.tv as a free live stream.

Internationally, all games were broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
  2. European Darts Tour | LAOLA1.tv. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .