European Darts Matchplay 2017

European Darts Matchplay 2017

Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Inselparkhalle , Hamburg
Tournament dates
Defending champion	England James Wade
Attendees	48
Opening game	June 9, 2017
Endgame	June 11, 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 135,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics
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The European Darts Matchplay 2017 is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the third time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from June 9th to 11th, 2017 . It was the sixth event of the European Darts Tour 2017 , which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2017 . As in the previous year, the venue was the edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg .

The tournament victory was secured by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who prevailed in the final with 6: 3 legs against the Austrian Mensur Suljović .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was a best of 11 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament saw a total of £ 135,000 in prize money, an increase of £ 20,000 over the previous year. 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
Australia Simon Whitlock
Netherlands Benito van de Pas
England Dave Chisnall
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
England Alan Norris
England James Wade
England Ian White
England Joe Cullen
England Michael Smith
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
Spain Cristo Reyes
England Mervyn King

UK Qualifier Winner

England Stephen Bunting
England Lee Bryant
England Adrian Lewis
England Peter Hudson
Australia Kyle Anderson
England Andy Hamilton
England James Wilson
England Richard North
England Chris Dobey
England Darren Webster
England Andy Jenkins
England Justin Pipe
England Nathan Aspinall
England Micky Mansell
Scotland John Henderson
England Peter Jacques
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Chris Quantock

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Greece John Michael
Belgium Kenny Neyens
Belgium Mike de Decker
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
Netherlands Christian Kist
Spain Antonio Alcinas
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Germany Erik Tautfest
Germany Martin Schindler
Germany Max Hopp
Germany Mike Wood

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Finland Marko Kantele

East Europe Qualifier

Poland Krzysztof Ratajski

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen	victory
02.	Scotland Peter Wright	Round of 16
03.	Austria Scale length Suljović	final
04th	Australia Simon Whitlock	2nd round
05.	Netherlands Benito van de Pas	2nd round
06th	England Dave Chisnall	Quarter finals
07th	Netherlands Jelle Klaasen	2nd round
08th.	Belgium Kim Huybrechts	2nd round

No.	player	Round reached
09.	England Alan Norris	Round of 16
10.	England James Wade	2nd round
11.	England Ian White	Round of 16
12.	England Joe Cullen	Quarter finals
13.	England Michael Smith	Semifinals
14th	Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney	Round of 16
15th	Spain Cristo Reyes	Semifinals
16.	England Mervyn King	Round of 16

Tournament course

Preliminary round

June 9, 2017

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2	No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	England Peter Hudson 96.26	6 : 1	Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.87	9	England Chris Quantock 86.66	3: 6	England Nathan Aspinall 88.41
2	England Richard North 88.03	6 : 1	England Micky Mansell 83.04	10	England Darren Webster 87.76	3: 6	Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 87.4
3	Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 96.81	4: 6	England Justin Pipe 98.52	11	Scotland John Henderson 93.84	6 : 4	Germany Mike Wood 79.68
4th	England Andy Hamilton 84.49	6 : 5	Germany Martin Schindler 83.01	12	England Peter Jacques 83.94	6 : 5	England Chris Dobey 82.06
5	England Lee Bryant 87.45	4: 6	England James Wilson 90.02	13	Belgium Kenny Neyens 83.85	3: 6	England Stephen Bunting 87.23
6th	Finland Marko Kantele 81.23	6 : 5	Spain Antonio Alcinas 82.1	14th	Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 95.36	6 : 4	England Adrian Lewis 97.0
7th	Belgium Mike de Decker 92.6	6 : 2	Germany Max Hopp 83.36	15th	Germany Erik Tautfest 80.35	5: 6	Greece John Michael 83.06
8th	England Andy Jenkins 91.44	4: 6	Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 91.97	16	Australia Kyle Anderson 91.75	6 : 5	Netherlands Christian Kist 87.52