European Darts Matchplay 2018

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European Darts Matchplay 2018

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue edel-optics.de Arena ,
Hamburg
Tournament dates
Defending champion NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees 48
Opening game June 29, 2018
Endgame 1st July 2018
Prize money (total) £ 135,000
Prize money (winner) £ 25,000
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics

Nine dart finish NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
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The European Darts Matchplay 2018 is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the fourth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from June 29th to July 1st, 2018 . It was the ninth event of the European Darts Tour 2018 , which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2018 . The venue was again the edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg .

The tournament win was secured by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who prevailed in the final with 8: 2 legs against the Irishman William O'Connor .

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 1
  3. EnglandEngland Michael Smith
  4. EnglandEngland Rob Cross
  5. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney
  6. EnglandEngland Joe Cullen
  7. AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
  8. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton
  9. EnglandEngland Ian White
  10. EnglandEngland Darren Webster
  11. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price
  12. EnglandEngland Mervyn King
  13. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock
  14. EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting
  15. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts
  16. EnglandEngland Steve Beaton

UK Qualifier Winner

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

East Europe Qualifier

1Peter Wright and Jim Brown withdrew their participation at short notice. James Wilson moved up to the seeding list for Wright. There were also two other local qualifiers.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen victory
02. EnglandEngland Michael Smith Round 1
03. EnglandEngland Rob Cross Round 1
04th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney Round of 16

05. EnglandEngland Joe Cullen Round of 16

06th AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović Quarter finals

07th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton Round 1

08th. EnglandEngland Ian White Quarter finals
No. player Round reached
09. EnglandEngland Darren Webster Round of 16

10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price Quarter finals

11. EnglandEngland Mervyn King Round 1

12. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock Round 1

13. EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting Semifinals

14th BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts Round of 16

15th EnglandEngland Steve Beaton Round 1

16. EnglandEngland James Wilson Round 1

Tournament course

Preliminary round

June 29, 2018

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Owen 92.24 2: 6 RussiaRussia Boris Kolzow 97.39
2 EnglandEngland Jason Lowe 95.62 6  : 5 EnglandEngland Keegan Brown 100.27
3 EnglandEngland Darren Johnson 89.46 3: 6 EnglandEngland Paul Rowley 90.57
4th IrelandIreland William O'Connor 101.68 6  : 1 EnglandEngland Martin Atkins 89.5
5 GermanyGermany Maik Langendorf 89.92 6  : 1 EnglandEngland Michael Barnard 80.75
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.64 3: 6 EnglandEngland Justin Pipe 88.68
7th GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 92.87 6  : 1 NetherlandsNetherlands Mario Robbe 78.53
8th GermanyGermany Robert Marijanović 101.28 6  : 3 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 93.4
game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 ScotlandScotland Jamie Bain 0886 1: 6 EnglandEngland Chris Dobey 88.08
10 ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 80.22 6  : 4 GermanyGermany René Eidams 80.91
11 BelgiumBelgium Mike de Decker 82.27 2: 6 LithuaniaLithuania Darius Labanauskas 86.36
12 NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 95.26 6  : 3 GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 91.82
13 EnglandEngland Mark Wilson 75.8 1: 6 EnglandEngland Ryan Joyce May 87
14th SpainSpain Cristo Reyes 90.47 4: 6 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 86.35
15th NetherlandsNetherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 81.39 4: 6 GermanyGermany Max Hopp 84.25
16 EnglandEngland Luke Humphries 88.6 6  : 5 BelgiumBelgium Ronny Huybrechts 82.24

Results

  Round 1 June 30, 2018
best of 11 legs
Round of 16 July 1, 2018
best of 11 legs
Quarterfinals July 1st, 2018
best of 11 legs
Semi-finals July 1st, 2018
best of 13 legs
Final July 1st, 2018
best of 15 legs
                                               
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 2 104.87 6th                
 EnglandEngland Ryan Joyce 91.84 2  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.33 6th
   ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 83.7 1  
16  EnglandEngland James Wilson 88.72 5
 ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 86.46 6th  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.82 6th
  8th  EnglandEngland Ian White 94.31 4th  
8th  EnglandEngland Ian White 85.73 6th    
 GermanyGermany Max Hopp 76.97 2  
8th  EnglandEngland Ian White 98.6 6th
  9  EnglandEngland Darren Webster 92.82 2  
9  EnglandEngland Darren Webster 86.34 6th
 EnglandEngland Luke Humphries 88.78 3  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 99.55 7th
  13  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 04/94 4th  
5  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 83.66 6th
 GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 90.46 3  
5  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 92.64 4th
   EnglandEngland Justin Pipe 92.44 6th  
12  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 94.7 3
 EnglandEngland Justin Pipe 88.95 6th  
 EnglandEngland Justin Pipe 87.45 3
  13  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 92.05 6th  
4th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 85.62 6th    
 GermanyGermany Robert Marijanović 84.57 5  
4th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 95.88 5
  13  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 95.0 6th  
13  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 88.5 6th
 LithuaniaLithuania Darius Labanauskas 88.18 5  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 105.17 8th
 IrelandIreland William O'Connor 93.92 2
2  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 94.88 4th
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 93.89 6th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 78.19 1
   EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 92.44 6th  
15th  EnglandEngland Steve Beaton 87.72 4th
 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 89.56 6th  
 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 85.55 6th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 87.31 5  
7th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton 85.6 5    
 EnglandEngland Jason Lowe 86.18 6th  
 EnglandEngland Jason Lowe 93.44 2
  10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 98.82 6th  
10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 88.75 6th
 GermanyGermany Maik Langendorf 80.94 3  
 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 85.89 3
   IrelandIreland William O'Connor 92.3 7th  
6th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 90.51 6th
 RussiaRussia Boris Kolzow 84.81 3  
6th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 104.6 6th
   EnglandEngland Paul Rowley 92.39 2  
11  EnglandEngland Mervyn King 94.3 4th
 EnglandEngland Paul Rowley 91.83 6th  
6th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 101.28 3
   IrelandIreland William O'Connor 96.35 6th  
3  EnglandEngland Rob Cross 98.98 4th    
 IrelandIreland William O'Connor 94.45 6th  
 IrelandIreland William O'Connor 90.27 6th
  14th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 85.33 5  
14th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 87.62
 EnglandEngland Chris Dobey 88.16  
2Michael van Gerwen threw a nine-o'clock in this match. The last time that was achieved on the European Tour was the Englishman Ross Smith over five years ago.

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 March 28, 2018 .