European Darts Open 2017

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European Darts Open 2017

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue Ostermann Arena ,
Leverkusen
Tournament dates
Defending champion NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees 48
Opening game June 30, 2017
Endgame 2nd July 2017
Prize money (total) £ 135,000
Prize money (winner) £ 25,000
winner ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
statistics
2016
 
2018

The European Darts Open is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized from June 30th to July 2nd, 2017 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the eighth event of the European Darts Tour , which is part of the Pro Tour 2017 . The venue for the first time was the Ostermann Arena in Leverkusen .

The tournament was won by the Scot Peter Wright , who prevailed in the final against the Englishman Mervyn King with 6: 2 legs .

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 totaled £ 135,000 in prize money, £ 20,000 more than last 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

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

UK Qualifier Winner

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

East Europe Qualifier

1 Adrian Lewis withdrew his participation at short notice for health reasons, but Robert Allenstein was another local qualifier.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen Round of 16
02. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright victory
03. AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović Semifinals
04th AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 2nd round

05. EnglandEngland Michael Smith Semifinals

06th BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 2nd round

07th NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 2nd round

08th. NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 2nd round
No. player Round reached
09. EnglandEngland Ian White 2nd round

10. EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall Quarter finals

11. EnglandEngland Alan Norris Round of 16

12. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney Round of 16

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

14th EnglandEngland Joe Cullen Round of 16

15th EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting Round of 16

16. EnglandEngland Rob Cross Quarter finals

Tournament course

Preliminary round

June 30, 2017
game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 EnglandEngland Mark Walsh 91.81 6 : 2 EnglandEngland Nathan Aspinall 87.39
2 EnglandEngland James Richardson 101.24 6 : 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Webster 92.2
3 ScotlandScotland John Henderson 97.19 6 : 2 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ray Campbell 81.58
4th PolandPoland Krzysztof Ratajski 95.97 6 : 1 ScotlandScotland Mark Barilli 79.67
5 GermanyGermany Steffen Siepmann 80.44 6 : 5 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 87.59
6th EnglandEngland Aden Kirk 83.66 6 : 5 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael Plooy 88.0
7th EnglandEngland Robbie Green 86.76 6 : 5 GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 87.82
8th BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.94 6 : 0 EnglandEngland Matt Clark 80.19
game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 EnglandEngland Justin Pipe 82.35 1: 6 EnglandEngland James Wade 90.34
10 NetherlandsNetherlands Jerry Hendriks 84.3 6 : 4 GermanyGermany Christian Bunse 83.93
11 AustriaAustria Zoran Lerchbacher 85.02 2: 6 NetherlandsNetherlands Christian Kist 90.7
12 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 100.72 3: 6 EnglandEngland Peter Jacques 97.79
13 EnglandEngland Mervyn King 93.8 6 : 3 FinlandFinland Kim Viljanen 84.5
14th NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 91.96 6 : 2 SpainSpain Cristo Reyes 88.43
15th GermanyGermany Robert Allenstein 87.67 6 : 3 GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 86.73
16 EnglandEngland Richard North 80.56 5: 6 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 75.3

Main round

  Round 2 07/01/2017
best of 11 legs
Round of 16 07/02/2017
best of 11 legs
Quarter-finals 07/02/2017
best of 11 legs
Semi-finals 07/02/2017
best of 11 legs
Final 07/02/2017
best of 11 legs
                                               
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.97 6th                
 NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 88.73 0  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.92 2
  16  EnglandEngland Rob Cross 102.3 6th  
16  EnglandEngland Rob Cross 02/02 6th
 GermanyGermany Robert Allenstein 75.84 0  
16  EnglandEngland Rob Cross 06/94 2
   EnglandEngland Mervyn King 96.9 6th  
8th  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 77.14 4th    
 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 81.16 6th  
 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 91.2 3
   EnglandEngland Mervyn King 102.95 6th  
9  EnglandEngland Ian White 93.91 2
 EnglandEngland Mervyn King 102.49 6th  
 EnglandEngland Mervyn King 96.58 6th
  5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 94.61 4th  
5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 91.22 6th
 EnglandEngland Peter Jacques 91.28 3  
5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 104.37 6th
  12  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 96.63 3  
12  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 98.56 6th
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jerry Hendriks 85.8 5  
5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 96.8 6th
  13  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 95.42 4th  
4th  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 95.15 5    
 BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.98 6th  
 BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.52 3
  13  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 93.34 6th  
13  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 88.65 6th
 EnglandEngland Mark Walsh 85.2 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mervyn King 92.42 2
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 103.07 6th
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 98.12 6th
 EnglandEngland Robbie Green 12/93 1  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 95.55 6th
  15th  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 94.16 3  
15th  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 86.64 6th
 GermanyGermany Steffen Siepmann 83.08 4th  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 96.53 6th
  10  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 95.2 1  
7th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 91.72 5    
 EnglandEngland James Richardson 96.95 6th  
 EnglandEngland James Richardson 93.57 3
  10  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 100.85 6th  
10  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall April 100 6th
 EnglandEngland James Wade 98.89 2  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 99.95 6th
  3  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 90.39 3  
6th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 92.64 4th
 ScotlandScotland John Henderson 95.38 6th  
 ScotlandScotland John Henderson 92.79
  11  EnglandEngland Alan Norris 90.52  
11  EnglandEngland Alan Norris 93.02 6th
 EnglandEngland Aden Kirk 85.36 2  
 EnglandEngland John Henderson 92.34 2
   AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 97.26 6th  
3  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 86.49 6th    
 NetherlandsNetherlands Christian Kist 87.93 4th  
3  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
  14th  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 2  
14th  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 99.56 6th
 PolandPoland Krzysztof Ratajski 96.99 2  
2 Joe Cullen left early due to a heart attack of his father, which is why Mensur Suljović got into the next round by a bye.

transmission

The event was not shown on TV in German-speaking countries.

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

Web links

Individual evidence