European Darts Open 2019

European Darts Open 2019
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Ostermann Arena , Leverkusen
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	48
Opening game	March 22, 2019
Endgame	March 24, 2019
Prize money (total)	£ 140,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
Nine dart finish	Michael van Gerwen
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The European Darts Open is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from March 22nd to 24th, 2019 . It was the first event of the European Darts Tour 2019, which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2019 . The venue for the third time was the Ostermann Arena in Leverkusen .

In his game against the Austrian Mensur Suljović , the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen managed a nine dart finish , making him the only player who managed the perfect leg twice on the Pro Tour. Michael van Gerwen also secured the title after beating England's Rob Cross with 8: 6- legs in the final .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was best of 11 legs , in the semifinals best of 13 legs and in the final best of 15 legs . 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)	£ 6,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 5,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 3,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 2,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000
		£ 140,000

Attendees

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit places 1–16

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Ian White
3. Peter Wright
4. James Wade
5. Scale length Suljović
6. Adrian Lewis
7. Rob Cross
8. Michael Smith
9. Gerwyn Price
10. Johnny Clayton
11. Daryl Gurney
12. Joe Cullen
13. Dave Chisnall
14. Simon Whitlock
15. Darren Webster
16. Jermaine Wattimena

British qualifiers with Tour Card

• Mervyn King
• Justin Pipe
• Scott Taylor
• Ricky Williams
• Adam Hunt
• Steve Beaton
• William Borland
• Ross Smith
• Glen Durrant
• Ritchie Edhouse
• Josh Payne
• Jason Wilson
• Ted Evetts
• Wayne Jones
• Matthew Dennant
• Ryan Meikle
• Mathew Edgar
• Martin Atkins

Qualifiers with tour card

• Kim Huybrechts
• Jeffrey de Zwaan
• Krzysztof Ratajski
• Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Raymond van Barneveld
• Vincent van der Voort

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

• Nico Kurz
• Michael Rosenauer
• Fabian heart
• Jyhan Artut

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Madars Razma

Eastern European qualifier

• Pavel Jirkal

Tournament course

Preliminary round

March 22, 2019

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Jason Wilson 77.84 1: 6 Mervyn King 85.97 2 Michael Rosenauer 87.14 4: 6 Glen Durrant 94.41 3 Matthew Edgar 0786 5: 6 Krzysztof Ratajski 86.85 4th Fabian Herz 82.42 3: 6 Scott Taylor 91.58 5 Matthew Dennant 88.11 6  : 5 Madars Razma 93.68 6th Wayne Jones 84.5 2: 6 Vincent van der Voort 90.94 7th Wesley Plaisier 85.03 6  : 4 Jyhan Artut 81.22 8th Ted Evetts 88.61 6  : 3 Martin Atkins 84.93

game Player 1 Result Player 2 9 Justin Pipe 94.61 6  : 3 Ryan Meikle 86.32 10 Pavel Jirkal 81.91 6  : 1 William Borland 72.32 11 Steve Beaton 89.42 6  : 4 Raymond van Barneveld 91.46 12 Adam Hunt 97.24 6  : 3 Danny van Trijp 92.64 13 Ritchie Edhouse 85.3 1: 6 Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.72 14th Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.01 6  : 1 Josh Payne 84.92 15th Kim Huybrechts 87.03 6  : 5 Nico Kurz 87.42 16 Ross Smith 92.97 6  : 0 Ricky Williams 82.5

Main round

Round 1 March 23, 2019 best of 11 legs

Round of 16 March 24, 2019 best of 11 legs

Quarter-finals March 24, 2019 best of 11 legs

Semi-finals March 24, 2019 best of 13 legs

Final March 24, 2019 best of 15 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 97.68

6th

Mervyn King 82.06

1

1

Michael van Gerwen 101.33

6th

16

Jermaine Wattimena 90.14

0

16

Jermaine Wattimena 102.16

6th

Glen Durrant 97.79

5

1

Michael van Gerwen 102.88

6th

9

Gerwyn Price 103.32

5

8th

Michael Smith 98.77

5

Krzysztof Ratajski 8105.57

6th

Krzysztof Ratajski 87.15

4th

9

Gerwyn Price 89.26

6th

9

Gerwyn Price 97.39

6th

Scott Taylor 86.63

3

1

Michael van Gerwen 96.61

7th

5

Scale length Suljović 87.73

5

5

Scale length Suljović 99.65

6th

Matthew Dennant 91.73

4th

5

Scale length Suljović 93.81

6th

12

Joe Cullen 99.77

3

12

Joe Cullen 97.2

6th

Vincent van der Voort 91.55

1

5

Scale length Suljović 102.26

6th

4th

James Wade 94.97

2

4th

James Wade 97.87

6th

Wesley Plaisier 92.49

3

4th

James Wade 101.79

6th

13

Dave Chisnall 98.41

1

13

Dave Chisnall 100.28

6th

Ted Evetts 90.74

2

1

Michael van Gerwen 104.79

8th

7th

Rob Cross 100.27

6th

2

Ian White 87.83

5

Justin Pipe 89.44

6th

Justin Pipe 96.64

6th

15th

Darren Webster 90.21

1

15th

Darren Webster 87.43

6th

Pavel Jirkal 81.08

3

Justin Pipe 92.55

2

7th

Rob Cross 101.63

6th

7th

Rob Cross 101.37

6th

Steve Beaton 95.83

3

7th

Rob Cross 105.74

6th

10

Jonny Clayton 100.45

4th

10

Jonny Clayton 85.01

6th

Adam Hunt 86.54

3

7th

Rob Cross 104.24

7th

3

Peter Wright 99.33

5

6th

Adrian Lewis 102.52

3

Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.29

6th

Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.74

0

11

Daryl Gurney 94.93

6th

11

Daryl Gurney 90.98

6th

Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.21

2

11

Daryl Gurney 93.38

3

3

Peter Wright 92.83

6th

3

Peter Wright 101.03

6th

Kim Huybrechts 86.56

2

3

Peter Wright 101.57

6th

Ross Smith 96.46

3

14th

Simon Whitlock 93.74

5

Ross Smith 92.69

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MvG-Gala: Tournament victory and 9-darter accessed on July 13, 2019
2. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
3. ↑ European Darts Tour | LAOLA1.tv. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .