European Darts Trophy 2014

European Darts Trophy 2014

Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Kohlrabi circus , Leipzig
Tournament dates
Defending champion	England Wes Newton
Attendees	48
Opening game	19th September 2014
Endgame	September 21, 2014
Prize money (total)	£ 100,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 20,000
winner	England Michael Smith
statistics
highest finish	167 points from Gerwyn Price Wales
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The European Darts Trophy was a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the second time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from September 19 to 21, 2014 . It was the eighth and last event of the European Tour , which was carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2014 . The venue for the first time was the Kohlrabi circus in Leipzig .

The defending champion was Wes Newton . The winner was Michael Smith , who could win the tournament for the first time.

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.

The tournament totaled £ 100,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 20,000
finalist	(1)	£ 8,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 4,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 3,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 2,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 1,250
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000

		£ 100,000

The following 48 players qualified for the European Darts Trophy 2014:

The first 16 players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit - as of June 30, 2014 -, all of whom were seeded
The 16 winners of the European Darts Trophy UK Qualifier on July 4th 2014
The 10 winners of the European Darts Trophy European Qualifier from September 18, 2014
The 6 winners of the European Darts Trophy German Qualifier from September 18, 2014

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

European Darts Trophy UK Qualifier

European Darts Trophy European Qualifier

Dutch Darts Masters German Qualifier

All unset players started in the 1st round (preliminary round). It was held on September 19, 2014.

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	England Stephan Bunting 93.02	3: 6	England Ross Smith 95.84
2	England Kevin Painter 80.20	6 : 5	England James Hubbard 80.51
3	England Steve West 82.90	6 : 1	Germany Michael Rosenauer 75.63
4th	Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.33	6 : 5	England Ricky Evans 90.92
5	Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.77	6 : 5	Northern Ireland Michael Mansell 87.52
6th	England Dean Winstanley 84.53	6 : 4	Netherlands Gino Vos 82.93
7th	England Ronnie Baxter 93.16	4: 6	Germany Michael Hurtz 86.76
8th	Netherlands Christian Kist 83.81	5: 6	Canada Shaun Narain 85.13

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
9	England James Wade 91.38	4: 6	England Andy Smith 91.67
10	Wales Richie Burnett 91.73	5: 6	Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 94.77
11	Wales Gerwyn Price 83.11	6 : 3	Germany Bernd Roith 82.38
12	Netherlands Ryan de Vreede 80.79	6 : 5	Germany Max Hopp 80.52
13	England Andrew Gilding 104.20	6 : 2	Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.82
14th	Austria Scale length Suljović 104.03	4: 6	Ireland William O'Connor 104.36
15th	Germany Tomas Seyler 64.70	2: 6	Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 73.50
16	Germany Jyhan Artut 96.76	6 : 2	Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 85.34