European Darts Trophy 2018

European Darts Trophy 2018

Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Lokhalle , Göttingen
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	48
Opening game	October 12, 2018
Endgame	October 14, 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 135,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics
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The European Darts Trophy 2018 is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the sixth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from October 12th to 14th, 2018 . It was the thirteenth and last event of the European Darts Tour , which was carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2018 . The venue was the locomotive hall in Göttingen for the second time .

The tournament victory was secured by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who prevailed in the final with 8: 3 legs against the Englishman James Wade .

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. 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
England Rob Cross
England Ian White
England Michael Smith
Austria ~~Scale length Suljović~~ ¹
England ~~Adrian Lewis~~ ¹
England James Wade
Wales Jonny Clayton
England Joe Cullen
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
Australia Simon Whitlock
England Darren Webster
Wales Gerwyn Price
England Dave Chisnall
Germany Max Hopp

UK Qualifier Winner

England Mark Wilson
England Mervyn King
England Stephen Bunting
England Steve West
Scotland John Henderson
England Ricky Evans
England Luke Humphries
England Matthew Edgar
England Steve Beaton
England Keegan Brown
England Luke Woodhouse
Northern Ireland Michael Mansell
England Andrew Gilding
England George Killington
England Richard North
England Ryan Joyce
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Simon Stevenson

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
Spain Antonio Alcinas
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
Netherlands Danny Noppert
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena
Belgium Kim Huybrechts

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Finland Marko Kantele

East Europe Qualifier

Poland Krzysztof Ratajski

¹Mensur Suljović and Adrian Lewis withdrew their participation at short notice. For them, Mervyn King and Stephen Bunting moved up to the seeding list. There were also two other local qualifiers.

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen	victory
02.	Scotland Peter Wright	round 2
03.	England Rob Cross	Quarter finals
04th	England Ian White	round 2
05.	England Michael Smith	Semifinals
06th	England James Wade	final
07th	Wales Jonny Clayton	Round of 16
08th.	England Joe Cullen	round 2

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney	Quarter finals
10.	Australia Simon Whitlock	round 2
11.	England Darren Webster	Round of 16
12.	Wales Gerwyn Price	round 2
13.	England Dave Chisnall	Quarter finals
14th	Germany Max Hopp	Round of 16
15th	England Mervyn King	round 2
16.	England Stephen Bunting	Round of 16

Tournament course

Preliminary round

October 12, 2018

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	England Luke Humphries 96.56	6 : 4	England Keegan Brown 86.52
2	England Matthew Edgar 89.62	6 : 3	Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 86.65
3	Northern Ireland Michael Mansell 87.76	6 : 2	England George Killington 81.77
4th	England Mark Wilson 85.79	5: 6	Scotland John Henderson 94.48
5	Germany Gabriel Clemens 92.3	6 : 3	Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 86.72
6th	Finland Marko Kantele 88.16	6 : 3	Germany Robert Marijanović 84.63
7th	England Ryan Joyce 88.37	6 : 1	Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 81.0
8th	Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 93.94	6 : 5	England Steve West 89.45

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
9	England Richard North 79.04	6 : 3	Germany Christian Bunse 82.3
10	England Ricky Evans 104.73	6 : 1	England Andrew Gilding 80.41
11	England Luke Woodhouse 82.43	3: 6	Germany Martin Schindler 91.44
12	England Simon Stevenson 94.36	3: 6	Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 103.96
13	Germany Maik Langendorf 81.58	4: 6	Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.51
14th	Belgium Kim Huybrechts 96.22	5: 6	England Steve Beaton 93.91
15th	Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 89.32	6 : 3	Germany Steffen Siepmann 83.66
16	Netherlands Danny Noppert 95.7	5: 6	Spain Antonio Alcinas 96.3