German Darts Masters (World Series)
The German Darts Masters is a darts tournament organized by the PDC as part of the World Series of Darts .
The first edition was held in 2017 at Castello Düsseldorf . The Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen was selected for the second tournament on May 25, 2018 .
The first winner of this tournament was the Scot Peter Wright with an 11: 4 victory in the final against the Englishman Phil Taylor .
qualification
The field of participants consists of 16 participants, eight players from the world's best and eight local players.
In 2017, in addition to the top 6 of the PDC Order of Merit, two wildcards were given to Daryl Gurney and Kyle Anderson . These eight players form the eight seeded players in each tournament in the World Series series . In addition to the wildcard participants Max Hopp and Mensur Suljović, the six best players in the Super League Darts were invited as local players .
In 2018, only the top 4 of the Order of Merit were automatically qualified. There were also four wildcards. Martin Schindler and Max Hopp received an invitation from the local players , and there were again six players from the Super League Darts .
Prize money
A total of £ 60,000 in prize money will be awarded to the tournament. The prize money is distributed among the participants as follows:
| Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| winner | (1) | £ 20,000 |
| finalist | (1) | £ 10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £ 5,000 |
| Quarter finalists | (4) | £ 2,500 |
| Round of 16 players | (8th) | £ 1,250 |
| £ 60,000 | ||
Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won will not be taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.
Final pairings
| year | winner | Result | opponent | venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |
 Peter Wright
|
11: 4 |
 Phil Taylor
|
Castello Düsseldorf |
| 2018 |
 Scale length Suljović
|
8: 2 |
 Dimitri Van den Bergh
|
Veltins-Arena , Gelsenkirchen |
| 2019 |
Peter Wright
|
8: 6 |
 Gabriel Clemens
|
Lanxess Arena , Cologne |
Web links
- pdc.tv: Website of the PDC for the World Series of Darts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Unique darts event on Schalke Article from January 2nd, 2018
- ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)