German Darts Masters (World Series) 2018

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German Darts Masters (World Series) 2018

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Veltins-Arena ,
Gelsenkirchen
Tournament dates
Defending champion ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
Attendees 16
Opening game May 25, 2018
Endgame May 25, 2018
Prize money (total) £ 60,000
Prize money (winner) £ 20,000
winner AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
statistics
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2019

The German Darts Masters (World Series) 2018 is a tournament in darts and was held for the second time on May 25th by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the first event of the World Series of Darts 2018 . The venue was the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen . 20,210 spectators followed the tournament, which set a new world record.

The tournament was won by the Austrian Mensur Suljović , who prevailed in the final with 8: 2 legs against the Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh .

format

A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of the four best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit and four wildcard players. In addition, eight local players took part, who were able to qualify in advance via the world rankings ( Max Hopp and Martin Schindler ) and the Super League Darts Germany .

The tournament was played in a knockout system . All rounds took place on one day. Game mode in the first round was a best of 11 legs . Like the semi-finals and the final, the quarter-finals were held in the best of 15 legs mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 60,000 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) £ 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 was not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

Attendees

The following 16 players qualified for the German Darts Masters (World Series) 2018:

  • The first 4 players of the PDC Order of Merit
  • The 4 wildcard participants
  • 8 local participants

PDC Order of Merit

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
  2. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  3. EnglandEngland Rob Cross
  4. ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson

Wildcard participant

Local players

Seeding list

At the first tournament, in contrast to the following, the current placement in the World Series ranking was not the basis for the seeding list, but the PDC Order of Merit.

No. player Round reached

01. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen Quarter finals
02. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Semifinals
03. EnglandEngland Rob Cross Quarter finals
04th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson Semifinals

Results

  1st round May 25th 2018
best of 11 legs
  Quarterfinals May 25, 2018
best of 15 legs
  Semi-finals May 25, 2018
best of 15 legs
  Final May 25, 2018
best of 15 legs
                                     
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 106.46 6th                  
GermanyGermany Max Hopp 95.23 4th  
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.72 3
  BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.35 8th  
BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 109.98 6th
 
GermanyGermany Martin Schindler December 84 0  
BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.47 8th
  4th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 98.76 7th  
4th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 98.67 6th      
 
GermanyGermany Gabriel Clemens 87.46 2  
4th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 102.65 8th
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Lewis 98.4 6th  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Lewis 89.46 6th
 
GermanyGermany Nico Kurz 88.16 5  
BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.66 2
  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 101.63 8th
2 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 96.86 6th            
 
GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 89.57 1  
2 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 102.66 8th
  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 98.49 7th  
NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 85.89 6th
 
GermanyGermany Manfred Bilderl 77.06 0  
2 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 94.3 2
  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 99.71 8th  
3 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 84.44 6th      
 
GermanyGermany Stefan Stoyke 80.35 4th  
3 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 92.21 7th
  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 94.09 8th  
AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 96.59 6th
 
GermanyGermany Robert Marijanović 85.29 2  

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the event was broadcast on free TV on ProSieben and ProSieben Maxx . Also on pay TV at DAZN .

Internationally, all games were broadcast by the British TV station ITV .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Record attendance at the German Darts Masters in Gelsenkirchen rp-online.de, May 26, 2018
  2. ^ German Darts Masters Field Finalized. May 9, 2018, accessed May 10, 2018 .