Super League Darts 2017
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Super League Darts 2017
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Tournament status
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| Tournament type | Qualifying tournament |
| organizer | PDC Europe |
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| Defending champion | Dragutin Horvat |
| Attendees | 16 |
| Opening game | January 28, 2017 |
| Endgame | 18th November 2017 |
| Match days | 6th |
| Prize money (total) | € 12,000 |
| winner | Kevin Münch |
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statistics
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| Nine dart finish | Marvin Wehder |
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The Super League Darts 2017 (officially Target Super League Darts Germany 2017 ) was a qualification tournament, which was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) for the fifth time. It was used to determine a German participant in the PDC World Darts Championship 2018 .
The tournament began on January 28, 2017 with the first day of play and ended on November 18, 2017 with the play-offs.
Kevin Münch secured victory , who beat defending champion Dragutin Horvat in the final with 10: 3-legs.
qualification
16 players took part in the fifth edition of the Super League Darts, 12 of whom qualified in the previous season. Daniel Zygla left the Super League Darts, which is why a wildcard was given to Robert Marijanovic. The remaining 3 places were awarded by the Super League Qualifier. The qualification tournament took place on January 8, 2017 in Düsseldorf .
The following players were part of the Super League Darts 2017:
| player | Qualified as | best result |
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| Stefan Stoyke | 1. of the previous year | Final ( 2016 ) |
| Maik Langendorf | 2. of the previous year | Final ( 2013 , 2015 ) |
| Kevin Münch | 3rd of the previous year | Semi-finals ( 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 ) |
| Dragutin Horvat | 4th of the previous year | Winner ( 2016 ) |
| Martin Schindler | 5th of the previous year | Play-Offs ( 2016 ) |
| René Eidams | 6. of the previous year | Winner ( 2015 ) |
| Michael Hurtz | 7th of the previous year | Play-Offs ( 2016 ) |
| Sascha Stein | 8. of the previous year | Final ( 2014 ) |
| Manfred Bilderl | 10. of the previous year | 10. ( 2016 ) |
| Nico Kurz | 12th of the previous year | 12. ( 2016 ) |
| Holger Rettig | 13th of the previous year | 13. ( 2015 , 2016 ) |
| Frank Kortendieck | 14th of the previous year | 14. ( 2016 ) |
| Robert Marijanović | Wildcard | debut |
| René Berndt | Qualifier | debut |
| Nico Blum | Qualifier | debut |
| Marvin Wehder | Qualifier | debut |
Preliminary round
The preliminary round matches will be played on a total of 5 tournament weekends. Every tournament weekend is played in the mode everyone against everyone . Every win brings one point. The 8 best players qualify for the play-offs at the end of the preliminary round. The players in places 15 and 16 will be relegated from the Super League. The player in 14th place can compete again in the Super League Qualifier. The preliminary round games are played in Best of Legs mode and the double-out variant . The first player to throw exactly 501 points wins a leg . The last throw of a leg must be on a double square. The game mode is best of 11 legs .
Venues
| Tournament weekend | date | state | city |
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| 1 | 28/29 January 2017 |
 North Rhine-Westphalia
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Mönchengladbach |
| 2 | 18./19. March 2017 |
North Rhine-Westphalia
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Leopoldshöhe |
| 3 | 15./16. July 2017 |
 Hesse
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Darmstadt |
| 4th | 19./20. August 2016 |
Hesse
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Darmstadt |
| 5 | 7th / 8th October 2016 |
North Rhine-Westphalia
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Leopoldshöhe |
table
| Pl. | player | Sp. | Legs | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | Maik Langendorf | 75 | 397: 275 | +122 | 56 |
| 2. | Stefan Stoyke | 75 | 397: 264 | +133 | 55 |
| 3. | Martin Schindler | 75 | 401: 287 | +114 | 54 |
| 4th | Kevin Münch | 75 | 379: 275 | +124 | 51 |
| 5. | Dragutin Horvat | 75 | 384: 299 | +85 | 48 |
| 6th | Robert Marijanović | 75 | 379: 293 | +86 | 44 |
| 7th | René Berndt | 75 | 362: 291 | +71 | 44 |
| 8th. | Nico Kurz | 75 | 356: 338 | +18 | 40 |
| 9. | René Eidams | 75 | 343: 324 | +19 | 38 |
| 10. | Sascha Stein | 75 | 336: 346 | −10 | 33 |
| 11. | Nico Blum | 75 | 324: 353 | −29 | 32 |
| 12. | Manfred Bilderl | 75 | 285: 370 | −85 | 26th |
| 13. | Michael Hurtz | 75 | 270: 371 | −101 | 26th |
| 14th | Marvin Wehder | 75 | 269: 385 | −116 | 23 |
| 15th | Frank Kortendieck | 75 | 226: 397 | −171 | 17th |
| 16. | Holger Rettig | 75 | 171: 411 | −240 | 13 |
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Play-offs
The play-offs took place on November 18, 2017 in Mönchengladbach .
mode
The eight remaining players were divided into two groups based on their position in the table, in which everyone plays against everyone. The game mode was again best of 11 legs . The first and second in the group then played the two finalists in a semi-final with the best of 15 legs mode . The final was played in the best of 19 legs mode.
Results
Group A
| Pl. | player | Sp. | S. | N | Legs | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | René Eidams (8) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18:14 | +4 | 6th |
| 2. | Dragutin Horvat (4) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17:13 | +4 | 4th |
| 3. | Robert Marijanović (5) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16:16 | ± 0 | 2 |
| 4th | Maik Langendorf (1) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10:18 | −8 | 0 |
| René Eidams | 6 : 4 | Maik Langendorf |
| Dragutin Horvat | 6 : 5 | Robert Marijanović |
| René Eidams | 6 : 5 | Dragutin Horvat |
| Robert Marijanović | 6 : 4 | Maik Langendorf |
| René Eidams | 6 : 5 | Robert Marijanović |
| Dragutin Horvat | 6 : 2 | Maik Langendorf |
Group B
| Pl. | player | Sp. | S. | N | Legs | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | René Berndt (6) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18: 4 | +14 | 6th |
| 2. | Kevin Munch (3) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13:12 | +1 | 4th |
| 3. | Stefan Stoyke (2) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8:17 | −9 | 2 |
| 4th | Nico Kurz (7) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12:18 | −6 | 0 |
| Stefan Stoyke | 6 : 5 | Nico Kurz |
| René Berndt | 6 : 1 | Kevin Münch |
| René Berndt | 6 : 1 | Stefan Stoyke |
| Kevin Münch | 6 : 5 | Nico Kurz |
| Kevin Münch | 6 : 1 | Stefan Stoyke |
| René Berndt | 6 : 2 | Nico Kurz |
The number next to the player indicates the thrown 3-dart average.
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Semi-finals 11/19/2017 best of 15 legs |
Final 11/19/2017 best of 19 legs |
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| A1 | René Eidams 86.03 | 4th | ||||||
| B2 | Kevin Münch 91.01 | 8th | ||||||
| B2 | Kevin Münch 84.76 | 10 | ||||||
| A2 | Dragutin Horvat 81.07 | 3 | ||||||
| B1 | René Berndt 89.48 | 5 | ||||||
| A2 | Dragutin Horvat 86.64 | 8th | ||||||
Results at the World Cup
Kevin Münch qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship 2018 with his final victory . In the preliminary round he met the Russian Alexander Oreschkin and was able to defeat him 2-0 in sets. In the main round he achieved a sensation by throwing former world champion Adrian Lewis out of the tournament with 3-1 in sets. In the second round, however, he was stopped by the Spaniard Toni Alcinas and lost with 1: 4 sets.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Second German solves ticket to the Darts World Cup accessed on April 6, 2020
- ↑ Outsider Münch causes sensation at the Darts World Cup, accessed on April 6, 2020