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2018 European Darts Open

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2018 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates23–25 March 2018
VenueOstermann-Arena
LocationLeverkusen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Australia Simon Whitlock
(third round)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
(quarter-finals)
Scotland Peter Wright
(semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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The 2018 European Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, between 23–25 March 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

This was the first event in the PDC European Tour where the format of the semi-finals and final were slightly altered. As in previous years, the first 3 rounds of action, plus the quarter-finals were all best of 11 legs matches, but the semi-finals became best of 13 legs matches, and the final became a best of 15 legs match.

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Mervyn King 6–2 in the final of the 2017 tournament. He reached the final of this tournament, but he was defeated by Michael van Gerwen 8–7 in the first best of 15 legs final.[1]

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.[2][3]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 6 February will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 16 February), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 22 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 26 January) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 January).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
23 March[9]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
24 March[10]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
25 March[1]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
25 March[1]
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
25 March[1]
Final
(best of 15 legs)
25 March[1]
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 94.826
Scotland Cameron Menzies 94.836Scotland Cameron Menzies 84.303
1Netherlands van Gerwen 105.996
England Mark Wilson 87.632
16England Norris 96.643
16England Alan Norris 89.706
Wales Jonny Clayton 86.912Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 89.964
1Netherlands van Gerwen 101.616
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 90.556
8Australia Whitlock 89.441
8Australia Simon Whitlock 91.966
Netherlands Jan Dekker 92.273Poland Tytus Kanik 94.752
8Australia Whitlock 96.446
Poland Tytus Kanik 87.456
9England Chisnall 84.231
9England Dave Chisnall 88.366
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 96.274Finland Marko Kantele 77.901
1Netherlands van Gerwen 103.307
Finland Marko Kantele 90.086
England North 92.481
5Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 85.074
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.253Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 89.676
Netherlands Meulenkamp 101.446
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 90.376
England Pipe 88.431
12England Ian White 88.431
England Justin Pipe 82.846England Justin Pipe 89.666
Netherlands Meulenkamp 85.742
Austria Michael Rasztovits 80.372
England North 82.256
4England Rob Cross 107.446
England Adrian Lewis 97.066England Adrian Lewis 91.031
4England Cross 97.695
England Ritchie Edhouse 96.255
England North 91.506
13Wales Gerwyn Price 84.695
England Richard North 85.896England Richard North 94.666
1Netherlands van Gerwen 102.048
England Martin Atkins 76.000
2Scotland Wright 98.557
2Scotland Peter Wright 105.986
England Ryan Meikle 90.38 2England Luke Woodhouse 90.543
2Scotland Wright 100.466
England Luke Woodhouse 94.746
Scotland Henderson 90.212
15Australia Kyle Anderson 91.684
Scotland John Henderson 95.826Scotland John Henderson 98.196
2Scotland Wright 98.566
Germany Maik Langendorf 84.842
7England Cullen 101.543
7England Joe Cullen 87.746
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 82.824Netherlands Danny Noppert 86.675
7England Cullen 98.886
Netherlands Danny Noppert 92.176
England Dobey 95.735
10Belgium Kim Huybrechts 94.092
England Chris Dobey 93.086England Chris Dobey 89.886
2Scotland Wright 102.487
England Wayne Jones 78.831
England Wade 98.924
6Austria Mensur Suljović 90.876
Germany Max Hopp 93.184England Jamie Hughes 89.084
6Austria Suljović 94.903
England Jamie Hughes 92.096
11England King 91.856
11England Mervyn King 97.926
Germany Gabriel Clemens 99.066Germany Gabriel Clemens 91.272
11England King 93.144
Germany Thomas Junghans 84.741
England Wade 99.146
3England Michael Smith 99.486
England Darren Johnson 103.226England Darren Johnson 87.773
3England Smith 106.214
England Luke Humphries 99.552
England Wade 105.596
14Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.983
England James Wade 96.936England James Wade 94.386
England Steve Beaton 97.083

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Van Gerwen Beats Wright In ET1 Thriller". PDC. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ^ "European Tour 2018 Info". PDPA. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ "European Tour Rule Changes Announced". PDC. 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 European Tour 1-2 Entries". PDC. 9 February 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 ET1-2 UK Qualifiers". PDC. 16 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Double ET Qualifying Success For Quartet". PDC. 23 March 2018.
  7. ^ "PDC Europe Qualification 1". PDC Nordic & Baltic. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Six Players Win European Tour Spots". PDC. 29 January 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 European Darts Open Day One". PDC. 23 March 2018.
  10. ^ "2018 European Darts Open Day Two". PDC. 24 March 2018.