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.
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 formatedit
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:
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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 2018 European Darts OpenTournament informationDates23 25 March 2018VenueOstermann ArenaLocationLeverkusenCountry GermanyOrganisation s PDCFormatLegsPrize fund 135 000Winner s share 25 000High checkout170 Simon Whitlock third round Michael van Gerwen quarter finals Peter Wright semi finals Champion s Michael van GerwenEvent 2 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 Contents 1 Prize money 2 Qualification and format 3 Draw 4 ReferencesPrize money editThis 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 editThe 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 amp 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 Top 16 4 nbsp Michael van Gerwen champion nbsp Peter Wright runner up nbsp Michael Smith third round nbsp Rob Cross third round nbsp Daryl Gurney second round nbsp Mensur Suljovic third round nbsp Joe Cullen quarter finals nbsp Simon Whitlock quarter finals nbsp Dave Chisnall third round nbsp Kim Huybrechts second round nbsp Mervyn King quarter finals nbsp Ian White second round nbsp Gerwyn Price second round nbsp Jelle Klaasen second round nbsp Kyle Anderson second round nbsp Alan Norris third round UK Qualifier 5 nbsp Ritchie Edhouse first round nbsp Steve Beaton first round nbsp Luke Humphries first round nbsp John Henderson third round nbsp Jonny Clayton first round nbsp James Wade semi finals nbsp Richard North semi finals nbsp Adrian Lewis second round nbsp Cameron Menzies second round nbsp Ryan Meikle first round nbsp Justin Pipe third round nbsp Luke Woodhouse second round nbsp Wayne Jones first round nbsp Mark Wilson first round nbsp Jamie Hughes second round nbsp Martin Atkins first round nbsp Chris Dobey third round nbsp Darren Johnson second round West South European Qualifier 6 nbsp Vincent van der Voort first round nbsp Michael Rasztovits first round nbsp Ron Meulenkamp quarter finals nbsp Jermaine Wattimena second round nbsp Jeffrey de Zwaan first round nbsp Jan Dekker first round nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh first round nbsp Danny Noppert second round Host Nation Qualifier 6 nbsp Gabriel Clemens second round nbsp Max Hopp first round nbsp Maik Langendorf first round nbsp Thomas Junghans first round Nordic amp Baltic Qualifier nbsp Marko Kantele second round 7 East European Qualifier nbsp Tytus Kanik second round 8 Draw editFirst 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 1 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 94 826 nbsp Cameron Menzies 94 836 nbsp Cameron Menzies 84 3031 nbsp van Gerwen 105 996 nbsp Mark Wilson 87 63216 nbsp Norris 96 64316 nbsp Alan Norris 89 706 nbsp Jonny Clayton 86 912 nbsp Jermaine Wattimena 89 9641 nbsp van Gerwen 101 616 nbsp Jermaine Wattimena 90 5568 nbsp Whitlock 89 4418 nbsp Simon Whitlock 91 966 nbsp Jan Dekker 92 273 nbsp Tytus Kanik 94 7528 nbsp Whitlock 96 446 nbsp Tytus Kanik 87 4569 nbsp Chisnall 84 2319 nbsp Dave Chisnall 88 366 nbsp Vincent van der Voort 96 274 nbsp Marko Kantele 77 9011 nbsp van Gerwen 103 307 nbsp Marko Kantele 90 086 nbsp North 92 4815 nbsp Daryl Gurney 85 074 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 87 253 nbsp Ron Meulenkamp 89 676 nbsp Meulenkamp 101 446 nbsp Ron Meulenkamp 90 376 nbsp Pipe 88 43112 nbsp Ian White 88 431 nbsp Justin Pipe 82 846 nbsp Justin Pipe 89 666 nbsp Meulenkamp 85 742 nbsp Michael Rasztovits 80 372 nbsp North 82 2564 nbsp Rob Cross 107 446 nbsp Adrian Lewis 97 066 nbsp Adrian Lewis 91 0314 nbsp Cross 97 695 nbsp Ritchie Edhouse 96 255 nbsp North 91 50613 nbsp Gerwyn Price 84 695 nbsp Richard North 85 896 nbsp Richard North 94 6661 nbsp van Gerwen 102 048 nbsp Martin Atkins 76 0002 nbsp Wright 98 5572 nbsp Peter Wright 105 986 nbsp Ryan Meikle 90 382 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 90 5432 nbsp Wright 100 466 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 94 746 nbsp Henderson 90 21215 nbsp Kyle Anderson 91 684 nbsp John Henderson 95 826 nbsp John Henderson 98 1962 nbsp Wright 98 566 nbsp Maik Langendorf 84 8427 nbsp Cullen 101 5437 nbsp Joe Cullen 87 746 nbsp Jeffrey de Zwaan 82 824 nbsp Danny Noppert 86 6757 nbsp Cullen 98 886 nbsp Danny Noppert 92 176 nbsp Dobey 95 73510 nbsp Kim Huybrechts 94 092 nbsp Chris Dobey 93 086 nbsp Chris Dobey 89 8862 nbsp Wright 102 487 nbsp Wayne Jones 78 831 nbsp Wade 98 9246 nbsp Mensur Suljovic 90 876 nbsp Max Hopp 93 184 nbsp Jamie Hughes 89 0846 nbsp Suljovic 94 903 nbsp Jamie Hughes 92 09611 nbsp King 91 85611 nbsp Mervyn King 97 926 nbsp Gabriel Clemens 99 066 nbsp Gabriel Clemens 91 27211 nbsp King 93 144 nbsp Thomas Junghans 84 741 nbsp Wade 99 1463 nbsp Michael Smith 99 486 nbsp Darren Johnson 103 226 nbsp Darren Johnson 87 7733 nbsp Smith 106 214 nbsp Luke Humphries 99 552 nbsp Wade 105 59614 nbsp Jelle Klaasen 88 983 nbsp James Wade 96 936 nbsp James Wade 94 386 nbsp Steve Beaton 97 083References edit a b c d e Van Gerwen Beats Wright In ET1 Thriller PDC 25 March 2018 Retrieved 25 March 2018 European Tour 2018 Info PDPA Retrieved 24 March 2018 European Tour Rule Changes Announced PDC 19 January 2017 2018 European Tour 1 2 Entries PDC 9 February 2018 2018 ET1 2 UK Qualifiers PDC 16 February 2018 a b Double ET Qualifying Success For Quartet PDC 23 March 2018 PDC Europe Qualification 1 PDC Nordic amp Baltic 26 January 2018 Archived from the original on 27 January 2018 Retrieved 26 January 2018 Six Players Win European Tour Spots PDC 29 January 2018 2018 European Darts Open Day One PDC 23 March 2018 2018 European Darts Open Day Two PDC 24 March 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 European Darts Open amp oldid 1130216053, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
