2010 European Championship (darts)

2010 PartyPoker.net European Championship 29 July–1 August 2010 Stadthalle Dinslaken Dinslaken PDC LegsFinal – best of 21 £200,000 £50,000 170 ENG Wes Newton ENG Phil Taylor 2009 2011 The 2010 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the third edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place at the Stadthalle Dinslaken in Dinslaken, Germany, from 29 July–1 August 2010, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner. World number one Phil Taylor once again successfully defended the title after an 11-1 demolition of Wayne Jones, who played his first ever televised final. Prize money Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £20,000Semi-finalists (2) £10,000Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500Last 16  (second round) (8) £5,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £2,500 Qualification The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the World Series of Darts Festival in Las Vegas automatically qualified for the event. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2010 Continental Europe Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit. PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (champion) NED Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) ENG James Wade (first round) ENG Mervyn King (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (semi-finals) ENG Ronnie Baxter (quarter-finals) ENG Adrian Lewis (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (quarter-finals) ENG Colin Lloyd (semi-finals) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Colin Osborne (first round) AUS Simon Whitlock (second round) SCO Robert Thornton (second round) ENG Dennis Priestley (first round) ENG Alan Tabern (first round) AUS Paul Nicholson (first round)Players Championship qualifiers SCO Gary Anderson (first round) ENG Denis Ovens (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (runner-up) ENG Wes Newton (second round) ENG Andy Smith (second round) ENG Jamie Caven (quarter-finals) WAL Barrie Bates (second round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (first round)European qualifiers NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) NED Co Stompé (first round) NED Jelle Klaasen (second round) ESP Antonio Alcinas (first round) GER Bernd Roith (second round) NED Michael van Gerwen (second round) GER Tomas Seyler (first round) GER Andree Welge (first round) Draw and results Draw and schedule of play as follows:European Championship Draw http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2081842,00.html PDC 1 August 2010 30 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703122122/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2081842%2C00.html 3 July 2010 dead First round (best of 11 legs)29–30 July Second round (best of 19 legs)31 July Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)1 August Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)1 August Final (best of 21 legs)1 August 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 101.27 6 NED Co Stompé 98.22 2   AUS Paul Nicholson 83.11 3 ENG Andy Smith 90.82 6 8 ENG Mark Walsh 97.90 6 ESP Antonio Alcinas 90.82 3   NED Jelle Klaasen 88.05 6 NED Vincent van der Voort 86.44 4 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 91.88 6 GER Andree Welge 79.24 4   AUS Simon Whitlock 99.60 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 89.14 3 4 ENG Mervyn King 100.73 3 WAL Barrie Bates 96.74 6   SCO Gary Anderson 85.08 2 ENG Jamie Caven 89.55 6 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.32 6 ENG Andy Hamilton 96.54 5   GER Bernd Roith 86.44 6 ENG Denis Ovens 90.14 4 7 ENG Adrian Lewis 77.28 3 ENG Wayne Jones 85.57 6   ENG Mark Dudbridge 86.39 4 SCO Robert Thornton 89.11 6 6 ENG Ronnie Baxter 96.31 6 ENG Alan Tabern 90.29 5   ENG Colin Osborne 94.94 4 ENG Wes Newton 92.90 6 3 ENG James Wade 96.00 3 ENG Colin Lloyd 98.29 6   GER Tomas Seyler 87.69 4 NED Michael van Gerwen 91.75 6 1 ENG Phil Taylor 106.16 10 ENG Andy Smith 90.39 5 8 ENG Mark Walsh 85.11 10 NED Jelle Klaasen 89.59 7 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 89.24 10 AUS Simon Whitlock 90.71 8   WAL Barrie Bates 94.31 6 ENG Jamie Caven 99.23 10 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 94.02 10 GER Bernd Roith 89.34 7   ENG Wayne Jones 96.01 10 SCO Robert Thornton 86.93 4 6 ENG Ronnie Baxter 93.63 10 ENG Wes Newton 96.93 9   ENG Colin Lloyd 101.13 10 NED Michael van Gerwen 95.10 6 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.33 10 8 ENG Mark Walsh 94.81 4 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.71 10 ENG Jamie Caven 95.39 6 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 100.02 8 ENG Wayne Jones 95.43 10 6 ENG Ronnie Baxter 88.84 7 ENG Colin Lloyd 101.63 10 1 ENG Phil Taylor 105.37 11 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 99.97 10   ENG Wayne Jones 91.99 11 ENG Colin Lloyd 88.65 10 1 ENG Phil Taylor 105.74 11 ENG Wayne Jones 94.64 1 Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3) Statistics Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average ENG Phil Taylor54822777519128104.37 ENG Mervyn King1367103124100.73 AUS Simon Whitlock21413342179095.16 NED Co Stompé12610349498.22 ENG Mark Walsh320205232712892.61 WAL Barrie Bates212134714213695.53 ENG Terry Jenkins4362991521116194.20 ENG Andy Smith211134115212090.61 ESP Antonio Alcinas13698016090.82 ENG Dennis Priestley13613522489.14 ENG Jamie Caven3221853221212794.72 NED Jelle Klaasen213142513314288.82 NED Vincent van der Voort1461010010386.44 SCO Gary Anderson1266534885.08 AUS Paul Nicholson1395259083.11 GER Andree Welge14610318379.24 ENG Mark Dudbridge1461010110186.39 NED Raymond van Barneveld324226435816497.45 ENG Alan Tabern156165314190.29 SCO Robert Thornton21014421038888.02 GER Bernd Roith213144317215287.89 ENG Andy Hamilton1569749896.54 NED Michael van Gerwen212143217311393.43 ENG Colin Osborne14610456894.94 ENG Colin Lloyd4362880561516097.43 GER Tomas Seyler14611819687.69 ENG Denis Ovens14617628490.14 ENG Wes Newton2151434151017094.92 ENG Adrian Lewis1369504077.28 ENG Ronnie Baxter323246229414692.93 ENG Wayne Jones53836103651711692.73 Television coverage The PDC announced on 20 May 2010 that UK entertainment channel Bravo would broadcast the entire event live.PDC Link Up With Bravo http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2055907,00.html PDC 1 August 2010 20 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100728235028/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2055907%2C00.html 28 July 2010 dead This was the first and only time that Bravo televised live darts before the channel closed in 2011. The German television channel SPORT1 also broadcast the event. References 30em External links European Championship page on the PDC's official website Category:European Championship (darts) European Championship Darts Category:July 2010 sports events in Germany Category:August 2018 sports events in Germany Category:Wesel (district) Category:Sports competitions in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:2010s in North Rhine-Westphalia