2008 European Championship (darts)

2008 PartyPoker.net European Championship 30 October–2 November 2008 Südbahnhof Frankfurt PDC LegsFinal – best of 21 £200,000 £50,000 161 ENG Wayne Jones(first round) ENG Phil Taylor 2009 The 2008 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the inaugural edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, which thereafter was promoted as the annual European Championship, matching top European players qualifying to play against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. Played from 30 October–2 November 2008 at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany, the inaugural tournament featured a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with a £50,000 winner's purse going to Phil Taylor.PDC website report - European Championship Details Confirmed https://web.archive.org/web/20080815213942/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1363760%2C00.html 2008-08-15 from the Professional Darts Corporation obtained 12-08-2008 Format First round — best of nine legs (by two legs) Second round — best of seventeen legs (ditto) Quarter-finals — best of seventeen legs (ditto) Semi-finals — best of twenty-one legs (ditto) Final — best of twenty-one legs (ditto) Each game had to be won by two clear legs, except that a game went to a sudden death leg if a further six legs did not separate the players; for example, a first round match played out to 7-7 is then decided with one sudden death leg. Prize money A total of £200,000 was on offer to the players, divided based on the following performances: Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £25,000Semi-finalists (2) £12,500Quarter-finalists (4) £8,500Last 16  (second round) (8) £4,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £2,000Highest checkout (1) £2,000 Qualification The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix automatically qualified for the event. Then the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit after the October German Darts Trophy in Dinslaken, Germany joined them to make a field of 24. The main European contingent then came from the following: the leading 4 non-qualified players from the 2008 Continental Europe Order of Merit following the October German Darts Trophy in Dinslaken, the top two non-qualified players from the German Darts Corporation rankings on October 25, and the last two places from a qualifier event held in Dinslaken on October 26 - an event which was open to any player with a full PDPA membership. PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (champion) NED Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) ENG James Wade (second round) CAN John Part (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) ENG Colin Lloyd (first round) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Wayne Mardle (second round) ENG Adrian Lewis (runner-up) ENG Alan Tabern (quarter-finals) ENG Dennis Priestley (second round) NED Roland Scholten (first round) ENG Mervyn King (second round) ENG Colin Osborne (first round) ENG Ronnie Baxter (quarter-finals) ENG Peter Manley (semi-finals)Players Championship qualifiers ENG Denis Ovens (second round) SCO Robert Thornton (semi-finals) ENG Mark Walsh (quarter-finals) ENG Chris Mason (first round) ENG Kevin Painter (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) ENG Alex Roy (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (first round) European qualifiers ESP Carlos Rodríguez (second round) AUT Mensur Suljović (second round) NED Jelle Klaasen (second round) NED Jan van der Rassel (first round)German Darts Corporation qualifiers GER Andree Welge (first round) AUT Hannes Schnier (first round) Dinslaken event qualifiers IRE Jacko Barry (first round) ENG Andy Jenkins (first round) Draw and results First round (best of 9 legs)30-31 October Second round (best of 17 legs)1 November Quarter-finals (best of 17 legs)2 November Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)2 November Final (best of 21 legs)2 November 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 105.98 5 IRE Jacko Barry 79.44 1   ENG Mervyn King 101.19 6 ENG Wayne Jones 95.13 4 8 ENG Wayne Mardle 89.46 5 DEU Andree Welge 71.26 0   ENG Colin Osborne 95.46 4 ENG Mark Walsh 104.01 6 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.74 5 ESP Carlos Rodriguez 93.92 7   ENG Ronnie Baxter 85.74 6 NED Vincent van der Voort 93.39 4 4 CAN John Part 90.07 3 SCO Robert Thornton 94.43 5   NED Roland Scholten 51.57 1 AUT Mensur Suljović 81.11 5 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 88.38 5 ENG Andy Jenkins 78.98 2   ENG Dennis Priestley 93.43 5 NED Jan van der Rassel 79.13 3 7 ENG Andy Hamilton 94.81 1 ENG Denis Ovens 95.97 5   ENG Adrian Lewis 93.27 5 AUT Hannes Schnier 77.86 2 6 ENG Colin Lloyd 84.79 2 NED Jelle Klaasen 96.75 5   ENG Alan Tabern 94.29 5 ENG Chris Mason 90.28 1 3 ENG James Wade 94.18 5 ENG Alex Roy 85.84 1   ENG Peter Manley 88.29 5 ENG Kevin Painter 92.08 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 113.92 9 ENG Mervyn King 101.31 3 8 ENG Wayne Mardle 92.74 6 ENG Mark Walsh 96.76 9   ESP Carlos Rodriguez 86.03 5 ENG Ronnie Baxter 87.46 9   SCO Robert Thornton 91.77 9 AUT Mensur Suljović 89.47 7 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 107.02 9 ENG Dennis Priestley 102.35 4   ENG Denis Ovens 87.98 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 89.53 9   NED Jelle Klaasen 97.87 6 ENG Alan Tabern 93.56 9 3 ENG James Wade 88.53 9 ENG Peter Manley 89.23 11 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.27 9 ENG Mark Walsh 95.51 5   ENG Ronnie Baxter 89.61 5 SCO Robert Thornton 92.26 9 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 102.49 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 108.62 9   ENG Alan Tabern 85.51 4 ENG Peter Manley 85.77 9 1 ENG Phil Taylor 113.33 11 SCO Robert Thornton 102.12 7   ENG Adrian Lewis 92.06 11 ENG Peter Manley 90.45 7 1 ENG Phil Taylor 104.35 11 ENG Adrian Lewis 96.56 5 Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3) All games had to be won by 2 clear legs, if after six more legs the players still couldn't be separated, a sudden death leg would take place to decide the winner. i.e. if Round One matches went 7-7, there would have been a decider. Television coverage and sponsorship The PDC announced on 12 August 2008 that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event live. This was the second PDC darts tournament that ITV4 has broadcast, after the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts - after its rating success ITV chose to broadcast this event as well as the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts. The tournament was sponsored by PartyPoker.net, which has also sponsored other darts championships: the US Open, the Las Vegas Desert Classic and the German Darts Championship. References 30em External links Collated results of the 2008 European Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20250224225618/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0,,10180~1445320,00.html 2025-02-24 Category:European Championship (darts) European Championship Darts Category:October 2008 sports events in Germany Category:Sports competitions in Frankfurt Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:2000s in Frankfurt Category:November 2008 sports events in Germany