2015 European Darts Matchplay

2015 European Darts Matchplay 18–20 September 2015 Olympiahalle Innsbruck, Austria Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £115,000 £25,000 170 Robert Marijanović Justin Pipe Ian White Michael van Gerwen NED Event 7 Event 9 The 2015 European Darts Matchplay was the eighth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria from 18 to 20 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner. Michael van Gerwen won the tournament, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–4 in the final.http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/10000235/michael-van-gerwen-defeats-dave-chisnall-in-european-darts-matchplay-final Michael van Gerwen defeats Dave Chisnall in European Darts Matchplay final Sky Sports 21 September 2015 Prize money The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1g1n1id0pgd9j1hx61kt5aqp0c/title/protour-prize-funds-increased https://web.archive.org/web/20150115030459/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1g1n1id0pgd9j1hx61kt5aqp0c/title/protour-prize-funds-increased dead January 15, 2015 ProTour Prize Funds Increased PDC 20 January 2015 Stage (num. of players)Prize moneyWinner (1) £25,000Runner-up (1) £10,000Semi-finalists (2) £5,000Quarter-finalists (4) £3,500Third round losers (8) £2,000Second round losers (16) £1,500First round losers (16) £1,000Total £115,000 Qualification and format The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit https://archive.today/20131127155504/http://www.pdc.tv/pro-tour-order-of-merit 2013-11-27 on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/6zgxhqbc7c071l5f2ik1czlul/title/european-tour-events-7--8-entries European Tour Events 7&8 Entries PDC 30 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702013515/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/6zgxhqbc7c071l5f2ik1czlul/title/european-tour-events-7--8-entries 2 July 2015 dead dmy-all The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x4lj3mwyc9va174xpgzvyqd8d/title/european-tour-event-7-8-uk-qualifiers European Tour Event 7-8 UK Qualifiers PDC 4 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150704224902/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x4lj3mwyc9va174xpgzvyqd8d/title/european-tour-event-7-8-uk-qualifiers 4 July 2015 dead dmy-all eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September at the same time as the European Darts Trophy)http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1of2szjc524d31n5x8mtdmi509/title/et8-european-qualifier-reminder ET8 European Qualifier Reminder PDC 12 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150817034234/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1of2szjc524d31n5x8mtdmi509/title/et8-european-qualifier-reminder 17 August 2015 dead dmy-all and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started), although following the withdrawals of Gary Anderson and Kyle Anderson, the host nation were given an extra two qualifying spots, bringing the total up to six. The following players took part in the tournament: Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (winner) ENG Michael Smith (second round) SCO Peter Wright (quarter-finals) ENG Ian White (third round) NIR Brendan Dolan (third round) ENG Dave Chisnall (runner-up) ENG Justin Pipe (third round) ENG Mervyn King (third round) AUS Simon Whitlock (second round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (quarter-finals) ENG Terry Jenkins (third round) SCO Robert Thornton (semi-finals) NED Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals) NED Benito van de Pas (third round) NED Jelle Klaasen (second round) ENG Stephen Bunting (second round) UK Qualifier ENG Alan Norris (third round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) WAL Gerwyn Price (first round) ENG Adam Hunt (first round) ENG Terry Temple (first round) IRE William O'Connor (second round) ENG Darren Johnson (second round) ENG Andy Hamilton (second round) ENG Joe Murnan (first round) ENG Paul Milford (first round) ENG Dean Winstanley (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (second round) ENG Kevin Painter (second round) ENG Darren Webster (second round) NIR Mickey Mansell (second round) ENG Tony Newell (second round) ENG Wes Newton (first round) ENG David Pallett (semi-finals) European Qualifier AUT Maik Langendorf (second round) GER Stefan Stoyke (first round) NED Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round) BEL Ronny Huybrechts (second round) BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (third round) CRO Robert Marijanović (second round) GER Max Hopp (first round) Host Nation Qualifier AUT Roxy-James Rodriguez (first round) AUT Armin Glanzer (first round) AUT Aaron Hardy (first round) AUT Mensur Suljović (first round) AUT Zoran Lerchbacher (first round) AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez (quarter-finals) Draw http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=6080 2015 PDC European Matchplay Fixtures Darts Database 18 September 2015 First round(best of 11 legs)18 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/u60fosvp5joj1d4mj017ii9k6/title/european-darts-matchplay-day-one European Darts Matchplay Day One PDC 18 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150920045931/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/u60fosvp5joj1d4mj017ii9k6/title/european-darts-matchplay-day-one 2015-09-20 dead Second round(best of 11 legs)19 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/nc449u8dgokk15op5krzhxthr/title/european-darts-matchplay-day-two European Darts Matchplay Day Two PDC 19 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150921073108/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/nc449u8dgokk15op5krzhxthr/title/european-darts-matchplay-day-two 2015-09-21 dead Third round(best of 11 legs)20 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1cqjr4r1ipduy1e4qh7qucc2va/title/european-darts-matchplay-third-round European Darts Matchplay Third Round PDC 21 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923000443/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1cqjr4r1ipduy1e4qh7qucc2va/title/european-darts-matchplay-third-round 23 September 2015 dead dmy-all Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)20 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17wtlgap5hivb1n6kpxohpklqn/title/european-darts-trophy-final-session https://web.archive.org/web/20150923013823/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17wtlgap5hivb1n6kpxohpklqn/title/european-darts-trophy-final-session dead September 23, 2015 Mighty Mike's Innsbruck Triumph PDC 21 September 2015 Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)20 September Final(best of 11 legs)20 September 220 ENG Wes Newton 88.59 5 BEL Ronny Huybrechts 83.72 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 97.58 6 GER Max Hopp 88.45 3 NIR Mickey Mansell 84.29 6 ENG Adam Hunt 84.18 3 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 92.87 6 GER Stefan Stoyke 86.80 3 ENG Joe Murnan 89.36 5 ENG Mark Walsh 88.76 6 AUT Maik Langendorf 83.67 6 AUT Aaron Hardy 78.89 5 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.65 6 ENG Paul Milford 76.83 2 ENG Andy Hamilton 103.66 6 ENG Dean Winstanley 102.59 3 ENG Alan Norris 82.30 6 AUT Armin Glanzer 75.98 2 ENG Jamie Caven 93.05 2 ENG David Pallett 100.73 6 ENG Tony Newell 89.14 6 ENG Terry Temple 82.16 3 AUT Mensur Suljović 90.44 2 ENG Darren Webster 95.92 6 WAL Gerwyn Price 85.01 4 IRE William O'Connor 93.04 6 ENG Kevin Painter 88.83 6 AUT Roxy-James Rodriguez 84.59 3 ENG Darren Johnson 82.08 6 AUT Zoran Lerchbacher 68.30 1 NED Dirk van Duijvenbode 79.22 5 CRO Robert Marijanović 80.16 6 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 97.53 6 BEL Ronny Huybrechts 91.42 3 16 ENG Stephen Bunting 101.78 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 105.64 6 8 ENG Mervyn King 91.74 6 NIR Mickey Mansell 86.42 4 9 AUS Simon Whitlock 87.45 3 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.09 6 5 NIR Brendan Dolan 82.29 6 ENG Mark Walsh 80.86 5 12 SCO Robert Thornton 86.66 6 AUT Maik Langendorf 78.52 3 4 ENG Ian White 94.66 6 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.48 4 13 NED Vincent van der Voort 94.38 6 ENG Andy Hamilton 81.25 3 2 ENG Michael Smith 97.61 5 ENG Alan Norris 95.52 6 15 NED Jelle Klaasen 97.80 3 ENG David Pallett 104.83 6 7 ENG Justin Pipe 93.31 6 ENG Tony Newell 90.98 5 10 BEL Kim Huybrechts 101.62 6 ENG Darren Webster 95.89 2 6 ENG Dave Chisnall 99.34 6 IRE William O'Connor 92.30 3 11 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.32 6 ENG Kevin Painter 97.78 5 3 SCO Peter Wright 84.86 6 ENG Darren Johnson 72.04 2 14 NED Benito van de Pas 94.82 6 CRO Robert Marijanović 91.03 4 1 NED van Gerwen 100.21 6 NED van Barneveld 94.13 1 8 ENG King 95.82 4 AUT Ro-Jo Rodriguez 87.43 6 5 NIR Dolan 99.04 4 12 SCO Thornton 93.31 6 4 ENG White 91.66 5 13 NED van der Voort 92.56 6 ENG Norris 91.45 5 ENG Pallett 89.40 6 7 ENG Pipe 98.14 4 10 BEL K. Huybrechts 99.11 6 6 ENG Chisnall 107.64 6 11 ENG Jenkins 101.46 5 3 SCO Wright 99.38 6 14 NED van de Pas 86.32 3 1 NED van Gerwen 114.00 6 AUT Ro-Jo Rodriguez 102.89 3 12 SCO Thornton 93.43 6 13 NED van der Voort 96.59 3 ENG Pallett 98.10 6 10 BEL K. Huybrechts 91.61 5 6 ENG Chisnall 105.03 6 3 SCO Wright 98.10 3 1 NED van Gerwen 109.09 6 12 SCO Thornton 80.76 1 ENG Pallett 91.86 3 6 ENG Chisnall 98.93 6 1 NED van Gerwen 99.58 6 6 ENG Chisnall 95.89 4 References Category:2015 PDC European Tour Category:September 2015 sports events in Austria Category:Darts in Austria Category:Sports competitions in Innsbruck Category:21st century in Innsbruck Category:International sports competitions hosted by Austria