2011 European Championship (darts)

2011 PartyPoker.net European Championship 28–31 July 2011 Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf PDC Legs £200,000 £50,000 ENG Adrian Lewis 167 NED Raymond van Barneveld167 ENG Wes Newton ENG Phil Taylor 2010 2012 The 2011 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the fourth edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allowed the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 28–31 July 2011, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner. World number one Phil Taylor yet again successfully defended the title, after defeating Adrian Lewis 11–8 in the 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 Matchplay 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 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2011 Continental Europe Order of Merit. PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (champion) ENG Adrian Lewis (runner-up) ENG James Wade (quarter-finals) SCO Gary Anderson (second round) AUS Simon Whitlock (semi-finals) NED Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals) ENG Wes Newton (second round) WAL Mark Webster (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (second round) AUS Paul Nicholson (quarter-finals) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Mervyn King (second round) ENG Mark Walsh (second round) ENG Colin Lloyd (second round) ENG Wayne Jones (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round)Players Championship qualifiers CAN John Part (first round) ENG Ronnie Baxter (second round) ENG Andy Smith (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Justin Pipe (first round) ENG Dave Chisnall (second round) SCO Peter Wright (quarter-finals) ENG Alan Tabern (first round)European qualifiers ESP Antonio Alcinas (first round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (quarter-finals) NED Jelle Klaasen (first round) NED Michael van Gerwen (first round) AUT Mensur Suljović (first round) GRE John Michael (first round) NED Co Stompé (first round) SWE Magnus Caris (first round) Draw and results First round (best of 11 legs)28–29 JulyPartyPoker.net European Championships – Thursday http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2403469,00.html 28 July 2011 30 July 2011 Professional Darts Corporation PDC & Perform Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924140035/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2403469,00.html 2012-09-24 deadPartyPoker.net European Championships – Friday http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2405500,00.html 29 July 2011 30 July 2011 Professional Darts Corporation PDC & Perform Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924140109/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2405500,00.html 24 September 2012 dead Second round (best of 19 legs)30 JulyPartyPoker.net European Championships – Saturday http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2406187,00.html 30 July 2011 1 August 2011 Professional Darts Corporation PDC & Perform Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924140332/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2406187,00.html 24 September 2012 dead Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)31 JulyImperious Taylor wins fourth Euro title http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2406682,00.html 31 July 2011 1 August 2011 Professional Darts Corporation PDC & Perform Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122105216/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2406682,00.html 22 January 2012 dead Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)31 July Final (best of 21 legs)31 July 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 107.83 6 GRE John Michael 87.94 3   ENG Mervyn King 96.30 6 NED Co Stompé 88.01 1 8 WAL Mark Webster 87.79 4 ENG Terry Jenkins 94.63 6   ENG Justin Pipe 88.67 3 AUS Paul Nicholson 91.98 6 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 102.52 6 AUT Mensur Suljović 86.68 2   ENG Alan Tabern 85.77 4 ENG Colin Lloyd 92.48 6 4 SCO Gary Anderson 97.35 6 ENG Jamie Caven 86.79 3   CAN John Part 83.03 5 SCO Peter Wright 83.83 6 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 89.89 6 NED Vincent van der Voort 79.80 4   NED Jelle Klaasen 89.19 4 ENG Dave Chisnall 96.91 6 7 ENG Wes Newton 98.85 6 ENG Andy Smith 88.51 2   BEL Kim Huybrechts 99.25 6 ESP Antonio Alcinas 96.19 2 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 101.98 6 ENG Andy Hamilton 94.96 4   ENG Wayne Jones 96.69 5 ENG Mark Walsh 99.41 6 3 ENG James Wade 92.08 6 SWE Magnus Caris 79.85 1   ENG Ronnie Baxter 102.17 6 NED Michael van Gerwen 101.09 4 1 ENG Phil Taylor 102.47 10 ENG Mervyn King 90.71 3   ENG Terry Jenkins 96.57 4 AUS Paul Nicholson 101.61 10 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 96.84 10 ENG Colin Lloyd 83.75 2 4 SCO Gary Anderson 90.65 5 SCO Peter Wright 90.58 10 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 105.80 10 ENG Dave Chisnall 100.51 5 7 ENG Wes Newton 95.94 8 BEL Kim Huybrechts 97.31 10 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 102.07 10 ENG Mark Walsh 100.53 5 3 ENG James Wade 101.81 10 ENG Ronnie Baxter 98.88 7 1 ENG Phil Taylor 102.36 10 AUS Paul Nicholson 98.45 7 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 99.41 10 SCO Peter Wright 94.79 6 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 99.81 10 BEL Kim Huybrechts 95.72 8 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 97.95 10 3 ENG James Wade 93.60 8 1 ENG Phil Taylor 99.52 11 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 95.41 4 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 100.63 11 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 95.34 10 1 ENG Phil Taylor 109.29 11 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 98.72 8 Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by three) Statistics Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average ENG Phil Taylor54825191105015164104.29 ENG Adrian Lewis5453517101773115098.38 ENG James Wade32416773211612195.83 SCO Gary Anderson211135271658094.00 AUS Simon Whitlock430211365401613298.55 NED Raymond van Barneveld436281380591616799.36 ENG Wes Newton2141273018716795.89 WAL Mark Webster146112514087.79 ENG Terry Jenkins2101433719510195.60 AUS Paul Nicholson3231796137810797.35 ENG Andy Hamilton1462126314694.96 ENG Mervyn King291142418110593.50 ENG Mark Walsh2111544320612099.97 ENG Colin Lloyd281423312211088.12 ENG Wayne Jones156217827696.69 NED Vincent van der Voort146110415879.80 CAN John Part156212315883.03 ENG Ronnie Baxter211144371611116100.52 ENG Andy Smith126114312088.51 ENG Jamie Caven13617405086.79 ENG Justin Pipe136298112188.67 ENG Dave Chisnall2111482217611698.71 SCO Peter Wright32220105632912189.73 ENG Alan Tabern14618907685.77 ESP Antonio Alcinas1260105312196.19 BEL Kim Huybrechts32420949301012697.42 NED Jelle Klaasen146210624189.19 NED Michael van Gerwen146110111135101.09 AUT Mensur Suljović126110604086.68 GRE John Michael136167210287.94 NED Co Stompé1161832588.01 SWE Magnus Caris1160931479.85 Television coverage The PDC announced on 24 June that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event live.European Championship On ITV4 http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2380791,00.html PDC 24 June 2011 24 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110627061226/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2380791,00.html 27 June 2011 dead dmy-all ITV4 continued their coverage of PDC tournaments, having previously broadcast the 2008 European Championship, and the Grand Slam of Darts between 2007 and 2010. The tournament was also broadcast on SPORT1 in Germany, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, and Fox Sports in Australia. References External links European Championship page on the PDC's official website Category:European Championship (darts) European Championship Darts European Championship (darts) Category:Sports competitions in Düsseldorf Category:2010s in Düsseldorf Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany