2015 European Darts Trophy

2015 European Darts Trophy 11–13 September 2015 RWE-Sporthalle Mülheim, Germany Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £115,000 £25,000 161 Max Hopp (x2) Kim Huybrechts Michael Smith ENG Event 6 Event 8 The 2015 European Darts Trophy was the seventh of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany from 11 to 13 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner. Michael Smith won the title by defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final.http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/9990738/michael-smith-beats-michael-van-gerwen-to-retain-european-darts-trophy Michael Smith beats Michael van Gerwen to retain European Darts Trophy Sky Sports 14 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 2015http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=6145 2015 PDC European Darts Trophy Prize Money Darts Database 13 September 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 Matchplayhttp://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). The following players took part in the tournament: Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (runner-up) ENG Michael Smith (winner) ENG James Wade (quarter-finals) ENG Adrian Lewis (third round) SCO Peter Wright (semi-finals) ENG Ian White (semi-finals) NIR Brendan Dolan (second round) ENG Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) ENG Justin Pipe (third round) ENG Mervyn King (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (second round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (third round) ENG Terry Jenkins (quarter-finals) SCO Robert Thornton (third round) NED Vincent van der Voort (second round) NED Benito van de Pas (second round) UK Qualifier ENG Chris Dobey (first round) ENG Stephen Bunting (second round) WAL Gerwyn Price (first round) ENG Steve West (second round) ENG James Hubbard (first round) ENG Adam Hunt (second round) SCO Jamie Bain (first round) SCO Mark Barilli (first round) IRE Connie Finnan (first round) ENG James Wilson (second round) ENG Jason Lovett (third round) ENG Mark Frost (first round) ENG Andy Jenkins (second round) ENG Kevin Painter (third round) ENG Alan Norris (first round) NIR Daryl Gurney (second round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (first round) ENG David Pallett (first round) ENG Wes Newton (second round) ENG Darren Johnson (second round) European Qualifier POL Krzysztof Ratajski (first round) AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez (third round) NED Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round) ESP Cristo Reyes (third round) AUT Mensur Suljović (second round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (first round) NED Jan Dekker (second round) NED Christian Kist (second round) Host Nation Qualifier GER Jyhan Artut (first round) GER Max Hopp (second round) GER Christian Soethe (first round) GER Martin Schindler (first round) Draw http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=6145 2015 PDC European Darts Trophy Fixtures Darts Database 14 September 2015 First round(best of 11 legs)11 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5g0nkvzpx5ps1v8w9tbb849cx/title/european-darts-trophy-day-one European Darts Trophy Day One PDC 11 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150913201839/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5g0nkvzpx5ps1v8w9tbb849cx/title/european-darts-trophy-day-one 2015-09-13 dead Second round(best of 11 legs)12 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/sxs20lc8hsb41vqu0qfofv752/title/european-darts-trophy-day-two European Darts Trophy Day Two PDC 13 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150914163059/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/sxs20lc8hsb41vqu0qfofv752/title/european-darts-trophy-day-two 14 September 2015 dead dmy-all Third round(best of 11 legs)13 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1skulm3yxz7n71fs4o9uga66ri/title/european-darts-trophy-day-thr European Darts Trophy Last 16 PDC 13 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915151939/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1skulm3yxz7n71fs4o9uga66ri/title/european-darts-trophy-day-thr 15 September 2015 dead dmy-all Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)13 Septemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ukpvapf6pns41wrod8w51uqmq/title/european-darts-trophy-final-session https://web.archive.org/web/20150915151945/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ukpvapf6pns41wrod8w51uqmq/title/european-darts-trophy-final-session dead September 15, 2015 Super Smith Retains Euro Crown PDC 13 September 2015 Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)13 September Final(best of 11 legs)13 September 220 ENG Adam Hunt 92.55 6 POL Krzysztof Ratajski 90.44 5 GER Jyhan Artut 92.04 5 ENG Jason Lovett 89.45 6 SCO Jamie Bain 92.43 3 NED Jan Dekker 90.09 6 AUT Mensur Suljović 95.94 6 GER Christian Soethe 87.07 0 WAL Gerwyn Price 84.94 1 ENG Andy Jenkins 86.87 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 92.54 4 GER Max Hopp 96.28 6 ENG James Wilson 94.64 6 GER Martin Schindler 82.49 4 ENG David Pallett 90.76 4 ENG Steve West 90.00 6 ENG Wes Newton 89.87 6 ENG Chris Dobey 92.53 3 ENG Kevin Painter 93.70 6 ENG Alan Norris 88.43 3 ESP Cristo Reyes 90.18 6 IRE Connie Finnan 89.76 2 NIR Daryl Gurney 92.81 6 ENG Mark Frost 87.78 2 ENG Stephen Bunting 93.11 6 SCO Mark Barilli 83.61 4 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.92 6 ENG James Hubbard 73.17 1 ENG Mark Dudbridge 92.64 5 ENG Darren Johnson 94.88 6 NED Christian Kist 92.77 6 NED Dirk van Duijvenbode 86.86 5 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 107.69 6 ENG Adam Hunt 89.80 1 16 NED Benito van de Pas 86.84 4 ENG Jason Lovett 89.44 6 8 ENG Dave Chisnall 99.23 6 NED Jan Dekker 93.37 2 9 ENG Justin Pipe 85.27 6 AUT Mensur Suljović 84.75 5 5 SCO Peter Wright 90.04 6 ENG Andy Jenkins 90.43 4 12 BEL Kim Huybrechts 107.36 6 GER Max Hopp 86.54 0 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 98.84 6 ENG James Wilson 82.82 3 13 ENG Terry Jenkins 108.58 6 ENG Steve West 103.15 5 2 ENG Michael Smith 97.11 6 ENG Wes Newton 90.65 3 15 NED Vincent van der Voort 87.40 4 ENG Kevin Painter 92.16 6 7 NIR Brendan Dolan 89.18 4 ESP Cristo Reyes 93.18 6 10 ENG Mervyn King 101.50 6 NIR Daryl Gurney 93.29 4 6 ENG Ian White 98.88 6 ENG Stephen Bunting 98.10 3 11 AUS Simon Whitlock 90.66 1 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.33 6 3 ENG James Wade 90.44 6 ENG Darren Johnson 82.27 1 14 SCO Robert Thornton 90.95 6 NED Christian Kist 84.08 4 1 NED van Gerwen 92.97 6 ENG Lovett 86.35 0 8 ENG Chisnall 101.48 6 9 ENG Pipe 95.37 2 5 SCO Wright 99.90 6 12 BEL Huybrechts 103.32 5 4 ENG Lewis 99.56 5 13 ENG T. Jenkins 91.62 6 2 ENG Smith 91.06 6 ENG Painter 88.57 4 ESP Reyes 89.60 5 10 ENG King 96.04 6 6 ENG White 93.78 6 AUT Rodriguez 94.01 3 3 ENG Wade 99.61 6 14 SCO Thornton 92.20 4 1 NED van Gerwen 92.97 6 8 ENG Chisnall 87.52 0 5 SCO Wright 93.07 6 13 ENG T. Jenkins 90.23 5 2 ENG Smith 100.49 6 10 ENG King 91.09 2 6 ENG White 92.82 6 3 ENG Wade 90.87 4 1 NED van Gerwen 106.16 6 5 SCO Wright 94.77 2 2 ENG Smith 98.17 6 6 ENG White 89.62 3 1 NED van Gerwen 101.12 2 2 ENG Smith 98.50 6 References Category:2015 PDC European Tour Category:European Darts Trophy Category:September 2015 sports events in Germany Category:Sports competitions in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:2010s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Sport in Mülheim