2015 European Darts Trophy

2015 European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates11–13 September 2015
VenueRWE-Sporthalle
LocationMülheim
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£115,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout161 Germany Max Hopp (2x)
161 Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Champion(s)
England Michael Smith
«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 between 11–13 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.[1]

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2][3]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £5,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £3,500
Third round losers (8) £2,000
Second round losers (16) £1,500
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £115,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[4] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),[5] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September) at the same time as the European Darts Matchplay[6] 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:

Draw

[7]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
11 September
[8]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
12 September
[9]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
13 September
[10]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
13 September
[11]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
13 September
[11]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
13 September
[11]
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 107.696
England Adam Hunt 92.556England Adam Hunt 89.801
1Netherlands van Gerwen 92.976
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 90.445
England Lovett 86.350
16Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.844
Germany Jyhan Artut 92.045England Jason Lovett 89.446
1Netherlands van Gerwen 92.976
England Jason Lovett 89.456
8England Chisnall 87.520
8England Dave Chisnall 99.236
Scotland Jamie Bain 92.433Netherlands Jan Dekker 93.372
8England Chisnall 101.486
Netherlands Jan Dekker 90.096
9England Pipe 95.372
9England Justin Pipe 85.276
Austria Mensur Suljović 95.946Austria Mensur Suljović 84.755
1Netherlands van Gerwen 106.166
Germany Christian Soethe 87.070
5Scotland Wright 94.772
5Scotland Peter Wright 90.046
Wales Gerwyn Price 84.941England Andy Jenkins 90.434
5Scotland Wright 99.906
England Andy Jenkins 86.876
12Belgium Huybrechts 103.325
12Belgium Kim Huybrechts 107.366
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 92.544Germany Max Hopp 86.540
5Scotland Wright 93.076
Germany Max Hopp 96.286
13England T. Jenkins 90.235
4England Adrian Lewis 98.846
England James Wilson 94.646England James Wilson 82.823
4England Lewis 99.565
Germany Martin Schindler 82.494
13England T. Jenkins 91.626
13England Terry Jenkins 108.586
England David Pallett 90.764England Steve West 103.155
1Netherlands van Gerwen 101.122
England Steve West 90.006
2England Smith 98.506
2England Michael Smith 97.116
England Wes Newton 89.876England Wes Newton 90.653
2England Smith 91.066
England Chris Dobey 92.533
England Painter 88.574
15Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 87.404
England Kevin Painter 93.706England Kevin Painter 92.166
2England Smith 100.496
England Alan Norris 88.433
10England King 91.092
7Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.184
Spain Cristo Reyes 90.186Spain Cristo Reyes 93.186
Spain Reyes 89.605
Republic of Ireland Connie Finnan 89.762
10England King 96.046
10England Mervyn King 101.506
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 92.816Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 93.294
2England Smith 98.176
England Mark Frost 87.782
6England White 89.623
6England Ian White 98.886
England Stephen Bunting 93.116England Stephen Bunting 98.103
6England White 93.786
Scotland Mark Barilli 83.614
Austria Rodriguez 94.013
11Australia Simon Whitlock 90.661
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.926Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.336
6England White 92.826
England James Hubbard 73.171
3England Wade 90.874
3England James Wade 90.446
England Mark Dudbridge 92.645England Darren Johnson 82.271
3England Wade 99.616
England Darren Johnson 94.886
14Scotland Thornton 92.204
14Scotland Robert Thornton 90.956
Netherlands Christian Kist 92.776Netherlands Christian Kist 84.084
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 86.865

References

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  2. ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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  6. ^ "ET8 European Qualifier Reminder". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 PDC European Darts Trophy Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  8. ^ "European Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  9. ^ "European Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  10. ^ "European Darts Trophy Last 16". PDC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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