European Championship (darts)
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| European Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Westfalenhallen |
| Location | Dortmund |
| Country | Germany |
| Established | 2008 |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Legs |
| Prize fund | £400,000 (2017) |
| Month(s) Played | Various |
| Current champion(s) | |
 James Wade | |
The European Championship is a PDC darts tournament which allows the top European players to compete with the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament takes place in a variety of months and features a field of 32 players.
The inaugural tournament – the 2008 European Championship – was held at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany and featured a prize fund of £200,000.[1]
The tournament moved to the Claus Hotel & Event Center in Hoofddorp, Netherlands for 2009 featuring a similar prize fund.[2] The tournament returned to Germany in 2010, where it was held at Dinslaken. The 2011 tournament remained in Germany, only this time, it took place in Düsseldorf – the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2012 to 2014, the tournament took place in Mülheim, Germany, then between 2015 and 2017, the tournament took place in Hasselt, Belgium, but in 2018, the tournament will return to Germany, moving to the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund. It will then move to Göttingen in 2019.
Phil Taylor won the tournament on each of the first four stagings of the event, before Simon Whitlock took the title in 2012. Adrian Lewis gained -at that time- his third major win after beating Whitlock in the 2013 edition of the tournament. Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the first time in 2014 beating Terry Jenkins in the final. In 2015, van Gerwen came back from 7–10 behind to defeat Gary Anderson 11–10 in the final, then he beat Mensur Suljović 11–1 in the 2016 final, and he won it for a fourth year in a row in 2017, when he defeated Rob Cross 11–7 in the 2017 final.
Contents
1 European Championship finals
2 Records and statistics
2.1 Total finalist appearances
2.2 Nine-dart finishes
2.3 High averages
3 Television coverage
3.1 List of United Kingdom broadcasters
4 Sponsorship
5 References
6 External links
European Championship finals[edit]
| Year | Champion (average in final) | Score | Runner-up (average in final) | Prize money | Sponsor | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Champion | Runner-up | ||||||
2008 | Phil Taylor (104.35) | 11–5 | Adrian Lewis (96.56) | £200,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | PartyPoker.net |  Südbahnhof, Frankfurt |
2009 | Phil Taylor (109.35) | 11–3 | Steve Beaton (97.16) | £20,000 |  Claus Event Center, Hoofddorp | |||
2010 | Phil Taylor (105.74) | 11–1 | Wayne Jones (94.64) | Stadthalle Dinslaken, Dinslaken | ||||
2011 | Phil Taylor (109.29) | 11–8 | Adrian Lewis (98.72) | Maritim Hotel, Düsseldorf | ||||
2012 |  Simon Whitlock (94.91) | 11–5 | Wes Newton (89.47) | RWE-Sporthalle, Mülheim | ||||
2013 | Adrian Lewis (103.34) | 11–6 | Simon Whitlock (99.59) | |||||
2014 | Michael van Gerwen (98.16) | 11–4 | Terry Jenkins (92.90) | £250,000 | £55,000 | £25,000 | 888.com | |
2015 | Michael van Gerwen (107.28) | 11–10 |  Gary Anderson (102.42) | £300,000 | £65,000 | £35,000 | Unibet |  Ethias Arena, Hasselt |
2016 | Michael van Gerwen (111.62) | 11–1 |  Mensur Suljović (85.91) | £400,000 | £100,000 | £40,000 | ||
2017 | Michael van Gerwen (108.91) | 11–7 | Rob Cross (102.39) | |||||
2018 | James Wade (91.44) | 11–8 | Simon Whitlock (88.81) | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund | ||||
2019 | Lokhalle, Göttingen | |||||||
Records and statistics[edit]
- As of 28 October 2018.
Total finalist appearances[edit]
| Player | Won | Runner-up | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael van Gerwen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Phil Taylor | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Adrian Lewis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Simon Whitlock | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| James Wade | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Beaton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry Jenkins | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wes Newton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mensur Suljović | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nine-dart finishes[edit]
Three nine-darters have been thrown at the European Championship. The first one was in 2011.
| Player | Year (+ Round) | Method | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Lewis | 2011, Semi-Final | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | Raymond van Barneveld | 11–10 |
| Michael van Gerwen | 2014, Semi-Final | 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 | Raymond van Barneveld | 11–6 |
| Kyle Anderson | 2017, Semi-Final | 3 x T20; 3 x T20, T20, T19, D12 | Michael van Gerwen | 10–11 |
High averages[edit]
| Ten highest European Championship one-match averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 118.14 | Phil Taylor | 2009, Quarter-Final | Gary Anderson | 10–3 |
| 113.92 | Phil Taylor | 2008, Last 16 | Mervyn King | 9–3 |
| 113.33 | Phil Taylor | 2008, Semi-Final | Robert Thornton | 11–7 |
| 113.04 | Raymond van Barneveld | 2012, Last 32 | Terry Jenkins | 6–1 |
| 111.62 | Michael van Gerwen | 2016, Final | Mensur Suljović | 11–1 |
| 111.03 | Phil Taylor | 2009, Last 32 | Toon Greebe | 6–2 |
| 111.00 | Michael van Gerwen | 2014, Quarter-Final | Dave Chisnall | 10–5 |
| 110.88 | Phil Taylor | 2009, Last 16 | Robert Thornton | 9–0 |
| 110.32 | Michael van Gerwen | 2018, Last 32 | Paul Nicholson | 6–2 |
| 109.36 | Phil Taylor | 2009, Semi-Final | Jelle Klaasen | 11–3 |
| Five highest losing averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 106.12 | Gary Anderson | 2009, Quarter-Final | Phil Taylor | 3–10 |
| 106.12 | Phil Taylor | 2015, Quarter-Final | Adrian Lewis | 9–10 |
| 104.74 | Peter Wright | 2015, Semi-Final | Michael van Gerwen | 7–11 |
| 104.36 | Phil Taylor | 2016, Quarter-Final | Mensur Suljović | 3–10 |
| 103.86 | Michael van Gerwen | 2012, Last 16 | Raymond van Barneveld | 9–10 |
| Different players with a 100+ match average - updated 28/10/18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Total | Highest Av. | Year (+ Round) |
| Phil Taylor | 26 | 118.14 | 2009, Quarter-Final |
| Michael van Gerwen | 22 | 111.62 | 2016, Final |
| Adrian Lewis | 8 | 108.62 | 2008, Quarter-Final |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 7 | 113.04 | 2012, Last 32 |
| Peter Wright | 7 | 104.74 | 2015, Semi-Final |
| Gary Anderson | 4 | 106.26 | 2015, Semi-Final |
| Colin Lloyd | 4 | 104.00 | 2009, Last 16 |
| Mervyn King | 4 | 104.00 | 2009, Last 16 |
| Dave Chisnall | 4 | 103.86 | 2015, Last 16 |
| Mensur Suljović | 3 | 105.50 | 2016, Quarter-Final |
| Stephen Bunting | 3 | 102.68 | 2014, Last 32 |
| Rob Cross | 3 | 102.39 | 2017, Final |
| Mark Walsh | 2 | 104.10 | 2008, Last 32 |
| Jelle Klaasen | 2 | 103.76 | 2013, Last 16 |
| Simon Whitlock | 3 | 102.52 | 2011, Last 32 |
| Robert Thornton | 2 | 102.12 | 2008, Semi-Final |
| James Wade | 2 | 101.81 | 2011, Last 16 |
| Wes Newton | 1 | 106.09 | 2012, Last 32 |
| Jamie Caven | 1 | 106.09 | 2013, Last 32 |
 Brendan Dolan | 1 | 104.68 | 2014, Last 32 |
| James Wilson | 1 | 103.64 | 2018, Last 32 |
 Jonny Clayton | 1 | 102.80 | 2017, Last 32 |
| Dennis Priestley | 1 | 102.35 | 2008, Last 16 |
| Colin Osborne | 1 | 101.80 | 2009, Last 16 |
| Steve West | 1 | 101.67 | 2018, Quarter-Final |
| Paul Nicholson | 1 | 101.61 | 2011, Last 32 |
| Ronnie Baxter | 1 | 101.45 | 2011, Last 32 |
| Kyle Anderson | 1 | 101.09 | 2018, Last 32 |
| Vincent van der Voort | 1 | 101.09 | 2014, Last 32 |
| Ronny Huybrechts | 1 | 100.97 | 2013, Last 32 |
| Kim Huybrechts | 1 | 100.86 | 2015, Last 32 |
| Michael Smith | 1 | 100.76 | 2018, Last 32 |
 Cristo Reyes | 1 | 100.69 | 2015, Last 32 |
 Robert Wagner | 1 | 100.59 | 2014, Last 32 |
| Terry Jenkins | 1 | 100.06 | 2014, Last 32 |
| Five highest tournament averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year | ||
| 111.54 | Phil Taylor | 2009 | ||
| 108.20 | Phil Taylor | 2008 | ||
| 105.87 | Phil Taylor | 2016 | ||
| 105.53 | Michael van Gerwen | 2016 | ||
| 105.15 | Michael van Gerwen | 2015 | ||
Television coverage[edit]
The PDC announced on August 12, 2008 that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event.[1] This was the second PDC darts tournament that ITV4 have broadcast, after the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts – after its rating success ITV had chosen to broadcast this event as well as the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts.
The 2009 event was not televised, but the 2010 event was broadcast on Bravo, which screened live darts for the first time in its history.[3] However, Bravo ceased broadcasting at the start of 2011. On June 26, 2011, it was announced that ITV4 would broadcast the 2011 event.[4] In the Netherlands it is broadcast on RTL7 and in Germany it is broadcast on Sport1. On August 8, 2012 it was announced that ESPN would televise the event, becoming the first broadcaster to show both BDO and PDC dart tournaments. From 2013, the tournament returned to ITV4 as part of a deal between ITV and the PDC to show 4 tournaments from the PDC calendar.
List of United Kingdom broadcasters[edit]
- 2008; 2011; 2013–present: ITV4
- 2010: Bravo
- 2012: ESPN
- 2009: not televised in the UK
Sponsorship[edit]
PartyPoker.net sponsored first six editions of the tournament – they also sponsored the US Open and the Las Vegas Desert Classic, two other non-defunct televised PDC events.
In 2014, 888.com took over sponsoring of the tournament.[5]
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References[edit]
^ ab PDC website report – European Championship Details Confirmed Archived 2008-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. from the Professional Darts Corporation, retrieved 12-08-2008
^ "European Championship Venue". pdc.tv. 2009-04-22. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-04-23..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "PDC Link Up With Bravo". pdc.tv. 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ "European Championship On ITV4". pdc.tv. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
^ http://sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/888-com-european-championship-darts-preview-schedule-of-play-results/
External links[edit]
- European Championship page on the PDC website
- European Championship Winners
Categories:
- European Championship (darts)
- Professional Darts Corporation tournaments
- European championships
- Recurring sporting events established in 2008
- 2008 establishments in Europe
- Annual sporting events
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