2017 European Darts Matchplay

2017 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	9–11 June 2017
Venue	Edel-optics.de Arena
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Max Hopp (first round)[1]
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2017 European Darts Matchplay was the sixth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany between 9–11 June 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but lost to Kyle Anderson in the second round.^[2]

Michael van Gerwen won his 16th European Tour Title after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–3 in the final.

This is how the prize money is divided:^[3]

^[4] The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Milton Keynes on 19 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 8 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 18 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 30 April).

The following players took part in the tournament:

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	First round (best of 11 legs) 9 June[12]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 10 June[13]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 11 June[14]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 11 June[15]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 11 June[16]					Final (best of 11 legs) 11 June[17]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 107.68	6
	John Henderson 93.84		6				John Henderson 93.53	2
											1	van Gerwen 102.76	6
	Mike Holz 79.68		4
											16	King 92.36	3
						16	Mervyn King 95.35	6
	Richard North 88.03		6				Richard North 83.73	2
																1	van Gerwen 106.10	6
	Mickey Mansell 83.04		1
																	Hudson 91.48	4
						8	Kim Huybrechts 90.19	5
	Brendan Dolan 88.87		1				Peter Hudson 90.60	6
												Hudson 80.64	6
	Peter Hudson 96.26		6
											9	Norris 80.59	3
						9	Alan Norris 81.62	6
	Antonio Alcinas 82.10		5				Marko Kantele 79.75	3
																					1	van Gerwen 99.73	6
	Marko Kantele 81.23		6
																					13	Smith 97.99	3
						5	Benito van de Pas 97.44	5
	Adrian Lewis 97.00		4				Vincent van der Voort 98.11	6
												van der Voort 103.18	4
	Vincent van der Voort 95.36		6
											12	Cullen 97.89	6
						12	Joe Cullen 96.69	6
	Justin Pipe 98.52		6				Justin Pipe 90.59	2
																12	Cullen 90.20	2
	Krzysztof Ratajski 96.81		4
																13	Smith 91.06	6
						4	Simon Whitlock 92.97	1
	Andy Hamilton 84.49		6				Andy Hamilton 90.13	6
												Hamilton 88.89	2
	Martin Schindler 83.01		5
											13	Smith 100.56	6
						13	Michael Smith 99.84	6
	Max Hopp 83.36		2				Mike De Decker 92.67	1
																										1	van Gerwen 102.05	6
	Mike De Decker 92.60		6
																										3	Suljović 106.26	3
						2	Peter Wright 101.33	6
	John Michael 83.06		6				John Michael 91.34	0
											2	Wright 102.02	5
	Erik Tautfest 80.35		5
											15	Reyes 103.24	6
						15	Cristo Reyes 93.86	6
	Chris Quantock 86.66		3				Nathan Aspinall 96.33	5
																15	Reyes 100.83	6
	Nathan Aspinall 88.41		6
																	Bunting 89.21	3
						7	Jelle Klaasen 84.86	2
	Stephen Bunting 87.23		6				Stephen Bunting 95.29	6
											Bunting 103.05		6
	Kenny Neyens 83.85		3
											Anderson 94.52		3
						10	James Wade 71.73	2
	Kyle Anderson 91.75		6				Kyle Anderson 87.35	6
																					15	Reyes 90.05	3
	Christian Kist 87.52		5
																					3	Suljović 99.25	6
						6	Dave Chisnall 104.83	6
	James Wilson 90.02		6				James Wilson 93.19	4
											6	Chisnall 94.02	6
	Lee Bryant 87.45		4
											11	White 97.26	5
						11	Ian White 89.11	6
	Chris Dobey 82.06		5				Peter Jacques 84.63	3
																6	Chisnall 92.64	3
	Peter Jacques 83.94		6
																3	Suljović 96.57	6
						3	Mensur Suljović 90.79	6
	Darren Webster 87.76		3				Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.28	5
											3	Suljović 91.71	6
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 87.40		6
											14	Gurney 90.72	5
						14	Daryl Gurney 88.55	6
	Andy Jenkins 91.44		4				Jimmy Hendriks 82.31	1
	Jimmy Hendriks 91.97		6