2019 German Darts Championship

2019 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates29–31 March 2019
VenueHalle 39
LocationHildesheim
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finishEngland James Wade
High checkout167 England Ricky Evans
167 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 1 Event 3»

The 2019 German Darts Championship was the second of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, from 29–31 March 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating James Wilson 8–6 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–4 in the second round by Keegan Brown.

Michael van Gerwen won his 25th European Tour title, by defeating Joe Cullen 8–2 in the final.

James Wade hit the second nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour season in his third round defeat to Darren Webster.

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:[1]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £140,000
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 12 February will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 28 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 5 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 January).

From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-tour card holders. Any tour card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier. The only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced.

Michael Smith, who was set to be the 8th seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw. All seeds below him moved up a place, with James Wilson becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the host nation qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
29 March
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
30 March
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
31 March
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
31 March
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
31 March
Final
(best of 15 legs)
31 March
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 108.104
England Keegan Brown 91.296England Keegan Brown 104.126
England Brown 99.106
Latvia Madars Razma 88.275
16England Wilson 85.670
16England James Wilson 87.696
Germany Maik Langendorf 78.413Netherlands Mario Robbe 85.475
England Brown 94.886
Netherlands Mario Robbe 84.366
8Wales Price 93.705
8Wales Gerwyn Price 95.556
England Mark Dudbridge 89.156England Mark Dudbridge 88.072
8Wales Price 102.566
Germany Gabriel Clemens 85.054
9Wales Clayton 97.651
9Wales Jonny Clayton 97.246
England Dave Prins 88.332England Simon Stevenson 90.102
England Brown 91.633
England Simon Stevenson 96.296
England Evans 98.637
5Austria Mensur Suljović 91.994
England Ricky Evans 88.656England Ricky Evans 96.436
England Evans 101.686
Scotland Robert Thornton 93.104
England King 97.524
12England Dave Chisnall 94.043
Brazil Diogo Portela 82.964England Mervyn King 95.516
England Evans 100.416
England Mervyn King 88.126
13England Webster 94.205
4England James Wade 91.766
Germany Jyhan Artut 75.100Russia Boris Koltsov 89.361
4England Wade 105.645
Russia Boris Koltsov 96.976
13England Webster 101.686
13England Darren Webster 91.426
England Martin Atkins 90.952England Luke Humphries 95.245
England Evans 97.196
England Luke Humphries 100.716
10Northern Ireland Gurney 98.328
2England Ian White 104.796
Poland Tytus Kanik 93.184England Jamie Hughes 107.215
2England White 96.484
England Jamie Hughes 99.086
15England Bunting 92.906
15England Stephen Bunting 95.566
England Steve Beaton 89.884Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.385
15England Bunting 91.335
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.406
10Northern Ireland Gurney 89.876
7England Rob Cross 99.966
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 85.436Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 97.664
7England Cross 92.902
Finland Kim Viljanen 90.194
10Northern Ireland Gurney 94.976
10Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 98.466
England Josh Payne 88.084England Andy Boulton 97.281
10Northern Ireland Gurney 100.317
England Andy Boulton 98.146
6England Lewis 100.345
6England Adrian Lewis 87.396
Germany Kevin Knopf 72.756Germany Kevin Knopf 78.363
6England Lewis 109.976
England Scott Taylor 76.114
11England Cullen 89.752
11England Joe Cullen 101.496
Germany Mike Holz 93.031England Nathan Aspinall 101.254
6England Lewis 99.006
England Nathan Aspinall 104.546
3Scotland Wright 98.592
3Scotland Peter Wright 96.466
Belgium Mike De Decker 92.553England Andrew Gilding 87.653
3Scotland Wright 96.446
England Andrew Gilding 98.026
14Netherlands Wattimena 100.333
14Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 90.716
Germany Steffen Siepmann 90.076Germany Steffen Siepmann 79.351
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 81.922

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Thanks for now Iceland". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.