2015 German Darts Championship Explained

Tournament Name:2015 German Darts Championship
Dates:13–15 February 2015
Venue:Halle 39
Location:Hildesheim
Organisation:PDC
Format:Legs
Prize Fund:£115,000
Winners Share:£25,000
High Checkout:167 Ian White
Winner: Michael van Gerwen
Next:Event 2

The 2015 German Darts Championship was the first of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, between 13 and 15 February 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Gary Anderson was the defending champion, having beaten Justin Pipe 6–5 in the 2014 tournament's final, and in this year's final Michael van Gerwen won the title by beating Anderson 6–2.

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[1]

Stage (num. of players)Prize money
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £25,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center £10,000
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £5,000
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £3,500
Third round losersalign=center (8)align=center £2,000
Second round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,500
First round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,000
Totalalign=center colspan=2 £115,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on the 16 January 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 18 January),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Bielefeld on 24 January) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[4] [5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

  1. Gary Anderson (runner-up)
  1. Michael van Gerwen (winner)
  1. Michael Smith (third round)
  1. Peter Wright (third round)
  1. James Wade (third round)
  1. Robert Thornton (quarter-finals)
  1. Brendan Dolan (third round)
  1. Mervyn King (third round)
  1. Justin Pipe (quarter-finals)
  1. Ian White (second round)
  1. Simon Whitlock (third round)
  1. Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals)
  1. Adrian Lewis (semi-finals)
  1. Kim Huybrechts (second round)
  1. Stephen Bunting (third round)
  1. Steve Beaton (third round)

UK Qualifier

European Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier

Draw

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ProTour Prize Funds Increased . . 20 January 2015.
  2. Web site: ET1 & ET2 Entries Confirmed . . 20 January 2015.
  3. Web site: European Tour Event 1-2 UK Qualifiers . . 20 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150120183817/http://www.pdc.tv/european-tour/article/drhxoz740431z5wt0b4urdeo/title/european-tour-event-1-2-uk-qualifiers . 20 January 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: German Darts Championship Field . . 25 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150127232639/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/10wzosdync4hm17nl1u3s188ii/title/german-darts-championship-field . 27 January 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2015 . . 20 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302033813/http://www.pdc.tv/tournament-calendar15 . 2015-03-02 . dead .
  6. Web site: 2015 PDC German Darts Championship Results . Darts Database . 10 July 2015.