2019 Unibet European Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 24–27 October 2019 | ||
Venue | Lokhalle | ||
Location | Göttingen | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £500,000 | ||
Winner's share | £120,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2019 Unibet European Championship was the twelfth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 24–27 October 2019 at the Lokhalle in Göttingen, Germany.
James Wade was the defending champion, after beating Simon Whitlock 11–8 in the 2018 final.[1] However, he was beaten 6–0 by Jonny Clayton in the first round. Clayton posted the 6th highest average in the tournament's history in the process.
Rob Cross won his third major title with an 11–6 win over Gerwyn Price in the final.[2]
Prize money
[edit]The 2019 European Championship will have a total prize fund of £500,000, an increase of £100,000 from the last staging of the tournament.[3]
The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £500,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £120,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £60,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £32,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £20,000 |
Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £10,000 |
Last 32 (first round) | (16) | £6,000 |
Qualification
[edit]The 2019 tournament continues the new system in terms of qualification with the two previous editions: The top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit, which is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season, qualifying for the tournament.
As with 2018's tournament, the draw will be done in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on.
The following players qualified for the tournament:
Michael van Gerwen (first round)
Ian White (first round)
Gerwyn Price (runner-up)
Daryl Gurney (semi-finals)
Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
Mensur Suljović (first round)
Peter Wright (first round)
Joe Cullen (second round)
Rob Cross (champion)
Jamie Hughes (first round)
Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
James Wade (first round)
Adrian Lewis (first round)
Nathan Aspinall (second round)
Keegan Brown (first round)
Glen Durrant (first round)
Ricky Evans (quarter-finals)
Stephen Bunting (second round)
Steve Beaton (first round)
Simon Whitlock (second round)
Jonny Clayton (second round)
Chris Dobey (second round)
Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
Darren Webster (first round)
Mervyn King (first round)
Jeffrey de Zwaan (quarter-finals)
Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)
William O'Connor (first round)
Ted Evetts (first round)
Michael Smith (semi-finals)
Ross Smith (second round)
Draw
[edit]First round (best of 11 legs) 24–25 October [4][5] | Second round (best of 19 legs) 25–26 October | Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 27 October | Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 27 October | Final (best of 21 legs) 27 October | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Dave. "Wonderful Wade's European Triumph". PDC. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Cross Leaves Europe Victorious". PDC.tv. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Van Gerwen stunned on Day One of Unibet European Championship". PDC.
- ^ "Unibet European Championship: Day Two latest". PDC.