2018 European Darts Open

2018 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	23–25 March 2018
Venue	Ostermann-Arena
Location	Leverkusen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Simon Whitlock (Third round) Michael van Gerwen (Quarter-finals) Peter Wright (Semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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The 2018 European Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, between 23–25 March 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

This was the first event in the PDC European Tour where the format of the semi-finals and final were slightly altered. As in previous years, the first 3 rounds of action, plus the quarter-finals were all best of 11 legs matches, but the semi-finals became best of 13 legs matches, and the final became a best of 15 legs match.

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Mervyn King 6–2 in the final of the 2017 tournament. He reached the final of this tournament, but he was defeated by Michael van Gerwen 8–7 in the first best of 15 legs final.^[1]

Prize money[]

This is how the prize money is divided:

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.^[2][3]

Qualification and format[]

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 6 February will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 16 February), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 22 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 26 January) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 January).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw[]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 23 March[9]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 24 March[10]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 25 March[1]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 March[1]					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 25 March[1]					Final (best of 15 legs) 25 March[1]
		Cameron Menzies 94.83	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 94.82	6
		Mark Wilson 87.63	2				Cameron Menzies 84.30	3
											1	van Gerwen 105.99	6
											16	Norris 96.64	3
		Jonny Clayton 86.91	2	16	Alan Norris 89.70	6
		Jermaine Wattimena 90.55	6				Jermaine Wattimena 89.96	4
																1	van Gerwen 101.61	6
															8	Whitlock 89.44	1
		Jan Dekker 92.27	3			8	Simon Whitlock 91.96	6
		Tytus Kanik 87.45	6				Tytus Kanik 94.75	2
											8	Whitlock 96.44	6
											9	Chisnall 84.23	1
		Vincent van der Voort 96.27	4	9	Dave Chisnall 88.36	6
		Marko Kantele 90.08	6				Marko Kantele 77.90	1
																					1	van Gerwen 103.30	7
																						North 92.48	1
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.25	3			5	Daryl Gurney 85.07	4
		Ron Meulenkamp 90.37	6				Ron Meulenkamp 89.67	6
												Meulenkamp 101.44	6
												Pipe 88.43	1
		Justin Pipe 82.84	6	12	Ian White 88.43	1
		Michael Rasztovits 80.37	2				Justin Pipe 89.66	6
																	Meulenkamp 85.74	2
																North 82.25	6
		Adrian Lewis 97.06	6			4	Rob Cross 107.44	6
		Ritchie Edhouse 96.25	5				Adrian Lewis 91.03	1
											4	Cross 97.69	5
												North 91.50	6
		Richard North 85.89	6	13	Gerwyn Price 84.69	5
		Martin Atkins 76.00	0				Richard North 94.66	6
																										1	van Gerwen 102.04	8
																										2	Wright 98.55	7
		Ryan Meikle 90.38	2			2	Peter Wright 105.98	6
		Luke Woodhouse 94.74	6				Luke Woodhouse 90.54	3
											2	Wright 100.46	6
												Henderson 90.21	2
		John Henderson 95.82	6	15	Kyle Anderson 91.68	4
		Maik Langendorf 84.84	2				John Henderson 98.19	6
																2	Wright 98.56	6
															7	Cullen 101.54	3
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 82.82	4			7	Joe Cullen 87.74	6
		Danny Noppert 92.17	6				Danny Noppert 86.67	5
											7	Cullen 98.88	6
												Dobey 95.73	5
		Chris Dobey 93.08	6	10	Kim Huybrechts 94.09	2
		Wayne Jones 78.83	1				Chris Dobey 89.88	6
																					2	Wright 102.48	7
																						Wade 98.92	4
		Max Hopp 93.18	4			6	Mensur Suljović 90.87	6
		Jamie Hughes 92.09	6				Jamie Hughes 89.08	4
											6	Suljović 94.90	3
											11	King 91.85	6
		Gabriel Clemens 99.06	6	11	Mervyn King 97.92	6
		Thomas Junghans 84.74	1				Gabriel Clemens 91.27	2
																11	King 93.14	4
																Wade 99.14	6
		Darren Johnson 103.22	6			3	Michael Smith 99.48	6
		Luke Humphries 99.55	2				Darren Johnson 87.77	3
											3	Smith 106.21	4
												Wade 105.59	6
		James Wade 96.93	6	14	Jelle Klaasen 88.98	3
		Steve Beaton 97.08	3				James Wade 94.38	6

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