2019 German Darts Championship

2019 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	29–31 March 2019
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	James Wade
High checkout	167 Ricky Evans 167 Adrian Lewis
Champion(s)
Daryl Gurney
«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.

Daryl Gurney won his first European Tour title, by defeating Ricky Evans 8–6 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[]

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

• Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format[]

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[]

	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
		Keegan Brown 91.29	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 108.10	4
		Madars Razma 88.27	5				Keegan Brown 104.12	6
												Brown 99.10	6
											16	Wilson 85.67	0
		Maik Langendorf 78.41	3	16	James Wilson 87.69	6
		Mario Robbe 84.36	6				Mario Robbe 85.47	5
																	Brown 94.88	6
															8	Price 93.70	5
		Mark Dudbridge 89.15	6			8	Gerwyn Price 95.55	6
		Gabriel Clemens 85.05	4				Mark Dudbridge 88.07	2
											8	Price 102.56	6
											9	Clayton 97.65	1
		Dave Prins 88.33	2	9	Jonny Clayton 97.24	6
		Simon Stevenson 96.29	6				Simon Stevenson 90.10	2
																						Brown 91.63	3
																						Evans 98.63	7
		Ricky Evans 88.65	6			5	Mensur Suljović 91.99	4
		Robert Thornton 93.10	4				Ricky Evans 96.43	6
												Evans 101.68	6
												King 97.52	4
		Diogo Portela 82.96	4	12	Dave Chisnall 94.04	3
		Mervyn King 88.12	6				Mervyn King 95.51	6
																	Evans 100.41	6
															13	Webster 94.20	5
		Jyhan Artut 75.10	0			4	James Wade 91.76	6
		Boris Koltsov 96.97	6				Boris Koltsov 89.36	1
											4	Wade 105.64	5
											13	Webster 101.68	6
		Martin Atkins 90.95	2	13	Darren Webster 91.42	6
		Luke Humphries 100.71	6				Luke Humphries 95.24	5
																											Evans 97.19	6
																										10	Gurney 98.32	8
		Tytus Kanik 93.18	4			2	Ian White 104.79	6
		Jamie Hughes 99.08	6				Jamie Hughes 107.21	5
											2	White 96.48	4
											15	Bunting 92.90	6
		Steve Beaton 89.88	4	15	Stephen Bunting 95.56	6
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.40	6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.38	5
																15	Bunting 91.33	5
															10	Gurney 89.87	6
		Ron Meulenkamp 85.43	6			7	Rob Cross 99.96	6
		Kim Viljanen 90.19	4				Ron Meulenkamp 97.66	4
											7	Cross 92.90	2
											10	Gurney 94.97	6
		Josh Payne 88.08	4	10	Daryl Gurney 98.46	6
		Andy Boulton 98.14	6				Andy Boulton 97.28	1
																					10	Gurney 100.31	7
																					6	Lewis 100.34	5
		Kevin Knopf 72.75	6			6	Adrian Lewis 87.39	6
		Scott Taylor 76.11	4				Kevin Knopf 78.36	3
											6	Lewis 109.97	6
											11	Cullen 89.75	2
		Mike Holz 93.03	1	11	Joe Cullen 101.49	6
		Nathan Aspinall 104.54	6				Nathan Aspinall 101.25	4
																6	Lewis 99.00	6
															3	Wright 98.59	2
		Mike De Decker 92.55	3			3	Peter Wright 96.46	6
		Andrew Gilding 98.02	6				Andrew Gilding 87.65	3
											3	Wright 96.44	6
											14	Wattimena 100.33	3
		Steffen Siepmann 90.07	6	14	Jermaine Wattimena 90.71	6
		Mickey Mansell 81.92	2				Steffen Siepmann 79.35	1

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