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2010 European Championship (darts)

The 2010 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the third edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place at the Stadthalle Dinslaken in Dinslaken, Germany, from 29 July–1 August 2010, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner.

2010 PartyPoker.net European Championship
Tournament information
Dates29 July–1 August 2010
VenueStadthalle Dinslaken
LocationDinslaken
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout170 England Wes Newton
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2009 2011»

World number one Phil Taylor once again successfully defended the title after an 11-1 demolition of Wayne Jones, who played his first ever televised final.

Prize money edit

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-Up (1) £20,000
Semi-finalists (2) £10,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500
Last 16  (second round) (8) £5,000
Last 32  (first round) (16) £2,500

Qualification edit

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the World Series of Darts Festival in Las Vegas automatically qualified for the event. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2010 Continental Europe Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit.

PDC Top 16
  1.   Phil Taylor (champion)
  2.   Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
  3.   James Wade (first round)
  4.   Mervyn King (first round)
  5.   Terry Jenkins (semi-finals)
  6.   Ronnie Baxter (quarter-finals)
  7.   Adrian Lewis (first round)
  8.   Mark Walsh (quarter-finals)
  9.   Colin Lloyd (semi-finals)
  10.   Andy Hamilton (first round)
  11.   Colin Osborne (first round)
  12.   Simon Whitlock (second round)
  13.   Robert Thornton (second round)
  14.   Dennis Priestley (first round)
  15.   Alan Tabern (first round)
  16.   Paul Nicholson (first round)
Players Championship qualifiers
  1.   Gary Anderson (first round)
  2.   Denis Ovens (first round)
  3.   Wayne Jones (runner-up)
  4.   Wes Newton (second round)
  5.   Andy Smith (second round)
  6.   Jamie Caven (quarter-finals)
  7.   Barrie Bates (second round)
  8.   Mark Dudbridge (first round)
European qualifiers
  1.   Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  2.   Co Stompé (first round)
  3.   Jelle Klaasen (second round)
  4.   Antonio Alcinas (first round)
  5.   Bernd Roith (second round)
  6.   Michael van Gerwen (second round)
  7.   Tomas Seyler (first round)
  8.   Andree Welge (first round)

Draw and results edit

Draw and schedule of play as follows:[1]

First round (best of 11 legs)
29–30 July 		Second round (best of 19 legs)
31 July 		Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
1 August 		Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
1 August 		Final (best of 21 legs)
1 August
               
1   Phil Taylor 101.27 6
  Co Stompé 98.22 2
1   Phil Taylor 106.16 10
  Andy Smith 90.39 5
    Paul Nicholson 83.11 3
  Andy Smith 90.82 6
1   Phil Taylor 103.33 10
8   Mark Walsh 94.81 4
8   Mark Walsh 97.90 6
  Antonio Alcinas 90.82 3
8   Mark Walsh 85.11 10
  Jelle Klaasen 89.59 7
    Jelle Klaasen 88.05 6
  Vincent van der Voort 86.44 4
1   Phil Taylor 105.37 11
5   Terry Jenkins 99.97 10
5   Terry Jenkins 91.88 6
  Andree Welge 79.24 4
5   Terry Jenkins 89.24 10
  Simon Whitlock 90.71 8
    Simon Whitlock 99.60 6
  Dennis Priestley 89.14 3
5   Terry Jenkins 95.71 10
  Jamie Caven 95.39 6
4   Mervyn King 100.73 3
  Barrie Bates 96.74 6
    Barrie Bates 94.31 6
  Jamie Caven 99.23 10
    Gary Anderson 85.08 2
  Jamie Caven 89.55 6
1   Phil Taylor 105.74 11
  Wayne Jones 94.64 1
2   Raymond van Barneveld 98.32 6
  Andy Hamilton 96.54 5
2   Raymond van Barneveld 94.02 10
  Bernd Roith 89.34 7
    Bernd Roith 86.44 6
  Denis Ovens 90.14 4
2   Raymond van Barneveld 100.02 8
  Wayne Jones 95.43 10
7   Adrian Lewis 77.28 3
  Wayne Jones 85.57 6
    Wayne Jones 96.01 10
  Robert Thornton 86.93 4
    Mark Dudbridge 86.39 4
  Robert Thornton 89.11 6
    Wayne Jones 91.99 11
  Colin Lloyd 88.65 10
6   Ronnie Baxter 96.31 6
  Alan Tabern 90.29 5
6   Ronnie Baxter 93.63 10
  Wes Newton 96.93 9
    Colin Osborne 94.94 4
  Wes Newton 92.90 6
6   Ronnie Baxter 88.84 7
  Colin Lloyd 101.63 10
3   James Wade 96.00 3
  Colin Lloyd 98.29 6
    Colin Lloyd 101.13 10
  Michael van Gerwen 95.10 6
    Tomas Seyler 87.69 4
  Michael van Gerwen 91.75 6

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics edit

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
  Phil Taylor 5 48 22 77 75 19 128 104.37
  Mervyn King 1 3 6 7 10 3 124 100.73
  Simon Whitlock 2 14 13 34 21 7 90 95.16
  Co Stompé 1 2 6 10 3 4 94 98.22
  Mark Walsh 3 20 20 52 32 7 128 92.61
  Barrie Bates 2 12 13 47 14 2 136 95.53
  Terry Jenkins 4 36 29 91 52 11 161 94.20
  Andy Smith 2 11 13 41 15 2 120 90.61
  Antonio Alcinas 1 3 6 9 8 0 160 90.82
  Dennis Priestley 1 3 6 13 5 2 24 89.14
  Jamie Caven 3 22 18 53 22 12 127 94.72
  Jelle Klaasen 2 13 14 25 13 3 142 88.82
  Vincent van der Voort 1 4 6 10 10 0 103 86.44
  Gary Anderson 1 2 6 6 5 3 48 85.08
  Paul Nicholson 1 3 9 5 2 5 90 83.11
  Andree Welge 1 4 6 10 3 1 83 79.24
  Mark Dudbridge 1 4 6 10 10 1 101 86.39
  Raymond van Barneveld 3 24 22 64 35 8 164 97.45
  Alan Tabern 1 5 6 16 5 3 141 90.29
  Robert Thornton 2 10 14 42 10 3 88 88.02
  Bernd Roith 2 13 14 43 17 2 152 87.89
  Andy Hamilton 1 5 6 9 7 4 98 96.54
  Michael van Gerwen 2 12 14 32 17 3 113 93.43
  Colin Osborne 1 4 6 10 4 5 68 94.94
  Colin Lloyd 4 36 28 80 56 15 160 97.43
  Tomas Seyler 1 4 6 11 8 1 96 87.69
  Denis Ovens 1 4 6 17 6 2 84 90.14
  Wes Newton 2 15 14 34 15 10 170 94.92
  Adrian Lewis 1 3 6 9 5 0 40 77.28
  Ronnie Baxter 3 23 24 62 29 4 146 92.93
  Wayne Jones 5 38 36 103 65 17 116 92.73

Television coverage edit

The PDC announced on 20 May 2010 that UK entertainment channel Bravo would broadcast the entire event live.[2] This was the first and only time that Bravo televised live darts before the channel closed in 2011.

The German television channel SPORT1 also broadcast the event.

References edit

  1. ^ "European Championship Draw". PDC. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. ^ "PDC Link Up With Bravo". PDC. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

External links edit

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