The 2015 European Darts Matchplay was the eighth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria between 18–20 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
| 2015 European Darts Matchplay | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 18–20 September 2015 | ||
| Venue | Olympiahalle | ||
| Location | Innsbruck | ||
| Country |  Austria | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £115,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170  Robert Marijanović Justin Pipe Ian White | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael van Gerwen | |||
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Michael van Gerwen won the tournament, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–4 in the final.[1]
Prize money edit
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| Winner | (1) | £25,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £3,500 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £2,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £1,500 |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,000 |
| Total | £115,000 | |
Qualification and format edit
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),[4] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September at the same time as the European Darts Trophy)[5] and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started), although following the withdrawals of Gary Anderson and Kyle Anderson, the host nation were given an extra two qualifying spots, bringing the total up to six.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw edit
References edit
- ^ "Michael van Gerwen defeats Dave Chisnall in European Darts Matchplay final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "European Tour Events 7&8 Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "European Tour Event 7-8 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "ET8 European Qualifier Reminder". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "2015 PDC European Matchplay Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Matchplay Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Matchplay Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "Mighty Mike's Innsbruck Triumph". PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2015.