2015 German Darts Championship

The 2015 German Darts Championship was the first of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, between 13 and 15 February 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2015 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates13–15 February 2015
VenueHalle 39
LocationHildesheim
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£115,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout167 England Ian White
167 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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Gary Anderson was the defending champion, having beaten Justin Pipe 6–5 in the 2014 tournament's final, and in this year's final Michael van Gerwen won the title by beating Anderson 6–2.

Prize money

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The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[1]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
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

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The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on the 16 January 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 18 January),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Bielefeld on 24 January) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[4][5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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[6]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
13 February
[7]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
14 February
[8]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
15 February
[9]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
15 February
[10]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
15 February
[10]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
15 February
[10]
1  Gary Anderson 98.376
  John Part 79.131  Ricky Williams 91.245
1  Anderson 98.526
  Ricky Williams 82.596
16  Beaton 102.002
16  Steve Beaton 91.976
  John Bowles 94.956  John Bowles 87.333
1  Anderson 99.106
  Chris Aubrey 79.522
9  Pipe 89.660
8  Mervyn King 94.156
  Andy Smithw/o  Andy Smith 90.495
8  King 88.562
  Bernd Roithw/d
9  Pipe 99.136
9  Justin Pipe 87.356
  Joe Cullen 98.305  Andy Boulton 85.672
1  Anderson 94.106
  Andy Boulton 94.536
13  Lewis 90.732
5  James Wade 99.956
  Terry Jenkins 102.486  Terry Jenkins 92.653
5  Wade 95.004
  Ryan de Vreede 79.140
12  van der Voort 100.896
12  Vincent van der Voort 95.426
  Kevin McDine 93.345  James Wilson 90.931
12  van der Voort 92.264
  James Wilson 93.836
13  Lewis 93.486
4  Peter Wright 91.966
  Ross Smith 91.286  Ross Smith 95.595
4  Wright 100.002
  Kevin Thomas 86.914
13  Lewis 108.356
13  Adrian Lewis 98.026
  Devon Petersen 80.412  Jeffrey de Zwaan 83.620
1  Anderson 103.782
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 87.826
2  van Gerwen 117.946
2  Michael van Gerwen 94.456
  Jamie Caven 91.012  Jelle Klaasen 89.003
2  van Gerwen 94.936
  Jelle Klaasen 97.896
15  Bunting 84.270
15  Stephen Bunting 86.716
  Stuart Kellett 83.556  Stuart Kellett 84.820
2  van Gerwen 103.426
  Daniel Zygla 80.974
  Murnan 93.504
7  Brendan Dolan 97.676
  Ronny Huybrechts 85.256  Ronny Huybrechts 88.762
7  Dolan 97.094
  Mareno Michels 81.585
  Murnan 89.546
10  Ian White 98.944
  Joe Murnan 89.586  Joe Murnan 99.726
2  van Gerwen 98.166
  Michael Barnard 80.775
  Suljović 87.761
6  Robert Thornton 85.126
  Sascha Stein 76.734  Andy Parsons 85.474
6  Thornton 96.066
  Andy Parsons 77.266
11  Whitlock 92.214
11  Simon Whitlock 87.826
  Maik Langendorf 76.626  Maik Langendorf 82.471
6  Thornton 86.263
  John Scott 71.553
  Suljović 89.986
3  Michael Smith 92.756
  Benito van de Pas 82.773  Pete Dyos 85.924
3  M. Smith 94.154
  Pete Dyos 81.996
  Suljović 92.016
14  Kim Huybrechts 98.114
  Mensur Suljović 89.156  Mensur Suljović 96.856
  Cristo Reyes 89.852

References

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  1. ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "ET1 & ET2 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "European Tour Event 1-2 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ "German Darts Championship Field". PDC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 PDC German Darts Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "German Darts Championship Day One". PDC. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. ^ "German Darts Championship Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  9. ^ "German Darts Championship Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Mighty Mike's Epic Win In Germany". PDC. Retrieved 15 February 2015.