2015 European Darts Trophy

2015 European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	11–13 September
Venue	RWE-Sporthalle
Location	Mülheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winners share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Max Hopp (2x) 161 Kim Huybrechts
Champion(s)
Michael Smith
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2015 European Darts Trophy was the seventh of nine European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Mülheim between 11–13 September. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith won the title by defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final.^[1]

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.^[2][3]

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

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event.^[4] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),^[5] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September) at the same time as the European Darts Matchplay^[6] and four from the Home Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started). The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (Runner-up) Michael Smith (Winner) James Wade (Quarter-finals) Adrian Lewis (Third round) Peter Wright (Semi-finals) Ian White (Semi-finals) Brendan Dolan (Second round) Dave Chisnall (Quarter-finals) Justin Pipe (Third round) Mervyn King (Quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (Second round) Kim Huybrechts (Third round) Terry Jenkins (Quarter-finals) Robert Thornton (Third round) Vincent van der Voort (Second round) Benito van de Pas (Second round)

UK Qualifier Chris Dobey (First round) Stephen Bunting (Second round) Gerwyn Price (First round) Steve West (Second round) James Hubbard (First round) Adam Hunt (Second round) Jamie Bain (First round) Mark Barilli (First round) Connie Finnan (First round) James Wilson (Second round) Jason Lovett (Third round) Mark Frost (First round) Andy Jenkins (Second round) Kevin Painter (Third round) Alan Norris (First round) Daryl Gurney (Second round) Mark Dudbridge (First round) David Pallett (First round) Wes Newton (Second round) Darren Johnson (Second round)

European Qualifier Krzysztof Ratajski (First round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (Third round) Dirk van Duijvenbode (First round) Cristo Reyes (Third round) Mensur Suljović (Second round) Raymond van Barneveld (First round) Jan Dekker (Second round) Christian Kist (Second round) Host Nation Qualifier Jyhan Artut (First round) Max Hopp (Second round) Christian Soethe (First round) Martin Schindler (First round)

Draw

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	First round [8]					Second round [9]					Third round [10]					Quarter-finals [11]					Semi-finals [11]					Final [11]
		Adam Hunt 92.55	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 107.69	6
		Krzysztof Ratajski 90.44	5				Adam Hunt 89.80	1
											1	van Gerwen 92.97	6
												Lovett 86.35	0
		Jyhan Artut 92.04	5	16	Benito van de Pas 86.84	4
		Jason Lovett 89.45	6				Jason Lovett 89.44	6
																1	van Gerwen 92.97	6
															8	Chisnall 87.52	0
		Jamie Bain 92.43	3			8	Dave Chisnall 99.23	6
		Jan Dekker 90.09	6				Jan Dekker 93.37	2
											8	Chisnall 101.48	6
											9	Pipe 95.37	2
		Mensur Suljović 95.94	6	9	Justin Pipe 85.27	6
		Christian Soethe 87.07	0				Mensur Suljović 84.75	5
																					1	van Gerwen 106.16	6
																					5	Wright 94.77	2
		Gerwyn Price 84.94	1			5	Peter Wright 90.04	6
		Andy Jenkins 86.87	6				Andy Jenkins 90.43	4
											5	Wright 99.90	6
											12	Huybrechts 103.32	5
		Raymond van Barneveld 92.54	4	12	Kim Huybrechts 107.36	6
		Max Hopp 96.28	6				Max Hopp 86.54	0
																5	Wright 93.07	6
															13	T. Jenkins 90.23	5
		James Wilson 94.64	6			4	Adrian Lewis 98.84	6
		Martin Schindler 82.49	4				James Wilson 82.82	3
											4	Lewis 99.56	5
											13	T. Jenkins 91.62	6
		David Pallett 90.76	4	13	Terry Jenkins 108.58	6
		Steve West 90.00	6				Steve West 103.15	5
																										1	van Gerwen 101.12	2
																										2	Smith 98.50	6
		Wes Newton 89.87	6			2	Michael Smith 97.11	6
		Chris Dobey 92.53	3				Wes Newton 90.65	3
											2	Smith 91.06	6
												Painter 88.57	4
		Kevin Painter 93.70	6	15	Vincent van der Voort 87.40	4
		Alan Norris 88.43	3				Kevin Painter 92.16	6
																2	Smith 100.49	6
															10	King 91.09	2
		Cristo Reyes 90.18	6			7	Brendan Dolan 89.18	4
		Connie Finnan 89.76	2				Cristo Reyes 93.18	6
												Reyes 89.60	5
											10	King 96.04	6
		Daryl Gurney 92.81	6	10	Mervyn King 101.50	6
		Mark Frost 87.78	2				Daryl Gurney 93.29	4
																					2	Smith 98.17	6
																					6	White 89.62	3
		Stephen Bunting 93.11	6			6	Ian White 98.88	6
		Mark Barilli 83.61	4				Stephen Bunting 98.10	3
											6	White 93.78	6
												Rodriguez 94.01	3
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.92	6	11	Simon Whitlock 90.66	1
		James Hubbard 73.17	1				Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.33	6
																6	White 92.82	6
															3	Wade 90.87	4
		Mark Dudbridge 92.64	5			3	James Wade 90.44	6
		Darren Johnson 94.88	6				Darren Johnson 82.27	1
											3	Wade 99.61	6
											14	Thornton 92.20	4
		Christian Kist 92.77	6	14	Robert Thornton 90.95	6
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 86.86	5				Christian Kist 84.08	4

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