2017 European Darts Grand Prix

The 2017 European Darts Grand Prix was the fourth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany, between 5–7 May 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2017 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates5–7 May 2017
VenueGlaspalast
LocationSindelfingen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
(quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
Scotland Peter Wright
«Event 3 Event 5»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but Wright sought revenge by defeating Van Gerwen 6–0 in the final.[1][2]

Prize money edit

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Qualification and format edit

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 27 April automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 28 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 4 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 29 April).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw edit

First round
(best of 11 legs)
5 May
[5]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
6 May
[6]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
7 May
[7]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
7 May
[7]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
7 May
[7]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
7 May
[7]
1  Michael van Gerwen 97.056
  Keegan Brown 86.796  Keegan Brown 90.882
1  van Gerwen 97.126
  Jeffrey de Graaf 85.864
  Ceder 91.902
16  Cristo Reyes 83.703
  Steve Beaton 86.602  Ulf Ceder 82.356
1  van Gerwen 104.056
  Ulf Ceder 94.286
8  van de Pas 89.161
8  Benito van de Pas 89.876
  Joe Murnan 85.616  Joe Murnan 92.165
8  van de Pas 94.636
  Gabriel Clemens 79.753
9  Price 90.842
9  Gerwyn Price 96.676
  Mervyn King 96.764  Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.393
1  van Gerwen 105.856
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.866
5  Chisnall 97.155
5  Dave Chisnall 112.256
  Matt Clark 88.446  Matt Clark 95.653
5  Chisnall 99.026
  René Berndt 82.164
  Lewis 94.413
12  Ian White 92.634
  Adrian Lewis 96.306  Adrian Lewis 96.746
5  Chisnall 95.806
  Stephen Bunting 84.152
  Cross 91.703
4  Simon Whitlock 94.713
  Rob Cross 96.316  Rob Cross 95.936
  Cross 103.326
  Luke Woodhouse 93.023
  West 100.621
13  Michael Smith 101.885
  Steve West 90.826  Steve West 93.706
1  van Gerwen 99.560
  Chris Dobey 89.072
2  Wright 104.866
2  Peter Wright 100.656
  James Richardson 94.516  James Richardson 97.962
2  Wright 100.386
  Paul Rowley 84.122
15  Gurney 99.464
15  Daryl Gurney 99.576
  John Henderson 89.246  John Henderson 89.414
2  Wright 94.726
  Ron Meulenkamp 90.705
  Dekker 88.122
7  Kim Huybrechts 92.126
  Max Hopp 95.496  Max Hopp 85.633
7  Huybrechts 93.444
  Zoran Lerchbacher 85.764
  Dekker 95.756
10  Alan Norris 92.135
  James Wilson 89.603  Jan Dekker 91.366
2  Wright 99.426
  Jan Dekker 108.126
11  Klaasen 90.263
6  James Wade 89.335
  Mark Webster 81.566  Mark Webster 89.136
  Webster 92.941
  Bernd Roith 83.574
11  Klaasen 97.746
11  Jelle Klaasen 81.576
  Jermaine Wattimena 87.445  Dirk van Duijvenbode 73.682
11  Klaasen 94.916
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.886
14  Cullen 91.535
3  Mensur Suljović 98.476
  Steve Lennon 90.784  Krzysztof Ratajski 91.034
3  Suljović 101.445
  Krzysztof Ratajski 99.526
14  Cullen 101.216
14  Joe Cullen 95.286
  Christian Kist 89.922  Jonny Clayton 92.441
  Jonny Clayton 96.816

References edit

  1. ^ "Peter Wright beats Michael van Gerwen to win European Darts Grand Prix". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Michael van Gerwen adds European Darts Grand Prix to his trophy haul". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ "ET4 Qualification". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Further Qualifying Treble for Ratajski".
  5. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "European Tour Treble For Wright". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.