2018 Dutch Darts Championship

The 2018 Dutch Darts Championship was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands from 7–9 September 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2018 Dutch Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates7–9 September 2018
VenueMECC Maastricht
LocationMaastricht
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 England Ritchie Edhouse
(quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
England Ian White
«Event 10 Event 12»

Ian White won his tenth PDC title and his first on the European Tour, defeating Ricky Evans 8–5 in the final.

Prize money

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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

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.[1][2]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 August will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 3 September), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 6 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 10 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

Mensur Suljović, who would have been the number 3 seed, withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. Steve West, the highest-ranked qualifier, was promoted to 16th seed. Erik Tautfest also withdrew prior to the draw. Two extra places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.[3]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
7 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
8 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
9 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
9 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
9 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
9 September
1  Michael van Gerwen 87.911
  Karel Sedláček 76.172  William O'Connor 95.976
   O'Connor 86.532
  William O'Connor 88.756
  Evans 90.326
16  Steve West 87.755
  Ricky Evans 95.326  Ricky Evans 88.166
  Evans 91.816
  Jan Dekker 94.993
8  Cullen 95.055
8  Joe Cullen 89.096
  Barrie Bates 86.186  Barrie Bates 87.084
8  Cullen 98.606
  Jelle Klaasen 85.323
9  Gurney 97.704
9  Daryl Gurney 100.646
  Ryan Searle 94.406  Ryan Searle 100.595
  Evans 92.037
  Andy Boulton 88.683
  Edhouse 94.995
5  James Wade 92.644
  Dawson Murschell 82.034  Ritchie Edhouse 90.636
  Edhouse 93.716
  Ritchie Edhouse 88.956
  Smith 90.102
12  Max Hopp 94.105
  Ross Smith 96.916  Ross Smith 98.096
  Edhouse 92.656
  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 88.402
  Anderson 87.924
4  Jonny Clayton 85.473
  Kyle Anderson 99.106  Kyle Anderson 95.096
  Anderson 97.566
  Christian Bunse 80.720
  de Graaf 84.351
13  Stephen Bunting 91.243
  Jeffrey de Graaf 91.256  Jeffrey de Graaf 97.026
  Evans 89.235
  Paul Nicholson 92.935
3  White 89.188
2  Peter Wright 92.886
  Kevin Painter 89.216  Kevin Painter 94.182
2  Wright 90.966
  Vincent van der Voort 87.175
15  Chisnall 94.261
15  Dave Chisnall 92.156
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 100.716  Rowby-John Rodriguez 88.233
2  Wright 100.476
  Robert Marijanović 90.383
7  Whitlock 90.104
7  Simon Whitlock 90.296
  James Wilson 94.404  Cristo Reyes 83.361
7  Whitlock 99.466
  Cristo Reyes 96.046
  Johnson 91.134
10  Gerwyn Price 94.595
  Kevin Münch 77.734  Darren Johnson 91.136
2  Wright 100.054
  Darren Johnson 83.116
3  White 98.417
6  Adrian Lewis 97.976
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.882  Wayne Jones 90.381
6  Lewis 89.716
  Wayne Jones 89.796
  Payne 91.375
11  Darren Webster 93.863
  Josh Payne 92.876  Josh Payne 90.456
6  Lewis 90.971
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 85.783
3  White 99.176
3  Ian White 102.266
  Robert Thornton 87.753  Arron Monk 99.814
3  White 99.676
  Arron Monk 92.126
14  King 90.102
14  Mervyn King 86.186
  Toni Alcinas 88.393  Darius Labanauskas 83.622
  Darius Labanauskas 93.156

References

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  1. ^ "European Tour 2018 Info". PDPA. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "European Tour Rule Changes Announced". PDC. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "2018 Dutch Darts Championship Schedule". PDC. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave. "ET11 & ET12 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. ^ "ET Qualifying Double for Ratajski".