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2017 European Darts Matchplay

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2017 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates9–11 June 2017
VenueEdel-optics.de Arena
LocationHamburg
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Germany Max Hopp
(first round)[1]
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2017 European Darts Matchplay was the sixth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany between 9–11 June 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but lost to Kyle Anderson in the second round.[2]

Michael van Gerwen won his 16th European Tour Title after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:[3]

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

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[4] The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May 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 Milton Keynes on 19 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 8 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 18 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 30 April).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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[11]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
9 June[12]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
10 June[13]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
11 June[14]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
11 June[15]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
11 June[16]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
11 June[17]
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 107.686
Scotland John Henderson 93.846Scotland John Henderson 93.532
1Netherlands van Gerwen 102.766
Germany Mike Holz 79.684
16England King 92.363
16England Mervyn King 95.356
England Richard North 88.036England Richard North 83.732
1Netherlands van Gerwen 106.106
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 83.041
England Hudson 91.484
8Belgium Kim Huybrechts 90.195
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.871England Peter Hudson 90.606
England Hudson 80.646
England Peter Hudson 96.266
9England Norris 80.593
9England Alan Norris 81.626
Spain Antonio Alcinas 82.105Finland Marko Kantele 79.753
1Netherlands van Gerwen 99.736
Finland Marko Kantele 81.236
13England Smith 97.993
5Netherlands Benito van de Pas 97.445
England Adrian Lewis 97.004Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 98.116
Netherlands van der Voort 103.184
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 95.366
12England Cullen 97.896
12England Joe Cullen 96.696
England Justin Pipe 98.526England Justin Pipe 90.592
12England Cullen 90.202
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 96.814
13England Smith 91.066
4Australia Simon Whitlock 92.971
England Andy Hamilton 84.496England Andy Hamilton 90.136
England Hamilton 88.892
Germany Martin Schindler 83.015
13England Smith 100.566
13England Michael Smith 99.846
Germany Max Hopp 83.362Belgium Mike De Decker 92.671
1Netherlands van Gerwen 102.056
Belgium Mike De Decker 92.606
3Austria Suljović 106.263
2Scotland Peter Wright 101.336
Greece John Michael 83.066Greece John Michael 91.340
2Scotland Wright 102.025
Germany Erik Tautfest 80.355
15Spain Reyes 103.246
15Spain Cristo Reyes 93.866
England Chris Quantock 86.663England Nathan Aspinall 96.335
15Spain Reyes 100.836
England Nathan Aspinall 88.416
England Bunting 89.213
7Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 84.862
England Stephen Bunting 87.236England Stephen Bunting 95.296
England Bunting 103.056
Belgium Kenny Neyens 83.853
Australia Anderson 94.523
10England James Wade 71.732
Australia Kyle Anderson 91.756Australia Kyle Anderson 87.356
15Spain Reyes 90.053
Netherlands Christian Kist 87.525
3Austria Suljović 99.256
6England Dave Chisnall 104.836
England James Wilson 90.026England James Wilson 93.194
6England Chisnall 94.026
England Lee Bryant 87.454
11England White 97.265
11England Ian White 89.116
England Chris Dobey 82.065England Peter Jacques 84.633
6England Chisnall 92.643
England Peter Jacques 83.946
3Austria Suljović 96.576
3Austria Mensur Suljović 90.796
England Darren Webster 87.763Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.285
3Austria Suljović 91.716
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 87.406
14Northern Ireland Gurney 90.725
14Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 88.556
England Andy Jenkins 91.444Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 82.311
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 91.976

References

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  1. ^ "2017 PDC European Matchplay Results".
  2. ^ "European Tour | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "2017 PDC European Matchplay Player Prize Money".
  4. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Draw". PDC. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ "2017 PDC European Matchplay Seedings".
  6. ^ "European Tour 6-7 Entries".
  7. ^ "European Tour 6-7 UK Qualifier".
  8. ^ "Qualifying Double for Dutch Trio".
  9. ^ "ET6 Qualification". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Further Qualifying Treble for Ratajski".
  11. ^ "2017 PDC European Matchplay Results".
  12. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Day One". PDC. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  13. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  14. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Finals Day".
  15. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Finals Day".
  16. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Finals Day".
  17. ^ "HappyBet European Darts Matchplay Finals Day".