2017 European Darts Grand Prix

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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»

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.

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