2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	27–29 September 2019
Venue	Victoria Stadium
Location	Gibraltar
Country	Gibraltar
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	Dave Chisnall
High checkout	164 Nathan Aspinall (semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Krzysztof Ratajski
«Event 12

The 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy is the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament is taking place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, from 27–29 September 2019. It features a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the previous year's final, but he lost in the third round 6–3 to Nathan Aspinall.

Dave Chisnall hit his first European Tour nine-dart finish in his quarter-final against James Wade, which was the fifth European Tour nine-darter of 2019, equalling the record set in the inaugural year in 2012.

Krzysztof Ratajski won his sixth PDC title, and his first on the European Tour, with an 8–2 win against Chisnall in the final.

Prize money

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)	£6,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£5,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000*
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£140,000

• Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 10 September will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 24 August), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-Tour Card holders. Any Tour Card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (third round)
2. Ian White (quarter-finals)
3. Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
4. Dave Chisnall (runner-up)
5. James Wade (quarter-finals)
6. Daryl Gurney (semi-finals)
7. Krzysztof Ratajski (champion)
8. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
9. Mensur Suljović (third round)
10. Joe Cullen (third round)
11. Glen Durrant (third round)
12. Jonny Clayton (second round)
13. Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
14. Rob Cross (third round)
15. Michael Smith (third round)
16. Nathan Aspinall (semi-finals)

UK Qualifier

• Jamie Hughes (first round)
• Ritchie Edhouse (second round)
• Steve Beaton (second round)
• Chris Dobey (second round)
• Carl Wilkinson (second round)
• Keegan Brown (first round)
• Matt Clark (first round)
• Paul Rowley (second round)
• Tony Newell (first round)
• William O'Connor (first round)
• Justin Pipe (first round)
• Darren Webster (first round)
• Ryan Joyce (second round)
• Scott Taylor (first round)
• Ryan Meikle (first round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• Kirk Shepherd (first round)
• Steve West (first round)

European Qualifier

• Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round)
• Danny Noppert (second round)
• Kim Huybrechts (third round)
• Darius Labanauskas (first round)
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)
• José de Sousa (second round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Michael Rosenauer (second round)
• Wessel Nijman (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• David Francis (second round)
• Antony Lopez (first round)
• Dyson Parody (second round)
• Justin Hewitt (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Cor Dekker (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Kciuk (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 27 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 28 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 29 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 29 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 29 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 29 September
						1	Michael van Gerwen 103.51	6
	Darius Labanauskas 94.45		2				José de Sousa 94.39	3
											1	van Gerwen 101.83	3
	José de Sousa 103.65		6
											16	Aspinall 95.39	6
						16	Nathan Aspinall 108.14	6
	Ryan Joyce 100.77		6				Ryan Joyce 100.79	4
																16	Aspinall 96.21	6
	Matt Clark 95.51		3
																8	Wright 94.98	3
						8	Peter Wright 100.70	6
	Cor Dekker 91.28		5				Dyson Parody 82.22	1
											8	Wright 97.69	6
	Dyson Parody 88.66		6
											9	Suljović 96.02	3
						9	Mensur Suljović 98.32	6
	Wessel Nijman 88.89		6				Wessel Nijman 90.09	1
																					16	Aspinall 98.28	6
	Darren Webster 87.61		5
																					4	Chisnall 97.07	7
						5	James Wade 95.70	6
	Ryan Meikle 94.04		5				Paul Rowley 93.28	2
											5	Wade 102.72	6
	Paul Rowley 92.17		6
												Huybrechts 101.19	3
						12	Jonny Clayton 95.20	3
	Justin Pipe 93.99		3				Kim Huybrechts 93.07	6
																5	Wade 94.56	4
	Kim Huybrechts 96.72		6
																4	Chisnall 106.10	6
						4	Dave Chisnall 103.41	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.35		6				Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.80	5
											4	Chisnall 101.44	6
	Steve West 86.12		3
											13	Wattimena 92.54	4
						13	Jermaine Wattimena 94.72	6
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.09		6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.49	2
																										4	Chisnall 99.96	2
	Scott Taylor 93.26		3
																										7	Ratajski 102.85	8
						2	Ian White 88.90	6
	Antony Lopez 71.82		4				Michael Rosenauer 82.94	1
											2	White 101.35	6
	Michael Rosenauer 76.84		6
											15	Smith 93.82	4
						15	Michael Smith 85.81	6
	Keegan Brown 93.46		5				Danny Noppert 83.00	1
																2	White 92.51	3
	Danny Noppert 93.19		6
																7	Ratajski 91.43	6
						7	Krzysztof Ratajski 90.53	6
	Steve Beaton 89.69		6				Steve Beaton 88.05	3
											7	Ratajski 93.17	6
	Tony Newell 84.26		5
											10	Cullen 85.92	3
						10	Joe Cullen 98.46	6
	Ritchie Edhouse 87.99		6				Ritchie Edhouse 88.51	3
																					7	Ratajski 109.51	7
	Jamie Hughes 84.30		3
																					6	Gurney 99.30	3
						6	Daryl Gurney 97.18	6
	Carl Wilkinson 76.38		6				Carl Wilkinson 89.73	4
											6	Gurney 100.78	6
	Justin Hewitt 76.01		3
											11	Durrant 99.64	1
						11	Glen Durrant 104.09	6
	William O'Connor 85.80		4				Chris Dobey 94.17	4
																6	Gurney 84.73	6
	Chris Dobey 85.19		6
																3	Price 92.46	3
						3	Gerwyn Price 98.02	6
	Robert Thornton 72.32		4				David Francis 76.63	0
											3	Price 102.97	6
	David Francis 72.64		6
											14	Cross 97.62	5
						14	Rob Cross 87.14	6
	Krzysztof Kciuk 84.25		6				Krzysztof Kciuk 78.14	3
	Kirk Shepherd 75.68		3