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The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, ten in 2016, twelve in 2017, thirteen in both 2018 and 2019, and thirteen once more in 2020 (although that was reduced to four, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic), and only two events took place in 2021, although it is hoped that a return to thirteen events will happen in 2022.

These events see the top players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit compete against players from six different regional qualifiers. Currently the prize fund for each tournament is £140,000, with £25,000 going to the winner. These events differ from others held on the Pro Tour as they are played on one board in front of an audience. They are not televised, but are streamed on the PDC's subscription service.

Since 2016, the end of the European Tour marks the end of qualification for the European Championship, with the top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit comprising the field for the televised premier event.

Prize money
Prize money for European Tour events rose to £140,000 in 2019 and sustained for 2020. The prize fund has been divided as follows:

Tournaments
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! style=width:170px | Date ! style=width:250px | Venue ! style=width:200px | Winner ! Legs ! style=width:200px | Runner-Up !Ref. ! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |

Austrian Darts Open
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2012
 * 27–29 April
 * rowspan=2| 🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt, Arena Nova
 * align=right| Justin Pipe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2013
 * align=left| 31 May–2 June
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2014
 * align=left| 20–22 June
 * 🇦🇹 Salzburg, Salzburgarena
 * align=right| Vincent van der Voort
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Caven
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 10–12 June
 * rowspan=2| 🇦🇹 Vienna, Multiversum Schwechat
 * align=right| Phil Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 23–25 June
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 20–22 April
 * rowspan=2| 🇦🇹 Premstätten, Steiermarkhalle
 * align=right| Jonny Clayton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gerwyn Price
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 3–5 May
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–7
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 3–5 May
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–7
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

German Darts Championship
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2012
 * 22–24 June
 * 🇩🇪 Berlin, Tempodrom
 * align=right| Phil Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2013
 * align=left| 6–8 September
 * rowspan=8| 🇩🇪 Hildesheim, Halle 39
 * align=right| Dave Chisnall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–2
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2014
 * align=left| 31 January–2 February
 * align=right| Gary Anderson
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Pipe
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 13–15 February
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–2
 * Gary Anderson
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 14–16 October
 * align=right| Alan Norris 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–5
 * Jelle Klaasen
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 24–26 March
 * align=right| Peter Wright
 * align=center| 6–3
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 31 August–2 September
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–6
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wilson
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 29–31 March
 * align=right| Daryl Gurney
 * align=center| 8–6
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Evans
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 25–27 September
 * align=right| Devon Petersen
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonny Clayton
 * align="center"|
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Evans
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 25–27 September
 * align=right| Devon Petersen
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonny Clayton
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

European Darts Open
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2012
 * align=left| 6–8 July
 * rowspan=5| 🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Maritim Hotel
 * align="right"| Raymond van Barneveld
 * align=center| 6–4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2013
 * align=left| 17–19 May
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–2
 * 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2014
 * align=left| 11–13 July
 * align=right| Peter Wright
 * align=center| 6–2
 * 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 10–12 July
 * align=right| Robert Thornton
 * align=center| 6–2
 * 🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 29–31 July
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–5
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 30 June–2 July
 * rowspan=3| 🇩🇪 Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena
 * align=right| Peter Wright
 * align=center| 6–2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 23–25 March
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–7
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 22–24 March
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–6
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Cross
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 22–24 March
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–6
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Cross
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

Dutch Darts Masters
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2012
 * 26–28 October
 * Nuland, Van Der Valk Hotel
 * align=right| Simon Whitlock 🇦🇺
 * align=center| 6–1
 * 🇦🇺 Paul Nicholson
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2013
 * align=left| 25–27 October
 * rowspan=2| Veldhoven, NH Hotel Koningshof
 * align=right| Kim Huybrechts 🇧🇪
 * align=center| 6–3
 * Brendan Dolan
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2014
 * align=left| 14–16 February
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 5–7 June
 * rowspan=2| Venray, Evenementenhal
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–0
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Pipe
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 12–14 February
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–2
 * Daryl Gurney
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 1–3 September
 * Maastricht, MECC Maastricht
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–1
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 11–13 May
 * rowspan=2| Zwolle, IJsselhallen
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–5
 * 🇮🇪 Steve Lennon
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 24–26 May
 * align=right| Ian White 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–7
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 24–26 May
 * align=right| Ian White 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–7
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

Gibraltar Darts Trophy
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2013
 * align=left| 28–30 June
 * rowspan=7| 🇬🇮 Gibraltar, Victoria Stadium
 * align=right| Phil Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–1
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Lewis
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2014
 * align=left| 27–29 June
 * align=right| James Wade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 20–22 March
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Jenkins
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 6–8 May
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 12–14 May
 * align=right| Michael Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–4
 * 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 8–10 June
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 27–29 September
 * align=right| Krzysztof Ratajski 🇵🇱
 * align=center| 8–2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2021
 * align=left| 24–26 September
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar, Europa Sports Park
 * align=right| Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–0
 * 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2021
 * align=left| 24–26 September
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar, Europa Sports Park
 * align=right| Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–0
 * 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

European Darts Grand Prix
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2014
 * align=left| 5–7 September
 * rowspan=7| 🇩🇪 Sindelfingen, Glaspalast
 * align=right| Mervyn King 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 16–18 October
 * align=right| Kim Huybrechts 🇧🇪
 * align=center| 6–5
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 16–18 September
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–2
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 5–7 May
 * align=right| Peter Wright
 * align=center| 6–0
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 4–6 May
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 10–12 May
 * align=right| Ian White 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–7
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 16–18 October
 * align=right| José de Sousa
 * align=center| 8–4
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 16–18 October
 * align=right| José de Sousa
 * align=center| 8–4
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

International Darts Open
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 19–21 June
 * rowspan=6| 🇩🇪 Riesa, SACHSENarena
 * align=right| Michael Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–3
 * Benito van de Pas
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 2–4 September
 * align=right| Mensur Suljović 🇦🇹
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 22–24 September
 * align=right| Peter Wright
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 14–16 September
 * align=right| Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 13–15 September
 * align=right| Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–6
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Cross
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 23–25 October
 * align=right| Joe Cullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–5
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 23–25 October
 * align=right| Joe Cullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–5
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|

European Darts Matchplay
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2015
 * align=left| 18–20 September
 * 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, Olympiahalle
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2016
 * align=left| 13–15 May
 * rowspan=3| 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Inselparkhalle
 * align=right| James Wade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 6–5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 9–11 June
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–3
 * 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 29 June–1 July
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–2
 * 🇮🇪 William O'Connor
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 6–8 September
 * 🇩🇪 Mannheim, Maimarkthalle
 * align=right| Joe Cullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–5
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|
 * 🇩🇪 Mannheim, Maimarkthalle
 * align=right| Joe Cullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–5
 * Michael van Gerwen
 * align="center"|

German Darts Open
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 21–23 April
 * rowspan=3| 🇩🇪 Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle
 * align=right| Peter Wright
 * align=center| 6–5
 * Benito van de Pas
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 13–15 April
 * align=right| Max Hopp 🇩🇪
 * align=center| 8–7
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 26–28 April
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White
 * align="center"|

German Darts Grand Prix
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2017
 * align=left| 8–10 September
 * 🇩🇪 Mannheim, Maimarkthalle
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 6–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Cross
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2018
 * align=left| 31 March–2 April
 * rowspan=2| 🇩🇪 Munich, Zenith
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–5
 * Peter Wright
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 20–22 April
 * align=right| Michael van Gerwen
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock
 * align="center"|
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock
 * align="center"|

Czech Darts Open
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2019
 * align=left| 28–30 June
 * 🇨🇿 Prague, PVA Expo Praha
 * align=right| Jamie Hughes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Bunting
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

Belgian Darts Championship
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * align=center| 2020
 * align=left| 28 February–1 March
 * 🇧🇪 Hasselt, Expo Hasselt
 * align=right| Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–3
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith
 * align="center"|
 * align="center"|

Hungarian Darts Trophy

 * align=center| 2021
 * align=left| 3–5 September
 * 🇭🇺 Budapest, Budapest Sports Arena
 * align=right| Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * align=center| 8–2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith
 * align="center"|
 * }
 * }

Nine-dart finishes
Twelve nine-darters have been thrown on the European Tour. The first one was thrown by Michael Smith in the inaugural tournament in Austria in 2012.

After a gap of just over 5 years between nine-darters, the so-called "Curse of Ross Smith" hung over the European Tour, named after Smith, who got his in the 2013 Gibraltar Darts Trophy. Since Michael van Gerwen broke the curse at the 2018 European Darts Matchplay, there have been five more nine-dart finishes.