PDC on ITV: PDC European Championship

This year’s PDC European Championship will be held in the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium. Michael van Gerwen will be looking to defend the title live on ITV4 from 30 October.

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32 players will contest this, the eighth staging of the event – the first ever televised and major dart tournament in Belgium.

This years format will follow that of 2014, with the first round being a blink-and-you-miss-it best of 11 legs (first to six), making it likely that this round will contain some upsets. The Second Round and Quarter-Finals will be best of 19 (first to 10), while the Semi-Finals and Final on Sunday evening will be best of 21 legs (first to 11).

Prize Fund

The total prize fund for the event, sponsored by Unibet, is £300,000 and will be split as follows:

• Winner £65,000
• Runner-Up £35,000
• Semi-Finalists £17,000
• Quarter-Finalists £11,500
• Second Round Losers £7,000
• First Round Losers £4,000

History

Phil Taylor dominated this tournament for the first four years, winning all four from 2008 – 2011, beating Adrian Lewis twice (2008 & 2011), Wayne Jones (2009) and the recently resurgent Steve Beaton in 2010.

It wasn’t until the Quarter-Final of 2012 that his 22 match unbeaten run came to an end, when he lost 6-10 to Brendan Dolan in Mulheim. The Australian, Simon Whitlock won that year, beating Wes Newton in the final, 11-5.

The following year (2013), Whitlock made the final again, but this time lost out 6-11 to Adrian Lewis. Last year it was a dominant van Gerwen who took out Justin Pipe, Dolan, Dave Chisnall and Raymond van Barneveld before beating Terry Jenkins 7-4 in the final.

Coverage on ITV

The tournament this year is being covered by ITV4 in the UK, with coverage starting Friday lunchtime and concluding with the semi-finals and final on Sunday evening as follows…

Friday 30 October:
12:45 – 17:00 and 19:00 – 23:00
Saturday 31 October:
12:45 – 17:00 and 19:00 – 23:00
Sunday 01 November:
12:45 – 17:00 and 19:00 – 23:00

Tournament Fixtures

Round One

Average	Player One	Result	Player Two	Average
100.69	Cristo Reyes	6-2	Max Hopp	86.70
85.47	Christian Kist	4-6	Rowby John-Rodriguez	84.15
95.85	Simon Whitlock	6-2	Magnus Caris	86.27
91.87	Justin Pipe	6-2	Dirk van Duijvenbode	85.44
98.44	Michael Smith	6-4	Gerwyn Price	97.95
97.72	Ian White	5-6	Stephen Bunting	93.78
95.66	Robert Thornton	4-6	John Henderson	96.84
95.44	Peter Wright	6-4	Alan Norris	90.70
94.37	Adrian Lewis	6-5	Benito van de Pas	94.58
99.31	Mensur Suljovic	5-6	Dave Chisnall	100.66
88.66	James Wade	6-3	Terry Jenkins	90.00
96.42	Gary Anderson	6-3	Brendan Dolan	94.00
97.65	Jelle Klaasen	6-4	Raymond van Barneveld	98.35
100.24	Phil Taylor	6-1	Vincent van der Voort	97.49
100.37	Michael van Gerwen	6-3	Jeffrey de Zwaan	88.81
100.86	Kim Huybrechts	6-3	Mervyn King	95.81

Round Two

Average	Player One	Result	Player Two	Average
84.38	John Henderson	10-2	Rowby John-Rodriguez	73.43
102.27	Stephen Bunting	6-10	Dave Chisnall	103.86
101.07	Adrian Lewis	10-7	Justin Pipe	88.15
96.28	Gary Anderson	10-8	Simon Whitlock	93.47
102.93	Peter Wright	10-8	Kim Huybrechts	96.65
105.25	Phil Taylor	10-5	Michael Smith	98.53
106.81	Michael van Gerwen	10-3	Cristo Reyes	91.65
95.76	James Wade	5-10	Jelle Klaasen	99.76

Quarter-Final

Average	Player One	Result	Player Two	Average
106.55	Michael van Gerwen	10-4	Dave Chisnall	97.52
88.77	John Henderson	4-10	Peter Wright	102.19
103.24	Gary Anderson	10-6	Jelle Klaasen	94.59
98.97	Adrian Lewis	10-9	Phil Taylor	106.12

Semi-Final

Average	Player One	Result	Player Two	Average
104.76	Michael van Gerwen	11-7	Peter Wright	104.74
106.26	Gary Anderson	11-5	Adrian Lewis	97.01

Final

Average	Player One	Result	Player Two	Average
107.28	Michael van Gerwen	11-10	Gary Anderson	102.42

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