2019 German Darts Championship

2019 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	29–31 March 2019
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	James Wade
High checkout	167 Ricky Evans 167 Daryl Gurney
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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The 2019 German Darts Championship was the second of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, from 29–31 March 2019. It featured 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 James Wilson 8–6 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–4 in the second round by Keegan Brown.

Michael van Gerwen won his 25th European Tour title, by defeating Joe Cullen 8–2 in the final.

James Wade hit the second nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour season in his third round defeat to Darren Webster.

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 12 February 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 22 February), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 28 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 5 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 January).

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 only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced.

Michael Smith, who was set to be the 8th seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw. All seeds below him moved up a place, with James Wilson becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the host nation qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (second round)
2. Ian White (third round)
3. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
4. James Wade (third round)
5. Mensur Suljović (second round)
6. Adrian Lewis (semi-finals)
7. Rob Cross (third round)
8. Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
9. Jonny Clayton (third round)
10. Daryl Gurney (champion)
11. Joe Cullen (third round)
12. Dave Chisnall (second round)
13. Darren Webster (quarter-finals)
14. Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
15. Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
16. James Wilson (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Mervyn King (third round)
• Martin Atkins (Leeds) (first round)
• Ricky Evans (runner-up)
• Steve Beaton (first round)
• Dave Prins (first round)
• Luke Humphries (second round)
• Andrew Gilding (second round)
• Jamie Hughes (second round)
• Josh Payne (first round)
• Mickey Mansell (first round)
• Mark Dudbridge (second round)
• Scott Taylor (first round)
• Simon Stevenson (second round)
• Nathan Aspinall (second round)
• Andy Boulton (second round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• Keegan Brown (semi-finals)

European Qualifier

• Tytus Kanik (first round)
• Mario Robbe (second round)
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)
• Ron Meulenkamp (second round)
• Gabriel Clemens (first round)
• Madars Razma (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Diogo Portela (first round)
• Mike De Decker (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Kevin Knopf (second round)
• Mike Holz (first round)
• Maik Langendorf (first round)
• Steffen Siepmann (second round)
• Jyhan Artut (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Kim Viljanen (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Boris Koltsov (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 29 March					Second round (best of 11 legs) 30 March					Third round (best of 11 legs) 31 March					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 31 March					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 31 March					Final (best of 15 legs) 31 March
						1	Michael van Gerwen 108.10	4
	Keegan Brown 91.29		6				Keegan Brown 104.12	6
												Brown 99.10	6
	Madars Razma 88.27		5
											16	Wilson 85.67	0
						16	James Wilson 87.69	6
	Maik Langendorf 78.41		3				Mario Robbe 85.47	5
																	Brown 94.88	6
	Mario Robbe 84.36		6
																8	Price 93.70	5
						8	Gerwyn Price 95.55	6
	Mark Dudbridge 89.15		6				Mark Dudbridge 88.07	2
											8	Price 102.56	6
	Gabriel Clemens 85.05		4
											9	Clayton 97.65	1
						9	Jonny Clayton 97.24	6
	Dave Prins 88.33		2				Simon Stevenson 90.10	2
																					Brown 91.63		3
	Simon Stevenson 96.29		6
																					Evans 98.63		7
						5	Mensur Suljović 91.99	4
	Ricky Evans 88.65		6				Ricky Evans 96.43	6
											Evans 101.68		6
	Robert Thornton 93.10		4
											King 97.52		4
						12	Dave Chisnall 94.04	3
	Diogo Portela 82.96		4				Mervyn King 95.51	6
																	Evans 100.41	6
	Mervyn King 88.12		6
																13	Webster 94.20	5
						4	James Wade 91.76	6
	Jyhan Artut 75.10		0				Boris Koltsov 89.36	1
											4	Wade 105.64	5
	Boris Koltsov 96.97		6
											13	Webster 101.68	6
						13	Darren Webster 91.42	6
	Martin Atkins 90.95		2				Luke Humphries 95.24	5
																											Evans 97.19	6
	Luke Humphries 100.71		6
																										10	Gurney 98.32	8
						2	Ian White 104.79	6
	Tytus Kanik 93.18		4				Jamie Hughes 107.21	5
											2	White 96.48	4
	Jamie Hughes 99.08		6
											15	Bunting 92.90	6
						15	Stephen Bunting 95.56	6
	Steve Beaton 89.88		4				Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.38	5
																15	Bunting 91.33	5
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.40		6
																10	Gurney 89.87	6
						7	Rob Cross 99.96	6
	Ron Meulenkamp 85.43		6				Ron Meulenkamp 97.66	4
											7	Cross 92.90	2
	Kim Viljanen 90.19		4
											10	Gurney 94.97	6
						10	Daryl Gurney 98.46	6
	Josh Payne 88.08		4				Andy Boulton 97.28	1
																					10	Gurney 100.31	7
	Andy Boulton 98.14		6
																					6	Lewis 100.34	5
						6	Adrian Lewis 87.39	6
	Kevin Knopf 72.75		6				Kevin Knopf 78.36	3
											6	Lewis 109.97	6
	Scott Taylor 76.11		4
											11	Cullen 89.75	2
						11	Joe Cullen 101.49	6
	Mike Holz 93.03		1				Nathan Aspinall 101.25	4
																6	Lewis 99.00	6
	Nathan Aspinall 104.54		6
																3	Wright 98.59	2
						3	Peter Wright 96.46	6
	Mike De Decker 92.55		3				Andrew Gilding 87.65	3
											3	Wright 96.44	6
	Andrew Gilding 98.02		6
											14	Wattimena 100.33	3
						14	Jermaine Wattimena 90.71	6
	Steffen Siepmann 90.07		6				Steffen Siepmann 79.35	1
	Mickey Mansell 81.92		2