2015 European Darts Grand Prix
2015 European Darts Grand Prix | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 16–18 October 2015 | ||
Venue | Glaspalast | ||
Standort | Sindelfingen | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £115,000 | ||
Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
High checkout | 161 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2015 European Darts Grand Prix was the ninth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany between 16–18 October 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Mervyn King was the defending champion, but he lost in the third round to Mensur Suljović. Kim Huybrechts defeated Peter Wright 6–5 in the final, coming back from 5–2 down in the process to win his second European title.[1]
Prize money
[edit]The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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Winner | (1) | £25,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £5,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £3,500 |
Third round losers | (8) | £2,000 |
Second round losers | (16) | £1,500 |
First round losers | (16) | £1,000 |
Total | £115,000 |
Qualification and format
[edit]The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 17 September automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 25 September),[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started).[5] The following players are taking part in the tournament:
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Draw
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kim Huybrechts beats Peter Wright in Singelfinden thriller". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "ET9 UK Qualifier Updates". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Barney & Suljovic Seal ET9 Spots". PDC. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Gutsy Huybrechts' Sindelfingen Glory". PDC. Retrieved 18 October 2015.