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2015 European Darts Matchplay

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2015 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates18–20 September 2015
VenueOlympiahalle
LocationInnsbruck
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£115,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Croatia Robert Marijanović
170 England Justin Pipe
170 England Ian White
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 7 Event 9»

The 2015 European Darts Matchplay was the eighth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria between 18–20 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen won the tournament, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–4 in the final.[1]

Prize money

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The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
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

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The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),[4] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September at the same time as the European Darts Trophy)[5] and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started), although following the withdrawals of Gary Anderson and Kyle Anderson, the host nation were given an extra two qualifying spots, bringing the total up to six.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
18 September
[7]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
19 September
[8]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
20 September
[9]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
20 September
[10]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
20 September
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Final
(best of 11 legs)
20 September
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1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 97.536
England Wes Newton 88.595Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 91.423
1Netherlands van Gerwen 100.216
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 83.726
Netherlands van Barneveld 94.131
16England Stephen Bunting 101.782
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 97.586Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 105.646
1Netherlands van Gerwen 114.006
Germany Max Hopp 88.453
Austria Ro-Jo Rodriguez 102.893
8England Mervyn King 91.746
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 84.296Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 86.424
8England King 95.824
England Adam Hunt 84.183
Austria Ro-Jo Rodriguez 87.436
9Australia Simon Whitlock 87.453
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 92.876Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.096
1Netherlands van Gerwen 109.096
Germany Stefan Stoyke 86.803
12Scotland Thornton 80.761
5Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 82.296
England Joe Murnan 89.365England Mark Walsh 80.865
5Northern Ireland Dolan 99.044
England Mark Walsh 88.766
12Scotland Thornton 93.316
12Scotland Robert Thornton 86.666
Austria Maik Langendorf 83.676Austria Maik Langendorf 78.523
12Scotland Thornton 93.436
Austria Aaron Hardy 78.895
13Netherlands van der Voort 96.593
4England Ian White 94.666
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.656Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.484
4England White 91.665
England Paul Milford 76.832
13Netherlands van der Voort 92.566
13Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 94.386
England Andy Hamilton 103.666England Andy Hamilton 81.253
1Netherlands van Gerwen 99.586
England Dean Winstanley 102.593
6England Chisnall 95.894
2England Michael Smith 97.615
England Alan Norris 82.306England Alan Norris 95.526
England Norris 91.455
Austria Armin Glanzer 75.982
England Pallett 89.406
15Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 97.803
England Jamie Caven 93.052England David Pallett 104.836
England Pallett 98.106
England David Pallett 100.736
10Belgium K. Huybrechts 91.615
7England Justin Pipe 93.316
England Tony Newell 89.146England Tony Newell 90.985
7England Pipe 98.144
England Terry Temple 82.163
10Belgium K. Huybrechts 99.116
10Belgium Kim Huybrechts 101.626
Austria Mensur Suljović 90.442England Darren Webster 95.892
England Pallett 91.863
England Darren Webster 95.926
6England Chisnall 98.936
6England Dave Chisnall 99.346
Wales Gerwyn Price 85.014Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 92.303
6England Chisnall 107.646
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 93.046
11England Jenkins 101.465
11England Terry Jenkins 95.326
England Kevin Painter 88.836England Kevin Painter 97.785
6England Chisnall 105.036
Austria Roxy-James Rodriguez 84.593
3Scotland Wright 98.103
3Scotland Peter Wright 84.866
England Darren Johnson 82.086England Darren Johnson 72.042
3Scotland Wright 99.386
Austria Zoran Lerchbacher 68.301
14Netherlands van de Pas 86.323
14Netherlands Benito van de Pas 94.826
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 79.225Croatia Robert Marijanović 91.034
Croatia Robert Marijanović 80.166

References

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  1. ^ "Michael van Gerwen defeats Dave Chisnall in European Darts Matchplay final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "European Tour Events 7&8 Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ^ "European Tour Event 7-8 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. ^ "ET8 European Qualifier Reminder". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 PDC European Matchplay Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ^ "European Darts Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. ^ "European Darts Matchplay Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ^ "European Darts Matchplay Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Mighty Mike's Innsbruck Triumph". PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2015.