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2017 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates9–11 June 2017
Venue Edel-optics.de Arena
Location Hamburg
Country  Germany
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Germany Max Hopp
(first round) [1]
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
« Event 5 Event 7»

The 2017 European Darts Matchplay was the sixth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany between 9–11 June 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but lost to Kyle Anderson in the second round. [2]

Michael van Gerwen won his 16th European Tour Title after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided: [3]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Qualification and format

[4] The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Milton Keynes on 19 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 8 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 18 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 30 April).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

[11]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
9 June [12]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
10 June [13]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
11 June [14]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
11 June [15]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
11 June [16]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
11 June [17]
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 107.686
Scotland John Henderson 93.846 Scotland John Henderson 93.532
1 Netherlands van Gerwen 102.766
Germany Mike Holz 79.684
16 England King 92.363
16 England Mervyn King 95.356
England Richard North 88.036 England Richard North 83.732
1 Netherlands van Gerwen 106.106
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 83.041
England Hudson 91.484
8 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 90.195
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.871 England Peter Hudson 90.606
England Hudson 80.646
England Peter Hudson 96.266
9 England Norris 80.593
9 England Alan Norris 81.626
Spain Antonio Alcinas 82.105 Finland Marko Kantele 79.753
1 Netherlands van Gerwen 99.736
Finland Marko Kantele 81.236
13 England Smith 97.993
5 Netherlands Benito van de Pas 97.445
England Adrian Lewis 97.004 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 98.116
Netherlands van der Voort 103.184
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 95.366
12 England Cullen 97.896
12 England Joe Cullen 96.696
England Justin Pipe 98.526 England Justin Pipe 90.592
12 England Cullen 90.202
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 96.814
13 England Smith 91.066
4 Australia Simon Whitlock 92.971
England Andy Hamilton 84.496 England Andy Hamilton 90.136
England Hamilton 88.892
Germany Martin Schindler 83.015
13 England Smith 100.566
13 England Michael Smith 99.846
Germany Max Hopp 83.362 Belgium Mike De Decker 92.671
1 Netherlands van Gerwen 102.056
Belgium Mike De Decker 92.606
3 Austria Suljović 106.263
2 Scotland Peter Wright 101.336
Greece John Michael 83.066 Greece John Michael 91.340
2 Scotland Wright 102.025
Germany Erik Tautfest 80.355
15 Spain Reyes 103.246
15 Spain Cristo Reyes 93.866
England Chris Quantock 86.663 England Nathan Aspinall 96.335
15 Spain Reyes 100.836
England Nathan Aspinall 88.416
England Bunting 89.213
7 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 84.862
England Stephen Bunting 87.236 England Stephen Bunting 95.296
England Bunting 103.056
Belgium Kenny Neyens 83.853
Australia Anderson 94.523
10 England James Wade 71.732
Australia Kyle Anderson 91.756 Australia Kyle Anderson 87.356
15 Spain Reyes 90.053
Netherlands Christian Kist 87.525
3 Austria Suljović 99.256
6 England Dave Chisnall 104.836
England James Wilson 90.026 England James Wilson 93.194
6 England Chisnall 94.026
England Lee Bryant 87.454
11 England White 97.265
11 England Ian White 89.116
England Chris Dobey 82.065 England Peter Jacques 84.633
6 England Chisnall 92.643
England Peter Jacques 83.946
3 Austria Suljović 96.576
3 Austria Mensur Suljović 90.796
England Darren Webster 87.763 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.285
3 Austria Suljović 91.716
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 87.406
14 Northern Ireland Gurney 90.725
14 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 88.556
England Andy Jenkins 91.444 Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 82.311
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 91.976

References

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