2015 European Darts Trophy

2015 European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	11–13 September 2015
Venue	RWE-Sporthalle
Location	Mülheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Max Hopp (2x) 161 Kim Huybrechts
Champion(s)
Michael Smith
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2015 European Darts Trophy was the seventh of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany between 11–13 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith won the title by defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final.

Prize money

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

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

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. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July), eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September) at the same time as the European Darts Matchplay and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
2. Michael Smith (winner)
3. James Wade (quarter-finals)
4. Adrian Lewis (third round)
5. Peter Wright (semi-finals)
6. Ian White (semi-finals)
7. Brendan Dolan (second round)
8. Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
9. Justin Pipe (third round)
10. Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
11. Simon Whitlock (second round)
12. Kim Huybrechts (third round)
13. Terry Jenkins (quarter-finals)
14. Robert Thornton (third round)
15. Vincent van der Voort (second round)
16. Benito van de Pas (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Chris Dobey (first round)
• Stephen Bunting (second round)
• Gerwyn Price (first round)
• Steve West (second round)
• James Hubbard (first round)
• Adam Hunt (second round)
• Jamie Bain (first round)
• Mark Barilli (first round)
• Connie Finnan (first round)
• James Wilson (second round)
• Jason Lovett (third round)
• Mark Frost (first round)
• Andy Jenkins (second round)
• Kevin Painter (third round)
• Alan Norris (first round)
• Daryl Gurney (second round)
• Mark Dudbridge (first round)
• David Pallett (first round)
• Wes Newton (second round)
• Darren Johnson (second round)

European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (third round)
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Cristo Reyes (third round)
• Mensur Suljović (second round)
• Raymond van Barneveld (first round)
• Jan Dekker (second round)
• Christian Kist (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Jyhan Artut (first round)
• Max Hopp (second round)
• Christian Soethe (first round)
• Martin Schindler (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 11 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 12 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 13 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 13 September					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 13 September					Final (best of 11 legs) 13 September
						1	Michael van Gerwen 107.69	6
	Adam Hunt 92.55		6				Adam Hunt 89.80	1
											1	van Gerwen 92.97	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 90.44		5
												Lovett 86.35	0
						16	Benito van de Pas 86.84	4
	Jyhan Artut 92.04		5				Jason Lovett 89.44	6
																1	van Gerwen 92.97	6
	Jason Lovett 89.45		6
																8	Chisnall 87.52	0
						8	Dave Chisnall 99.23	6
	Jamie Bain 92.43		3				Jan Dekker 93.37	2
											8	Chisnall 101.48	6
	Jan Dekker 90.09		6
											9	Pipe 95.37	2
						9	Justin Pipe 85.27	6
	Mensur Suljović 95.94		6				Mensur Suljović 84.75	5
																					1	van Gerwen 106.16	6
	Christian Soethe 87.07		0
																					5	Wright 94.77	2
						5	Peter Wright 90.04	6
	Gerwyn Price 84.94		1				Andy Jenkins 90.43	4
											5	Wright 99.90	6
	Andy Jenkins 86.87		6
											12	Huybrechts 103.32	5
						12	Kim Huybrechts 107.36	6
	Raymond van Barneveld 92.54		4				Max Hopp 86.54	0
																5	Wright 93.07	6
	Max Hopp 96.28		6
																13	T. Jenkins 90.23	5
						4	Adrian Lewis 98.84	6
	James Wilson 94.64		6				James Wilson 82.82	3
											4	Lewis 99.56	5
	Martin Schindler 82.49		4
											13	T. Jenkins 91.62	6
						13	Terry Jenkins 108.58	6
	David Pallett 90.76		4				Steve West 103.15	5
																										1	van Gerwen 101.12	2
	Steve West 90.00		6
																										2	Smith 98.50	6
						2	Michael Smith 97.11	6
	Wes Newton 89.87		6				Wes Newton 90.65	3
											2	Smith 91.06	6
	Chris Dobey 92.53		3
												Painter 88.57	4
						15	Vincent van der Voort 87.40	4
	Kevin Painter 93.70		6				Kevin Painter 92.16	6
																2	Smith 100.49	6
	Alan Norris 88.43		3
																10	King 91.09	2
						7	Brendan Dolan 89.18	4
	Cristo Reyes 90.18		6				Cristo Reyes 93.18	6
												Reyes 89.60	5
	Connie Finnan 89.76		2
											10	King 96.04	6
						10	Mervyn King 101.50	6
	Daryl Gurney 92.81		6				Daryl Gurney 93.29	4
																					2	Smith 98.17	6
	Mark Frost 87.78		2
																					6	White 89.62	3
						6	Ian White 98.88	6
	Stephen Bunting 93.11		6				Stephen Bunting 98.10	3
											6	White 93.78	6
	Mark Barilli 83.61		4
												Rodriguez 94.01	3
						11	Simon Whitlock 90.66	1
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.92		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.33	6
																6	White 92.82	6
	James Hubbard 73.17		1
																3	Wade 90.87	4
						3	James Wade 90.44	6
	Mark Dudbridge 92.64		5				Darren Johnson 82.27	1
											3	Wade 99.61	6
	Darren Johnson 94.88		6
											14	Thornton 92.20	4
						14	Robert Thornton 90.95	6
	Christian Kist 92.77		6				Christian Kist 84.08	4
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 86.86		5