2011 European Championship (darts)

2011 European Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28–31 July
Venue	Maritim Hotel
Location	Düsseldorf
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£50,000
High checkout
Champion(s)

The 2011 European Championship will be the fourth edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament will take place from July 28 to 31, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner. It will be held in the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany.

World number one Phil Taylor is the defending champion, having won the previous three tournaments.

Prize money

Stage	Prize Money (Total-£200,000)
Winner	£50,000
Runner Up	£20,000
Semi Final	£10,000
Quarter Final	£7,500
Second Round	£5,000
First Round	£2,500

Qualification

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the World Matchplay automatically qualify for the event. The top 8 from these rankings are also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places go to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2011 Continental Europe Order of Merit.

PDC Top 16 Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis James Wade Gary Anderson Simon Whitlock Raymond van Barneveld Wes Newton Mark Webster Terry Jenkins Paul Nicholson Andy Hamilton Mervyn King Mark Walsh Colin Lloyd Wayne Jones Vincent van der Voort

Players Championship qualifiers John Part Ronnie Baxter Andy Smith Jamie Caven Justin Pipe Dave Chisnall Peter Wright Alan Tabern

European qualifiers Antonio Alcinas Kim Huybrechts Jelle Klaasen Michael van Gerwen Mensur Suljovic John Michael Co Stompé Magnus Caris

Draw and results

Draw and schedule of play as follows

	Round 1, July 28–29 best of 11 legs					Round 2, July 30 best of 19 legs					Quarter Finals, July 31 best of 19 legs					Semi Finals, July 31 best of 21 legs					Final, July 31 best of 21 legs
	1	Phil Taylor 107.83	6
		John Michael 87.94	3
						1	Phil Taylor 102.47	10
							Mervyn King 90.71	3
	Mervyn King 96.30		6
	Co Stompé 88.01		1
											1	Phil Taylor	10
												Paul Nicholson	7
	8	Mark Webster 87.79	4
		Terry Jenkins 94.63	6
						Terry Jenkins 96.57		4
						Paul Nicholson 101.61		10
	Justin Pipe 88.67		3
	Paul Nicholson 91.98		6
																1	Phil Taylor
	5	Simon Whitlock 102.52	6
		Mensur Suljovic 86.68	2
						5	Simon Whitlock 96.84	10
							Colin Lloyd 83.75	2
	Alan Tabern 85.77		4
	Colin Lloyd 92.48		6
											5	Simon Whitlock
												Peter Wright
	4	Gary Anderson 97.35	6
		Jamie Caven 96.79	3
						4	Gary Anderson 90.65	5
							Peter Wright 90.58	10
	John Part 83.03		5
	Peter Wright 83.83		6
	2	Adrian Lewis 89.89	6
		Vincent van der Voort 79.80	4
						2	Adrian Lewis 105.80	10
							Dave Chisnall 100.51	5
	Jelle Klaasen 89.19		4
	Dave Chisnall 96.91		6
											2	Adrian Lewis	10
												Kim Huybrechts	8
	7	Wes Newton 98.85	6
		Andy Smith 88.51	2
						7	Wes Newton 95.94	8
							Kim Huybrechts 97.31	10
	Kim Huybrechts 99.25		6
	Antonio Alcinas 96.19		2
																2	Adrian Lewis
																6	Raymond van Barneveld
	6	Raymond van Barneveld 101.98	6
		Andy Hamilton 94.96	4
						6	Raymond van Barneveld	10
							Mark Walsh	5
	Wayne Jones 96.69		5
	Mark Walsh 99.41		6
											6	Raymond van Barneveld	10
											3	James Wade	8
	3	James Wade 92.08	6
		Magnus Caris 79.85	1
						3	James Wade 101.81	10
							Ronnie Baxter 98.88	7
	Ronnie Baxter 102.17		6
	Michael van Gerwen 101.09		4

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics

Player	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	2	16	6	6	31	17	4	121	105.15
Adrian Lewis	2	16	9	7	30	26	10	146	97.84
James Wade	2	16	6	5	40	12	12	116	96.94
Gary Anderson	2	11	13	5	27	16	5	80	94.00
Simon Whitlock	2	16	4	7	25	20	5	132	99.68
Raymond van Barneveld	2	16	9	7	32	25	8	161	102.02
Wes Newton	2	14	12	7	30	18	7	167	95.89
Mark Webster	1	4	6	1	12	5	1	40	87.79
Terry Jenkins	2	10	14	3	37	19	5	101	95.60
Paul Nicholson	2	16	7	7	36	26	3	86	96.83
Andy Hamilton	1	4	6	2	12	6	3	146	94.96
Mervyn King	2	9	11	4	24	18	1	105	93.50
Mark Walsh	2	11	15	4	43	20	6	120	99.97
Colin Lloyd	2	8	14	2	33	12	2	110	88.12
Wayne Jones	1	5	6	2	17	8	2	76	96.69
Vincent van der Voort	1	4	6	1	10	4	1	58	79.80
John Part	1	5	6	2	12	3	1	58	83.03
Ronnie Baxter	2	11	14	4	37	16	11	116	100.52
Andy Smith	1	2	6	1	14	3	1	20	88.51
Jamie Caven	1	3	6	1	7	4	0	50	86.79
Justin Pipe	1	3	6	2	9	8	1	121	88.67
Dave Chisnall	2	11	14	8	22	17	6	116	98.71
Peter Wright	2	16	10	8	37	23	3	121	87.20
Alan Tabern	1	4	6	1	8	9	0	76	85.77
Antonio Alcinas	1	2	6	0	10	5	3	121	96.19
Kim Huybrechts	2	16	10	7	26	16	8	96	98.28
Jelle Klaasen	1	4	6	2	10	6	2	41	89.19
Michael van Gerwen	1	4	6	1	10	11	1	135	101.09
Mensur Suljovic	1	2	6	1	10	6	0	40	86.68
John Michael	1	3	6	1	6	7	2	102	87.94
Co Stompé	1	1	6	1	8	3	2	5	88.01
Magnus Caris	1	1	6	0	9	3	1	4	79.85

Television coverage

The PDC announced on 24 June that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event live. ITV4 is continuing their coverage of PDC tournaments, having previously broadcast the 2008 European Championship, and the Grand Slam of Darts between 2007 and 2010.

The tournament is being broadcast on SPORT1 in Germany, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, and Fox Sports in Australia.

External links

• European Championship page on the PDC's official website