2014 European Darts Grand Prix Explained

Tournament Name:2014 European Darts Grand Prix
Dates:5–7 September 2014
Venue:Glaspalast
Location:Sindelfingen
Organisation:PDC
Format:Legs
Prize Fund:£100,000
Winners Share:£20,000
Winner: Mervyn King
Prev:Event 6
Next:Event 8

The 2014 European Darts Grand Prix was the seventh of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, between 5–7 September 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.

Mervyn King won his first European Tour event by beating Michael Smith 6–5 in the final.

Prize money

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Stage (num. of players)Prize money
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £20,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center £8,000
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £4,000
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £3,000
Third round losersalign=center (8)align=center £2,000
Second round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,250
First round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,000
Totalalign=center colspan=2 £100,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June 2014 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 4 July),[3] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started).[4] [5] All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

  1. Gary Anderson (third round)
  1. Brendan Dolan (second round)
  1. Robert Thornton (quarter-finals)
  1. Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
  1. Peter Wright (second round)
  1. Ian White (second round)
  1. Kim Huybrechts (third round)
  1. Steve Beaton (third round)
  1. Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
  1. Simon Whitlock (semi-finals)
  1. Mervyn King (winner)
  1. Vincent van der Voort (third round)
  1. Justin Pipe (second round)
  1. Jamie Caven (third round)
  1. Terry Jenkins (quarter-finals)
  1. Michael Smith (runner-up)

UK Qualifier

European Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier

Draw

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed . . 9 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703062147/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed . 2014-07-03 . dead .
  2. Web site: European Tour Event 7&8 Entries . . 5 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140907013316/http://www.pdc.tv/european-tour/article/1gl0wmzu0rt1r1an9jo6drfj75/title/european-tour-event-78-entries . 7 September 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: European Tour 7&8 UK Qualifiers . . 5 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140907013320/http://www.pdc.tv/european-tour/article/yim3jwnywx751vf47t3xgwq5c/title/european-tour-78-uk-qualifiers-latest . 7 September 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: 2014 PDC European Darts Grand Prix European Qualifier Results . Darts Database . 5 September 2014.
  5. Web site: 2014 PDC European Darts Grand Prix German Qualifier Results . Darts Database . 5 September 2014.
  6. Web site: European Darts Grand Prix Draw/Schedule . . 4 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140907013317/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/12ww3rcl19zbazw52hscvqh91/title/european-darts-grand-prix-draw . 7 September 2014 . dead . dmy-all .