| Tournament Name: | 2015 European Darts Trophy |
| Dates: | 11–13 September 2015 |
| Venue: | RWE-Sporthalle |
| Location: | Mülheim |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £115,000 |
| Winners Share: | £25,000 |
| Winner: | Michael Smith |
| Prev: | Event 6 |
| Next: | 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.[1]
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2] [3]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £25,000 |
| Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £3,500 |
| Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £2,000 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,500 |
| First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
| Total | align=center colspan=2 | £115,000 | ||
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[4] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),[5] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September) at the same time as the European Darts Matchplay[6] 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
Simon Whitlock (second round)
Kim Huybrechts (third round)UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
Rowby-John Rodriguez (third round)
Cristo Reyes (third round) Mensur Suljović (second round)Host Nation Qualifier