| Tournament Name: | 2015 German Darts Championship |
| Dates: | 13–15 February 2015 |
| Venue: | Halle 39 |
| Location: | Hildesheim |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £115,000 |
| Winners Share: | £25,000 |
| High Checkout: | 167 Ian White |
| Winner: | Michael van Gerwen |
| Next: | Event 2 |
The 2015 German Darts Championship was the first of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, between 13 and 15 February 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Gary Anderson was the defending champion, having beaten Justin Pipe 6–5 in the 2014 tournament's final, and in this year's final Michael van Gerwen won the title by beating Anderson 6–2.
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[1]
| 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 the 16 January 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 18 January),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Bielefeld on 24 January) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[4] [5]
The following players took part in the tournament:
Top 16
Simon Whitlock (third round)
Kim Huybrechts (second round)UK Qualifier
John Part (first round)European Qualifier
Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) Ronny Huybrechts (second round)
Cristo Reyes (first round)Host Nation Qualifier
Maik Langendorf (second round)