| Tournament Name: | 2018 Dutch Darts Championship |
| Dates: | 7–9 September 2018 |
| Venue: | MECC Maastricht |
| Location: | Maastricht |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £135,000 |
| Winners Share: | £25,000 |
| High Checkout: | 170 Ritchie Edhouse (quarter-finals) |
| Winner: | Ian White |
| Prev: | Event 10 |
| Next: | Event 12 |
The 2018 Dutch Darts Championship was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands from 7–9 September 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Ian White won his tenth PDC title and his first on the European Tour, defeating Ricky Evans 8–5 in the final.
This is how the prize money is divided:
| 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 | £6,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £4,000 |
| Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £3,000 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £2,000 |
| First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
| Total | align=center colspan=2 | £135,000 | ||
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 August will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 3 September), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 6 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 10 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).
Mensur Suljović, who would have been the number 3 seed, withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. Steve West, the highest-ranked qualifier, was promoted to 16th seed. Erik Tautfest also withdrew prior to the draw. Two extra places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.[3]
The following players will take part in the tournament:
Top 16[4]
Simon Whitlock (quarter-finals)UK Qualifier
Kyle Anderson (quarter-finals)
Dawson Murschell (first round)
William O'Connor (third round) Paul Nicholson (first round)West/South European Qualifier
Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round)
Cristo Reyes (second round) Toni Alcinas (first round) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (first round)Host Nation Qualifier
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
Darius Labanauskas (second round)East European Qualifier[5]
Karel Sedláček (first round)