Tournament Name: | 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy |
Dates: | 27–29 September 2019 |
Venue: | Victoria Stadium |
Location: | Gibraltar |
Organisation: | PDC |
Format: | Legs |
Prize Fund: | £140,000 |
Winners Share: | £25,000 |
Nine Dart: | Dave Chisnall |
High Checkout: | 164 Nathan Aspinall |
Winner: | Krzysztof Ratajski |
Prev: | Event 12 |
The 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy is the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament is taking place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, from 27–29 September 2019. It features a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the previous year's final, but he lost in the third round 6–3 to Nathan Aspinall.
Dave Chisnall hit his first European Tour nine-dart finish in his quarter-final against James Wade, which was the fifth European Tour nine-darter of 2019, equalling the record set in the inaugural year in 2012.
Krzysztof Ratajski won his sixth PDC title, and his first on the European Tour, with an 8–2 win against Chisnall in the final.
This is how the prize money is divided:[1]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
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Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £25,000 |
Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £6,500 |
Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £5,000 |
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 | £140,000 |
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 10 September will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 24 August), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).
From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-Tour Card holders. Any Tour Card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.
The following players will take part in the tournament:
Top 16
UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
West/South European Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
East European Qualifier