2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Explained

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.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:[1]

Stage (num. of players)Prize money
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £25,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center £10,000
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £6,500
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £5,000
Third round losersalign=center (8)align=center £3,000
Second round losersalign=center (16)align=center £2,000*
First round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,000
Totalalign=center colspan=2 £140,000

Qualification and format

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

  1. Michael van Gerwen (third round)
  2. Ian White (quarter-finals)
  3. Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
  4. Dave Chisnall (runner-up)
  5. James Wade (quarter-finals)
  6. Daryl Gurney (semi-finals)
  7. Krzysztof Ratajski (champion)
  8. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
  9. Mensur Suljović (third round)
  10. Joe Cullen (third round)
  11. Glen Durrant (third round)
  12. Jonny Clayton (second round)
  13. Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
  14. Rob Cross (third round)
  15. Michael Smith (third round)
  16. Nathan Aspinall (semi-finals)

UK Qualifier

European Qualifier

West/South European Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

East European Qualifier

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allen . Dave . Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019 . . 15 January 2019.