2010 European Championship (darts)

European Championship
Tournament information
Dates 29 July 1 August 2010
Venue Stadthalle Dinslaken
Location Dinslaken
Country Germany
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund £200,000
Winners share £50,000
High checkout 170 England Wes Newton
Round 2
vs England Ronnie Baxter
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2009 2011»

The 2010 European Championship was the third edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place from July 29 to August 1, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner. It was held in the Stadthalle Dinslaken in Dinslaken, Germany.

World number one Phil Taylor once again successfully defended the title after an 11-1 demolition of Wayne Jones, who played his first ever televised final.

Prize money

Stage Prize Money
(Total-£200,000)
Winner £50,000
Runner Up £20,000
Semi Final £10,000
Quarter Final £7,500
Second Round £5,000
First Round £2,500

Qualification

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the World Series of Darts Festival in Las Vegas automatically qualified for the event. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2010 Continental Europe Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit.

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  3. England James Wade
  4. England Mervyn King
  5. England Terry Jenkins
  6. England Ronnie Baxter
  7. England Adrian Lewis
  8. England Mark Walsh
  9. England Colin Lloyd
  10. England Andy Hamilton
  11. England Colin Osborne
  12. Australia Simon Whitlock
  13. Scotland Robert Thornton
  14. England Dennis Priestley
  15. England Alan Tabern
  16. Australia Paul Nicholson
Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Scotland Gary Anderson
  2. England Denis Ovens
  3. England Wayne Jones
  4. England Wes Newton
  5. England Andy Smith
  6. England Jamie Caven
  7. Wales Barrie Bates
  8. England Mark Dudbridge
European qualifiers
  1. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
  2. Netherlands Co Stompé
  3. Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
  4. Spain Antonio Alcinas
  5. Germany Bernd Roith
  6. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
  7. Germany Tomas Seyler
  8. Germany Andree Welge

Draw and results

Draw and schedule of play as follows:[1]

1st Round, July 29–30
best of 11 legs
2nd Round, July 31
best of 19 legs
Quarter Finals, August 1
best of 19 legs
Semi Finals, August 1
best of 21 legs
Final, August 1
best of 21 legs
               
1 England Phil Taylor 101.27 6
Netherlands Co Stompé 98.22 2
1 England Phil Taylor 106.16 10
England Andy Smith 90.39 5
  Australia Paul Nicholson 83.11 3
England Andy Smith 90.82 6
1 England Phil Taylor 103.33 10
8 England Mark Walsh 94.81 4
8 England Mark Walsh 97.90 6
Spain Antonio Alcinas 90.82 3
8 England Mark Walsh 85.11 10
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.59 7
  Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.05 6
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 86.44 4
1 England Phil Taylor 105.37 11
5 England Terry Jenkins 99.97 10
5 England Terry Jenkins 91.88 6
Germany Andree Welge 79.24 4
5 England Terry Jenkins 89.24 10
Australia Simon Whitlock 90.71 8
  Australia Simon Whitlock 99.60 6
England Dennis Priestley 89.14 3
5 England Terry Jenkins 95.71 10
England Jamie Caven 95.39 6
4 England Mervyn King 100.73 3
Wales Barrie Bates 96.74 6
  Wales Barrie Bates 94.31 6
England Jamie Caven 99.23 10
  Scotland Gary Anderson 85.08 2
England Jamie Caven 89.55 6
1 England Phil Taylor 105.74 11
England Wayne Jones 94.64 1
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 98.32 6
England Andy Hamilton 96.54 5
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.02 10
Germany Bernd Roith 89.34 7
  Germany Bernd Roith 86.44 6
England Denis Ovens 90.14 4
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 100.02 8
England Wayne Jones 95.43 10
7 England Adrian Lewis 77.28 3
England Wayne Jones 85.57 6
  England Wayne Jones 96.01 10
Scotland Robert Thornton 86.93 4
  England Mark Dudbridge 86.39 4
Scotland Robert Thornton 89.11 6
  England Wayne Jones 91.99 11
England Colin Lloyd 88.65 10
3 England James Wade 96.00 3
England Colin Lloyd 98.29 6
  England Colin Lloyd 101.13 10
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 95.10 6
  Germany Tomas Seyler 87.69 4
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 91.75 6
England Colin Lloyd 101.63 10
6 England Ronnie Baxter 88.84 7
6 England Ronnie Baxter 96.31 6
England Alan Tabern 90.29 5
6 England Ronnie Baxter 93.63 10
England Wes Newton 96.93 9
  England Colin Osborne 94.94 4
England Wes Newton 92.90 6

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor 5 48 22 77 75 19 128 104.37
England Mervyn King 1 3 6 7 10 3 124 100.73
Australia Simon Whitlock 2 14 13 34 21 7 90 95.16
Netherlands Co Stompé 1 2 6 10 3 4 94 98.22
England Mark Walsh 3 20 20 52 32 7 128 92.61
Wales Barrie Bates 2 12 13 47 14 2 136 95.53
England Terry Jenkins 4 36 29 91 52 11 161 94.20
England Andy Smith 2 11 13 41 15 2 120 90.61
Spain Antonio Alcinas 1 3 6 9 8 0 160 90.82
England Dennis Priestley 1 3 6 13 5 2 24 89.14
England Jamie Caven 3 22 18 53 22 12 127 94.72
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 2 13 14 25 13 3 142 88.82
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 1 4 6 10 10 0 103 86.44
Scotland Gary Anderson 1 2 6 6 5 3 48 85.08
Australia Paul Nicholson 1 3 9 5 2 5 90 83.11
Germany Andree Welge 1 4 6 10 3 1 83 79.24
England Mark Dudbridge 1 4 6 10 10 1 101 86.39
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 3 24 22 64 35 8 164 97.45
England Alan Tabern 1 5 6 16 5 3 141 90.29
Scotland Robert Thornton 2 10 14 42 10 3 88 88.02
Germany Bernd Roith 2 13 14 43 17 2 152 87.89
England Andy Hamilton 1 5 6 9 7 4 98 96.54
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2 12 14 32 17 3 113 93.43
England Colin Osborne 1 4 6 10 4 5 68 94.94
England Colin Lloyd 4 36 28 80 56 15 160 97.43
Germany Tomas Seyler 1 4 6 11 8 1 96 87.69
England Denis Ovens 1 4 6 17 6 2 84 90.14
England Wes Newton 2 15 14 34 15 10 170 94.92
England Adrian Lewis 1 3 6 9 5 0 40 77.28
England Ronnie Baxter 3 23 24 62 29 4 146 92.93
England Wayne Jones 5 38 36 103 65 17 116 92.73

Television coverage

The PDC announced on 20 May 2010 that UK entertainment channel Bravo would broadcast the entire event live.[2] This was the first and only time that Bravo televised live darts before the channel closed in 2011.

The German television channel SPORT1 also broadcast the event.

References

  1. "European Championship Draw". PDC. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. "PDC Link Up With Bravo". PDC. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

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