2017 European Darts Trophy

The 2017 European Darts Trophy was the twelfth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Lokhalle, Göttingen, Germany, between 13–15 October 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2017 European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	13–15 October 2017
Venue	Lokhalle
Location	Göttingen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 James Richardson (first round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 11

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament, and he retained his title by defeating Rob Cross 6–4 in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£135,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 21 September automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Dublin on 28 September), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 21 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 12 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 12 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 27 August).

Mensur Suljović withdrew prior to the start of the tournament for family reasons. As he was a seeded player, all seeds from 7–16 moved up one place, with the highest-ranked qualifier, Stephen Bunting, being assigned as the 16th seed. An extra Host Nation Qualifier was made available as a result.^[1]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16[2] Michael van Gerwen (winner) Peter Wright (third round) Michael Smith (quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (semi-finals) Daryl Gurney (second round) Rob Cross (runner-up) Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) Alan Norris (third round) Joe Cullen (quarter-finals) Jelle Klaasen (third round) Benito van de Pas (second round) Ian White (second round) Mervyn King (second round) Gerwyn Price (second round) Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals) Stephen Bunting (third round)

UK Qualifier Andy Boulton (quarter-finals) Keegan Brown (third round) Mick Todd (first round) Jonathan Worsley (first round) James Wade (first round) Chris Quantock (first round) Steve West (second round) Jamie Caven (second round) Robert Thornton (first round) Ricky Evans (first round) Chris Dobey (second round) James Wilson (second round) Jonny Clayton (third round) John Bowles (first round) Kevin Painter (first round) James Richardson (second round) Nathan Aspinall (second round)

West/South European Qualifier Christian Kist (first round) Zoran Lerchbacher (second round) Jermaine Wattimena (second round) Vincent van der Voort (third round) Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round) Jan Dekker (third round) Yordi Meeuwisse (first round) Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round) Host Nation Qualifier René Eidams (second round) Martin Schindler (second round) Robert Allenstein (first round) Nico Blum (first round) Manfred Bilderl (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier Madars Razma (first round) East European Qualifier[3] Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 13 October					Second round (best of 11 legs) 14 October					Third round (best of 11 legs) 15 October					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 15 October					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 15 October					Final (best of 11 legs) 15 October
						1	Michael van Gerwen 91.47	6
	Ricky Evans 88.57		3				Zoran Lerchbacher 85.33	3
											1	van Gerwen 100.60	6
	Zoran Lerchbacher 100.27		6
											16	Bunting 95.40	1
						16	Stephen Bunting 99.87	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 84.56		5				René Eidams 96.13	4
																1	van Gerwen 103.66	6
	René Eidams 83.21		6
																9	Cullen 88.39	0
						8	Alan Norris 97.24	6
	James Richardson 93.47		6				James Richardson 99.02	4
											8	Norris 86.78	2
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.51		3
											9	Cullen 94.38	6
						9	Joe Cullen 91.62	6
	Chris Quantock 85.18		1				Steve West 77.33	2
																					1	van Gerwen 110.39	6
	Steve West 88.84		6
																					4	Whitlock 98.15	1
						5	Daryl Gurney 95.27	3
	Kevin Painter 91.62		5				Andy Boulton 103.25	6
											Boulton 88.42		6
	Andy Boulton 88.47		6
											van der Voort 91.64		4
						12	Ian White 99.46	5
	Vincent van der Voort 89.67		6				Vincent van der Voort 96.11	6
																	Boulton 87.95	4
	Nico Blum 90.34		3
																4	Whitlock 93.59	6
						4	Simon Whitlock 94.31	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 98.88		6				Krzysztof Ratajski 95.41	4
											4	Whitlock 99.57	6
	Robert Thornton 90.76		4
												Dekker 89.25	2
						13	Mervyn King 91.28	1
	Jan Dekker 99.10		6				Jan Dekker 98.34	6
																										1	van Gerwen 96.70	6
	Christian Kist 66.93		0
																										6	Cross 93.23	4
						2	Peter Wright 90.19	6
	Martin Schindler 102.53		6				Martin Schindler 88.29	4
											2	Wright 110.59	3
	John Bowles 91.18		3
											15	Huybrechts 98.71	6
						15	Kim Huybrechts 95.16	6
	Nathan Aspinall 92.18		6				Nathan Aspinall 93.75	3
																15	Huybrechts 99.82	6
	James Wade 83.19		1
																7	Chisnall 97.81	4
						7	Dave Chisnall 90.69	6
	Madars Razma 89.08		4				James Wilson 88.80	4
											7	Chisnall 100.31	6
	James Wilson 89.83		6
											10	Klaasen 83.39	3
						10	Jelle Klaasen 94.11	6
	Chris Dobey 85.27		6				Chris Dobey 79.26	1
																					15	Huybrechts 83.42	1
	Robert Allenstein 86.83		4
																					6	Cross 98.80	6
						6	Rob Cross 99.74	6
	Yordi Meeuwisse 83.46		2				Jamie Caven 89.20	5
											6	Cross 105.40	6
	Jamie Caven 91.15		6
												Brown 83.29	2
						11	Benito van de Pas 88.83	0
	Jonathan Worsley 87.95		2				Keegan Brown 99.10	6
																6	Cross 93.15	6
	Keegan Brown 98.66		6
																3	Smith 79.02	3
						3	Michael Smith 96.43	6
	Mick Todd 84.69		3				Jermaine Wattimena 84.02	3
											3	Smith 94.73	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 85.01		6
												Clayton 89.82	3
						14	Gerwyn Price 90.28	3
	Jonny Clayton 77.44		6				Jonny Clayton 91.77	6
	Manfred Bilderl 72.00		1

References

1. Allen, Dave. "HappyBet European Darts Trophy Draw". PDC. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
2. "HappyBet European Darts Trophy Entries". PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
3. "Further Ratajski Success & Bezzeg Qualifies".