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European Championship (darts)

FieldValue
tournament_nameEuropean Championship
imageEuropean Championship (darts) logo.svg
venueWestfalenhallen
locationDortmund, Germany
establishment2008
organisationPDC
formatLegs
prizefund£600,000 (2023)
month_playedVarious (2008–2013)
October/November (2014–)
Current ChampionNED Gian van Veen

October/November (2014–)

The European Championship is a PDC darts tournament which was created to allow the top European players to compete with the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. Since 2016, the tournament has taken place at the end of October, and features the top 32 players on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit.

History

The inaugural tournament – the 2008 European Championship – was held at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany and featured a prize fund of £200,000.

The tournament moved to the Claus Hotel & Event Center in Hoofddorp, Netherlands for 2009 featuring a similar prize fund. The tournament returned to Germany in 2010, where it was held at Dinslaken. The 2011 tournament remained in Germany, only this time, it took place in Düsseldorf – the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2012 to 2014, the tournament took place in Mülheim, Germany, then between 2015 and 2017, the tournament took place in Hasselt, Belgium, but in 2018, the tournament returned to Germany, moving to the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund. It moved to Göttingen in 2019, before moving to the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen in 2020, and then the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria in 2021, before returning to Dortmund again in 2022.

Phil Taylor won the tournament on each of the first four stagings of the event, before Simon Whitlock took the title in 2012. Adrian Lewis gained his third major win after beating Whitlock in the 2013 edition of the tournament. Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the first time in 2014 beating Terry Jenkins in the final. In 2015, van Gerwen came back from 7–10 behind to defeat Gary Anderson 11–10 in the final, then he beat Mensur Suljović 11–1 in the 2016 final, and he won it for a fourth year in a row in 2017, when he defeated Rob Cross 11–7 in the 2017 final. In 2018, James Wade won the title, and in 2019 Rob Cross became European champion, then Peter Wright won in 2020, before Cross regained the title in 2021.

Finals

YearChampion (average in final)ScoreRunner-up (average in final)Prize moneySponsorVenueTotalChampionRunner-up
2008ENG Phil Taylor11–5ENG Adrian Lewis£200,000£50,000£25,000PartyPoker.netGER Südbahnhof, Frankfurt
2009ENG Phil Taylor (109.35)11–3ENG Steve Beaton (97.16)£20,000NED Claus Event Center, Hoofddorp
2010ENG Phil Taylor (105.74)11–1ENG Wayne Jones (94.64)GER Stadthalle Dinslaken, Dinslaken
2011ENG Phil Taylor (109.29)11–8ENG Adrian Lewis (98.72)GER Maritim Hotel, Düsseldorf
2012AUS Simon Whitlock11–5ENG Wes Newton (89.47)GER RWE-Sporthalle, Mülheim
2013ENG Adrian Lewis (103.34)11–6AUS Simon Whitlock
2014NED Michael van Gerwen11–4ENG Terry Jenkins (92.90)£250,000£55,000£25,000888.com
2015NED Michael van Gerwen11–10SCO Gary Anderson£300,000£65,000£35,000UnibetBEL Ethias Arena, Hasselt
2016NED Michael van Gerwen11–1AUT Mensur Suljović£400,000£100,000£40,000
2017NED Michael van Gerwen11–7ENG Rob Cross
2018ENG James Wade11–8AUS Simon WhitlockGER Westfalenhallen, Dortmund
2019ENG Rob Cross11–6WAL Gerwyn Price£500,000£120,000£60,000GER Lokhalle, Göttingen
2020SCO Peter Wright11–4ENG James WadeGER König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen
2021ENG Rob Cross11–8NED Michael van GerwenCazooAUT Salzburgarena, Salzburg
2022ENG Ross Smith11–8ENG Michael SmithGER Westfalenhallen, Dortmund
2023SCO Peter Wright11–6ENG James Wade£600,000Machineseeker
2024ENG Ritchie Edhouse11–3NED Jermaine Wattimena
2025NED Gian van Veen11–10ENG Luke Humphries

Records and statistics

Total finalist appearances

RankPlayerWonRunner-upFinalsAppearances
1NED Michael van Gerwen41517
2ENG Phil Taylor4049
3ENG Rob Cross2139
4SCO Peter Wright20214
5AUS Simon Whitlock12311
ENG James Wade12316
ENG Adrian Lewis12310
8ENG Ross Smith1016
ENG Ritchie Edhouse1012
NED Gian van Veen1013
11ENG Steve Beaton0115
ENG Wayne Jones0114
ENG Wes Newton0116
ENG Terry Jenkins0119
SCO Gary Anderson0118
AUT Mensur Suljović01113
WAL Gerwyn Price01111
ENG Michael Smith01111
NED Jermaine Wattimena0115
ENG Luke Humphries0115
  • Active players are shown in bold
  • Only players who reached the final are included
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted by date first achieved

Champions by country

CountryPlayersTotalFirst titleLast title
England61020082024
Netherlands2520142025
Scotland1220202023
Australia1120122012

Nine-dart finishes

Four nine-darters have been thrown at the European Championship. The first one was in 2011.

PlayerYear (+ Round)MethodOpponentResult
ENG Adrian Lewis2011, Semi-Final3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12NED Raymond van Barneveld11–10
NED Michael van Gerwen2014, Semi-Final2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12NED Raymond van Barneveld11–6
AUS Kyle Anderson2017, Semi-Final3 x T20; 3 x T20, T20, T19, D12NED Michael van Gerwen10–11
POR José de Sousa2020, Last 323 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12NED Jeffrey de Zwaan6–3

High averages

Ten highest European Championship one-match averagesAveragePlayerYear (+ Round)OpponentResult
118.14ENG Phil Taylor2009, Quarter-FinalSCO Gary Anderson10–3
113.92ENG Phil Taylor2008, Last 16ENG Mervyn King9–3
113.33ENG Phil Taylor2008, Semi-FinalSCO Robert Thornton11–7
113.04NED Raymond van Barneveld2012, Last 32ENG Terry Jenkins6–1
111.62NED Michael van Gerwen2016, FinalAUT Mensur Suljović11–1
111.33WAL Jonny Clayton2019, Last 32ENG James Wade6–0
111.03ENG Phil Taylor2009, Last 32NED Toon Greebe6–2
111.00NED Michael van Gerwen2014, Quarter-FinalENG Dave Chisnall10–5
110.88ENG Phil Taylor2009, Last 16SCO Robert Thornton9–0
110.32NED Michael van Gerwen2018, Last 32AUS Paul Nicholson6–2
Five highest losing averagesAveragePlayerYear (+ Round)OpponentResult
109.20ENG Stephen Bunting2025, Last 32ENG Chris Dobey3–6
107.56WAL Gerwyn Price2021, Quarter-FinalNED Michael van Gerwen8–10
106.12SCO Gary Anderson2009, Quarter-FinalENG Phil Taylor3–10
106.12ENG Phil Taylor2015, Quarter-FinalENG Adrian Lewis9–10
105.10NED Michael van Gerwen2019, Last 32ENG Ross Smith5–6
Different players with a 100+ match average (Updated 25/10/25)PlayerTotalHighest Av.Year (+ Round)
NED Michael van Gerwen31111.622016, Final
ENG Phil Taylor26118.142009, Quarter-Final
SCO Peter Wright14104.742015, Semi-Final
ENG Adrian Lewis8108.622008, Quarter-Final
WAL Gerwyn Price8107.562021, Quarter-Final
NED Danny Noppert8104.882025, Last 32
NED Raymond van Barneveld7113.042012, Last 32
ENG Dave Chisnall6109.752019, Last 16
SCO Gary Anderson6106.262015, Semi-Final
ENG Michael Smith6106.092019, Last 32
ENG Luke Humphries5109.982025, Last 32
ENG Stephen Bunting5109.202025, Last 32
ENG Nathan Aspinall5103.342021, Quarter-Final
WAL Jonny Clayton4111.332019, Last 32
ENG Chris Dobey4105.762025, Last 32
ENG Mervyn King4104.002009, Last 16
ENG Colin Lloyd4104.002009, Last 16
ENG Ryan Searle4102.432022, Last 32
NED Gian van Veen3109.922025, Last 16
NED Jermaine Wattimena3106.872025, Last 32
AUT Mensur Suljović3105.502016, Quarter-Final
NED Dirk van Duijvenbode3104.152022, Quarter-Final
GER Martin Schindler3104.052025, Last 32
ENG Rob Cross3102.392017, Final
ENG James Wade3101.812011, Last 16
ENG Ross Smith3101.632022, Last 32
ENG Ritchie Edhouse2109.482024, Last 32
RSA Devon Petersen2106.302020, Quarter-Final
GER Ricardo Pietreczko2104.282023, Last 32
ENG Mark Walsh2104.102008, Last 32
NED Jelle Klaasen2103.762013, Last 16
ENG Ian White2103.642020, Last 16
AUS Simon Whitlock2102.522011, Last 32
SCO Robert Thornton2102.122008, Semi-Final
NIR Josh Rock2101.692022, Last 16
BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh2101.532022, Last 32
ENG Wes Newton1106.092012, Last 32
ENG Jamie Caven1106.092013, Last 32
POR José de Sousa1105.282022, Last 32
LVA Madars Razma1104.922023, Last 32
NIR Brendan Dolan1104.682014, Last 32
ENG James Wilson1103.642018, Last 32
ENG Dennis Priestley1102.352008, Last 16
NED Jeffrey de Zwaan1101.872019, Last 32
ENG Colin Osborne1101.802009, Last 16
ENG Steve West1101.672018, Quarter-Final
AUS Damon Heta1101.662021, Last 16
AUS Paul Nicholson1101.612011, Last 32
SCO Cameron Menzies1101.532025, Last 16
ENG Ronnie Baxter1101.452011, Last 32
AUS Kyle Anderson1101.092018, Last 32
NED Vincent van der Voort1101.092014, Last 32
BEL Ronny Huybrechts1100.972013, Last 32
BEL Kim Huybrechts1100.862015, Last 32
ESP Cristo Reyes1100.692015, Last 32
NOR Robert Wagner1100.592014, Last 32
GER Gabriel Clemens1100.362020, Last 32
LTU Darius Labanauskas1100.062020, Last 32
ENG Terry Jenkins1100.062014, Last 32
Five highest tournament averagesAveragePlayerYear
111.54ENG Phil Taylor2009
108.20ENG Phil Taylor2008
105.87ENG Phil Taylor2016
105.53NED Michael van Gerwen2016
105.15NED Michael van Gerwen2015

Television coverage

The PDC announced on August 12, 2008 that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event. This was the second PDC darts tournament that ITV4 have broadcast, after the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts – after its rating success ITV had chosen to broadcast this event as well as the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts.

The 2009 event was not televised in the UK, but the 2010 event was broadcast on Bravo, which screened live darts for the first time in its history. However, Bravo ceased broadcasting at the start of 2011. On June 26, 2011, it was announced that ITV4 would broadcast the 2011 event. In the Netherlands it is broadcast on RTL7 and in Germany it is broadcast on Sport1. On August 8, 2012 it was announced that ESPN would televise the event, becoming the first broadcaster to show both BDO and PDC dart tournaments. From 2013, the tournament returned to ITV4 as part of a deal between ITV and the PDC to show 4 tournaments from the PDC calendar.

List of United Kingdom broadcasters

  • 2008; 2011; 2013–present: ITV4
  • 2010: Bravo
  • 2012: ESPN
  • 2009: not televised in the UK

Sponsorship

PartyPoker.net sponsored first six editions of the tournament – they also sponsored the US Open and the Las Vegas Desert Classic, two other non-defunct televised PDC events. In 2014, 888.com took over sponsoring of the tournament for one edition, with the tournament being sponsored by Unibet since 2015. In 2021, the tournament will be sponsored by Cazoo, who will also sponsor the PDC World Cup of Darts and the Grand Slam of Darts. Ahead of the 2023 tournament, Machineseeker were announced to be the new title sponsors.

References

References

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  2. (2009-04-22). "European Championship Venue". pdc.tv.
  3. (2010-05-22). "PDC Link Up With Bravo". pdc.tv.
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  5. "888.com European Championship Darts Preview , Schedule of Play & Results - SportsNewsIRELAND".
  6. (16 October 2023). "Machineseeker to sponsor 2023 European Championship".
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