The 2013 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the sixth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation 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 4–7 July at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.
The defending champion, Simon Whitlock, pulled off an incredible comeback in his quarter-final match against Jamie Caven to win 10–9 having been 3–9 down. He advanced to the final once more where he faced Adrian Lewis. Lewis won his third major title by defeating the Australian 11–6.
Prize money The 2013 European Championship has a total prize fund of £200,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £20,000Semi-finalists (2) £10,000Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500Last 16 (second round) (8) £5,000Last 32 (first round) (16) £2,500
Qualification The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit on 23 June automatically qualified for the event. The top eight from them were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top eight non-qualified players from the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, with further places awarded to the top seven non-qualified players from the Continental Europe Order of Merit and the leader of the Scandinavian Order of Merit after four of eight events. Gary Anderson withdrew before the event began due to illness so Mark Webster took his place due to being the next non-qualified player from the PDC Order of Merit.
These are the participants: PDC Top 16 Phil Taylor (second round) Michael van Gerwen (semi-finals) Adrian Lewis (champion) James Wade (second round) Simon Whitlock (runner-up) Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals) Wes Newton (first round) Raymond van Barneveld (second round) Justin Pipe (second round) Dave Chisnall (first round) Robert Thornton (quarter-finals) Kevin Painter (second round) Mervyn King (second round) Kim Huybrechts (first round) Brendan Dolan (first round) Terry Jenkins (first round)Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers Jamie Caven (quarter-finals) Peter Wright (first round) John Part (first round) Stuart Kellett (first round) Paul Nicholson (second round) Gary Anderson (withdrew) Ronnie Baxter (first round) Colin Lloyd (second round) Mark Webster (first round)European qualifiers Mensur Suljović (first round) Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals) Tomas Seyler (first round) Max Hopp (first round) Kurt van de Rijck (first round) Ronny Huybrechts (semi-finals) Vincent van der Voort (first round) SDC Order of Merit Jani Haavisto (first round)
Draw The draw was held on 23 June 2013.
Broadcasting On 14 June 2013, the PDC announced that the European Championship would be broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV4 for the next three years. It was also shown on RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Sport1 in Germany, Fox Sports in Australia and on Sky New Zealand.
References
External links Official site