2018 German Darts Championship

2018 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	31 August–2 September 2018
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Joe Cullen (third round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 9 Event 11»

The 2018 German Darts Championship was the tenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany from 31 August–2 September 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–3 in the 2017 final, but he withdrew the day before the event.

Van Gerwen won the event for the second time and his 27th European Tour title in total, beating James Wilson 8–6 in the final, and only dropping seven legs in the whole tournament.

During the event, Dave Chisnall broke the record for the highest ever 3-dart average on the European Tour, with an average of 118.66 in his 6–0 defeat of Mark Webster in the second round.

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

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 8 June will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 15 June), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 30 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 26 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

Peter Wright, who would have been the number 2 seed, withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. Steve Beaton, the highest-ranked qualifier, was promoted to 16th seed, which meant an extra place was made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (champion)
2. Michael Smith (third round)
3. Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
4. Daryl Gurney (third round)
5. Joe Cullen (semi-finals)
6. Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)
7. Jonny Clayton (second round)
8. Ian White (second round)
9. Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
10. James Wade (second round)
11. Darren Webster (third round)
12. Gerwyn Price (second round)
13. Mervyn King (second round)
14. Simon Whitlock (second round)
15. Stephen Bunting (second round)
16. Steve Beaton (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Kyle Anderson (second round)
• Ricky Evans (second round)
• Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
• James Wilson (runner-up)
• Richard North (first round)
• Terry Jenkins (third round)
• Andy Boulton (first round)
• Darren Johnson (second round)
• Justin Pipe (first round)
• Ross Smith (first round)
• David Pallett (first round)
• Josh Payne (second round)
• Lee Bryant (first round)
• Mark Webster (second round)
• Robert Thornton (third round)
• Ted Evetts (first round)
• Andrew Gilding (second round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Ron Meulenkamp (quarter-finals)
• Jermaine Wattimena (first round)
• Danny Noppert (first round)
• Cristo Reyes (second round)
• Jan Dekker (third round)
• Michael Rasztovits (third round)
• Vincent van der Voort (first round)
• Toni Alcinas (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Robert Marijanović (first round)
• Martin Schindler (third round)
• Max Hopp (first round)
• Christopher Hänsch (first round)
• Nico Blum (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Darius Labanauskas (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 31 August					Second round (best of 11 legs) 1 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 2 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 2 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 2 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 2 September
						1	Michael van Gerwen 109.98	6
	Cristo Reyes 82.86		6				Cristo Reyes 88.78	0
											1	van Gerwen 102.48	6
	Nico Blum 75.86		3
												Schindler 89.79	0
						16	Steve Beaton 79.43	2
	Martin Schindler 81.63		6				Martin Schindler 83.72	6
																1	van Gerwen 96.29	6
	Justin Pipe 82.51		4
																9	Chisnall 88.60	1
						8	Ian White 92.69	5
	Terry Jenkins 85.41		6				Terry Jenkins 90.34	6
												Jenkins 92.58	4
	Ross Smith 78.08		3
											9	Chisnall 95.85	6
						9	Dave Chisnall 118.66	6
	Ted Evetts 82.30		5				Mark Webster 85.25	0
																					1	van Gerwen 111.93	7
	Mark Webster 89.48		6
																					5	Cullen 99.30	0
						5	Joe Cullen 94.76	6
	Andy Boulton 88.68		3				Josh Payne 90.44	4
											5	Cullen 98.62	6
	Josh Payne 91.30		6
												Dekker 100.59	5
						12	Gerwyn Price 92.43	4
	Darius Labanauskas 83.90		3				Jan Dekker 92.69	6
																5	Cullen 92.45	6
	Jan Dekker 83.98		6
																	Lewis 80.47	1
						4	Daryl Gurney 99.34	6
	Darren Johnson 92.02		6				Darren Johnson 92.79	3
											4	Gurney 92.33	5
	Christopher Hänsch 78.03		0
												Lewis 90.75	6
						13	Mervyn King 85.69	5
	Adrian Lewis 87.29		6				Adrian Lewis 84.55	6
																										1	van Gerwen 101.24	8
	Toni Alcinas 87.17		5
																											Wilson 93.30	6
						2	Michael Smith 97.21	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 93.95		6				Krzysztof Ratajski 87.50	1
											2	M. Smith 91.20	4
	Vincent van der Voort 92.50		4
												Meulenkamp 90.35	6
						15	Stephen Bunting 96.07	5
	Richard North 95.73		2				Ron Meulenkamp 98.36	6
																Meulenkamp 76.71		2
	Ron Meulenkamp 102.31		6
																Wilson 92.41		6
						7	Jonny Clayton 88.48	5
	Jermaine Wattimena 84.71		5				James Wilson 91.46	6
											Wilson 95.21		6
	James Wilson 86.40		6
											Thornton 95.16		3
						10	James Wade 91.18	3
	Robert Thornton 87.15		6				Robert Thornton 86.85	6
																						Wilson 100.42	7
	Robert Marijanović 82.78		5
																					6	Suljović 101.76	4
						6	Mensur Suljović 96.90	6
	Andrew Gilding 91.98		6				Andrew Gilding 90.37	2
											6	Suljović 103.54	6
	Max Hopp 93.89		2
											11	D. Webster 84.50	2
						11	Darren Webster 92.93	6
	Ricky Evans 89.57		6				Ricky Evans 93.75	2
																6	Suljović 100.13	6
	Danny Noppert 81.47		3
																3	Cross 92.72	2
						3	Rob Cross 108.13	6
	Lee Bryant 81.99		4				Kyle Anderson 96.11	5
											3	Cross 102.19	6
	Kyle Anderson 89.62		6
												Rasztovits 96.38	4
						14	Simon Whitlock 85.99	3
	Michael Rasztovits 90.62		6				Michael Rasztovits 92.09	6
	David Pallett 88.88		4