2009 European Championship (darts)

The 2009 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the second 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 29 October–1 November 2009 at the Claus Event Center in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.[1] It featured a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner.

2009 PartyPoker.net European Championship
Tournament information
Dates29 October–1 November 2009
VenueClaus Event Center
LocationHoofddorp
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«20082010»

World number one and defending champion Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating Steve Beaton 11–3 in the final with a record tournament average of 111.54.

Prize money

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Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner(1)£50,000
Runner-Up(1)£20,000
Semi-finalists(2)£10,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£7,500
Last 16  (second round)(8)£5,000
Last 32  (first round)(16)£2,500

Qualification

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The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the Players Championship double-header in Nuland 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 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2009 Continental Europe Order of Merit.

PDC Top 16
  1. Phil Taylor (champion)
  2. Raymond van Barneveld (second round)
  3. James Wade (semi-finals)
  4. John Part (first round)
  5. Terry Jenkins (first round)
  6. Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
  7. Adrian Lewis (first round)
  8. Ronnie Baxter (second round)
  9. Dennis Priestley (first round)
  10. Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
  11. Alan Tabern (first round)
  12. Mark Walsh (quarter-finals)
  13. Colin Osborne (second round)
  14. Andy Hamilton (second round)
  15. Kevin Painter (first round)
  16. Robert Thornton (second round)
Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Gary Anderson (quarter-finals)
  2. Steve Beaton (runner-up)
  3. Jamie Caven (second round)
  4. Wes Newton (first round)
  5. Wayne Jones (first round)
  6. Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  7. Paul Nicholson (first round)
  8. Andy Smith (first round)
European qualifiers
  1. Co Stompé (first round)
  2. Carlos Rodríguez (first round)
  3. Jelle Klaasen (semi-finals)
  4. Michael van Gerwen (second round)
  5. Toon Greebe (first round)
  6. Mensur Suljović (second round)
  7. Remco van Eijden (first round)
  8. Roland Scholten (first round)

Draw and results

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Draw and schedule of play as follows:[2]

First round (best of 11 legs)
29–30 October
Second round (best of 17 legs)
31 October
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
1 November
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
1 November
Final (best of 21 legs)
1 November
               
1 Phil Taylor 111.036
Toon Greebe 93.312
1 Phil Taylor 110.889
Robert Thornton 83.240
  Wes Newton 88.404
Robert Thornton 103.046
1 Phil Taylor 118.1410
Gary Anderson 106.123
8 Ronnie Baxter 94.786
Andy Smith 93.652
8 Ronnie Baxter 83.581
Gary Anderson 93.569
  Co Stompé 88.075
Gary Anderson 93.006
1 Phil Taylor 109.3611
Jelle Klaasen 98.023
5 Terry Jenkins 90.294
Jamie Caven 93.306
  Jamie Caven 92.008
Jelle Klaasen 96.219
  Wayne Jones 86.402
Jelle Klaasen 93.316
  Jelle Klaasen 97.4910
Colin Lloyd 96.985
4 John Part 92.275
Colin Lloyd 92.906
  Colin Lloyd 104.009
Mensur Suljović 91.505
  Mensur Suljović 93.246
Roland Scholten 87.923
1 Phil Taylor 109.3511
Steve Beaton 97.163
2 Raymond van Barneveld 92.916
Dennis Priestley 87.515
2 Raymond van Barneveld 96.387
Mark Walsh 97.459
  Kevin Painter 85.354
Mark Walsh 84.906
  Mark Walsh 93.296
Steve Beaton 97.2610
7 Adrian Lewis 89.682
Steve Beaton 94.176
  Steve Beaton 84.849
Michael van Gerwen 82.707
  Michael van Gerwen 86.326
Vincent van der Voort 93.582
Steve Beaton 98.5011
3 James Wade 99.0310
6 Mervyn King 84.506
Carlos Rodríguez 84.975
6 Mervyn King 104.009
Colin Osborne 101.806
  Colin Osborne 89.136
Paul Nicholson 89.182
6 Mervyn King 99.206
3 James Wade 97.2110
3 James Wade 90.596
Alan Tabern 89.604
3 James Wade 100.199
Andy Hamilton 94.665
  Andy Hamilton 95.306
Remco van Eijden 83.353

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

Statistics

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PlayerPlayedLegs WonLegs Lost100+140+180sHigh Checkout3-dart Average
Phil Taylor5471137111.54
Colin Lloyd320201297.78
Gary Anderson318161497.56
James Wade435261496.76
Jelle Klaasen428261596.26
Mervyn King32121595.90
Colin Osborne2121158195.47
Andy Hamilton21112611294.98
Raymond van Barneveld21314812294.65
Steve Beaton539362194.39
Andy Smith12649693.65
Vincent van der Voort12608093.58
Mensur Suljović21112113593.07
Jamie Caven21413912492.65
John Part15625592.27
Robert Thornton261349592.17
Mark Walsh32121991.88
Toon Greebe12617091.02
Terry Jenkins14636090.30
Adrian Lewis12614889.68
Alan Tabern14606189.60
Ronnie Baxter2711111089.58
Paul Nicholson126012489.18
Co Stompé156210088.07
Roland Scholten13618587.92
Dennis Priestley15617087.51
Wes Newton14625886.54
Wayne Jones12626886.40
Kevin Painter14625085.35
Carlos Rodríguez15636684.97
Michael van Gerwen21311517084.51
Remco van Eijden13606583.35

References

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