The 2014 European Darts Trophy was the eighth of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Kohlrabizirkus in Leipzig, Germany, between 19–21 September 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
| 2014 European Darts Trophy | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 19–21 September 2014 | ||
| Venue | Kohlrabizirkus | ||
| Location | Leipzig | ||
| Country |  Germany | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £100,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £20,000 | ||
| High checkout | 167  Gerwyn Price | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael Smith | |||
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After finishing second in the previous European Tour event, Michael Smith won his first European Tour event by beating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the final. This tournament ended the 2014 PDC European Tour, with a different winner in each of the eight events.
Prize money
edit| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| Winner | (1) | £20,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £8,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £4,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £3,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £2,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £1,250 |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,000 |
| Total | £100,000 | |
Qualification and format
editThe top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 30 June 2014 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 4 July),[3] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started).[4]
Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Robert Thornton and Adrian Lewis withdrew from the tournament, therefore the highest-ranked qualifiers - Terry Jenkins, Michael Smith, Andy Hamilton and Wes Newton - become seeded players. To complete the field of 48 players, two additional places in the draw were made available in the European Qualifier and the Home Nation Qualifier. All seeds receive a bye into the second round. [5]
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
editReferences
edit- ^ "PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed". PDC. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "European Tour Event 7&8 Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "European Tour 7&8 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Trophy Draw & Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Trophy Update". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Smith's European Darts Trophy Joy". PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2014.