2017 European Darts Open

The 2017 European Darts Open was the eighth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, between 30 June–2 July 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2017 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	30 June–2 July 2017
Venue	Ostermann-Arena
Location	Leverkusen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Stephen Bunting James Wade (second round)[1]
Champion(s)
Peter Wright
«Event 7 Event 9»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament,^[2][3] but lost 6–2 in the third round to Rob Cross.

Peter Wright won the tournament, defeating Mervyn King 6–2 in the final.^[4]

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[5]

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

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 16 June), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 29 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 29 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 22 June).

Adrian Lewis withdrew for health reasons the day before the event, meaning a fifth Host Nation Qualifier took his place.^[6]

On 2 July, Joe Cullen withdrew before his third round match after his father suffered a heart attack;^[7][8] consequently Mensur Suljović was given a bye to the quarter-finals.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16[9][10] Michael van Gerwen (third round) Peter Wright (champion) Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) Simon Whitlock (second round) Michael Smith (semi-finals) Kim Huybrechts (second round) Benito van de Pas (second round) Jelle Klaasen (second round) Ian White (second round) Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) Alan Norris (third round) Daryl Gurney (third round) Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals) Joe Cullen (third round, withdrew) Stephen Bunting (third round) Rob Cross (quarter-finals)

UK Qualifier[11] James Wade (second round) Mervyn King (runner-up) Ray Campbell (first round) Richard North (first round) Peter Jacques (second round) Kyle Anderson (first round) Adrian Lewis (withdrew) Mark Walsh (second round) Aden Kirk (second round) Nathan Aspinall (first round) Matt Clark (first round) Robbie Green (second round) Justin Pipe (first round) John Henderson (quarter-finals) Mark Webster (first round) James Richardson (third round) Mark Barilli (first round) Devon Petersen (third round)

West/South European Qualifier[12] Jermaine Wattimena (first round) Dimitri Van den Bergh (third round) Christian Kist (second round) Jerry Hendriks (second round) Michael Plooy (first round) Cristo Reyes (first round) Vincent van der Voort (second round) Zoran Lerchbacher (first round) Host Nation Qualifier[13] Dragutin Horvat (first round) Martin Schindler (first round) Christian Bunse (first round) Steffen Siepmann (second round) Robert Allenstein (second round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier[14] Kim Viljanen (first round) East European Qualifier[15] Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

Draw

^[16]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 30 June [17]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 1 July [18]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 2 July[8]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 2 July[8]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 2 July[8]					Final (best of 11 legs) 2 July[8]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 96.97	6
	Cristo Reyes 88.43		2				Vincent van der Voort 88.73	0
											1	van Gerwen 102.92	2
	Vincent van der Voort 91.96		6
											16	Cross 102.30	6
						16	Rob Cross 92.02	6
	Dragutin Horvat 86.73		3				Robert Allenstein 75.84	0
																16	Cross 94.06	2
	Robert Allenstein 87.67		6
																	King 96.90	6
						8	Jelle Klaasen 77.14	4
	Devon Petersen 75.30		6				Devon Petersen 81.16	6
											Petersen 91.20		3
	Richard North 80.56		5
											King 102.95		6
						9	Ian White 93.91	2
	Mervyn King 93.80		6				Mervyn King 102.49	6
																						King 96.58	6
	Kim Viljanen 84.50		3
																					5	Smith 94.61	4
						5	Michael Smith 91.22	6
	Kyle Anderson 100.72		3				Peter Jacques 91.28	3
											5	Smith 104.37	6
	Peter Jacques 97.79		6
											12	Gurney 96.63	3
						12	Daryl Gurney 98.56	6
	Jerry Hendriks 84.30		6				Jerry Hendriks 85.80	5
																5	Smith 96.80	6
	Christian Bunse 84.93		4
																13	Price 95.42	4
						4	Simon Whitlock 95.15	5
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.94		6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.98	6
												Van den Bergh 93.52	3
	Matt Clark 80.19		0
											13	Price 93.34	6
						13	Gerwyn Price 88.65	6
	Mark Walsh 91.81		6				Mark Walsh 85.20	4
																											King 92.42	2
	Nathan Aspinall 87.39		2
																										2	Wright 103.07	6
						2	Peter Wright 98.12	6
	Robbie Green 86.76		6				Robbie Green 93.12	1
											2	Wright 95.55	6
	Martin Schindler 87.82		5
											15	Bunting 94.16	3
						15	Stephen Bunting 86.64	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 87.59		5				Steffen Siepmann 83.08	4
																2	Wright 96.53	6
	Steffen Siepmann 80.44		6
																10	Chisnall 95.20	1
						7	Benito van de Pas 91.72	5
	Mark Webster 92.20		2				James Richardson 96.95	6
												Richardson 93.57	3
	James Richardson 101.24		6
											10	Chisnall 100.85	6
						10	Dave Chisnall 100.04	6
	James Wade 90.34		6				James Wade 98.89	2
																					2	Wright 99.95	6
	Justin Pipe 82.35		1
																					3	Suljović 90.39	3
						6	Kim Huybrechts 92.64	4
	John Henderson 97.19		6				John Henderson 95.38	6
												Henderson 92.79	6
	Ray Campbell 81.58		2
											11	Norris 90.52	5
						11	Alan Norris 93.02	6
	Aden Kirk 83.66		6				Aden Kirk 85.36	2
																	Henderson 92.34	2
	Michael Plooy 88.00		5
																3	Suljović 97.26	6
						3	Mensur Suljović 86.16	6
	Christian Kist 90.70		6				Christian Kist 87.93	4
											3	Suljović	w/o
	Zoran Lerchbacher 85.02		2
											14	Cullen	w/d
						14	Joe Cullen 99.56	6
	Mark Barilli 79.67		1				Krzysztof Ratajski 96.99	2
	Krzysztof Ratajski 95.97		6