Darts tournament
The 2019 European Darts Matchplay was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Maimarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany, from 6–8 September 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating William O'Connor 8–2 in the previous year's final. Van Gerwen reached a third European Tour final in five events, but lost in his third successive final appearance as Joe Cullen won his first stage title with an 8–5 success.
Prize money
This is how the prize money is divided:[1]
| Stage (num. of players)
|
Prize money
|
| Winner
|
(1)
|
£25,000
|
| Runner-up
|
(1)
|
£10,000
|
| Semi-finalists
|
(2)
|
£6,500
|
| Quarter-finalists
|
(4)
|
£5,000
|
| Third round losers
|
(8)
|
£3,000
|
| Second round losers
|
(16)
|
£2,000*
|
| First round losers
|
(16)
|
£1,000
|
|
|
| Total
|
£140,000
|
- Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.
Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 25 June will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 August), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 August), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 5 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 23 August), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 24 August).
From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-Tour Card holders. Any Tour Card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.
The following players will take part in the tournament:
Germany
Robert Thornton
James Wade
