2014 European Darts Grand Prix
| 2014 European Darts Grand Prix | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 5–7 September 2014 | ||
| Venue | Glaspalast | ||
| Location | Sindelfingen | ||
| Country |  Germany | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £100,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £20,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170  Stephen Bunting | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Mervyn King | |||
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The 2014 European Darts Grand Prix was the seventh of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, between 5–7 September 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
Mervyn King won his first European Tour event by beating Michael Smith 6–5 in the final.
Prize money
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
The 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][5] All seeds receive a bye into the second round.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
| First round (best of 11 legs) 5 September [7] | Second round (best of 11 legs) 6 September [8] | Third round (best of 11 legs) 7 September [9] | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 7 September [9] | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 7 September [9] | Final (best of 11 legs) 7 September [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ "PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed". PDC. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "European Tour Event 7&8 Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "European Tour 7&8 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC European Darts Grand Prix European Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC European Darts Grand Prix German Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Draw/Schedule". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d "King Reigns Supreme In Sindelfingen". PDC. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 7 September 2014.