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2011 PartyPoker.net European Championship
Tournament information
Dates28–31 July 2011
VenueMaritim Hotel
LocationDüsseldorf
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£50,000
Nine-dart finishEngland Adrian Lewis
High checkout167 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
167 England Wes Newton
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
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The 2011 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the fourth edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allowed the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 28–31 July 2011, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner.

World number one Phil Taylor yet again successfully defended the title, after defeating Adrian Lewis 11–8 in the final.

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 World Matchplay 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 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2011 Continental Europe Order of Merit.

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor (champion)
  2. England Adrian Lewis (runner-up)
  3. England James Wade (quarter-finals)
  4. Scotland Gary Anderson (second round)
  5. Australia Simon Whitlock (semi-finals)
  6. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals)
  7. England Wes Newton (second round)
  8. Wales Mark Webster (first round)
  9. England Terry Jenkins (second round)
  10. Australia Paul Nicholson (quarter-finals)
  11. England Andy Hamilton (first round)
  12. England Mervyn King (second round)
  13. England Mark Walsh (second round)
  14. England Colin Lloyd (second round)
  15. England Wayne Jones (first round)
  16. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (first round)
Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Canada John Part (first round)
  2. England Ronnie Baxter (second round)
  3. England Andy Smith (first round)
  4. England Jamie Caven (first round)
  5. England Justin Pipe (first round)
  6. England Dave Chisnall (second round)
  7. Scotland Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
  8. England Alan Tabern (first round)
European qualifiers
  1. Spain Antonio Alcinas (first round)
  2. Belgium Kim Huybrechts (quarter-finals)
  3. Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (first round)
  4. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (first round)
  5. Austria Mensur Suljović (first round)
  6. Greece John Michael (first round)
  7. Netherlands Co Stompé (first round)
  8. Sweden Magnus Caris (first round)

Draw and results

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First round (best of 11 legs)
28–29 July
[1][2] 		Second round (best of 19 legs)
30 July
[3] 		Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
31 July
[4] 		Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
31 July
[4] 		Final (best of 21 legs)
31 July
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1 England Phil Taylor 107.83 6
Greece John Michael 87.94 3
1 England Phil Taylor 102.47 10
England Mervyn King 90.71 3
  England Mervyn King 96.30 6
Netherlands Co Stompé 88.01 1
1 England Phil Taylor 102.36 10
Australia Paul Nicholson 98.45 7
8 Wales Mark Webster 87.79 4
England Terry Jenkins 94.63 6
  England Terry Jenkins 96.57 4
Australia Paul Nicholson 101.61 10
  England Justin Pipe 88.67 3
Australia Paul Nicholson 91.98 6
1 England Phil Taylor 99.52 11
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 95.41 4
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 102.52 6
Austria Mensur Suljović 86.68 2
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 96.84 10
England Colin Lloyd 83.75 2
  England Alan Tabern 85.77 4
England Colin Lloyd 92.48 6
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 99.41 10
Scotland Peter Wright 94.79 6
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 97.35 6
England Jamie Caven 86.79 3
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 90.65 5
Scotland Peter Wright 90.58 10
  Canada John Part 83.03 5
Scotland Peter Wright 83.83 6
1 England Phil Taylor 109.29 11
2 England Adrian Lewis 98.72 8
2 England Adrian Lewis 89.89 6
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 79.80 4
2 England Adrian Lewis 105.80 10
England Dave Chisnall 100.51 5
  Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.19 4
England Dave Chisnall 96.91 6
2 England Adrian Lewis 99.81 10
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 95.72 8
7 England Wes Newton 98.85 6
England Andy Smith 88.51 2
7 England Wes Newton 95.94 8
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 97.31 10
  Belgium Kim Huybrechts 99.25 6
Spain Antonio Alcinas 96.19 2
2 England Adrian Lewis 100.63 11
6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 95.34 10
6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 101.98 6
England Andy Hamilton 94.96 4
6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 102.07 10
England Mark Walsh 100.53 5
  England Wayne Jones 96.69 5
England Mark Walsh 99.41 6
6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 97.95 10
3 England James Wade 93.60 8
3 England James Wade 92.08 6
Sweden Magnus Caris 79.85 1
3 England James Wade 101.81 10
England Ronnie Baxter 98.88 7
  England Ronnie Baxter 102.17 6
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.09 4

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

Statistics

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Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
England Phil Taylor 5 48 25 19 110 50 15 164 104.29
England Adrian Lewis 5 45 35 17 101 77 31 150 98.38
England James Wade 3 24 16 7 73 21 16 121 95.83
Scotland Gary Anderson 2 11 13 5 27 16 5 80 94.00
Australia Simon Whitlock 4 30 21 13 65 40 16 132 98.55
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4 36 28 13 80 59 16 167 99.36
England Wes Newton 2 14 12 7 30 18 7 167 95.89
Wales Mark Webster 1 4 6 1 12 5 1 40 87.79
England Terry Jenkins 2 10 14 3 37 19 5 101 95.60
Australia Paul Nicholson 3 23 17 9 61 37 8 107 97.35
England Andy Hamilton 1 4 6 2 12 6 3 146 94.96
England Mervyn King 2 9 11 4 24 18 1 105 93.50
England Mark Walsh 2 11 15 4 43 20 6 120 99.97
England Colin Lloyd 2 8 14 2 33 12 2 110 88.12
England Wayne Jones 1 5 6 2 17 8 2 76 96.69
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 1 4 6 1 10 4 1 58 79.80
Canada John Part 1 5 6 2 12 3 1 58 83.03
England Ronnie Baxter 2 11 14 4 37 16 11 116 100.52
England Andy Smith 1 2 6 1 14 3 1 20 88.51
England Jamie Caven 1 3 6 1 7 4 0 50 86.79
England Justin Pipe 1 3 6 2 9 8 1 121 88.67
England Dave Chisnall 2 11 14 8 22 17 6 116 98.71
Scotland Peter Wright 3 22 20 10 56 32 9 121 89.73
England Alan Tabern 1 4 6 1 8 9 0 76 85.77
Spain Antonio Alcinas 1 2 6 0 10 5 3 121 96.19
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 3 24 20 9 49 30 10 126 97.42
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 1 4 6 2 10 6 2 41 89.19
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 1 4 6 1 10 11 1 135 101.09
Austria Mensur Suljović 1 2 6 1 10 6 0 40 86.68
Greece John Michael 1 3 6 1 6 7 2 102 87.94
Netherlands Co Stompé 1 1 6 1 8 3 2 5 88.01
Sweden Magnus Caris 1 1 6 0 9 3 1 4 79.85

Television coverage

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The PDC announced on 24 June that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event live.[5] ITV4 continued their coverage of PDC tournaments, having previously broadcast the 2008 European Championship, and the Grand Slam of Darts between 2007 and 2010.

The tournament was also broadcast on SPORT1 in Germany, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, and Fox Sports in Australia.

References

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  1. ^ "PartyPoker.net European Championships – Thursday". Professional Darts Corporation. PDC & Perform Ltd. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ^ "PartyPoker.net European Championships – Friday". Professional Darts Corporation. PDC & Perform Ltd. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ^ "PartyPoker.net European Championships – Saturday". Professional Darts Corporation. PDC & Perform Ltd. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Imperious Taylor wins fourth Euro title". Professional Darts Corporation. PDC & Perform Ltd. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  5. ^ "European Championship On ITV4". PDC. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
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