2018 Dutch Darts Championship

2018 Dutch Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	7–9 September 2018
Venue	MECC Maastricht
Location	Maastricht
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Ritchie Edhouse (quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
Ian White
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The 2018 Dutch Darts Championship was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands from 7–9 September 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Ian White won his tenth PDC title and his first on the European Tour, defeating Ricky Evans 8–5 in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

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

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 August will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 3 September), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 6 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 10 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

Mensur Suljović, who would have been the number 3 seed, withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. Steve West, the highest-ranked qualifier, was promoted to 16th seed. Erik Tautfest also withdrew prior to the draw. Two extra places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (second round)
2. Peter Wright (semi-finals)
3. Ian White (champion)
4. Jonny Clayton (second round)
5. James Wade (second round)
6. Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
7. Simon Whitlock (quarter-finals)
8. Joe Cullen (quarter-finals)
9. Daryl Gurney (third round)
10. Gerwyn Price (second round)
11. Darren Webster (second round)
12. Max Hopp (second round)
13. Stephen Bunting (second round)
14. Mervyn King (third round)
15. Dave Chisnall (third round)
16. Steve West (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Barrie Bates (second round)
• James Wilson (first round)
• Kevin Painter (second round)
• Ross Smith (third round)
• Arron Monk (second round)
• Andy Boulton (first round)
• Kyle Anderson (quarter-finals)
• Josh Payne (third round)
• Wayne Jones (second round)
• Dawson Murschell (first round)
• William O'Connor (third round)
• Paul Nicholson (first round)
• Ritchie Edhouse (semi-finals)
• Darren Johnson (third round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• Ricky Evans (runner-up)
• Ryan Searle (second round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Christian Bunse (first round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round)
• Kevin Münch (first round)
• Cristo Reyes (second round)
• Toni Alcinas (first round)
• Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (first round)
• Robert Marijanović (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Jan Dekker (first round)
• Jelle Klaasen (first round)
• Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round)
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Vincent van der Voort (first round)
• Jeffrey de Graaf (third round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Darius Labanauskas (second round)

East European Qualifier

• Karel Sedláček (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 7 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 8 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 9 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 9 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 9 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 9 September
						1	Michael van Gerwen 87.91	1
	Karel Sedláček 76.17		2				William O'Connor 95.97	6
												O'Connor 86.53	2
	William O'Connor 88.75		6
												Evans 90.32	6
						16	Steve West 87.75	5
	Ricky Evans 95.32		6				Ricky Evans 88.16	6
																	Evans 91.81	6
	Jan Dekker 94.99		3
																8	Cullen 95.05	5
						8	Joe Cullen 89.09	6
	Barrie Bates 86.18		6				Barrie Bates 87.08	4
											8	Cullen 98.60	6
	Jelle Klaasen 85.32		3
											9	Gurney 97.70	4
						9	Daryl Gurney 100.64	6
	Ryan Searle 94.40		6				Ryan Searle 100.59	5
																					Evans 92.03		7
	Andy Boulton 88.68		3
																					Edhouse 94.99		5
						5	James Wade 92.64	4
	Dawson Murschell 82.03		4				Ritchie Edhouse 90.63	6
											Edhouse 93.71		6
	Ritchie Edhouse 88.95		6
											Smith 90.10		2
						12	Max Hopp 94.10	5
	Ross Smith 96.91		6				Ross Smith 98.09	6
																Edhouse 92.65		6
	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 88.40		2
																Anderson 87.92		4
						4	Jonny Clayton 85.47	3
	Kyle Anderson 99.10		6				Kyle Anderson 95.09	6
											Anderson 97.56		6
	Christian Bunse 80.72		0
											de Graaf 84.35		1
						13	Stephen Bunting 91.24	3
	Jeffrey de Graaf 91.25		6				Jeffrey de Graaf 97.02	6
																											Evans 89.23	5
	Paul Nicholson 92.93		5
																										3	White 89.18	8
						2	Peter Wright 92.88	6
	Kevin Painter 89.21		6				Kevin Painter 94.18	2
											2	Wright 90.96	6
	Vincent van der Voort 87.17		5
											15	Chisnall 94.26	1
						15	Dave Chisnall 92.15	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 100.71		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 88.23	3
																2	Wright 100.47	6
	Robert Marijanović 90.38		3
																7	Whitlock 90.10	4
						7	Simon Whitlock 90.29	6
	James Wilson 94.40		4				Cristo Reyes 83.36	1
											7	Whitlock 99.46	6
	Cristo Reyes 96.04		6
												Johnson 91.13	4
						10	Gerwyn Price 94.59	5
	Kevin Münch 77.73		4				Darren Johnson 91.13	6
																					2	Wright 100.05	4
	Darren Johnson 83.11		6
																					3	White 98.41	7
						6	Adrian Lewis 97.97	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.88		2				Wayne Jones 90.38	1
											6	Lewis 89.71	6
	Wayne Jones 89.79		6
												Payne 91.37	5
						11	Darren Webster 93.86	3
	Josh Payne 92.87		6				Josh Payne 90.45	6
																6	Lewis 90.97	1
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 85.78		3
																3	White 99.17	6
						3	Ian White 102.26	6
	Robert Thornton 87.75		3				Arron Monk 99.81	4
											3	White 99.67	6
	Arron Monk 92.12		6
											14	King 90.10	2
						14	Mervyn King 86.18	6
	Toni Alcinas 88.39		3				Darius Labanauskas 83.62	2
	Darius Labanauskas 93.15		6