The 2014 Dutch Darts Masters was the second of eight
PDC European Tour The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, ten ...
events on the
2014 PDC Pro Tour The 2014 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events are the events tha ...
. The tournament took place at the NH Hotel in
Veldhoven,
Netherlands
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, between 14–16 February 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen won his third European Tour title by beating
Mervyn King 6–4 in the final.
Prize money
Qualification and format
The top 16 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Meriton the 17 January 2014 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...
on 19 January), eight from the European Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue on 11 February).
The following players took part in the tournament:
:Top 16
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Michael van Gerwen (winner)
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Dave Chisnall ''(quarter-finals)''
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Peter Wright ''(second round)''
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Brendan Dolan ''(semi-finals)''
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Kim Huybrechts ''(second round)''
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Jamie Caven ''(second round)''
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Steve Beaton ''(second round)''
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Wes Newton
Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player.
Darts career
Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...
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Simon Whitlock ''(second round)''
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Mervyn King ''(runner-up)''
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Ian White ''(semi-finals)''
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John Part ''(second round)''
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Paul Nicholson ''(second round)''
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Gary Anderson ''(second round)''
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Adrian Lewis ''(third round)''
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Kevin Painter ''(third round)''
:UK Qualifier
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Stuart Kellett ''(third round)''
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Mick Todd
Mick Todd (born 6 June 1972) is a former professional English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
He earned a PDC Tour Card in 2011 and 2014, and qualified for the 2014 UK Open and 2017 UK Open
The 2017 Coral U ...
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Mickey Mansell
Michael "Mickey" Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is a Northern Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In October 2010, Mansell reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Dublin. A week lat ...
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Michael Barnard ''(first round)''
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Andy Smith ''(second round)''
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Kevin Thomas ''(third round)''
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Steve Maish ''(second round)''
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Richie Burnett
Richard Mark "Richie" Burnett (born 7 February 1967), nicknamed Prince of Wales, is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former World No. 1 who won the 1995 Embassy World Darts Cha ...
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Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached number three in the world rankings and was a runner-up in nin ...
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Wayne Jones ''(first round)''
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David Pallett
David John Pallett (born 8 February 1990) is an English professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in t ...
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Jamie Lewis ''(second round)''
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Darren Webster ''(third round)''
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Joe Cullen ''(third round)''
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Terry Temple
Terence "Terry" Temple (born 16 August 1961 from Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player he currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has come through Qualifying School to earn a place on the PDC three times and is ...
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Glenn Spearing
Glenn Spearing (born 1 June 1985) is a former Irish professional darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Spearing was a prolific winner of Irish darts tournaments in 2012 and 2013 as he picked up eight t ...
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Mark Walsh ''(first round)''
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Dean Winstanley ''(second round)''
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Josh Payne
Joshua James Payne (born 25 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has previously played for West Ham United, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Wycombe Wanderers, Doncaster Rovers, Oxford United, Aldershot Town ...
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Peter Hudson
Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the Ta ...
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Jyhan Artut
Jyhan Artut (born 9 October 1976) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Artut defeated Wayne Mardle 3–0 in the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship in the first round. He was ...
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Dimitri Van den Bergh ''(second round)''
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Ronny Huybrechts ''(second round)''
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Fabian Herz
Fabian Herz (born 7 January 1994) is a German darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
A policeman by trade, he qualified for PDC European Tour events via the Host Nation/European Qualifiers for the 2014 Dutch Dar ...
''(first round)''
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Bernd Roith
Bernd Roith (born 30 December 1959) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Roith is a chef by profession. He qualified for the 2010 European Championship via the PDC European Order of Merit. ...
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Jarkko Komula
Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed Smiley because he rarely smiles.
Darts career
BDO
Komula reached the final of the 2001 ...
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Mensur Suljović ''(first round)''
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Max Hopp ''(first round)''
:Host Nation Qualifier
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Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win the ...
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Kevin Voornhout ''(first round)''
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Christian Kist ''(second round)''
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Vincent van der Voort ''(quarter-finals)''
Draw
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutch Darts Masters
2014 PDC European Tour
2014 in Dutch sport