The 2017

German Darts Championship The German Darts Championship is a Professional Darts Corporation event that takes place in Germany as part of the PDC European Tour. Since 2013, it has been held at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, after previously being held in Berlin Berlin ( , ) ...

was the first of twelve

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events on the

2017 PDC Pro Tour The 2017 PDC Pro Tour is a current series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. This ye ...

. The tournament took place at Halle 39,

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, between 24–26 March 2017. It will feature a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner. Alan Norris was the defending champion, having beaten

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 ...

6–5 in the final of the previous edition, but he was defeated 6–4 in the third round by

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13 ...

. Peter Wright won the final, defeating

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...

6–3, winning his second

title.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on 6 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round. The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in

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on 10 March), eight from the West/South European Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 23 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 February). The following players took part in the tournament: :Top 16 :#

''(runner-up)'' :# Peter Wright (champion) :#

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...

''(quarter-finals)'' :#

Benito van de Pas Benito van de Pas (born 18 January 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player. Career BDO Van de Pas reached the semi-finals of the 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, losing 1-4 to Michael van Gerwen. Van de Pas won the 2011 German Open. ...

''(quarter-finals)'' :#

Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champions ...

''(third round)'' :#

Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) between 2004 and 2009. He uses the nickname T ...

''(second round)'' :# Alan Norris ''(third round)'' :# Ian White ''(quarter-finals)'' :#

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...

''(second round)'' :#

''(quarter-finals)'' :#

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...

''(semi-finals)'' :#

''(semi-finals)'' :# Michael Smith ''(second round)'' :# Joe Cullen ''(third round)'' :#

Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Nicknamed The Bullet, Bunting won the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and is a twice former Worl ...

''(third round)'' :#

Cristo Reyes Cristo Reyes Torres (born 30 July 1987) is a Spanish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In October 2014, Reyes bested a field of 154 players to win the Iberian Qualifier for the 2015 PDC World Champi ...

''(third round)'' :UK Qualifier :*

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''(first round)'' :*

Jamie Bain Jamie Bain (born 6 August 1991) is a Scottish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian ...

''(second round)'' :*

Darren Johnson Darren Paul Johnson (born 1966) is a former English politician and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He represented the Green Party on the London Assembly from 2000 to 2016 and was a Green councillor in the London Bor ...

''(third round)'' :*

Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd (born 5 October 1986) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. He was the youngest player ever to reach the final of the World Professional Darts Championship ...

''(first round)'' :*

Chris Dobey Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to Na ...

''(first round)'' :*

Stephen Burton Stephen Burton (born December 11, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at West Texas A&M. On April 23, 2014, Burton had ...

''(first round)'' :* Mervyn King ''(second round)'' :* Paul Nicholson ''(second round)'' :*

Diogo Portela Diogo Portela (born 12 June 1988) is a Brazilian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Portela first came into prominence in ...

''(second round)'' :*

Mick McGowan Michael McGowan (born 1 February 1973) is an Irish professional darts player who last played in events for the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Career McGowan last played on the PDC pro tour in the Killarney Pro Tour 1 in October 2013 and his ...

''(second round)'' :*

Ryan Meikle Ryan Meikle ( born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He wo ...

''(first round)'' :* Chris Quantock ''(first round)'' :*

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''(second round)'' :* John Bowles ''(second round)'' :*

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 ...

''(second round)'' :*

Richie Corner Richard "Richie" Corner (born 20 April 1962) is a former professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Originally a poultry farmer from North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial count ...

''(second round)'' :*

Kevin Painter Kevin Painter (born 12 July 1967) is an English retired darts player, known as "The Artist". He is arguably most famous for finishing as the runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 2004 PDC World Championship final, now widely credited as one of the ...

''(third round)'' :*

Adam Hunt Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jon ...

''(first round)'' :West/South European Qualifier :*

Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Since 2014, he has competed in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO K ...

''(second round)'' :*

Ryan de Vreede Ryan de Vreede (born 1 September 1992) is a professional Dutch darts player. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Career PDC De Vreede's first Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) event was the 2009 German Darts Championship ...

''(first round)'' :*

Dimitri Van den Bergh Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gar ...

''(second round)'' :*

Jermaine Wattimena Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. Career Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in th ...

''(second round)'' :* John Michael ''(first round)'' :* Michael Plooy ''(first round)'' :*

Jan Dekker Jan Dekker (born 25 June 1990) is a former Dutch professional darts player. He twice reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Darts Championship, in 2011 and 2014. Career Dekker qualified for the televised stages of the 2010 Winmau World Ma ...

''(third round)'' :*

Michael Rasztovits Michael Rasztovits (born 16 February 1984), nicknamed "Rasto", is an Austrian darts player. Career Since 2011, Rasztovits has taken part in PDC events. He has played in Qualifying School from 2013 onwards but has never won enough games to win a ...

''(first round)'' :Host Nation Qualifier :*

Robert Allenstein Robert Allenstein (born 8 September 1991) is a professional German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He reached the last 32 of the 2016 World Masters. That year, he also won the Austrian Open in Vienna ...

''(first round)'' :*

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. ...

''(first round)'' :*

Martin Schindler Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying-School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany ...

''(first round)'' :*

Stefan Stoyke Stefan Stoyke (born 23 March 1972) is a former German professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. Nicknamed "The Calm", Stoyke narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship, ...

''(first round)'' :Nordic & Baltic Qualifier :*

Veijo Viinikka Veijo Viinikka (born 27 March 1966) is a Finnish professional darts player. He competed in the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, losing 4–2 to Roland Scholten in the preliminary round. He made his European Tour debut for German Darts Champi ...

''(first round)'' :East European Qualifier :*

Krzysztof Ratajski Krzysztof Ratajski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 January 1977) is a Polish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2017 World Masters. Ratajski also pla ...

''(second round)''

Draw

References

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