The 2014
888.com European Championship was the seventh edition of the
Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the
European Championship, which sees the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the
PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place from 24–26 October 2014 at the RWE-Sporthalle in
Mülheim,
Germany.
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
was the defending champion, having beaten
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 ...
in the final of the 2013 tournament, but he lost in the first round to
Jelle Klaasen.
En route to the final,
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, 20 ...
hit a
nine-dart finish in his semi-final match against
Raymond van Barneveld. He went on to win the tournament, securing his first European Championship title, after beating
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 ni ...
11–4.
Prize money
The 2014 European Championship had a total prize fund of £250,000, a £50,000 increase since the previous staging of the tournament. The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Qualification
The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit on 13 October automatically qualified for the event. The top eight non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit were added to the tournament. The remaining places were filled by European qualifiers, with the top seven players from the European Order of Merit and a Scandinavian qualifier. The top eight from the PDC Order of Merit were seeded in the tournament.
These were the participants:
Draw
The draw was held on 12 October 2014.
Broadcasting
On 14 June 2013, the PDC announced that the European Championship would be broadcast in the United Kingdom on
ITV4
ITV4 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel which was launched on 1 November 2005. It is owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc, and is part of the ITV (TV network), ITV network. The channel h ...
for the next three years.
The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:
References
External links
Official site
{{European championships in 2014
European Championship (darts)
European Championship
European Championship