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 in 2016, twelve in 2017, thirteen in both 2018 and 2019, and thirteen once more in 2020. These events see the top players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit compete against players from six different regional qualifiers. Currently the prize fund for each tournament is £140,000, with £25,000 going to the winner. These events differ to others held on the Pro Tour as they are played on one board in front of an audience. They are not televised, but are streamed on the PDC's subscription service.

Prize money

Prize money for European Tour events rose to £140,000 in 2019. This is how the prize money is divided:
Stage2012201320142015–20162017–20182019–2020
Winner£15,000£20,000£20,000£25,000£25,000£25,000
Runner-up£7,500£10,000£8,000£10,000£10,000£10,000
Semi-finalists£5,000£5,000£4,000£5,000£6,000£6,500
£3,000£3,000£3,000£3,500£4,000£5,000
Last 16£1,500£2,000£2,000£2,000£3,000£3,000
Last 32£1000£1,000£1,250£1,500£2,000£2,000
Last 48N/AN/A£1,000£1,000£1,000£1,000
Last 64£200£500N/AN/AN/AN/A
Last 96£100N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Total£82,100£100,000£100,000£115,000£135,000£140,000

Active tournaments

Austrian Darts Open

German Darts Championship

YearDateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-UpRef.
201222–24 June Berlin, TempodromPhil Taylor 6–2 Dave Chisnall
20136–8 September Hildesheim, Halle 39Dave Chisnall 6–2 Peter Wright
201431 January–2 February Hildesheim, Halle 39Gary Anderson 6–5 Justin Pipe
201513–15 February Hildesheim, Halle 39Michael van Gerwen 6–2 Gary Anderson
201614–16 October Hildesheim, Halle 39Alan Norris 6–5 Jelle Klaasen
201724–26 March Hildesheim, Halle 39Peter Wright 6–3 Michael van Gerwen
201831 August–2 September Hildesheim, Halle 39Michael van Gerwen 8–6 James Wilson
201929–31 March Hildesheim, Halle 39Daryl Gurney 8–6 Ricky Evans
-- Hildesheim, Halle 39----

European Darts Open

Dutch Darts Masters

Gibraltar Darts Trophy

European Darts Grand Prix

International Darts Open

European Darts Matchplay

German Darts Open

German Darts Grand Prix

Czech Darts Open

Belgian Darts Championship

Hungarian Darts Trophy

Former tournaments

UK Masters

German Darts Masters

European Darts Trophy

Dutch Darts Championship

Danish Darts Open

Austrian Darts Championship

Records and statistics

Total finalist appearances

Nine-dart finishes

Twelve nine-darters have been thrown on the European Tour. The first one was thrown by Michael Smith in the inaugural tournament in Austria in 2012.
After a gap of just over 5 years between nine-darters, the so-called "Curse of Ross Smith" hung over the European Tour, named after Smith, who got his in the 2013 Gibraltar Darts Trophy. Since Michael van Gerwen broke the curse at the 2018 European Darts Matchplay, there have been five more nine-dart finishes.
PlayerYear MethodOpponentResult
Michael Smith2012 Austrian Darts Open, 1st Round? Jamie CavenWon
Simon Whitlock2012 Austrian Darts Open, 2nd Round? Joe CullenWon
Colin Lloyd2012 German Darts Championship, 1st Round3 x T20; ; 2 x T20, D15 Alex RoyWon
Mark Webster2012 German Darts Masters, 1st Round? Andree WelgeLost
Ian White2012 German Darts Masters, 3rd Round? Andy HamiltonWon
Ross Smith2013 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, 2nd Round3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T15, D18 Adrian LewisLost
Michael van Gerwen2018 European Darts Matchplay, 2nd Round3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 Ryan JoyceWon
Michael van Gerwen2019 European Darts Open, Semi-Final3 x T20; T20, 2 x T19; T19, Bull, D20 Mensur SuljovićWon
James Wade2019 German Darts Championship, 3rd Round3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Darren WebsterLost
Steve Beaton2019 German Darts Open, 1st Round2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 Kirk ShepherdWon
Gerwyn Price2019 Czech Darts Open, 2nd Round3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Glen DurrantWon
Dave Chisnall2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Quarter-Final3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 James WadeWon