2014 PDC European Tour Event 7

2014 European Tour Event 7
Tournament information
Dates	5–7 September
Venue	Glaspalast
Location	Sindelfingen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£100,000
Winners share	£20,000
High checkout	170 Stephen Bunting (Second round)
Champion(s)
Mervyn King
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2014 European Tour Event 7 (also known as the 2014 European Darts Grand Prix) was the seventh of eight European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, between September 5–7. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.

Mervyn King won his first European Tour event by beating Michael Smith 6–5 in the final.

Prize money

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Stage	European Tour
Winner	£20,000
Runner-up	£8,000
Semi-finalists	£4,000
Quarter-finalists	£3,000
Last 16	£2,000
Last 32	£1,250
Last 48	£1,000
Total	£100,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June 2014 automatically qualified for the event.^[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 4 July),^[3] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Home Nations Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started).^[4][5] All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16 Gary Anderson (Third round) Brendan Dolan (Second round) Robert Thornton (Quarter-finals) Dave Chisnall (Quarter-finals) Peter Wright (Second round) Ian White (Second round) Kim Huybrechts (Third round) Steve Beaton (Third round) Adrian Lewis (Quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (Semi-finals) Mervyn King (Winner) Vincent van der Voort (Third round) Justin Pipe (Second round) Jamie Caven (Third round) Terry Jenkins (Quarter-finals) Michael Smith (Runner-up)

UK Qualifier Kyle Anderson (Second round) Chris Aubrey (First round) Stephen Bunting (Semi-finals) Matt Clark (Second round) Joe Cullen (Second round) Kevin Dowling (First round) Ricky Evans (Second round) Andrew Gilding (Second round) Wayne Jones (First round) Johnny Haines (First round) Andy Hamilton (Second round) John Henderson (First round) Steve Hine (Second round) James Hubbard (First round) Jason Lovett (First round) Kevin McDine (Second round) Shaun Narain (Second round) Kevin Painter (First round) James Wade (Third round) Darren Webster (Third round)

European Qualifier Benito van de Pas (First round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (Third round) Ryan de Vreede (Second round) Robert Marijanović (First round) Mensur Suljović (First round) Jelle Klaasen (First round) Ron Meulenkamp (First round) Mike de Decker (First round) Host Nation Qualifier Michael Rosenauer (Second round) Max Hopp (Second round) Jyhan Artut (First round) Sascha Goldammer (First round)

Draw

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	First round [7]					Second round [8]					Third round [9]					Quarter-finals [9]					Semi-finals [9]					Final [9]
		Ryan de Vreede 89.01	6			1	Gary Anderson 105.15	6
		Robert Marijanović 82.50	2				Ryan de Vreede 94.29	3
											1	G Anderson 100.23	2
											16	Smith 102.16	6
		Kevin McDine 88.02	6	16	Michael Smith 98.83	6
		Jason Lovett 87.98	2				Kevin McDine 94.16	2
																16	Smith 92.26	6
															9	Lewis 98.77	4
		Johnny Haines 90.00	5			8	Steve Beaton 93.31	6
		Shaun Narain 91.13	6				Shaun Narain 88.64	5
											8	Beaton 95.56	0
											9	Lewis 115.62	6
		James Hubbard 81.99	5	9	Adrian Lewis 87.50	6
		Steve Hine 77.35	6				Steve Hine 84.35	3
																					16	Smith 98.90	6
																						Bunting 89.10	4
		Stephen Bunting 94.34	6			5	Peter Wright 99.10	3
		Jyhan Artut 89.6	5				Stephen Bunting 106.07	6
												Bunting 97.77	6
											12	van der Voort 90.80	5
		Jelle Klaasen 93.88	3	12	Vincent van der Voort 87.88	6
		Ricky Evans 93.73	6				Ricky Evans 86.41	5
																	Bunting 91.70	6
															4	Chisnall 91.57	3
		Max Hopp 94.46	6			4	Dave Chisnall 94.55	6
		Mike de Decker 85.28	2				Max Hopp 84.98	1
											4	Chisnall 96.63	6
												Wade 96.47	2
		James Wade 87.91	6	13	Justin Pipe 89.42	2
		Kevin Painter 85.20	4				James Wade 88.28	6
																										16	Smith 86.79	5
																										11	King 91.05	6
		Wayne Jones 99.10	3			2	Brendan Dolan 94.68	4
		Darren Webster 93.05	6				Darren Webster 92.84	6
												Webster 91.69	3
											15	Jenkins 99.48	6
		Mensur Suljović 93.53	3	15	Terry Jenkins 89.25	6
		Joe Cullen 99.73	6				Joe Cullen 91.87	4
																15	Jenkins 85.65	4
															10	Whitlock 88.39	6
		Chris Aubrey 78.73	5			7	Kim Huybrechts 92.09	6
		Michael Rosenauer 78.05	6				Michael Rosenauer 81.03	2
											7	Huybrechts 83.55	0
											10	Whitlock 99.10	6
		John Henderson 87.25	5	10	Simon Whitlock 98.77	6
		Matt Clark 86.67	6				Matt Clark 92.27	4
																					10	Whitlock 87.66	5
																					11	King 91.05	6
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.96	6			6	Ian White 94.23	3
		Sascha Goldammer 72.13	2				Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.43	6
												Rodriguez 87.54	3
											11	King 95.37	6
		Andrew Gilding 96.52	6	11	Mervyn King 90.91	6
		Benito van de Pas 90.60	3				Andrew Gilding 89.06	4
																11	King 92.02	6
															3	Thornton 82.97	0
		Kevin Dowling 85.90	4			3	Robert Thornton 84.71	6
		Kyle Anderson 91.55	6				Kyle Anderson 82.03	1
											3	Thornton 97.67	6
											14	Caven 94.13	5
		Andy Hamilton 98.02	6	14	Jamie Caven 92.89	6
		Ron Meulenkamp 84.45	0				Andy Hamilton 94.59	5

References

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