In the third year of the Euro Tour there are eight tournaments in the series. Gibraltar, The Netherlands and Austria each get one stop and Germany is visited no less than five times. The format is changed this year, all games are played on one stage and only 48 players compete in the main event. In the first round 32 qualifiers play against each other. Twenty from Britain and the rest of the world, eight from mainland Europe and four from the host country. In the second round, the best 16 players from the Players Championship Order of Merit join the tournament.
The Dutch Darts Masters 2014 was played from 14 to 16 February in Veldhoven. The newly crowned world champion Michael van Gerwen received a warm welcome from his home crowd and did not disappoint the fans. He won the tournament beating Mervyn King in the final. It is the third victory for Mighty Mike on the Euro Tour, for King it is his third final but he is yet to win one.