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 European Darts Open 2014 was played from 11 to 13 July and as usual the players came back to Düsseldorf. The tournament becomes a prey for Peter Wright. The colourful Scot beats Australian Simon Whitlock in the final 6-2. Both men had no easy route to the final. Whitlock beats Raymond van Barneveld, Brendan Dolan, Dave Chisnall and Gary Anderson. Peter Wright is victorious over Michael Smith, Justin Pipe, Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter. With his victory Wright is the fifteenth player with an Euro Tour title.