About European Darts Trophy 2014
In 2013 the PDC start their World Tour. In that first year Dubai and Sydney are the stops. In Australia the top eight in the world play against eight local qualifiers in the first round.
Raymond van Barneveld is the only 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 Trophy was played from 19-21 September in Leipzig. Michael Smith wins the tournament by defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final. It is the greatest victory for Michael Smith in his career so far. With the victory of Michael Smith, the Euro Tour in 2014 gets eight different winners in as many tournaments. For Michael van Gerwen it is his third final of the year, he loses to Phil Taylor earlier in Berlin and wins against Mervyn King in Veldhoven. who loses in the first round. Clinton Bridge is the man responsible for the upset. The rest of the tournament is a lot more predictable. The four highest-ranked players reach the semi-finals, the numbers one and two in the world reach the final and Phil Taylor wins the tournament. He does so by averaging over 108 in his the last three matches.
Competitors Of European Darts Trophy 2014
Jyhan Artut
Ronnie Baxter
Stephen Bunting
Richie Burnett
Ricky Evans
Andrew Gilding
Max Hopp
James Hubbard
Michael Hurtz
Ronny Huybrechts
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Mickey Mansell
Shaun Narain
William O'Connor
Kevin Painter
Gerwyn Price
Roxy-James Rodriguez
Bernd Roith
Michael Rosenauer
Tomas Seyler
Andy Smith
Ross Smith
Mensur Suljovic
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Gino Vos
James Wade
Steve West
Dean Winstanley
Ryan de Vreede
Raymond van Barneveld
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Callers Of European Darts Trophy 2014
European Darts Trophy 2014
Leipzig, DEU
