At Last Some Proper Darts!

[M H]

THE 2014 PDC European Tour begins on Friday January 31 with the German Darts Championship in Hildesheim, as 48 players compete in the £100,000 event.

The new format for European Tour events in 2014 sees the first round held in one, eight-hour session from 3pm on Friday, as the 32 qualifiers compete for places in Saturday's second round.

The top 16 seeds come in at the second round stage on Saturday, as they play against the first round winners across two sessions.

Sunday afternoon sees the third round take place, before the tournament concludes on Sunday evening with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final held in one session.

The German Darts Championship will be held at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, with tickets available through PDC Europe online at www.pdc-europe.tv.

With the European Qualifier and Host Nation Qualifier to be played on Thursday evening, many first round ties have still to be finalised, although the opening session will feature a number of other high-profile contests, including world number 11 Justin Pipe against Richie Burnett.

Andy Hamilton takes on PDC newcomer Barry Lynn, Dean Winstanley faces recent Tour Card winner Matt Padgett, World Youth Champion Michael Smith plays debutant Jamie Bain and Mark Walsh faces Lee Palfreyman, whose brother Joey is also in action on the day.

Terry Jenkins, Ronnie Baxter, Wayne Jones, Stuart Kellett and Mark Dudbridge are also in action n the opening day.

The draw for the German Darts Championship was made by PDC Tournament Director Tommy Cox with PDPA Director Andy Scott. The PDC will confirm details of live streaming of this event in due course, with details currently being finalised.

German Darts Championship
European Tour Event One, Halle 39, Hildesheim
Draw Bracket (Second Round Onwards)
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Maish/EQ7
Kevin Painter (16) v HNQ3/Jenkins
Steve Beaton (8) v EQ4/Dewsbury
Wes Newton (9) v Woods/EQ5
Kim Huybrechts (5) v Bain/M Smith
John Part (12) v EQ3/Dudbridge
Brendan Dolan (4) v Burnett/Pipe
Paul Nicholson (13) v Kellett/HNQ2
Dave Chisnall (2) v EQ2/EQ8
Adrian Lewis (15) v HNQ4/J Palfreyman
Jamie Caven (7) v EQ6/Baxter
Mervyn King (10) v Walsh/L Palfreyman
Robert Thornton (6) v Lynn/Hamilton
Ian White (11) v Winstanley/Padgett
Peter Wright (3) v Jones/HNQ1
Gary Anderson (14) v EQ1/Spearing

Schedule of Play
Friday January 31 (3pm-11pm)
First Round
European Qualifier 1 v Glenn Spearing
European Qualifier 2 v European Qualifier 8
European Qualifier 4 v Marc Dewsbury
Brian Woods v European Qualifier 5
European Qualifier 6 v Ronnie Baxter
Steve Maish v European Qualifier 7
European Qualifier 3 v Mark Dudbridge
Dean Winstanley v Matt Padgett
Mark Walsh v Lee Palfreyman
Jamie Bain v Michael Smith
Host Nation Qualifier 3 v Terry Jenkins
Barry Lynn v Andy Hamilton
Wayne Jones v Host Nation Qualifier 1
Host Nation Qualifier 4 v Joey Palfreyman
Stuart Kellett v Host Nation Qualifier 2
Richie Burnett v Justin Pipe

Saturday February 1
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Ian White v Winstanley/Padgett
Gary Anderson v EQ1/Spearing
Robert Thornton v Lynn/Hamilton
Mervyn King v Walsh/L Palfreyman
Jamie Caven v EQ6/Baxter
Dave Chisnall v EQ2/EQ8
Steve Beaton v EQ4/Dewsbury
John Part v EQ3/Dudbridge

Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Brendan Dolan v Burnett/Pipe
Wes Newton v Woods/EQ5
Kim Huybrechts v Bain/M Smith
Adrian Lewis v HNQ4/J Palfreyman
Peter Wright v Jones/HNQ1
Michael van Gerwen v Maish/EQ7
Kevin Painter v HNQ3/Jenkins
Paul Nicholson v Kellett/HNQ2

Sunday February 2
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Third Round

Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

All games are the best of 11 legs.
Sunday's games will be played in draw bracket order.

[fandarts]

wheres dicie? i thought he was a pro now?

[M H]

Dicie wanted to do a few Challenge Tour events, no more than that mate

[skweezit]

See that there will be no European Order of Merit this year. ist kaput.

The European Qualifier is of the highest caliber with top stars like five times World Champion Raymond van Barneveld,
Vincent van der Voort, Jelle Klaasen, Ronny Huybrechts and the very popular Mensur Suljovic.

The German qualifier is led by our World Cup trio Tomas Seyler, Max Hopp and Andree Welge.

[Justin Credible]

all jail the pdc

[M H]

all jail the pdc

Wrong forum mate!

[Justin Credible]

all jail the pdc

Wrong forum mate!

my typos are getting worse and ridiculous, that said that did turn out quite funny.

I have no letters visible on my keyboard, they have worn off on a lot of keys, hence why letters like the h j m & n are always getting mixed up

[M H]

I honestly don't give a fuck about typos but had you posted that over the road you'd be Admin within minutes it appears

[Justin Credible]

aint been over the road been out all day, can only imagine what sue williams description of DF went down like.

Once you read one post from darty you read them all, repetitive same old party line bullshit.
no desire to visit df now, far too many sites I post on to visit first.

[fandarts]

all jail the pdc

about time you came to your senses

[Justin Credible]

John Part (12) v EQ3/Dudbridge
Brendan Dolan (4) v Burnett/Pipe
Jamie Caven (7) v EQ6/Baxter
Ian White (11) v Winstanley/Padgett
Gary Anderson (14) v EQ1/Spearing

the 5 stand out ties

Fancy dudbridge to beat Part
Dolan pipe would be an awful match up
Caven Baxter would be a decent match up
Likewise would White and winstanley would be.
As for ando, capable of losing to anyone and glenn spearing could cause an upset

[Randall]

beaton has his work cut out playing the whole of dewsbury

[Justin Credible]

beaton has his work cut out playing the whole of dewsbury

he will still finish the match quicker than a pipe dolan game

[Justin Credible]

I take it this will still be screen on the pdc youtube channel friday ?

[The Ginge Reaper]

Yup.

[Justin Credible]

good ol barry hearn, he never lets us down

[Noisycrowds]

is bunting in this

[M H]

No mate

[Noisycrowds]

bottler

[The Ginge Reaper]

bottler

He hadnt switched to the PDC in time. Otherwise he would have lost his £100k.