2017 German Darts Championship

2017 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	24–26 March 2017
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Benito van de Pas (third round)
Champion(s)
Peter Wright
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The 2017 German Darts Championship was the first of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, between 24–26 March 2017. It will feature a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Alan Norris was the defending champion, having beaten Jelle Klaasen 6–5 in the final of the previous edition, but he was defeated 6–4 in the third round by Kim Huybrechts.

Peter Wright won the final, defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–3, winning his second PDC European Tour title.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£135,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 6 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 10 March), eight from the West/South European Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 23 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
2. Peter Wright (champion)
3. Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals)
4. Benito van de Pas (quarter-finals)
5. Dave Chisnall (third round)
6. Simon Whitlock (second round)
7. Alan Norris (third round)
8. Ian White (quarter-finals)
9. James Wade (second round)
10. Kim Huybrechts (quarter-finals)
11. Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)
12. Jelle Klaasen (semi-finals)
13. Michael Smith (second round)
14. Joe Cullen (third round)
15. Stephen Bunting (third round)
16. Cristo Reyes (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Ryan Searle (first round)
• Jamie Bain (second round)
• Darren Johnson (third round)
• Kirk Shepherd (first round)
• Chris Dobey (first round)
• Stephen Burton (first round)
• Mervyn King (second round)
• Paul Nicholson (second round)
• Diogo Portela (second round)
• Mick McGowan (second round)
• Ryan Meikle (first round)
• Chris Quantock (first round)
• Paul Harvey (second round)
• John Bowles (second round)
• David Pallett (second round)
• Richie Corner (second round)
• Kevin Painter (third round)
• Adam Hunt (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Christian Kist (second round)
• Ryan de Vreede (first round)
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)
• Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
• John Michael (first round)
• Michael Plooy (first round)
• Jan Dekker (third round)
• Michael Rasztovits (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Robert Allenstein (first round)
• Bernd Roith (first round)
• Martin Schindler (first round)
• Stefan Stoyke (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Veijo Viinikka (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 24 March					Second round (best of 11 legs) 25 March					Third round (best of 11 legs) 26 March					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 26 March					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 26 March					Final (best of 11 legs) 26 March
						1	Michael van Gerwen 111.51	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 102.21		6				Jermaine Wattimena 86.38	1
											1	van Gerwen 97.88	6
	Bernd Roith 81.91		1
											16	Reyes 94.77	3
						16	Cristo Reyes 96.71	6
	Ryan Searle 88.97		2				Paul Nicholson 84.03	2
																1	van Gerwen 101.81	6
	Paul Nicholson 90.29		6
																8	White 92.83	3
						8	Ian White 90.21	6
	John Bowles 83.55		6				John Bowles 88.80	5
											8	White 104.68	6
	Stefan Stoyke 79.55		2
												Johnson 91.04	2
						9	James Wade 98.46	5
	Darren Johnson 97.91		6				Darren Johnson 97.86	6
																					1	van Gerwen 104.61	6
	Robert Allenstein 84.69		1
																					12	Klaasen 90.84	1
						5	Dave Chisnall 96.97	6
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.39		6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.90	0
											5	Chisnall 79.55	3
	Adam Hunt 95.31		4
											12	Klaasen 82.56	6
						12	Jelle Klaasen 91.55	6
	Mick McGowan 85.19		6				Mick McGowan 84.95	1
																12	Klaasen 100.43	6
	John Michael 77.47		2
																4	van de Pas 99.21	4
						4	Benito van de Pas 95.84	6
	Ryan Meikle 96.22		4				Paul Harvey 81.08	4
											4	van de Pas 92.97	6
	Paul Harvey 102.78		6
												Dekker 71.87	0
						13	Michael Smith 95.94	1
	Jan Dekker 91.79		6				Jan Dekker 99.29	6
																										1	van Gerwen 93.29	3
	Chris Quantock 93.39		5
																										2	Wright 95.36	6
						2	Peter Wright 95.01	6
	Christian Kist 82.99		6				Christian Kist 93.14	5
											2	Wright 97.59	6
	Michael Plooy 84.49		5
											15	Bunting 93.74	2
						15	Stephen Bunting 88.43	6
	David Pallett 99.91		6				David Pallett 95.00	4
																2	Wright 89.02	6
	Veijo Viinikka 84.26		1
																10	Huybrechts 88.64	2
						7	Alan Norris 90.66	6
	Richie Corner 86.37		6				Richie Corner 89.15	4
											7	Norris 89.38	4
	Kirk Shepherd 88.51		2
											10	Huybrechts 87.64	6
						10	Kim Huybrechts 98.35	6
	Martin Schindler 85.78		3				Diogo Portela 87.36	1
																					2	Wright 92.98	6
	Diogo Portela 90.96		6
																					11	Price 96.53	5
						6	Simon Whitlock 83.17	2
	Kevin Painter 85.80		6				Kevin Painter 88.40	6
												Painter 90.63	4
	Stephen Burton 80.41		5
											11	Price 92.90	6
						11	Gerwyn Price 99.06	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 96.12		6				Krzysztof Ratajski 92.79	1
																11	Price 101.10	6
	Ryan de Vreede 85.49		2
																3	Suljović 93.89	2
						3	Mensur Suljović 101.25	6
	Mervyn King 95.88		6				Mervyn King 102.02	3
											3	Suljović 94.93	6
	Michael Rasztovits 89.22		5
											14	Cullen 94.67	2
						14	Joe Cullen 96.62	6
	Chris Dobey 95.37		5				Jamie Bain 87.03	2
	Jamie Bain 101.53		6