2018 European Championship (darts)

2018 European Championship
Tournament information
Dates	25–28 October 2018
Venue	Westfalenhallen
Location	Dortmund
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£400,000
Winners share	£100,000
«2017 2019»

The 2018 European Championship will be the eleventh edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which will see the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament will take place from 25–28 October 2018 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany.

Michael van Gerwen is the four-time defending champion, after defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the 2017 final.

Prize money

The 2018 European Championship will have a total prize fund of £400,000, equal the amount of the last staging of the tournament.^[1] The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Qualification

The 2018 tournament continues the new system in terms of qualification with the two previous editions: The top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit, which is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season, qualifying for the tournament.

In a change from previous years, the draw will be done in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on.

The following players will take part in the tournament, with seedings yet to be fully determined:

Draw

	First Round (best of 11 legs) 25–26 October					Second Round (best of 19 legs) 27 October					Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 28 October					Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 28 October					Final (best of 21 legs) 28 October
	1	Michael van Gerwen
	32	Paul Nicholson
	16
	17
	8
	25
	9
	24
	5
	28
	12
	21
	4
	29
	13
	20
	2	Mensur Suljović
	31
	15
	18
	7
	26
	10
	23
	6
	27
	11
	22
	3
	30
	14
	19

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