2019 Dutch Darts Masters

2019 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	24–26 May 2019
Venue	IJsselhallen
Location	Zwolle
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2019 Dutch Darts Masters will be the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament takes place at IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands, from 24–26 May 2019. It will feature a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion after defeating Steve Lennon 8–5 in the final of the 2018 tournament.

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)	£6,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£5,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000*
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£140,000

• Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 7 May will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 May), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 May), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 18 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 8 March) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 March).

From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-tour card holders. Any tour card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Ian White
3. Daryl Gurney
4. Gerwyn Price
5. James Wade
6. Adrian Lewis
7. Peter Wright
8. Rob Cross
9. Mensur Suljović
10. Dave Chisnall
11. Ricky Evans
12. Joe Cullen
13. Simon Whitlock
14. Jonny Clayton
15. Stephen Bunting
16. Darren Webster

UK Qualifier

European Qualifier

West/South European Qualifier

Host Nation Qualifier

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Dennis Nilsson

East European Qualifier

• Pál Székely

Draw

	First round 24 May (best of 11 legs)					Second round 25 May (best of 11 legs)					Third round 26 May (best of 11 legs)					Quarter-finals 26 May (best of 11 legs)					Semi-finals 26 May (best of 13 legs)					Final 26 May (best of 15 legs)
						1	Michael van Gerwen
						16	Darren Webster
						8	Rob Cross
						9	Mensur Suljović
						5	James Wade
						12	Joe Cullen
						4	Gerwyn Price
						13	Simon Whitlock
						2	Ian White
						15	Stephen Bunting
						7	Peter Wright
						10	Dave Chisnall
						6	Adrian Lewis
						11	Ricky Evans
						3	Daryl Gurney
						14	Jonny Clayton