European Championship (darts)
| European Championship | |
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| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Ethias Arena |
| Location | Hasselt |
| Country | Belgium |
| Established | 2008 |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Legs |
| Prize fund | £300,000 (2015) |
| Month(s) Played | Various |
| Current champion(s) | |
 Michael van Gerwen
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The European Championship is a PDC darts tournament which allows the top European players to compete with the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament takes place in a variety of months and features a field of 32. The inaugural tournament – the 2008 European Championship – was held at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany and featured a prize fund of £200,000. The tournament moved to the Claus Hotel & Event Center in Hoofddorp, Netherlands for 2009 featuring a similar prize fund. The tournament returned to Germany in 2010, where it was held at Dinslaken. The 2011 tournament remained in Germany, only this time, it took place in Düsseldorf – the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2012 to 2014, the tournament took place in Mülheim, Germany. Since 2015, the tournament has taken place in Hasselt, Belgium.
Phil Taylor won the tournament on each of the first four stagings of the event, before Simon Whitlock took the title in 2012. Adrian Lewis gained -at that time- his third major win after beating Whitlock in the 2013 edition of the tournament. Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the first time in 2014 beating Terry Jenkins in the final. In 2015 van Gerwen came back from 7–10 behind to defeat Gary Anderson 11–10 in the final. The current champion is van Gerwen who beat Mensur Suljović 11–1 in the 2016 final.
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