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2009 PartyPoker.net European Championship
Tournament information
Dates	29 October–1 November 2009
Venue	Claus Event Center
Location	Hoofddorp
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£50,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»

The 2009 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the second edition of the PDC tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place from 29 October–1 November 2009 at the Claus Event Center in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It featured a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner.

World number one and defending champion Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating Steve Beaton 11–3 in the final with a record tournament average of 111.54.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the Players Championship double-header in Nuland automatically qualified for the event. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2009 Continental Europe Order of Merit.

Draw and results

Draw and schedule of play as follows:

	First round (best of 11 legs) 29–30 October					Second round (best of 17 legs) 31 October					Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 1 November					Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 1 November					Final (best of 21 legs) 1 November
	1	Phil Taylor 111.03	6
		Toon Greebe 93.31	2
						1	Phil Taylor 110.88	9
							Robert Thornton 83.24	0
		Wes Newton 88.40	4
		Robert Thornton 103.04	6
											1	Phil Taylor 118.14	10
												Gary Anderson 106.12	3
	8	Ronnie Baxter 94.78	6
		Andy Smith 93.65	2
						8	Ronnie Baxter 83.58	1
							Gary Anderson 93.56	9
		Co Stompé 88.07	5
		Gary Anderson 93.00	6
																1	Phil Taylor 109.36	11
																	Jelle Klaasen 98.02	3
	5	Terry Jenkins 90.29	4
		Jamie Caven 93.30	6
							Jamie Caven 92.00	8
							Jelle Klaasen 96.21	9
		Wayne Jones 86.40	2
		Jelle Klaasen 93.31	6
												Jelle Klaasen 97.49	10
												Colin Lloyd 96.98	5
	4	John Part 92.27	5
		Colin Lloyd 92.90	6
							Colin Lloyd 104.00	9
							Mensur Suljović 91.50	5
		Mensur Suljović 93.24	6
		Roland Scholten 87.92	3
																					1	Phil Taylor 109.35	11
																						Steve Beaton 97.16	3
	2	Raymond van Barneveld 92.91	6
		Dennis Priestley 87.51	5
						2	Raymond van Barneveld 96.38	7
							Mark Walsh 97.45	9
		Kevin Painter 85.35	4
		Mark Walsh 84.90	6
												Mark Walsh 93.29	6
												Steve Beaton 97.26	10
	7	Adrian Lewis 89.68	2
		Steve Beaton 94.17	6
							Steve Beaton 84.84	9
							Michael van Gerwen 82.70	7
		Michael van Gerwen 86.32	6
		Vincent van der Voort 93.58	2
																	Steve Beaton 98.50	11
																3	James Wade 99.03	10
	6	Mervyn King 84.50	6
		Carlos Rodríguez 84.97	5
						6	Mervyn King 104.00	9
							Colin Osborne 101.80	6
		Colin Osborne 89.13	6
		Paul Nicholson 89.18	2
											6	Mervyn King 99.20	6
											3	James Wade 97.21	10
	3	James Wade 90.59	6
		Alan Tabern 89.60	4
						3	James Wade 100.19	9
							Andy Hamilton 94.66	5
		Andy Hamilton 95.30	6
		Remco van Eijden 83.35	3

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics

Player	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	5	47	11			37		111.54
Colin Lloyd	3	20	20			12		97.78
Gary Anderson	3	18	16			14		97.56
James Wade	4	35	26			14		96.76
Jelle Klaasen	4	28	26			15		96.26
Mervyn King	3	21	21			5		95.90
Colin Osborne	2	12	11			5	81	95.47
Andy Hamilton	2	11	12			6	112	94.98
Raymond van Barneveld	2	13	14			8	122	94.65
Steve Beaton	5	39	36			21		94.39
Andy Smith	1	2	6			4	96	93.65
Vincent van der Voort	1	2	6			0	80	93.58
Mensur Suljović	2	11	12			1	135	93.07
Jamie Caven	2	14	13			9	124	92.65
John Part	1	5	6			2	55	92.27
Robert Thornton	2	6	13			4	95	92.17
Mark Walsh	3	21	21			9		91.88
Toon Greebe	1	2	6			1	70	91.02
Terry Jenkins	1	4	6			3	60	90.30
Adrian Lewis	1	2	6			1	48	89.68
Alan Tabern	1	4	6			0	61	89.60
Ronnie Baxter	2	7	11			1	110	89.58
Paul Nicholson	1	2	6			0	124	89.18
Co Stompé	1	5	6			2	100	88.07
Roland Scholten	1	3	6			1	85	87.92
Dennis Priestley	1	5	6			1	70	87.51
Wes Newton	1	4	6			2	58	86.54
Wayne Jones	1	2	6			2	68	86.40
Kevin Painter	1	4	6			2	50	85.35
Carlos Rodríguez	1	5	6			3	66	84.97
Michael van Gerwen	2	13	11			5	170	84.51
Remco van Eijden	1	3	6			0	65	83.35

References

1. European Championship Venue Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine obtained 25-10-2009
2. European Championship Draw Archived 2009-10-28 at the Wayback Machine obtained 25-10-2009

External links

• European Championship page on the PDC's official website

• European Championship (darts)
• 2009 in darts
• 2009 in Dutch sport