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2015 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	18–20 September 2015
Venue	Olympiahalle
Location	Innsbruck
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Robert Marijanović 170 Justin Pipe 170 Ian White
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 7 Event 9»

The 2015 European Darts Matchplay was the eighth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria between 18–20 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen won the tournament, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–4 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 30 June 2015 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July), eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September at the same time as the European Darts Trophy) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started), although following the withdrawals of Gary Anderson and Kyle Anderson, the host nation were given an extra two qualifying spots, bringing the total up to six.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 18 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 19 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 20 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 20 September					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 20 September					Final (best of 11 legs) 20 September
						1	Michael van Gerwen 97.53	6
	Wes Newton 88.59		5				Ronny Huybrechts 91.42	3
											1	van Gerwen 100.21	6
	Ronny Huybrechts 83.72		6
												van Barneveld 94.13	1
						16	Stephen Bunting 101.78	2
	Raymond van Barneveld 97.58		6				Raymond van Barneveld 105.64	6
																1	van Gerwen 114.00	6
	Max Hopp 88.45		3
																	Ro-Jo Rodriguez 102.89	3
						8	Mervyn King 91.74	6
	Mickey Mansell 84.29		6				Mickey Mansell 86.42	4
											8	King 95.82	4
	Adam Hunt 84.18		3
												Ro-Jo Rodriguez 87.43	6
						9	Simon Whitlock 87.45	3
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 92.87		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.09	6
																					1	van Gerwen 109.09	6
	Stefan Stoyke 86.80		3
																					12	Thornton 80.76	1
						5	Brendan Dolan 82.29	6
	Joe Murnan 89.36		5				Mark Walsh 80.86	5
											5	Dolan 99.04	4
	Mark Walsh 88.76		6
											12	Thornton 93.31	6
						12	Robert Thornton 86.66	6
	Maik Langendorf 83.67		6				Maik Langendorf 78.52	3
																12	Thornton 93.43	6
	Aaron Hardy 78.89		5
																13	van der Voort 96.59	3
						4	Ian White 94.66	6
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.65		6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.48	4
											4	White 91.66	5
	Paul Milford 76.83		2
											13	van der Voort 92.56	6
						13	Vincent van der Voort 94.38	6
	Andy Hamilton 103.66		6				Andy Hamilton 81.25	3
																										1	van Gerwen 99.58	6
	Dean Winstanley 102.59		3
																										6	Chisnall 95.89	4
						2	Michael Smith 97.61	5
	Alan Norris 82.30		6				Alan Norris 95.52	6
											Norris 91.45		5
	Armin Glanzer 75.98		2
											Pallett 89.40		6
						15	Jelle Klaasen 97.80	3
	Jamie Caven 93.05		2				David Pallett 104.83	6
																	Pallett 98.10	6
	David Pallett 100.73		6
																10	K. Huybrechts 91.61	5
						7	Justin Pipe 93.31	6
	Tony Newell 89.14		6				Tony Newell 90.98	5
											7	Pipe 98.14	4
	Terry Temple 82.16		3
											10	K. Huybrechts 99.11	6
						10	Kim Huybrechts 101.62	6
	Mensur Suljović 90.44		2				Darren Webster 95.89	2
																						Pallett 91.86	3
	Darren Webster 95.92		6
																					6	Chisnall 98.93	6
						6	Dave Chisnall 99.34	6
	Gerwyn Price 85.01		4				William O'Connor 92.30	3
											6	Chisnall 107.64	6
	William O'Connor 93.04		6
											11	Jenkins 101.46	5
						11	Terry Jenkins 95.32	6
	Kevin Painter 88.83		6				Kevin Painter 97.78	5
																6	Chisnall 105.03	6
	Roxy-James Rodriguez 84.59		3
																3	Wright 98.10	3
						3	Peter Wright 84.86	6
	Darren Johnson 82.08		6				Darren Johnson 72.04	2
											3	Wright 99.38	6
	Zoran Lerchbacher 68.30		1
											14	van de Pas 86.32	3
						14	Benito van de Pas 94.82	6
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 79.22		5				Robert Marijanović 91.03	4
	Robert Marijanović 80.16		6

References

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