2015 European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	11–13 September 2015
Venue	RWE-Sporthalle
Location	Mülheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Max Hopp (2x) 161 Kim Huybrechts
Champion(s)
Michael Smith
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2015 European Darts Trophy was the seventh of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany between 11–13 September 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith won the title by defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final.^[1]

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.^[2][3]

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.^[4] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 3 July),^[5] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Mülheim on 10 September) at the same time as the European Darts Matchplay^[6] and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

^[7]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 11 September [8]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 12 September [9]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 13 September [10]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 13 September [11]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 13 September [11]					Final (best of 11 legs) 13 September [11]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 107.69	6
	Adam Hunt 92.55		6				Adam Hunt 89.80	1
											1	van Gerwen 92.97	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 90.44		5
												Lovett 86.35	0
						16	Benito van de Pas 86.84	4
	Jyhan Artut 92.04		5				Jason Lovett 89.44	6
																1	van Gerwen 92.97	6
	Jason Lovett 89.45		6
																8	Chisnall 87.52	0
						8	Dave Chisnall 99.23	6
	Jamie Bain 92.43		3				Jan Dekker 93.37	2
											8	Chisnall 101.48	6
	Jan Dekker 90.09		6
											9	Pipe 95.37	2
						9	Justin Pipe 85.27	6
	Mensur Suljović 95.94		6				Mensur Suljović 84.75	5
																					1	van Gerwen 106.16	6
	Christian Soethe 87.07		0
																					5	Wright 94.77	2
						5	Peter Wright 90.04	6
	Gerwyn Price 84.94		1				Andy Jenkins 90.43	4
											5	Wright 99.90	6
	Andy Jenkins 86.87		6
											12	Huybrechts 103.32	5
						12	Kim Huybrechts 107.36	6
	Raymond van Barneveld 92.54		4				Max Hopp 86.54	0
																5	Wright 93.07	6
	Max Hopp 96.28		6
																13	T. Jenkins 90.23	5
						4	Adrian Lewis 98.84	6
	James Wilson 94.64		6				James Wilson 82.82	3
											4	Lewis 99.56	5
	Martin Schindler 82.49		4
											13	T. Jenkins 91.62	6
						13	Terry Jenkins 108.58	6
	David Pallett 90.76		4				Steve West 103.15	5
																										1	van Gerwen 101.12	2
	Steve West 90.00		6
																										2	Smith 98.50	6
						2	Michael Smith 97.11	6
	Wes Newton 89.87		6				Wes Newton 90.65	3
											2	Smith 91.06	6
	Chris Dobey 92.53		3
												Painter 88.57	4
						15	Vincent van der Voort 87.40	4
	Kevin Painter 93.70		6				Kevin Painter 92.16	6
																2	Smith 100.49	6
	Alan Norris 88.43		3
																10	King 91.09	2
						7	Brendan Dolan 89.18	4
	Cristo Reyes 90.18		6				Cristo Reyes 93.18	6
												Reyes 89.60	5
	Connie Finnan 89.76		2
											10	King 96.04	6
						10	Mervyn King 101.50	6
	Daryl Gurney 92.81		6				Daryl Gurney 93.29	4
																					2	Smith 98.17	6
	Mark Frost 87.78		2
																					6	White 89.62	3
						6	Ian White 98.88	6
	Stephen Bunting 93.11		6				Stephen Bunting 98.10	3
											6	White 93.78	6
	Mark Barilli 83.61		4
												Rodriguez 94.01	3
						11	Simon Whitlock 90.66	1
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.92		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.33	6
																6	White 92.82	6
	James Hubbard 73.17		1
																3	Wade 90.87	4
						3	James Wade 90.44	6
	Mark Dudbridge 92.64		5				Darren Johnson 82.27	1
											3	Wade 99.61	6
	Darren Johnson 94.88		6
											14	Thornton 92.20	4
						14	Robert Thornton 90.95	6
	Christian Kist 92.77		6				Christian Kist 84.08	4
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 86.86		5

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