2017 German Darts Championship

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The **2017 HappyBet German Darts Championship** was the first of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany, between 24–26 March 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Alan Norris was the defending champion, after defeating Jelle Klaasen 6–5 in the 2016 final, but he was defeated 6–4 in the third round by Kim Huybrechts.

Peter Wright won the final, defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–3, winning his second PDC European Tour title.

## Prize money

The prize fund in the 2017 PDC European Tour events increased by £20,000 to £135,000 per event, although the winner still received £25,000.

In a change of rules for 2017, prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the PDC ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

This is how the prize money was divided:

## Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 6 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

In a change to the distribution of qualifiers, the remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 10 March), eight from the West/South European Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 23 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Michael van Gerwen  *(Runner-up)*
2. **Peter Wright**  **(Champion)**
3. Mensur Suljović  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Benito van de Pas  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. Dave Chisnall  *(Third round)*
6. Simon Whitlock  *(Second round)*
7. Alan Norris  *(Third round)*
8. Ian White  *(Quarter-finals)*
9. James Wade  *(Second round)*
10. Kim Huybrechts  *(Quarter-finals)*
11. Gerwyn Price  *(Semi-finals)*
12. Jelle Klaasen  *(Semi-finals)*
13. Michael Smith  *(Second round)*
14. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
15. Stephen Bunting  *(Third round)*
16. Cristo Reyes  *(Third round)*
* Ryan Searle  *(First round)*
* Jamie Bain  *(Second round)*
* Darren Johnson  *(Third round)*
* Kirk Shepherd  *(First round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(First round)*
* Stephen Burton  *(First round)*
* Mervyn King  *(Second round)*
* Paul Nicholson  *(Second round)*
* Diogo Portela  *(Second round)*
* Mick McGowan  *(Second round)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(First round)*
* Chris Quantock  *(First round)*
* Paul Harvey  *(Second round)*
* John Bowles  *(Second round)*
* David Pallett  *(Second round)*
* Richie Corner  *(Second round)*
* Kevin Painter  *(Third round)*
* Adam Hunt  *(First round)*
* Christian Kist  *(Second round)*
* Ryan de Vreede  *(First round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(Second round)*
* John Michael  *(First round)*
* Michael Plooy  *(First round)*
* Jan Dekker  *(Third round)*
* Michael Rasztovits  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Robert Allenstein  *(First round)*
* Bernd Roith  *(First round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(First round)*
* Stefan Stoyke  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Veijo Viinikka  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*

## References

1. ↑ Glory For Norris In Hildesheim. PDC. Retrieved on August 16, 2023.
2. ↑ Brilliant Wright's Hildesheim Glory. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
3. ↑ Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
5. ↑ German Darts Championship Entries. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
6. ↑ HappyBet German Darts Championship Draw. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.