Dates 31 January–2 February Location Hildesheim Organisation(s) PDC | Venue Halle 39 Country Germany Format Legs | |
The 2014 German Darts Championship was the first of eight European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, Germany, between 31 January–2 February. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
Gary Anderson won his first European Tour event by defeating Justin Pipe 6–5 in the final.
Beginning with this event, all European Tour events are streamed live and free on the PDC YouTube-Channel.
Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on the 17 January 2014 automatically qualified for the event. In a change from previous European Tour events, this year there will be 48 players in each tournament instead of 64. Players who reach the event via qualifiers will play each other in the first round with the winners meeting the 16 seeded players in the last 32. 20 places were on offer at the UK Open Qualifier held in Wigan on 19 January. Twelve and four places were awarded in the European and Host Nation Qualifiers respectively which were held at the venue the day before the event started.
The following players took part in the tournament: