The 2013 European Darts Trophy was the second of eight

PDC European Tour The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...

events on the

2013 PDC Pro Tour The 2013 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the European Tour eve ...

. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast in

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, from 30 March–1 April 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.

Wes Newton Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player. Darts career Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...

won his first European Tour title by defeating Paul Nicholson 6–5 in the final.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on the 5 March 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in

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on 15 March), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in

on 29 March). Phil Taylor,

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, Gary Anderson and

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...

opted to not play in the event.

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...

withdrew the day before the tournament started due to illness, as did

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in order to focus on the

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. An additional place in the draw was therefore available in the European Qualifier and the Host Nation Qualifier. 1–32 UK Qualifier * Kevin Dowling ''(first round)'' * Michael Smith ''(second round)'' * John Bowles ''(first round)'' * Steve Hine ''(first round)'' * Ricky Sudale ''(first round)'' * Terry Temple ''(third round)'' * Ross Smith ''(second round)'' * Nick Fullwell ''(third round)'' * Alex Roy ''(first round)'' * Steve Maish ''(first round)'' * James Richardson ''(first round)'' * Gareth Pass ''(first round)'' * Jamie Robinson ''(third round)'' *

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''(quarter-finals)'' * Mark Hylton ''(first round)'' * John Henderson ''(first round)'' *

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''(second round)'' * Andrew Johnson ''(first round)'' * Gaz Cousins ''(first round)'' * Tony West ''(first round)'' European Qualifier *

Co Stompé Jacobus Wilhelmus "Co" Stompé (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch former professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance. He was also one of very few darts professionals, who pl ...

''(first round)'' * Leon de Geus ''(first round)'' * Leo Hendriks ''(first round)'' *

Ronny Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts (born 20 July 1965) is a Belgian professional darts player. Career Ronny and his brother Kim Huybrechts became the first brothers to play in the World Cup of Darts in February 2013 and advanced from Group H courtesy of a 5– ...

''(first round)'' * Kurt van de Rijck ''(first round)'' * Davyd Venken ''(first round)'' *

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''(semi-finals)'' * Magnus Caris ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' Host Nation Qualifier * Michael Kiebel ''(first round)'' * Tomas Seyler ''(first round)'' * Max Hopp ''(second round)'' * Mario Gaisbauer ''(first round)'' * Jyhan Artut ''(first round)''

Draw

References

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