The 2013
German Darts Championship
The German Darts Championship is a Professional Darts Corporation event that takes place in Germany as part of the PDC European Tour. Since 2013, it has been held at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, after previously being held in Berlin and Halle Halle m ...
was the sixth of eight
PDC European Tour 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 Halle 39 in
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
, between 6–8 September 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
Dave Chisnall
Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champions ...
won his first European Tour title by defeating
Peter Wright 6–2 in the final.
Prize money
Qualification
The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Meriton the 11 June 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in
Crawley
Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...
on 21 June), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the ...
on 5 September).
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
was replaced by an additional European qualifier, due to a PDC-banning after the draw.
Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor may refer to:
* Phil Taylor (musician) (1954–2015), English drummer, best known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor
* Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts player
* Phil Taylor (American football) (born 1988), American footbal ...
withdrew and was replaced by an additional Host Nation qualifier.
1–32
UK Qualifier
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David Pallett
David John Pallett (born 8 February 1990) is an English professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in th ...
''(first round)''
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Steve Brown ''(third round)''
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Terry Temple
Terence "Terry" Temple (born 16 August 1961 from Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player he currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has come through Qualifying School to earn a place on the PDC three times and ...
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James Richardson ''(first round)''
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Darren Webster ''(second round)''
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Michael Smith ''(first round)''
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Dean Winstanley
Dean Winstanley (born 10 February 1981) is an English professional darts player.
He first took up darts as a two-year-old, stopped playing at the age of 12, and then started playing again when he was 22. He turned professional in 2008 and won ...
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John Scott ''(first round)''
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Alan Tabern
"The Saint" Alan Tabern (born 29 September 1966) is an English darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Darts career
A left-hander, Tabern made his PDC World Championship debut in 2006 with a surprising ...
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Matt Clark Matthew Clark is a United Kingdom-based drinks distributor.
Matthew or Matt Clark may also refer to:
*Mat Clark (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
* Matt Clark (actor) (born 1936), American actor and director
*Matt Clark (baseball) (born ...
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John Henderson ''(first round)''
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Dennis Smith ''(second round)''
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Matthew Edgar ''(second round)''
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Kevin Dowling ''(first round)''
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Darren Johnson ''(first round)''
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Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the ...
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Michael Barnard ''(first round)''
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Nigel Heydon ''(first round)''
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Mark Dudbridge ''(second round)''
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Ricky Evans ''(first round)''
European Qualifier
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Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win th ...
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Magnus Caris
Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
BDO career
Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appea ...
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Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is best ...
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Maik Langendorf ''(first round)''
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Roland Scholten
Roland Scholten (born 11 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO). Nicknamed The Tripod and The Flying Dutchman, Scholten turne ...
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Ronny Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts (born 20 July 1965) is a former 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 ...
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Jerry Hendriks ''(first round)''
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Michael Rasztovits
Michael Rasztovits (born 16 February 1984), nicknamed "Rasto", is an Austrian darts player.
Career
Since 2011, Rasztovits has taken part in PDC events. He has played in Qualifying School from 2013 onwards but has never won enough games to win ...
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Richard van Zijtveld ''(first round)''
Host Nation Qualifier
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Adrian Kazimierz ''(first round)''
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Michael Hurtz
Michael Hurtz (born 24 April 1979) is a German darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Nicknamed "Hurtzi", Hurtz first qualified for a PDC European Tour in 2013, when he qualified for the 2013 German Darts Champio ...
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Tomas Seyler
Tomas Seyler (born 16 July 1974), nicknamed "Shorty", is a German former professional darts player.
Career
Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Ray ...
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Max Hopp ''(second round)''
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Jyhan Artut
Jyhan Artut (born 9 October 1976) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Artut defeated Wayne Mardle 3–0 in the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship in the first round. He was ...
''(second round)''
Draw
References
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German Darts Championship
2013 PDC European Tour
2013 in German sport
Sport in Hildesheim