European Championship Update

THE 2013 PartyPoker.net European Championship field will be confirmed following the Players Championship events in Crawley on June 22 & 23.

The 32-player European Championship will be held from July 4-7 at the RWE Sporthalle in Muelheim, Germany.

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit following Players Championship 6 in Crawley on Sunday June 23 will qualify by right to compete in the European Championship, with the top eight being seeded.



The current provisional qualifiers are:
PDC Order of Merit Top 16 (Based on prize money to be defended before June 23 being deducted. Prize money won in PC5&6 to be added)

Pos	Name	Prize Money
1	Phil Taylor	£777,000
2	Michael van Gerwen	£417,200
3	Adrian Lewis	£357,050
4	James Wade	£303,400
5	Simon Whitlock	£278,500
6	Andy Hamilton	£266,800
7	Wes Newton	£220,600
8	Raymond van Barneveld	£204,700
9	Justin Pipe	£184,000
10	Dave Chisnall	£180,650
11	Robert Thornton	£159,500
12	Kevin Painter	£158,600
13	Mervyn King	£155,950
14	Kim Huybrechts	£143,200
15	Brendan Dolan	£140,250
16	Terry Jenkins	£138,850
	Could Still Reach Top 16
17	Gary Anderson	£136,850
18	Ronnie Baxter	£136,300
19	Paul Nicholson	£132,100
20	Mark Webster	£125,850

Current Provisional ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers
(Prize money won in PC5&6 to be added)

Pos	Name	Prize Money
1	Jamie Caven	£32,850
2	John Part	£31,700
3	Peter Wright	£21,400
4	Stuart Kellett	£21,300
6	Paul Nicholson	£20,600
7	Gary Anderson	£17,550
8	Ronnie Baxter	£16,400
	Not Qualified
	Colin Lloyd	£12,700
	Jelle Klaasen	£11,450
	Steve Beaton	£11,400
	Andy Smith	£11,100
	Ronny Huybrechts	£9,700
	Ian White	£9,500
	Mark Webster	£9,250
	Michael Smith	£8,850
	Mensur Suljovic	£8,600
	Mark Walsh	£7,800
	Dennis Smith	£7,450
	Arron Monk	£7,400

Current European Order of Merit
(No further qualifying events to apply to this Order of Merit. (Q) indicates player qualified through above methods)

Pos	Name	Prize Money
1	Michael van Gerwen (Q)	£47,000
2	Mensur Suljovic	£8,000
3	Kim Huybrechts (Q)	£7,000
4	Raymond van Barneveld (Q)	£6,000
5	Jelle Klaasen	£4,000
6	Tomas Seyler	£2,500
7	Max Hopp	£2,000
8	Kurt Van De Rijck	£2,000
9	Ronny Huybrechts	£1,500
10	Vincent van der Voort	£1,500
	Not Qualified
11	Bernd Roith	£1,500
12	Jyhan Artut	£1,500

Please note: Ties for placings in the European Order of Merit are split by a count-back on an event-by-event basis, rather than the usual four events, as only four European Tour events have been held to apply to this Order of Merit.

SDC Order of Merit Leader
Jani Haavisto

PartyPoker.net European Championship
Session Times
Thursday July 4
8pm-12am local time - 7pm-11pm BST
8x First Round Matches

Friday July 5
8pm-12am local time - 7pm-11pm BST
8x First Round Matches

Saturday July 6
Afternoon Session
2pm-6pm local time - 1pm-5pm BST
4x Second Round Matches

Evening Session
8pm-12am local time - 7pm-11pm BST
4x Second Round Matches

Sunday July 7
Afternoon Session
2pm-6pm local time - 1pm-5pm BST
4x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session
8pm-12am local time - 7pm-11pm BST
Semi-Finals
Final

 The leading eight non-qualified players from the 2013 ProTour Order of Merit will also qualify, alongside seven players from the European Order of Merit and Scandinavian Order of Merit leader Jani Haavisto