| 2019 German Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 29–31 March 2019 | ||
| Venue | Halle 39 | ||
| Location | Hildesheim | ||
| Country |  Germany | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £140,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish |  James Wade | ||
| High checkout | 167Ricky Evans Daryl Gurney | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Daryl Gurney | |||
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The2019 German Darts Championship was the second of thirteenPDC European Tour events on the2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39,Hildesheim,Germany, from 29–31 March 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeatingJames Wilson 8–6 in the final of the2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–4 in the second round byKeegan Brown.
Daryl Gurney won his first European Tour title, by defeatingRicky Evans 8–6 in the final.[1]
James Wade hit the secondnine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour season in his third round defeat toDarren Webster.[2]
This is how the prize money is divided:[3]
| Stage(num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| Winner | (1) | £25,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £6,500 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £5,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £3,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £2,000* |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,000 |
| Total | £140,000 | |
The top 16 entrants from thePDC ProTour Order of Merit on 12 February will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 28 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 5 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 January).
From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-tour card holders. Any tour card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier. The only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced.
Michael Smith, who was set to be the 8th seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw. All seeds below him moved up a place, withJames Wilson becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the host nation qualifier.
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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