The 2019 Unibet European Championship was the twelfth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 24âÂÂ27 October 2019 at the Lokhalle in Göttingen, Germany.
James Wade was the defending champion, after beating Simon Whitlock 11âÂÂ8 in the 2018 final. However, he was beaten 6âÂÂ0 by Jonny Clayton in the first round. Clayton posted the 6th highest average in the tournament's history in the process.
Rob Cross won his third major title with an 11âÂÂ6 win over Gerwyn Price in the final.
The 2019 European Championship had a total prize fund of ã500,000, an increase of ã100,000 from the last staging of the tournament.
The following is the breakdown of the fund:
The 2019 tournament continues the new system in terms of qualification with the two previous editions: The top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit, which is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season, qualifying for the tournament.
As with 2018's tournament, the draw will be done in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on.
The following players qualified for the tournament: