Tournament Name: | 2014 Austrian Darts Open |
Dates: | 20–22 June 2014 |
Venue: | Salzburgarena |
Location: | Salzburg |
Organisation: | PDC |
Format: | Legs |
Prize Fund: | £100,000 |
Winners Share: | £20,000 |
High Checkout: | 170 Jamie Caven |
Winner: | Vincent van der Voort |
Prev: | Event 3 |
Next: | Event 5 |
The 2014 Austrian Darts Open was the fourth of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria, between 20–22 June 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
Vincent van der Voort won his first European Tour title by defeating Jamie Caven 6–5 in the final.[1]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £20,000 |
Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £8,000 |
Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £4,000 |
Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £3,000 |
Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £2,000 |
Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,250 |
First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
Total | align=center colspan=2 | £100,000 |
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 April 2014 automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 2 May),[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[5] Michael van Gerwen withdrew on the morning before his second round match against Dean Winstanley due to an ankle injury. Winstanley received a bye through to the third round.[6]
The following players took part in the tournament:
Top 16
UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier