THE first German Darts Championship will be played on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December 2007 at the Gerry Weber Event & Convention Centre in Westfalen.
The tournament will allow PDPA members to compete with local hopefuls over two days for 100,200 euro in prize money, with the winner taking home 25,000 euro.
The German Darts Championship will be filmed by DSF and broadcast in Germany, following the success of the PartyPoker.net Players Championship in March at Frankfurt's Ramada Bad Soden.
A second Players Championship will be staged in Germany on Saturday 27 October at the SeePark Kirchheim.
The German Darts Championship itself will be played in a Players Championship format until the semi-finals and final, which will rise to the best of seven sets.
"We're very excited to be staging the first German Darts Championship," said PDC Chief Executive Tim Darby.
"The German Darts Corporation have worked extremely hard over the past 12 months and the Players Championship in Frankfurt earlier this year was highly successful.
"DSF have been great supporters of PDC darts in recent years through their coverage of major tournaments, and I know they are looking forward to hosting their own big-money event this December.
"It will be the final tournament before the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship and I'm sure all our players will be looking to have a successful event."
Entry for PDPA members will be £65, with non-members resident in Germany, Austria or Switzerland able to enter the main draw for an additional fee or enter a qualifier.
The German Darts Championship venue address is:
Gerry Weber Event & Convention Center
Weststraße 14
33790 Halle/Westfalen
Nearest Airports:
Dusseldorf (British Airways, Air Berlin, Lufthansa)
Munster Westfalen (Air Berlin)
German Darts Championship Format
Saturday 1 December
9am - German Qualifier
Midday-5.30pm
Tournament is played from a maxium of 256 entrants down to the last eight players.
Selected games will be played on the televised stage.
Best of five sets, best of three legs per set throughout
Sunday 2 December
All games to be played on the televised stage.
Midday-8pm
Quarter-Finals
Best of five sets, best of three legs per set
Semi-Finals
Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set
Final
Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set
Prize Fund
| Winner | 25,000 euro |
| Runner-Up | 12,000 euro |
| 3-4th | 6,000 euro |
| 5-8th | 3,000 euro |
| 9-16th | 1,400 euro |
| 17-32nd | 850 euro |
| 33-64th | 450 euro |
| Total | 100,200 euro |
Up to 250 euro: 0%
250-500 euro: 10.55%
500-1,000 euro: 16.65%
above 1,000 euro: 21.10%
Accommodation Information
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The GDC have reserved rooms at the Gerry Weber Hotel and the Oldentrupper Hof in Bielefeld.
A shuttle bus has been organised from the Olderntrupper Hof to the venue.