Van den Bergh shines on Interwetten European Darts Matchplay Day Two

European Tour

Dimitri Van den Bergh continued his run of form with an impressive second round win at the Interwetten European Darts Matchplay on Saturday, as ten seeds were eliminated in Trier.

Rodriguez denies Noppert on opening night at European Darts Matchplay

European Tour

Rowby-John Rodriguez dumped out Danny Noppert in a dramatic deciding-leg on the opening night of the Interwetten European Darts Matchplay in Trier, to set up a second round showdown against top seed Gerwyn Price.

2022 Interwetten European Darts Matchplay draw & schedule

European Tour

Gerwyn Price will take on either UK Open champion Danny Noppert or Rowby-John Rodriguez in the second round of the Interwetten European Darts Matchplay, with the draw and schedule of play for this weekend’s European Tour event now confirmed.

Players Championships 18-21 entries & European Tour 10-11 seeds confirmed

ProTour

Player entries have been confirmed for Players Championship events 18-21, along with European Tour 10-11 seeds.

Sedlacek completes remarkable clean sweep at Euro Tour qualifiers

European Tour

Karel Sedlacek completed a remarkable European Tour qualification clean sweep in Prague last weekend.

2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy qualifying update

European Tour

The Host Nation Qualifier for September’s Hungarian Darts Trophy will be held on Sunday July 10 in Budapest. 

2022 European Tour qualifying update

European Tour

Dates have been confirmed for the remaining four East Europe Qualifiers for the 2022 European Tour, along with the Belgian Darts Open Host Nation Qualifier.

2022 Jack's Dutch Darts Championship draw & schedule

European Tour

The draw and schedule of play for the 2022 Jack's Dutch Darts Championship has been confirmed.

Humphries 'making huge strides' after joining European Tour elite

European Tour

Luke Humphries believes he can continue improving after joining an elite group of players to win three European Tour titles in a year.

Humphries completes European Tour treble with stunner in Stuttgart

European Tour

Luke Humphries claimed his third European Tour title of 2022 with a stunning 8-7 win over Rob Cross.

Michael van Gerwen picked up his second European Tour title of the year in Graz on Sunday, defeating Danny Noppert 8-5 in the final.

Van Gerwen backed up his German Darts Championship win in March by defeating fellow-Dutchman Noppert in front of a capacity crowd at the Premstättner Halle to pocket the £25,000 winner's prize.

The world number three ended last year with just one ranking title to his name, but already has four this time around as the three-time World Champion continues his resurgence in 2022.

"I always want to win, I always put pressure on my shoulders so to win this title means a lot," said Van Gerwen, who now has 34 European Tour titles to his name.

"We all had to wait a long time to play this tournament again but this crowd made it worth the wait; they were phenomenal, not just for me but for everyone in the tournament.

"It was really hard to perform on stage because of the heat which makes me even more proud of myself to get this win."

The tournament reached its climax with Finals Day on Sunday, with the last 16 taking place in the afternoon session before the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in the evening.

Van Gerwen avenged Thursday's Premier League loss to James Wade in the last 16 tie, coming through a last-leg decider to set up a quarter-final meeting with Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Van Gerwen's most impressive display of the weekend saw him average 106.05 to earn a 6-1 win over his countryman, before seeing off Stephen Bunting 7-5 in the semi-finals.

The final saw Noppert fight back from 3-0 down, hitting a 120 checkout on the way, to level at 3-3 and the pair remained all square four legs later at 5-5.

The 12th leg proved decisive as Van Gerwen landed a 14-dart break of throw to open up daylight at 7-5, before following up with another 14-darter to seal victory.

The wait for a maiden European Tour title goes on for Noppert, who reached his first final having previously made the semi-finals on three occasions.

The UK Open champion enjoyed victories over Premier League leader Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen and Nathan Aspinall en route to the final.

It was another encouraging weekend for Aspinall on his return from injury, defeating Madars Razma and Ricky Evans to reach the last four.

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