The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[4]
Stage (num. of players)
Prize money
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
Seeded players who lose in the second round and host nation qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[5]
Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 8 April), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 22 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April).
Top seed Gerwyn Price withdrew from the event, so Martin Schindler became a seed and Eddie Lovely received a bye into the second round.
The following players took part in the tournament:
