The top 16 entrants from the
PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 1 February 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 11 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 February), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 January), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 March). Seeds
Gerwyn Price and
Brendan Dolan withdrew after the qualifiers, so
Gabriel Clemens and
Chris Dobey were promoted into the seeded positions, while unseeded
Ted Evetts also withdrew, resulting in a total of three first round byes.
Peter Wright withdrew from his quarter-final match with a back injury, so
Michael van Gerwen received a bye to the semi-finals. The following players took part in the tournament. :
Top 16 •
(third round) •
(quarter-finals) •
(quarter-finals, withdrew) •
(quarter-finals) •
(third round) •
(champion) •
(third round) •
(runner-up) •
(third round) •
(semi-finals) •
(second round) •
(second round) •
(second round) •
(third round) •
(second round) •
(second round) :
Tour Card Qualifier :*
(first round) :*
(second round) :*
(first round) :*
(first round) :*
(second round) :*
(second round) :*
(second round) :*
(semi-finals) :*
(second round) :*
(third round) :*
(second round) :*
(first round) :*
(first round) :*
(third round) :*
(first round) :*
(second round) :*
(second round) :*
(third round) :*
(first round) :*
(first round) :*
(second round) :*
(second round) :
Associate Member Qualifier :*
(first round) :*
(first round) :
Highest Ranked Germans :*
(second round) :
Host Nation Qualifier :*
(first round) :*
(first round) :
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier :*
(first round) :
East European Qualifier :*
(quarter-finals) ==Draw==