The inaugural tournament – the
2008 European Championship – was held at the Südbahnhof in
Frankfurt,
Germany and featured a prize fund of £200,000. The tournament moved to the Claus Hotel & Event Center in
Hoofddorp,
Netherlands for 2009 featuring a similar prize fund. The tournament returned to
Germany in 2010, where it was held at
Dinslaken. The 2011 tournament remained in Germany, only this time, it took place in
Düsseldorf – the capital of
North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2012 to 2014, the tournament took place in
Mülheim, Germany, then between 2015 and 2017, the tournament took place in
Hasselt,
Belgium, but in 2018, the tournament returned to Germany, moving to the
Westfalenhallen in
Dortmund. It moved to
Göttingen in 2019, before moving to the
König Pilsener Arena in
Oberhausen in 2020, and then the
Salzburgarena in
Salzburg,
Austria in 2021, before returning to Dortmund again in 2022.
Phil Taylor won the tournament on each of the first four stagings of the event, before
Simon Whitlock took the title in 2012. Adrian Lewis gained his third major win after beating Whitlock in the 2013 edition of the tournament.
Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the first time in 2014 beating
Terry Jenkins in the final. In 2015, van Gerwen came back from 7–10 behind to defeat
Gary Anderson 11–10 in the final, then he beat
Mensur Suljović 11–1 in the 2016 final, and he won it for a fourth year in a row in 2017, when he defeated
Rob Cross 11–7 in the 2017 final. In 2018,
James Wade won the title, and in 2019 Rob Cross became European champion, then
Peter Wright won in 2020, before Cross regained the title in 2021. ==Finals==