After three years, the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, waves goodbye to the European Championship tonight. The 2017 edition has not been a classic by any means, but hopefully today's line-up of 7 TV title winners and the year's sensation will compensate for that.
Kicking off the last 8 are Michael van Gerwen and Simon Whitlock. MVG returned to his brutal best on Friday, humbling Ian White 10-1 with a 105 average, while the Wizard managed to go one better by whitewashing a clearly matchfixing Alan Norris.
A rematch of a tantalising German Darts Masters match follows with Australian Kyle Anderson taking on Serbo-Austrian Mensur Suljovic. The Original battled past an unsurprisingly inconsistent Jelle Klaasen while the Gentle smacked Gerwyn Price silly.
Then, a match with no desired winner as Peter Wright plays Daryl Gurney. Clownman managed to go 4-0 down to Welsh manlet Jonny Clayton but miraculously turned it around while Superchin took a spirited Stephen Bunting apart. Their last major meeting was their Matchplay SF struggle that saw the "Scot" come out on top.
Ending the quarter-final stage are breakthrough talent Rob Cross and ex-World Youth Champion Michael Smith. Voltage took complete advantage of a crippled Dave Chisnall, while Blubby Boy gored Benito van de Pas in a last leg decider.
Coverage starts at 12:45pm UK time on ITV4 with the evening session from 7:00pm UK time on the same channel.
>Today's matches (best of 19 legs) MvGOAuTism (1) v STRAYA (8) Kyle "Conehead" Anderson v Mensur "DIE MEISTER, DIE BESTEN" Suljovic (4) Snakeshite (2) v Daryl "Sweet C4-line" Gurney Rob "Danger! Danger! Shit Nickname!" Cross (6) v Michael "Snackpot 2.0" Smith (3)
>Tonight's matches (all best of 21 legs) Van Gerwen/Whitlock v Anderson/Suljovic Wright/Gurney v Cross/Smith
White really seems to be a decent guy, but I guess they needed a token Belgian for the poster.
Andrew Mitchell
Do you even comfy?
Levi Richardson
you can't resist that rodent smile
Landon Ward
You know, I actually didn't want to post this, since it might induce comfiness overload in a mentally unstable viewer, but since you challenged us, I have no choice. This is my Sunday morning freshly baked cake with cold milk-/180/ setup. Please note that I already ate 3 slices of cake, and about 2/3 of the whole cake are still waiting for me in the kitchen, so there will be plenty of cake left for the evening session. I dare you to match this level of comfiness!
Benjamin Wilson
Maximum comfy
Connor Rodriguez
I will never reach this level of comfiness, I might as well just kill myself now.
Tyler Bennett
And we're on now.
Adam Hughes
>ranked zero
Alexander Mitchell
I am a little worried though that my comfiness level might drop significantly as soon as MvG starts pummeling Simon.
Nathan Sanders
>australian_national_anthem.wav
Angel James
>tfw home just in time for /180/
Supreme comfy, my man.
Joseph Hernandez
>this record
Evan Richardson
...
Colton James
...
Jose Clark
>break #pray4whitty
Owen Allen
>4-1 opening mini-session
Gabriel Gonzalez
...
Blake Lee
>whitty not even averaging 90
Gabriel Nelson
>MVG managing to lose that leg
Nathaniel Lee
His all smiles and optimism: gone
Based Whitey
Jonathan Morris
>Going for the Mensur >When you're not Mensur Still works, if you're MvG
Gavin Perez
>MVG now trolling
Logan Gomez
MEME FINISH
Kevin Carter
AND ANOTHER!
Levi Fisher
DAT 84
Brandon Myers
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
Brandon Hill
THE MAX
Luke Sanders
THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX THE MAX
Landon Rogers
MVGOAT
Dylan Barnes
>had Whitlock done silly meme finishes all the way through, he would have won
Lincoln Young
The battle of meme outshots.
Eli Parker
le meme finish man
Brayden Gray
At least Whitty made a game of it at the end.
Noah Campbell
Well, could have been more embarrassing. Nowadays, winning a few against MvG feels like a little win.
This
James Peterson
>I can do better later on
Kevin Parker
>Australia v Austria
Daniel Walker
lel
Noah Adams
This is one hot match.
Henry Powell
DAT BULL 83
Caleb Taylor
...
Caleb Miller
>Cadbury failing to get past the last 32 of the Oceania Worlds qualifier >"the next GOAT" Pick only one.
Joseph Murphy
...
Kevin Sanders
>Stuart Pyke genuinely believes Gando, Aidey and Barney will play the Euro Tour
Nathan Perez
Vital recovery after that pull into single 1 for Mensur.
Jacob Edwards
>Mensur Huge 116 from Kyle.
Justin Williams
Cracking stuff from Anderson
Bentley King
>Kyle hitting doubles for fun
Christian Ross
That all-19s 95 to break!
Carter Murphy
That 20 section getting battered more than Mrs. Thornton
Luis Wright
Proper match this
Nathan Rogers
>that apologising :3
Ian Sanchez
THAT 130 ON THE BULL!
Anthony Mitchell
delete this
Dylan Mitchell
Great Shanghai from Kyle.
Looks like he's beaten Mensur here.
Hudson Gonzalez
...
Justin Watson
Solid performance from Anderson there
Cameron Long
>Wright-Gurney again
Connor Perez
Will they cry in each others arms after the match?
Dylan Bennett
>Kyle sending texts during the game
Brayden Harris
This pre-match interview is already embarrassing.
Julian Collins
...
Jason Foster
>It's time to get the midlife crisis started
Jordan Powell
>third quarter-finalist >Jackie
Aaron Edwards
>that incredibly boring story about Gurney's Mk2 Escort
Angel Foster
>clownman
Charles Moore
>Snakeshite
Ryder Davis
I don't see Wright winning 10 out of 14 legs
Colton Roberts
>5-0
Benjamin Gray
gurney is world number 4 now, he has really shot up the rankings the last couple of months, he was mid teens during the summer i think
Ethan Roberts
Sometimes, I just wish for Demolition Manlet to appear and beat them all!
Benjamin Russell
He wasn't even top 16 back in July at the Matchplay.
Aaron Walker
iktf
Luke Murphy
>clownman winning a leg
Hudson Butler
WRIGHT GETTING B T F O
Wyatt Green
>Clownman chugging shampoo in the break
Luke Lee
kek
Jason James
>Be a professional darts player >Top 10 in the world >Big tournament in Belgium where you could win 100.000 pound sterling >Nah, I'd rather go to the local fair with my supermodel wife to show off my skills to the stallholder and win a plushy Sad!
Brandon Adams
Wade didn't qualify because he finished 39th on the European Tour Order of Merit.
Unlike a certain Scotsman who played a grand total of zero European Tour events.
Michael Murphy
>Gurney
Nathan Garcia
Wright showing his class
Noah Stewart
based gando
Alexander Hall
>but he cannot slot it in Does that describe Wright trying to fuck his wife?
Jason Roberts
>missing crucial singles >almost twice in a row >Clownman
Chase Reyes
Hopefully Rob Cross obliterates anything in his way until the final. Best available option in this part of the draw.
Lincoln Hughes
>CLOWNMAN
Joshua Scott
>CLOWN
Kevin Fisher
wright not happy
didnt notice gurney doing anything though?
Asher Edwards
Despite Gurney being a bully on the stage sometimes, he dindu nuffin this time. Clown just mad at himself for being a clown who can't score singles in a gay bar.
Angel Parker
Pissed off at the bust more than anything else.
Evan Parker
>average 102 >can't finish >lose
>Clownman
Ian Allen
Will Smith ever win a major?
Jack Cooper
If the final is Anderson/Cross, both Snackpot 1.0 and 2.0 miss out on automatic qualification for the Grand Slam.
Alexander Nguyen
Bobby X will win it all
Wyatt Reyes
Not until he gets his mentality sorted out.
Brandon Barnes
SHUT UP AND EAT WITH ME
Thomas Nelson
Would serve him right for being a lazy fatass.
Totally fine with that, even if it is only for based Electric Six walkon.
Lincoln Flores
>Cross is only 27
I'm almost 26 and people think I'm still a teenager.
David Ross
>the oldest player left in the tournament is Daryl Gurney >he's 31
