The inaugural European Darts Championship will be held at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany, from October 30-November 2.
Featuring 32 players, the £200,000 event will be played over four days and screened live in the UK on ITV4.
The first round will be played over Thursday, October 30 and Friday October 31, with eight games played on each night over the best of nine legs.
The second round will be played on Saturday November 1 in two sessions, with the quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon and the semi-finals and final being played on Sunday evening.
It will feature the top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit, following the Sky Poker World Grand Prix.
They will be joined by the next eight non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit and the next four non-qualified players from the Continental Europe Order of Merit following the Players Championship event in Dinslaken on Saturday, October 25.
Two of the remaining places will be allocated to the top two non-qualified players from the German Darts Corporation rankings at October 25, with the final two spots being filled from a qualifier to be held on Sunday October 26 in Dinslaken.
The qualifier will be open to any darts player and entry will be available via the GDC.
Any players who enter the qualifier but qualify automatically will be refunded their entry fee.
2008 European Championship Session Times
Thursday, October 30
6.30pm-11.35pm (local time)/5.30pm-10.35pm (GMT)
8x First Round
Friday, October 31
6.30pm-11.35pm (local time)/5.30pm-10.35pm (GMT)
8x First Round
Saturday, November 1
1pm-4pm (local time)/12pm-3pm (GMT)
3x Second Round
6.45pm-11.35pm (local time)/5.45pm-10.35pm (GMT)
5x Second Round
Sunday November 2
2pm-6pm (local time)/1pm-5pm (GMT)
Quarter-Finals
7pm-11.35pm (local time)/6pm-10.35pm (GMT)
Semi-Finals
Final
Tickets
Tickets will be available in due course from www.frankfurt-ticket.de
Travel
The Südbahnhof is around ten minutes away from the main train station in Frankfurt. Frankfurt Main airport is around 20 minutes' drive from the venue, and Frankfurt Hahn is around one hour.
Prize Fund
Winner - £50,000, runner-up - £25,000, semi-finalists - £12,500, quarter-finalists - £8,500, second round losers - £4,000, first round losers £2,000.
Total - £200,000.
Format
First Round - Best of nine legs, Second Round - Best of 17 legs, Quarter-Finals - Best of 17 legs, Semi-Finals - Best of 21 legs, Final - Best of 21 legs
Tie-Break Rule: Each game must be won by two clear legs. A game will go to a sudden-death leg if a further maximum of six legs cannot separate the players, i.e. if a first round game reaches 7-7.
