Jeffrey de Graaf wins Finnish Open

[tapsa]

Finnish Open men's singles final Jeffrey de Graaf (NED) - Darius Labanauskas (LIT) 6-5 (11,18,20,15,17,13-12,15,14,19,17 ave 95,07-88,38

[Bag Carrier]

Using his head going for a much easier 20 points in Finland rather than in Germany

[Zeyes]

Did anyone complain about the events being seeded by the WDF rankings?

Edit: And the men's event even paid better at the top than the German one did, oy...

[foggs3355]

Did anyone complain about the events being seeded by the WDF rankings?

Edit: And the men's event even paid better at the top than the German one did, oy...

but only paid to the last 8

Winner €2,000
Final €1,000
Semi Final €450
Quarter Final €200

[Zeyes]

but only paid to the last 8

Winner €2,000
Final €1,000
Semi Final €450
Quarter Final €200

Sure, but high-seeded players shouldn't be concerned about finishing outside the top 8 in a field of only 80-odd participants.

It's an interesting contrast, actually:

Finland pros:
- better prize money
- easier ranking points

Germany pros:
- easier travel (I presume, anyway)
- two ranked events

[ChrisW]

Easier travel for who?

[foggs3355]

Easier travel for who?

British based players

[ChrisW]

Easier travel for who?

British based players

Maybe. Zeyes made the post so wait to see what he has to say. I didn't look into travel costs location etc. But there is a hell of a lot of nationalities entering both. I presume the people closer to the Finnish Open would go for that and the people closer to the Munster Open would select that one. As Tony pointed out some may make a choice on chances of picking up some points. I doubt many are doing that. Most will fall into which is closest.

[Zeyes]

Easier travel for who?

Pretty much everyone not located in Scandinavia or the Baltic area, I presumed, although I see now there's decent flight connectivity from London (and some from Manchester).

[Zeyes]

Incidentally, I see the top 8 seeds all made the quarterfinals, that's got to be pretty rare.

[WCDPA]

[quote="Zeyes"]Did anyone complain about the events being seeded by the WDF


YES:)

[avalon]

Good prize money but don`t forget the cost of everything in Finland. The Scandinavian countries rate as one of the highest if not the highest in the world when it comes to a pint of beer. Food and hotels are also expensive compared to many countries. The quarter final pay out in Finland for someone who has travelled there from outside of Scandinavia has probably lost money over the weekend..... that`s in the men`s event.... the ladies probably lost money even if they won ( for ladies outside of Scandinavia )

[Welshwizard79]

Winner Jeffrey de Graaf Holland €2,000
Final Darius Labanauskas Lithuania €1,000
Semi Final Ali Roberts Finland €450
Semi Final Paul Coughlin Scotland €450
Quarter Final Martin Phillips Wales €200
Quarter Final Madars Razma Latvia €200
Quarter Final Sami Sanssi Finland €200
Quarter Final Dennis Nilsson Sweden €200
Last 16 Hannu Suominen Finland €0
Last 16 Marko Kantele Finland €0
Last 16 Petri Korte Finland €0
Last 16 Kim Viljanen Finland €0
Last 16 Asko Niskala Finland €0
Last 16 Evgeny Izotov Russia €0
Last 16 Kenneth Hogwall Sweden €0
Last 16 Matti Hatinen Finland €0

[The Master]

Winner Jeffrey de Graaf Holland €2,000
Final Darius Labanauskas Lithuania €1,000
Semi Final Ali Roberts Finland €450
Semi Final Paul Coughlin Scotland €450
Quarter Final Martin Phillips Wales €200
Quarter Final Madars Razma Latvia €200
Quarter Final Sami Sanssi Finland €200
Quarter Final Dennis Nilsson Sweden €200
Last 16 Hannu Suominen Finland €0
Last 16 Marko Kantele Finland €0
Last 16 Petri Korte Finland €0
Last 16 Kim Viljanen Finland €0
Last 16 Asko Niskala Finland €0
Last 16 Evgeny Izotov Russia €0
Last 16 Kenneth Hogwall Sweden €0
Last 16 Matti Hatinen Finland €0

You can add theese aswell
1. Martin Phillips, Wales €1000
2. Sami Sanssi, Päkki Darts €400
3.-4. Uki Takkinen, Haku-Tikka €150
3.-4. Madars Razma, Latvia €150
5.-8. Teuvo Haverinen, Willy´s DC €75
5.-8. Göran Eriksson, Sweden €75
5.-8. Veine Hagen, Sweden €75
5.-8. Jeffrey de Graaf, Netherlands €75

[WCDPA]

Good prize money but don`t forget the cost of everything in Finland. The Scandinavian countries rate as one of the highest if not the highest in the world when it comes to a pint of beer. Food and hotels are also expensive compared to many countries. The quarter final pay out in Finland for someone who has travelled there from outside of Scandinavia has probably lost money over the weekend..... that`s in the men`s event.... the ladies probably lost money even if they won ( for ladies outside of Scandinavia )

Venue hotel in Munsterland €177per night for a triple room and 100km from nearest airport , 120€ taxi each way!

[WCDPA]

Good prize money but don`t forget the cost of everything in Finland. The Scandinavian countries rate as one of the highest if not the highest in the world when it comes to a pint of beer. Food and hotels are also expensive compared to many countries. The quarter final pay out in Finland for someone who has travelled there from outside of Scandinavia has probably lost money over the weekend..... that`s in the men`s event.... the ladies probably lost money even if they won ( for ladies outside of Scandinavia )

Venue hotel in Munsterland €177per night for a triple room and 100km from nearest airport , 120€ taxi each way!

[The Master]

We had a suite in Finland and paid 150euros total for two nights

[Welshwizard79]

Winner Jeffrey de Graaf Holland €2,000
Final Darius Labanauskas Lithuania €1,000
Semi Final Ali Roberts Finland €450
Semi Final Paul Coughlin Scotland €450
Quarter Final Martin Phillips Wales €200
Quarter Final Madars Razma Latvia €200
Quarter Final Sami Sanssi Finland €200
Quarter Final Dennis Nilsson Sweden €200
Last 16 Hannu Suominen Finland €0
Last 16 Marko Kantele Finland €0
Last 16 Petri Korte Finland €0
Last 16 Kim Viljanen Finland €0
Last 16 Asko Niskala Finland €0
Last 16 Evgeny Izotov Russia €0
Last 16 Kenneth Hogwall Sweden €0
Last 16 Matti Hatinen Finland €0

You can add theese aswell
1. Martin Phillips, Wales €1000
2. Sami Sanssi, Päkki Darts €400
3.-4. Uki Takkinen, Haku-Tikka €150
3.-4. Madars Razma, Latvia €150
5.-8. Teuvo Haverinen, Willy´s DC €75
5.-8. Göran Eriksson, Sweden €75
5.-8. Veine Hagen, Sweden €75
5.-8. Jeffrey de Graaf, Netherlands €75

What are these?

[The Master]

sunday singles

[Welshwizard79]

sunday singles

I see cheers. Did the Sunday event carry ranking points too?