Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–5 in the final of the 2018 tournament, and he defended his title by beating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final, which was his 30th European Tour title since its inception in 2012.

This is how the prize money is divided:[1] The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 5 March will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-tour card holders.

Any tour card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.

The only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced.