Before his match with Van Barneveld, Taylor won his group with victories over Adrian Lewis and Terry Jenkins, beat James Wade in the quarter-finals and Gary Anderson in the semi-finals.
[1] On 22 February 2011, RTL 7 announced the tournament would be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, from 18 to 21 March.
[4] The tournament would be broadcast live in the Netherlands on RTL 7 with commentary from Albert Mantingh and Jacques Nieuwlaat.
Tied at 2–2, Stompé took five legs in a row as Klaasen failed to strike a double ring three times.
[6] Stompé achieved finishes on the double 4 and top rings, a 161 checkout in leg seven and two maximum scores to win 8–1 and qualify for the quarter-finals.
Scholten won 8–5 with finishes on the double 8, 7 and 10 rings in the final three legs to knock out Klaasen and qualify for the quarter-finals.
Van Barneveld made a 116 checkout and a 13-dart finish to claim the next two legs for a 8–5 win and a quarter-final entry.
[4] Gary Anderson and James Wade played the group's first match, which was tied at 3–3 after six legs.
Anderson used two misses from Wade on the bullseye ring to claim legs 10 and 11 and achieved a finish of 15 throws in the 12th to win 8–4.
Whitlock won one further leg and Anderson took an 8–4 victory for entry to the quarter-finals with a finish on the double 10 ring.
Wade won the final leg on the double top ring for a 8–7 victory and the last quarter-final spot.
[4] Stompé played Van Der Voort in the first quarter-final, which was tied at 5–5 after ten legs.
Van Der Voort made a maximum score and won the 11th leg on a 36 checkout after Stompé could not strike a double ring.
[10] Taylor said while he appeared serious playing Wade he was enjoying the event, adding: "My finishing was superb against James and it had to be because he was coming off the back of a great win against Simon.
Scholten achieved a 13-dart finish in leg ten before Van Barneveld won the match 8–3 on the double 8 ring.
[10] Van Barneveld observed his performance in the competition and said it was important to maintain his finishing in the next round.
Lewis took leg nine on the double 9 ring to retake the lead until Anderson made an 80 checkout to again level.
[10] He beat Lewis for the first time since 2009 and requited losses to him in the 2011 World Championship final and the 2011 Premier League Darts Glasgow meet.
[4] Taylor achieved a maximum score before Van Barneveld won the first leg with an 80 checkout completed in two throws.
He achieved an 89 checkout in 11 throws to increase his lead before Van Barneveld clinched leg five on the double 16 ring.
[13] Taylor earned €20,000 prize money for winning the tournament, and achieved a 113.6-point three-dart average, the highest for the final of a televised event.
[14] Taylor said he was pleased to win the event and enjoyed the final with Van Barneveld because it showed his best traits, adding: "The key leg was the sixth when Raymond missed two darts to take out 98, and after that I dug in and got the job done.