| Malta Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Country | Malta | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO, WDF, MDA | ||
| Winner's share | €1,200 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 John Walton | |||
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2014 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2014. [1]
| Malta Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Country | Malta | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO, WDF, MDA | ||
| Winner's share | €1,200 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| John Walton | |||
| |||
2014 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2014. [1]
| Final 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| | John Walton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jamie Robinson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Walton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Matthew Medhurst | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Matthew Medhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Mark Cameron | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Walton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | John Michael | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Michael | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Stathis Pantelidis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Michael | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Mark Layton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Mark Layton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Mark Mulholland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Walton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Kostas Pantelidis | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Kostas Pantelidis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Zach Quinn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Kostas Pantelidis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Josh McCarthy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Josh McCarthy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Darren Walls | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Kostas Pantelidis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Albert Scerri | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Albert Scerri | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Salvatore Mantarro | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Albert Scerri | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Craig Stoner | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Craig Stoner | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Norbert Attard | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. The two official languages are Maltese and English. The country's capital is Valletta, which is the smallest capital city in the EU by both area and population. With a population of about 542,000 over an area of 316 km2 (122 sq mi), Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country by area and the ninth most densely populated. Various sources consider the country to consist of a single urban region, for which it is often described as a city-state.
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Valletta is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas. Located between the Grand Harbour to the east and Marsamxett Harbour to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157. As Malta’s capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the southernmost capital of Europe, and at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the European Union's smallest capital city.
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. Though it possesses no territory, the order is often considered a sovereign entity under international law.
The National Stadium, locally also referred to as Ta' Qali, officially known as Grawnd Nazzjonali, is a stadium located in Ta' Qali, Malta. The stadium, which also contains the headquarters of the Malta Football Association, seats 16,997 people and is, by far, the largest stadium in the country. It serves as the national football stadium of Malta and is the home stadium of the Malta national football team. The stadium, together with three other stadiums, also hosts the Maltese Premier League.
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The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta. It is often simply referred to as the Hypogeum, literally meaning "underground" in Greek. The Hypogeum is thought to have been a sanctuary and necropolis, with the estimated remains of more than 7,000 people documented by archeologists, and is among the best preserved examples of the Maltese temple building culture that also produced the Megalithic Temples and Xagħra Stone Circle.
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Gozo, in antiquity known as Gaulos, is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After the island of Malta itself, it is the second-largest island in the archipelago.
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Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Warrior" written by Elton Zarb and Matt Muxu Mercieca. The song was performed by Amber. The Maltese entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria was selected through the national final Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). The competition consisted of a semi-final round and a final, held on 21 and 22 November 2014, respectively, where "Warrior" performed by Amber eventually emerged as the winning entry after scoring the most points from a five-member jury and a public televote.
The Church of Our Lady of the Pillar is a 17th-century church located in Valletta, Malta. The church was built as the church of the Aragonese knights and modeled according to the plans of the architect Romano Carapecchia. The church is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.
The Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Malta located in Valletta, Malta. The building was constructed between 2011 and 2015 to designs by Renzo Piano as part of the City Gate Project, which also included building a new City Gate and converting the ruins of the Royal Opera House into an open-air theatre. Construction of the Parliament House generated considerable controversy, mainly due to the modern design of the building and the cost of construction, which amounted to around €90 million.
