New champion on the
European Tour, Jonny Clayton will not be part of the line up due to him getting lucky last time out by getting a last minute seeding due to the withdrawal of Michael van Gerwen. Gerwyn Price who lost out to Clayton will be at the European Darts Grand Prix and will hope to continue his return to form.
In terms of the UK Qualifiers, the likes of James Wade, Adrian Lewis and Alan Tabern will once again be part of the line-up with Wade in particular continuing his ever present form on the European Tour this year.
Dawson Murschell will be making his debut on the European Tour after recently winning his tour card and will be joined by Stephen Bunting, his practice partner now Murschell has relocated.
The likes of Jamie Caven, Arron Monk and Ricky Evans will make their first appearances on the Euro Tour of 2018. 8 qualifiers from West/South Europe will join the lineup with 4 more Host Nation Qualifiers to be decided also.
Finally in terms of the Nordic/Baltic and Eastern European qualifiers, Madars Razma and Krzysztof Ratajski have qualified this time out with both previously appearing on the European Tour in 2018 already.
European Darts Grand Prix (ET5) May 4-6, Glaspalast, Sindelfingen Top 16 Seeded Players (Enter at second round stage) 1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Peter Wright
3 Rob Cross
4 Michael Smith
5 Daryl Gurney
6 Mensur Suljovic
7 Joe Cullen
8 Dave Chisnall
9 Ian White
10 Kim Huybrechts
11 Simon Whitlock
12 Mervyn King
13 Jelle Klaasen
14 John Henderson
15 Gerwyn Price
16 Darren Webster
UK Qualifier Kyle Anderson
Stephen Bunting
Robert Owen
Matt Padgett
Adrian Lewis
Alan Tabern
James Wade
Arron Monk
Dawson Murschell
Ricky Evans
Steve Hine
Peter Hudson
Paul Nicholson
Jamie Caven
Andy Boulton
Jamie Lewis
Steve Lennon
Kirk Shepherd
West/South European Qualifier (x8 TBC) Host Nation Qualifier (x4 TBC) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier Madars Razma
East European Qualifier Krzysztof Ratajski