European Q-School 2018 - Day One: De Zwaan, Clemens, Noppert and van Duijvenbode reach semi-finals
NewsThursday, 18 January 2018 at 15:40
The fight for the first European Q-School Tour Card is nearing it's completion, we now know the four names who will be vying for the first card.
Jeffrey de Zwaan, who has looked good all day at the Q-School, will face Gabriel Clemens, the former Winmau World Masters semi-finalist last year and Danny Noppert will take on Dirk van Duijvenbode. De Zwaan in particular has looked dangerous for most of the day not losing a leg in his first few rounds.
His opponent Gabriel Clemens who seemingly has switched to the PDC after his brilliant run has defeated the likes of Mike de Decker and Vincent Kamphuis to reach the semi-finals.
In the other semi-final Danny Noppert, one of the big name players to switch is through on his first day. 'Noppie' defeated the likes of Kenny Neyens and Krzysztof Ratajski to reach the semi-finals.
The final player is Dirk van Duijvenbode, 'The Titan' has reached the semi-finals after only losing a few legs today and is one of the favorites to win a card not only today but throughout the four days and now will fight it out with Noppert.
The European Q-School will play down to a winner on each day, to give four automatic Tour Cards. The remaining players earning ranking points. Ranking points are awarded with one point per win from rounds where there are no Byes onwards.
Click here for detailed information about the Q-School.
Quarter-Finals
Jeffrey de Zwaan 5-3 Robert Marijanovic
Gabriel Clemens 5-4 Kim Viljanen
Danny Noppert 5-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-4 Michael Rasztovits
Semi-Finals
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Gabriel Clemens
Danny Noppert v Dirk van Duijvenbode
His opponent Gabriel Clemens who seemingly has switched to the PDC after his brilliant run has defeated the likes of Mike de Decker and Vincent Kamphuis to reach the semi-finals.
In the other semi-final Danny Noppert, one of the big name players to switch is through on his first day. 'Noppie' defeated the likes of Kenny Neyens and Krzysztof Ratajski to reach the semi-finals.
The final player is Dirk van Duijvenbode, 'The Titan' has reached the semi-finals after only losing a few legs today and is one of the favorites to win a card not only today but throughout the four days and now will fight it out with Noppert.
The European Q-School will play down to a winner on each day, to give four automatic Tour Cards. The remaining players earning ranking points. Ranking points are awarded with one point per win from rounds where there are no Byes onwards.
Click here for detailed information about the Q-School.
Quarter-Finals
Jeffrey de Zwaan 5-3 Robert Marijanovic
Gabriel Clemens 5-4 Kim Viljanen
Danny Noppert 5-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-4 Michael Rasztovits
Semi-Finals
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Gabriel Clemens
Danny Noppert v Dirk van Duijvenbode
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