Jeffrey de Zwaan, Mario Robbe and Tytus Kanik have all claimed Tour Cards in Hildesheim. One more player will take an automatic spot, while six will earn a place on the tour through the European
Q-School Order of Merit. As it stands, there are three frontrunners. Danny Noppert picked up five points on Thursday for reaching the semi-finals, and has picked up five since to accumulate ten points. Robert Marijanovic, a two-time quarter-finalist, has racked up the same. Also on ten is Dirk van Duijvenbode, Thursday's losing finalist.
Following that group is Saturday's losing finalist, Jose Antonio Justicia Perales. The Spaniard has eight points. Also on eight are Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Davy van Baelen and Marko Kantele. In the current standings, van Baelen is ahead of Kantele, and it's all down to countback.
If multiple players are on the same number of points, they are separated by their most recent performance. In the event that they still cannot be separated, the next most recent performance is used, and so on. Should we have the situation that they have reached the same stage in every round, then it goes down to legs won and leg difference. For instance, Michael Hurtz and Rene Eidams have put in identical performances so far. Should they do the same again, and be in the running for a Tour Card, all their individual performances would then be scrutinised. With a lot of players chasing the current leading pack, day four at Hildesheim is going to be tense.
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.
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