Matt Campbell travelled all the way from Canada to take part in the first lot of PDC European Challenge Tour events and his gamble has paid off with victory in the first tournament of the day.
Campbell defeated Rene Eidams (5-2), Thomas Kohnlein (5-2), Kevin van Wauwe (5-3), Maikel Verberk (5-4) before defeating Patrick Bulen (5-2) and Kenny Neyens (5-4) to reach the final.
He saw off Gino Vos from there 5-1 with an 82 average with the Dutchman having played on the ProTour and has a win over Michael van Gerwen this season.
Due to travel restrictions still in place due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Challenge Tour has been split this year into a separate circuit for both British and European players.
The winners of both tours will be eligible to participate in the upcoming World Darts Championship and will receive a PDC Tour Card for 2022 and 2023.
The highest-ranking players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit qualify for the reserve spots at the Players Championship tournaments.
PDC European Challenge Tour 1 Selected Results
Last 16
Johan Engstrom (80.1) 5-3 (79.2) Robbie Knops
Gino Vos (83.9) 5-4 (82.7) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Ricardo Pietreczko (89.2) 5-4 (82.9) Ronny Huybrechts
Chris Landman (98.0) 5-2 (83.6) Wesley Plaisier
Jimmy Hendriks (87.0) 5-3 (89.0) Marcel Erba
Kenny Neyens (83.0) 5-3 (83.6) Stefan Bellmont
Patrick Bulen (84.3) 5-4 (86.9) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Matt Campbell (80.2) 5-4 (75.5) Maikel Verberk
Quarter-Finals
Gino Vos (81.9) 5-2 (75.9) Johna Engstrom
Chris Landman (88.3) 5-1 (85.3) Ricardo Pietreczko
Kenny Neyens (92.3) 5-1 (91.9) Jimmy Hendriks
Matt Campbell (77.4) 5-2 (80.4) Patrick Bulen
Semi-Finals
Gino Vos (94.0) 5-1 (87.3) Chris Landman
Matt Campbell (90.5) 5-4 (90.4) Kenny Neyens
Final
Matt Campbell (82.9) 5-1 (81.8) Gino Vos
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