Draw PDC European Q-School Day One: Van Schie, Merk, Rodriguez, Krcmar attempt to reach Final Stage
PDCDay One of PDC European Q-School is here with the top 16 players qualifying through to the Final Stage which takes place between 8-11 January at Wunderland in Kalkar.
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The first phase will take place from January 5 to 7, followed by the final phase from January 8 to 11.
Players who lost their PDC Tour Card last season or finished in the top eight on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour are immediately qualified for the final stage so the likes of Michael Unterbuchner, Alexander Merkx, Danny van Trijp, Jamai van den Herik, Jurjen van der Velde, Adam Gawlas, Jannis Barkhausen, Adam Sevada, Jesús Salate, Ben Robb, Tomoya Goto, Andreas Harrysson, Levy Frauenfelder, Bradly Roes.
As well as Chris Landman, Florian Hempel, Andy Baetens, José de Sousa, Patrick Geeraets, Jitse van der Wal, Radek Szaganski, Jelle Klaasen, Martijn Dragt, Danny Lauby, Benjamin Reus, Michele Turetta, and Matt Campbell all qualify straight through.
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Who is involved in the first stage?
This is a mix of both former Tour Card holders and also those topping their affiliate tours such as Salate, Robb among others who will get an easier chance with the top two from each final day getting Tour Cards. This accounts for 16 directly with the rest being done on the Order of Merit. Points start for the very first round.
In the first stage, it is all about getting to the Last 16. Winning through that means you will seal a spot in the final stage. The rest is done on Order of Merit.
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The first phase will feature the likes of Mason Whitlock, Rowby-John Rodriguez, Brian Raman, David Cameron, Boris Krcmar, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Jerry Hendriks, Danny Jansen, Ron Meulenkamp, Owen Roelofs, Jeffrey Sparidaans, and Jimmy van Schie. As well as PDC World Darts Championship star Arno Merk. Play begins at 12pm CET/11am GMT throughout the event. UK starts one hour later.
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Draw PDC European Q-School 2026 Day One
Board 1
Liam Maendl-Lawrance vs Michael Mogensen
Damian Palaszewski vs Kevin Troppmann
Steffen Scheffler vs Yves Gabriel
Stef Goyvaerts vs Adam Bernath
Luitsen Elzinga vs Jesus Martinez
Nick Hijmans vs Martin Wraase
Roberto Wentz vs Krzysztof Kciuk
Massimo Dalla Rosa – BYE
Board 2
David Rosi vs Niklas Zoellner
Jannik Tietz vs Jordy van den Broek
Matyas Rejhon vs Finn Behrens
Nicolai Andersen vs Wesley van Trijp
Jessy Guyot vs Philipp Daum
Fabio Bendoni vs Noah Roeschlein
Szedlar Krisztian vs Boris Nowak
Miguel Ferreira vs Boris Krcmar
Board 3
Arno Thyssen vs Vinay Ramnath
Tommy Kuhn vs Danny Diller
Jean Pierre Delcourt vs Ronald Balfoort
Nandor Major vs Stijn Boffel
Rene Kaehler vs Jens Kniest
Nicolas Thuillier vs Jonathan Parvaneh
Jeroen Caron vs Gilbert van der Meijden
Jan Grootaerdt – BYE
Board 4
Lukas Nussbaum vs Iain Cash
Krzysztof Lis vs Andreas Petereit
Marius John vs Michael Plooy
David Pisek vs Jozsef Szlanyina
Ben Springenberg vs Dawid Herberg
Alexander Klein vs Maik Berend
Geert Ceyssens vs Joaquim Goncalves
Dennis van der Ende vs Dawid Stepien
Board 5
Benjamin Amend vs Raoul Hendriks
Jeremy Clavier vs Julien Maurice Hielscher
Jan Boelen vs Patrick Plotz
Michael Marijs vs Mickey Meyer
Cedric Coryn vs Jeffrey Robaert
Alex Mos vs Kevin Freuck
Maximilian Johansen vs Florian Preis
Bernhard Payr – BYE
Board 6
Marcel Walpen vs Iwan Terschegget
Maurice Junker vs Bjorn Quoiffy
Franz Roetzsch vs Tomas Hamrozi
Florian Jurrat vs Stefan Schroeder
Marcel Hausotter vs Alexander Michalczyk
Sven Kammann vs Milan Lovei
Stefan Taferner vs Petr Tous
Daniel Klose vs Sam De Ranter
Board 7
Martin Paunoch vs Jan Schlemmer
Patrick Dekker vs Mattia Franchetto
Hans Achten vs Tim Backer
Anton Ostlund vs Vitezslav Sedlak
Wessel Tempelaars vs Remo Mandiau
Mitja Gustorf vs Robin Pietsch
Teemu Harju vs Douwe van Kalkeren
Michael Daxbacher vs Philipp Schweder
Board 8
Richard Balogh vs Roman Wellinger
Michel Michiels vs Owen Roelofs
Steven Morrison vs Danny Blom
Carsten Hoffmann vs Florian Drews
Tom Heldt vs David Vanlaer
Eros Cabrele vs Jeffrey Bekema
Lubos Pivarc vs Miro Seemann
Sarwar Khan vs Simon Teysen
Board 9
Loek van den Berg vs Hans-Gerd Arnold Martens
Radek Bacik vs Niclas Wierling
Nandor Pres vs Alex Labbozzetta
Willem van de Ven vs Matthew Joseph Smith
Finn Prokop vs Michael Stoeten
Christian Leusmann vs Leon Janssen
Giorgio Cescon vs Kevin Lankhuizen
Maciej Luczak – BYE
Board 10
Vincent Kamphuis vs Jan Hofmann
Jonny Pedersen vs Damian Vetjens
Sebastian Steinmetz vs Balazs Kerenyi
Bruno Rangel vs Kilian Hohnstedt
Sven Wille vs Jorge Garcia del Pozo
Dominic Ferrero vs Leon Ebmeier
Mikolaj Kaczmarczyk vs Bjorn Germonpre
Nico Sawatzky vs Oliver Misselke
Board 11
Leopold Frick vs Jaimy Van de Weerd
Tom Hammermeister vs Rick Hessing
Jan Scholter vs Michael Hurtz
Kevin van der Pluijm vs Thomas Natusch
Bastian Becks vs Raphael Strohhaeusel
Shane de Jong vs Andreas Toft Jorgensen
Laurin Welk vs Frank Schroeder
Mihaly Vida – BYE
Board 12
Arjan Konterman vs Max Arsenijevic
Xavier Bracke vs Luke Tucker
Dylan Hauser vs Steven Strobbe
Tonni Sorensen vs Jeffrey De Zwaan
Robin Buggelsheim vs Peter van den Broek
Paul Kalashnikov vs Arno Merk
Jimmy van Schie vs Johann Brouwer
Luca Wolff vs Dustin Lange
Board 13
Jerry Hendriks vs Simone Giovannini
Sven Bolyn vs Marcel Erba
Danijel Ozbolt vs Rocco Fulciniti
Marc Spalt vs Lennert Faes
Brian Verhelst vs Jan Hendrik Wiechers
Stef Kosters vs Larry Collet
Bastiaan Van Gelder vs Axel Paeps
Marcel Gomula – BYE
Board 14
Dimitri Nees vs Bent Lambertsen
Wim Michiels vs Milan Zlatkovic
Jenson Remory vs Martin Jaeger
Lukas Dallmann vs Daniel Grochotzky
Silvio Thoma vs Pedro Heijnen
Patryk Redlin vs Cristo Reyes
Ludovic Le Mat vs Daniel Sussmund
Angelo Balsamo vs Giuseppe Rizzo
Board 15
Gyorgy Jehirszki vs Arno Looijen
Kurt Quidousse vs Sean van Belkom
Kevin Jussen vs Yoshihisa Baba
Cedric Waegemans vs Stevie Moreira
Bjorn Zittlau vs Eirikur Kristinsson
Bram Vanhorenbeek vs Maikel Verberk
Justin van der Velden vs Steve Millecam
Andras Borbely vs Lylian Le Calvez
Board 16
Helena Rubes vs Paul Goyer
Martin Skara vs Mylo Michiels
Bjorn Gevers vs Noel Albes
Andreas Hyllgaardhus vs Steve Scheers
Patrick Link vs Dragutin Horvat
Ales Basic vs Danny Jansen
Ricardo Perez vs Antonio Maisano
Jiri Brejcha vs Jordy Van de Weerd
Board 17
Kris Mievis vs Ruben Lopez
Arunas Sakalauskas vs Romeo Grbavac
Alexander-Veigar Thorvaldsson vs Filip Bereza
Michael Van De Ven vs Ferenc Bolla
Wesly Van Regenmortel vs Bence Egedi
Mason Whitlock vs Daniel Jandt
Maik Charras vs Yves Fuhrmann
Brian Raman – BYE
Board 18
Patrik Klas vs Ulrich Coussaert
Patrick Maat vs Ingo Van Droogenbroeck
Serge Brisset vs Pascal Fath
Mateusz Sawczyn vs Joey Spitse
Diego Kohns vs Marvin Adrian Gemein
Alexis Gislette vs Marcin Slomski
Dani Delgado vs Frank Bruns
Xanti Van den Bergh vs Tonny Veenhof
Board 19
Daniel Nuesse vs Attila Valyi
Stanislaw Wiszowaty vs Oliver Klein
Bruno Stoeckli vs Martijn Schoenmakers
Sebastian Steyer vs Elias Kuhlig
Lukas Fraulob vs Benjamin Pratnemer
Daniel Labbozzetta vs Johannes Behrens
Paolo Trutalli vs Angelo Smagge
Grant Sampson – BYE
Board 20
Danny Tessmann vs Steven Goetsch
Krzysztof Gierach vs Paul Krohne
Luc Bogaert vs Berry Pater
Kevin Reitmeier vs Marcel Otter
Dylan Vandewalle vs Maurizio Castrovinci
Rene Ruempelein vs Cedric Jeske
Mindaugas Barauskas vs Lukas Unger
Robin Beger vs Lukasz Karcz
Board 21
Daniel Domnick vs Kevin Grebe
Ivan Springborg Poulsen vs Aaron Schreiter
Thomas Klausmayer vs Mario Robbe
Igor Perak vs Ralf Augsten
Steven Paesschesoone vs Eduardo Garcia Salcedo
Dalibor Smolik vs Markus Geiser
Riccardo Castelli vs Robin De Winter
Ricardo Ulrich – BYE
Board 22
Merlin Nicolaus vs James Vanbesien
Michal Smejda vs Davy Robijns
Linus Gravdal vs Daniel Schlechner
David Cameron vs Jozef Sekeres
Pierre Roussel vs Tim Scholz
Martin Olesen vs Maurice Hubener
Simon Bak vs Jarno Bottenberg
Tobias Limbach vs Adrian Zeitler
Board 23
Stefano Bozicek vs Keanu van Velzen
Karin Schroeder vs Alessandro Fattore
Tom Veje Kristensen vs Nunjo Dewaele
Damian Mol vs Pal Szekely
Dávid Gettín vs Matthias Moors
Moritz Bohrmann vs Mike Hermans
Rowby-John Rodriguez vs Jan Schmidt
Wes van Dijk vs Simon Stevens
Board 24
Patrick Bulen vs Jorden Vowinkel
Zvonimir Lesic vs Marc Vleghert
Lars Urbinat vs Manuel Scrudato
Andrea Micheletti vs Nico Lagershausen
Joerg Faehrmann vs Patrick Schwab
Michal Durlak vs Jeffrey Keen
Levin Deppe vs Jean Claude Judlin
Miroslav Rajnoha vs Wim Dierckx
Board 25
Ron Meulenkamp vs Stefan Schroder
Jakub Janaszkiewicz vs Moritz Hilger
Davy Proosten vs Rainer Sturm
Sietse Lap vs Stefan Hesse
Dennis Van Doorn vs Stefan Windeck
Barna Krekacs vs Roger Janssen
Kevin Chatte vs Lenny Schlueter
Jimmy Hendriks – BYE
Board 26
Marc Heller vs Luis Camacho
Yannick Hund vs Michael Kloenhammer
Samuele Maranelli vs Laszlo Ancsin
Hilger Zwick vs Jonas Wagener
Marco Ehrenfels vs Jose Justicia
Joachim Duerbeck vs Miroslav Mnuk
Maurice Fischer vs Dominik Moravcik
Bradley van der Velden vs Pawel Styczynski
Board 27
Gino Vermeersch vs Petr Krivka
Thijs Ten Hagen vs Moritz Richter
Rene Steinhauer vs Stijn Vekemans
Ziggy Schenk vs Gergo Ascsillan
Miroslav Babik vs Tomislav Rosandic
Lars Moinat vs Christian Till
Jesus Noguera vs Maikel Mossou
Marc Dworczak – BYE
Board 28
Kendji Steinbach vs David Svarovsky
Gianni Durnez vs Sebastian Keine
Ergys Mataj vs Danio Aalders
Jeffrey Sparidaans vs Patrick Tringler
Kimi Seemann vs Dominik Mihaly
Michael De Meyer vs Kamil Janowicz
Jason Riedtke vs Roman Benecky
Jan Hlavacek vs Lorenzo te Hennepe
Board 29
Dairon Snel vs Miguel Olejnik
Robbie Knops vs Jody Tobback
Matthias Ehlers vs Francesco Marcone
Stefan Schmitz vs Niklas Fahrenholz
Matthias Jacobi vs Martin Homola
Manuel Strasser vs Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ulrich Jansen vs Stefan Dees
Massimo Dante – BYE
Board 30
Zdenek Vaisar vs Daniel Bauerdick
Alwin Kamphuis vs Anton Braun
Slawomir Dziewulski vs Dustin Straver
John-Luca Mitterlehner vs Oliver Mueller
Yorick Hofkens vs Robertino May
Johan Sels vs Kris Heitmann
Jan Dueckers vs Maurice Gutgesell
Andreas Nielsen vs Jarno Remory
Board 31
Marcel Gugger vs Christian Kallinger
Sandro Cruz vs Gerko Tibbe
Patrick Raab vs Pascal Rupprecht
Fabian Bihl vs Wojciech Brulinski
Peter Kelemen vs Dennis Van Bergen
Franky Biesemans vs Marcel Althaus
Dominik Cavajda vs Marek Purgy
Marvin Kraft vs Mark Schlaghecke
Board 32
Pavel Jirkal vs Luigino Gasperina
Claudio Dolcetti vs Justin Atellinghusen
Jarod Becker vs Jacques Labre
Sitki Cetin vs Bert De Lange
Alexandre Antunes vs Joshua Hermann
Mathias Schockaert vs Riccardo Rech
Tim Jacobi vs Cas Maessen
Miroslaw Grudziecki vs David Jeske

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- Ultimately it is a bye for whoever draws Barney. It will be another stroppy and sulky performance once he goes behind. Barney was excellent but really must completely call it a day now.richieburnettrocks07-11-2026
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- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
- She is a professional. If darts is her income, she is a professional. Same as Adrian Lewis, Martin Adams. A tour card just means someone can play on the PDC tour. You could even make a case that Clayton wasn't a professional (until recently I believe) because he had employment elsewhere.BandB04-11-2026
- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
- Such a shame that lakeside has been reduced to this. Fantastic venue,and previously a great tournament. Not any morerick6703-11-2026
- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
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- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026






