The draw has been released ahead of the opening day of action at 2021 PDC European Q-School which begins proceedings in Stage 1A at the H+ Hotel in Niedernhausen.
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Stage One is held over two blocks of three days due to entry numbers and Covid-19 restrictions with parallel Q-Schools in Milton Keynes and Niedernhausen taking place.
The last four players from each of the three days in Stage One will move through automatically to the Final Stage and ranking points are given to players based on match wins (barring preliminary round ties) which go towards the Order of Merit which sees further players move through.
There are already players through to the Final Stage who have lost Tour Cards as well as Development and Challenge Tour stars including at European Q-School, the likes of Benito van de Pas, Niels Zonneveld and Martin Schindler.
Among those in Germany vying to reach the Final Stage from Stage 1A include five-time World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld. As well as a strong field with Nico Kurz, Richard Veenstra and Mario Vandenbogaerde also involved.
For Van Barneveld, he will begin his day against Adis Lubijankic in the Last 128 before a potential tie with Pero Ljubic in the Last 64.
While Vandenbogaerde could meet Boris Koltsov early doors if he can get past Patrick Plotz in his opener.
Other standout ties include Rene Eidams facing Kenny Neyens, Richard Veenstra against Toon Greebe, Moreno Blom facing Jeffrey van Egdom and Michael Rasztovits taking on Sebastian Steyer.
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The action begins at European Q-School at 12pm GMT with UK Q-School Day One beginning at 2pm GMT with the draw to follow.
Follow along across all ten days on our Live Blog for up to date results as they come in at both Milton Keynes and Niedernhausen.
European Q-School Stage 1A - Day One Draw
Last 128
Daniel Sprudzs - | - Dennie Olde Kalter
Jens Kniest - | - Ivan Springborg Poulsen
Michael Rasztovits - | - Sebastian Steyer
Mindaugas Barauskas - | - Nico Wagner
Felix Kleeberg - | - Michael Hahn
Markus Erhard - | - Nico Kurz
Patrick Plötz - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde
Danny Kaiser - | - Boris Koltsov
Andreas Jaguttis - | - Marcel Erba
Kai Gotthardt - | - Jeroen Mioch
Olaf Thies - | - Marko Puls
Niels Heinsoe - | - Marco Obst
Michael Stoeten - | - Kevin Luhr
Jonathan Parvaneh - | - John Van de Weerd
Pero Ljubic - | - Stefan Taferner
Adis Ljubijankic - | - Raymond van Barneveld
Jeffrey De Zeeuw - | - Franz Roetzsch
Gillian Koehoorn - | - Alexander Kastner
Leon Reijnders - | - Jiri Brejcha
Thomas Kohnlein - | - Tomas Ledl
Jaimy van de Weerd - | - Sebastian Pohl
Niels-Joergen Hansen - | - Francois Schweyen
Lukas Wenig - | - Kristiaan de Boer
Adam Gawlas - | - Daniel Meyer
Sven Hilling - | - Erik Tautfest
Moreno Blom - | - Jeffrey Van Egdom
Erwin Ziermeier - | - Sven Haltmayer
Philip Van Gasse - | - Toms Balodis
Fredi Gsellmann - | - Mikel van Maastrigt
Rients Visser - | - Geert De Vos
Tim Darmstadter - | - Jürgen Grupp
Patrik Kovacs - | - Davy Proosten
Michael Unterbuchner - | - Danny Jansen
Ricoh Handt - | - Jens Wittlinger
René Kruit - | - Cedric Waegemans
Egor Tvorogov - | - Nauris Gleglu
Moritz Schmitz - | - Lorenzo Pronk
Patrick van den Boogaard - | - Mario Brescakovic
Simeon Heinz - | - Steven Noster
Baran Oezdemir - | - Remo Mandiau
Alex Flohr - | - Marcel Althaus
Artur Jaa - | - Lorenzo Van Hove
Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Jeremy van der Winkel
Eimardo Van Engelen - | - Roberto Vandaele
Richard Veenstra - | - Toon Greebe
Michael Bruder - | - Gian van Veen
Gheorghe Calagiu - | - Andreas Frei
Elias Henkel - | - Karsten Koch
Rene Eidams - | - Kenny Neyens
Jens Ziegler - | - Chris Landman
Niko Springer - | - Sven Fiedler
Last 64
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Andreas Toft Jorgensen - | -
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Tim Wolters - | -
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Michael Plooy - | -
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Eynur Babayev - | -
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Leo Hendriks - | -
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Fabian Lorenz - | -
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Wesley Plaisier - | -
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Eric Mundo - | -
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Roland Hol - | -
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El Abbas El Amri - | -
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