Draw released for 2021 PDC European Q-School Stage 1A Day One

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.

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.

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.

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

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