
The draw has been released for Players Championship 16 which is due to take place today in Niedernhausen. Consecutive tournaments are set up in Germany despite a depleted field.
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Leading proceedings as a result include Peter Wright, Michael Smith, Dimitri van den Bergh and Luke Humphries, with the latter the only player to receive a bye today with James Wade who was initially in the field seemingly withdrawing.
Action commences at 1pm BST today, with Smith the leading light last time out sealing a double but can he do it again or will we get a new winner in the ilk of Jim Williams or Danny Jansen?
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Luke Humphries (Bye)
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Adam Gawlas v Jim Williams
Scott Williams v Richie Burnett
Chris Dobey v Glen Durrant
Peter Hudson v Steve West
Daryl Gurney v Jose Justicia
Tony Martinez v Jelle Klaasen
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Karel Sedlacek
Jules van Dongen v Ron Meulenkamp
Mervyn King v Scott Mitchell
Keegan Brown v Steve Lennon
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Scott Waites
Adam Hunt v Jimmy Hendriks
Ricky Evans v Jeff Smith
Ricardo Pietreczko v Brett Claydon
Peter Wright v Steve Beaton
Damian Mol v Gordon Mathers
Keane Barry v Kenny Neyens
Stephen Burton v John O’Shea
Dave Chisnall v Paulo Ferreira
Brian Raman v Alan Soutar
Kim Huybrechts v Scott Marsh
William O’Connor v Lukas Wenig
Jose de Sousa v Raymond van Barneveld
Mike De Decker v Jeffrey De Zwaan
Simon Whitlock v Ian White
John Henderson v Eddie Lovely
Martin Schindler v Jason Heaver
Geert Nentjes v Joe Murnan
Martin Lukeman v Shaun Wilkinson
Ross Montgomery v Florian Hempel
Michael Smith v Darius Labanauskas
Jermaine Wattimena v Lewy Williams
Martijn Kleermaker v Nathan Rafferty
Mickey Mansell v Jack Main
Stephen Bunting v George Killington
Boris Krcmar v Berry van Peer
Ross Smith v Maik Kuivenhoven
Nathan Girvan v Danny Jansen
Nathan Aspinall v Matthew Edgar
Danny Baggish v Stu Wilson
Andrew Gilding v James Wilson
Devon Petersen v Ryan Meikle
Danny Noppert v Radek Szaganski
Thibault Tricole v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Vincent van der Voort v Kevin Burness
Stefan Bellmont v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Rob Cross v John Michael
Gary Blades v Mario Vandenbogaerde
Mensur Suljovic v Luke Woodhouse
Josh Rock v Jeremy van der Winkel
Brendan Dolan v Pete Burgoyne
Robert Owen v David Evans
Gabriel Clemens v Andy Boulton
Ted Evetts v Connor Scutt
Damon Heta v Max Hopp
Jamie Hughes v Danny van Trijp
Ritchie Edhouse v Graham Usher
Kevin Doets v Zoran Lerchbacher
Krzysztof Ratajski v William Borland
Geert De Vos v Luc Peters
Madars Razma v Matt Campbell
Michael Unterbuchner v Bradley Brooks

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