On October 18 at the Metrodome in Barnsley,
Players Championship 25 gets underway and the
draw has now been revealed with many of the sport's top stars in action.
Peter Wright and
Nathan Aspinall will be involved and the two, multiple-time major winners need good results as both currently sit outside the qualifying positions for the upcoming Players Championship Finals. For Wright, he has a potentially tricky first round tie with Kim Huybrechts and for Aspinall it's a showdown with Jermaine Wattimena.
Top stars such as the likes of
Gerwyn Price,
Gary Anderson,
Rob Cross,
Dave Chisnall,
Michael Smith and
Jonny Clayton will also be in Barnsley hoping for Players Championship glory. Price faces Ryan Meikle, for Anderson it's Damian Mol.
Cross is up against Pascal Rupprecht with Chisnall taking on Bradley Brooks. Michael Smith faces off with Adam Gawlas whilst Clayton has an all-Welsh tie with Nick Kenny to contend with.
A total of 100,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 12,000 pounds.
Draw Players Championship 25
Last 128
Dave Chisnall v Bradley Brooks
Adam Smith-Neale v Jose Justicia
Callan Rydz v James Wilson
Devon Petersen v Karel Sedlacek
Martin Schindler v Robert Owen
Maik Kuivenhoven v Ronny Huybrechts
James Wade v Wesley Plaisier
Keegan Brown v Martijn Kleermaker
Michael Smith v Adam Gawlas
Robbie Knops v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Brendan Dolan v Owen Bates
Arron Monk v Dylan Slevin
Krzysztof Ratajski v Nick Fullwell
Jimmy Hendriks v Danny Jansen
Gabriel Clemens v Mario Vandenbogaerde
Nathan Rafferty v Jules van Dongen
Josh Rock v Shaun Wilkinson
Graham Hall v Simon Whitlock
Gian van Veen v Ritchie Edhouse
Vincent van der Voort v Steve Lennon
Ricardo Pietreczko v Daniel Klose
Jacques Labre v Josh Payne
Nathan Aspinall v Jermaine Wattimena
Scott Williams v John O'Shea
Rob Cross v Pascal Rupprecht
Chris Landman v Niels Zonneveld
Dimitri van den Bergh v Ross Montgomery
Adam Warner v Berry van Peer
Joe Cullen v Ted Evetts
Graham Usher v James Hurrell
Daryl Gurney v Matt Campbell
Mensur Suljovic v Joe Murnan
Gerwyn Price v Ryan Meikle
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Radek Szaganski
Ryan Joyce v Christian Kist
Darius Labanauskas v Mickey Mansell
Gary Anderson v Damian Mol
Keane Barry v Tony Martinez
Ross Smith v Danny van Trijp
Alan Soutar v Kevin Burness
Danny Noppert v Kevin Doets
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Andy Boulton
Chris Dobey v William O'Connor
Ian White v Scott Waites
Peter Wright v Kim Huybrechts
Florian Hempel v Martin Lukeman
Jose de Sousa v Jeffrey Sparidaans
Ricky Evans v Brian Raman
Damon Heta v Cameron Menzies
Cam Crabtree v Owen Roelofs
Luke Woodhouse v Jeff Smith
Jurjen van der Velde v Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle v Boris Krcmar
Jamie Hughes v Stephen Burton
Andrew Gilding v Richard Veenstra
Vladimir Andersen v Robert Grundy
Jonny Clayton v Nick Kenny
Jim Williams v Geert Nentjes
Raymond van Barneveld v Jamie Clark
Madars Razma v Callum Goffin
Stephen Bunting v Steve Beaton
Richie Burnett v George Killington
Mike de Decker v Mervyn King
Darren Webster v Lee Evans