On October 19 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, the second of four
Players Championship events will get underway with PC26 and the
draw has now been revealed with many of the sport's top stars set to battle it out for
Pro Tour success.
Winner of yesterday's Players Championship 25,
Gary Anderson is out looking for a hat-trick of title wins having also claimed victory in the last event of the previous block. 'The Flying Scotsman' faces Jeffrey Sparidaans in his first round tie. The man Anderson beat in yesterday's final,
Josh Rock will also be back in action, up against Martijn Kleermaker.
Despite being world-ranked number 3,
Peter Wright still has work to do if he's to make it to the Players Championship Finals and yesterday's first round 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Kim Huybrechts did nothing to help matters. He faces Ryan Meikle, looking for an improved performance.
Elsewhere the likes of World Champion
Michael Smith,
Dave Chisnall,
Raymond van Barneveld,
Andrew Gilding,
Dimitri van den Bergh,
Luke Humphries,
Jonny Clayton,
Gerwyn Price,
James Wade,
Chris Dobey,
Rob Cross and
Nathan Aspinall are involved and you can see who they face down below.
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 26
Last 128
Callan Rydz v Ryan Joyce
Callum Goffin v Alan Soutar
Dave Chisnall v Daniel Klose
Nick Kenny v Madars Razma
Martin Schindler v Rowby-John Rodriguez
William O'Connor v Shaun Wilkinson
Ryan Searle v Niels Zonneveld
Danny van Trijp v Mervyn King
Brendan Dolan v Maik Kuivenhoven
Keane Barry v Scott Waites
Danny Noppert v Arron Monk
Andy Boulton v Martin Lukeman
Jose de Sousa v Jose Justicia
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez v James Wilson
Michael Smith v Vincent van der Voort
Jim Williams v Geert Nentjes
Raymond van Barneveld v Cameron Menzies
Berry van Peer v Jules van Dongen
Damon Heta v Richard Veenstra
Adam Gawlas v Ritchie Edhouse
Andrew Gilding v Owen Bates
Mickey Mansell v Ricky Evans
Stephen Bunting v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Danny Jansen v Radek Szaganski
Dimitri van den Bergh v Ted Evetts
Nathan Rafferty v Simon Whitlock
Josh Rock v Martijn Kleermaker
Jamie Clark v Vladimir Andersen
Daryl Gurney v Jimmy Hendriks
Jamie Hughes v Keegan Brown
Peter Wright v Ryan Meikle
Jermaine Wattimena v Robbie Knops
Gian van Veen v Brian Raman
Mensur Suljovic v Boris Krcmar
Luke Humphries v Tony Martinez
Graham Hall v Ronny Huybrechts
Ross Smith v Joe Murnan
Dylan Slevin v Stephen Burton
Ricardo Pietreczko v Matt Campbell
Florian Hempel v Richie Burnett
Gabriel Clemens v Scott Williams
Ian White v Adam Smith-Neale
Jonny Clayton v Steve Beaton
Devon Petersen v Lee Evans
Mike de Decker v Darius Labanauskas
Josh Payne v Bradley Brooks
Gary Anderson v Jeffrey Sparidaans
John O'Shea v Jacques Labre
Luke Woodhouse v Connor Scutt
Mario Vandenbogaerde v Jurjen van der Velde
Gerwyn Price v Graham Usher
Ross Montgomery v Darren Webster
James Wade v Owen Roelofs
Christian Kist v Nick Fullwell
Joe Cullen v Jeff Smith
Cam Crabtree v Chris Landman
Chris Dobey v Adam Warner
George Killington v Wesley Plaisier
Rob Cross v Karel Sedlacek
Kim Huybrechts v Steve Lennon
Nathan Aspinall v Kevin Doets
Pascal Rupprecht v Robert Owen
Krzysztof Ratajski v Damian Mol
Robert Grundy v Kevin Burness