Entries confirmed for Players Championship 28-30: Littler, Humphires, van Gerwen, and Price lead stacked field in Leicester
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The entries have been confirmed for Players Championship 28-30, which will be held at the Mattioli Arena, Leicester, which will play host to a stacked playing field featuring the best players in the world.
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We are racing towards the business end of the darts calendar now, with only seven Pro Tour events remaining, as the players look to confirm their spots in the Players Championships Finals, and even the World Championships.
With this being the case, it is an important trio of events for Luke Humphries, Nathan Aspinall, and Michael van Gerwen, who currently do not sit inside the top 64 provisional qualifiers for Minehead. They will all feature, with World Champion Luke Littler, who only sits £1000 above the drop zone, participating in events 28-29.
Despite recent setbacks with injury, Gerwyn Price is set to be competing. He was the standout player in the prior two events, coming out on top in PC 26 and narrowly losing out to Joe Cullen in PC 27. He sits at the top of the Players Championship Order of Merit, £14,000 ahead of second-place Gian van Veen.
William Borland, Oskar Lukasiak, Jules van Dongen, Tim Wolters, and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez are the tour card holders who will not make the journey to Leicester next week. With absentees come replacements from the Challenger Tour, as Darius Labanauskas, Stefan Bellmont, Ted Evetts, Jamai van den Herik, and Mervyn King make the step up for the three events, while Jack Tweddell takes the place of Littler in PC 30.
The tournaments will begin 13:00 BST on each day, with £15,000 up for grabs for the winner of each event.
Field Players Championship 28
| Players Championship 28 |
|---|
| Gary Anderson |
| Nathan Aspinall |
| Andy Baetens |
| Keane Barry |
| Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont |
| Darren Beveridge |
| Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tom Bissell |
| Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks |
| Stephen Bunting |
| Stephen Burton |
| Matt Campbell |
| Dave Chisnall |
| Brett Claydon |
| Jonny Clayton |
| Gabriel Clemens |
| Cam Crabtree |
| Rob Cross |
| Joe Cullen |
| Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Mike De Decker |
| Jeffrey de Graaf |
| Jose de Sousa |
| Cor Dekker |
| Matthew Dennant |
| Chris Dobey |
| Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan |
| Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney |
| Ritchie Edhouse |
| Ricky Evans |
| Ted Evetts |
| Patrick Geeraets |
| Andrew Gilding |
| Kai Gotthardt |
| Rhys Griffin |
| Dominik Gruellich |
| Robert Grundy |
| Daryl Gurney |
| Florian Hempel |
| Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta |
| Justin Hood |
| Max Hopp |
| Luke Humphries |
| Adam Hunt |
| James Hurrell |
| Kim Huybrechts |
| Ryan Joyce |
| Tytus Kanik |
| Nick Kenny |
| George Killington |
| Mervyn King |
| Christian Kist |
| Jelle Klaasen |
| Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas |
| Chris Landman |
| Danny Lauby |
| Steve Lennon |
| Adam Lipscombe |
| Luke Littler |
| Pero Ljubic |
| Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely |
| Martin Lukeman |
| Mickey Mansell |
| Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies |
| Wessel Nijman |
| Danny Noppert |
| William O'Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Rob Owen |
| Adam Paxton |
| Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier |
| Gerwyn Price |
| Haupai Puha |
| Nathan Rafferty |
| Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Madars Razma |
| Benjamin Reus |
| Joshua Richardson |
| Greg Ritchie |
| Josh Rock |
| Callan Rydz |
| Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt |
| Ryan Searle |
| Karel Sedlacek |
| Dylan Slevin |
| Michael Smith |
| Ross Smith |
| Alan Soutar |
| Niko Springer |
| Mensur Suljovic |
| Radek Szaganski |
| Dom Taylor |
| Viktor Tingstrom |
| Thibault Tricole |
| Michele Turetta |
| Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Jamai van den Herik |
| Jitse Van der Wal |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Michael van Gerwen |
| Berry van Peer |
| Gian van Veen |
| Marvin van Velzen |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Richard Veenstra |
| James Wade |
| Adam Warner |
| Jermaine Wattimena |
| Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig |
| Ian White |
| Jim Williams |
| Scott Williams |
| Luke Woodhouse |
| Peter Wright |
| Niels Zonneveld |
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Field Players Championship 29
| Players Championship 29 |
|---|
| Gary Anderson |
| Nathan Aspinall |
| Andy Baetens |
| Keane Barry |
| Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont |
| Darren Beveridge |
| Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tom Bissell |
| Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks |
| Stephen Bunting |
| Stephen Burton |
| Matt Campbell |
| Dave Chisnall |
| Brett Claydon |
| Jonny Clayton |
| Gabriel Clemens |
| Cam Crabtree |
| Rob Cross |
| Joe Cullen |
| Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Mike De Decker |
| Jeffrey De Graaf |
| Jose De Sousa |
| Cor Dekker |
| Matthew Dennant |
| Chris Dobey |
| Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan |
| Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney |
| Ritchie Edhouse |
| Ricky Evans |
| Ted Evetts |
| Patrick Geeraets |
| Andrew Gilding |
| Kai Gotthardt |
| Rhys Griffin |
| Dominik Gruellich |
| Robert Grundy |
| Daryl Gurney |
| Florian Hempel |
| Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta |
| Justin Hood |
| Max Hopp |
| Luke Humphries |
| Adam Hunt |
| James Hurrell |
| Kim Huybrechts |
| Ryan Joyce |
| Tytus Kanik |
| Nick Kenny |
| George Killington |
| Mervyn King |
| Christian Kist |
| Jelle Klaasen |
| Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas |
| Chris Landman |
| Danny Lauby |
| Steve Lennon |
| Adam Lipscombe |
| Luke Littler |
| Pero Ljubic |
| Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely |
| Martin Lukeman |
| Mickey Mansell |
| Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies |
| Wessel Nijman |
| Danny Noppert |
| William O'Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Rob Owen |
| Adam Paxton |
| Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier |
| Gerwyn Price |
| Haupai Puha |
| Nathan Rafferty |
| Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Madars Razma |
| Benjamin Reus |
| Joshua Richardson |
| Greg Ritchie |
| Josh Rock |
| Callan Rydz |
| Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt |
| Ryan Searle |
| Karel Sedlacek |
| Dylan Slevin |
| Michael Smith |
| Ross Smith |
| Alan Soutar |
| Niko Springer |
| Mensur Suljovic |
| Radek Szaganski |
| Dom Taylor |
| Viktor Tingstrom |
| Thibault Tricole |
| Michele Turetta |
| Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Jamai van den Herik |
| Jitse Van der Wal |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Michael van Gerwen |
| Berry van Peer |
| Gian van Veen |
| Marvin van Velzen |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Richard Veenstra |
| James Wade |
| Adam Warner |
| Jermaine Wattimena |
| Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig |
| Ian White |
| Jim Williams |
| Scott Williams |
| Luke Woodhouse |
| Peter Wright |
| Niels Zonneveld |
Field Players Championship 30
| Players Championship 30 |
|---|
| Gary Anderson |
| Nathan Aspinall |
| Andy Baetens |
| Keane Barry |
| Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont |
| Darren Beveridge |
| Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tom Bissell |
| Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks |
| Stephen Bunting |
| Stephen Burton |
| Matt Campbell |
| Dave Chisnall |
| Brett Claydon |
| Jonny Clayton |
| Gabriel Clemens |
| Cam Crabtree |
| Rob Cross |
| Joe Cullen |
| Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Mike De Decker |
| Jeffrey De Graaf |
| Jose De Sousa |
| Cor Dekker |
| Matthew Dennant |
| Chris Dobey |
| Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan |
| Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney |
| Ritchie Edhouse |
| Ricky Evans |
| Ted Evetts |
| Patrick Geeraets |
| Andrew Gilding |
| Kai Gotthardt |
| Rhys Griffin |
| Dominik Gruellich |
| Robert Grundy |
| Daryl Gurney |
| Florian Hempel |
| Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta |
| Justin Hood |
| Max Hopp |
| Luke Humphries |
| Adam Hunt |
| James Hurrell |
| Kim Huybrechts |
| Ryan Joyce |
| Tytus Kanik |
| Nick Kenny |
| George Killington |
| Mervyn King |
| Christian Kist |
| Jelle Klaasen |
| Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas |
| Chris Landman |
| Danny Lauby |
| Steve Lennon |
| Adam Lipscombe |
| Pero Ljubic |
| Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely |
| Martin Lukeman |
| Mickey Mansell |
| Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies |
| Wessel Nijman |
| Danny Noppert |
| William O'Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Rob Owen |
| Adam Paxton |
| Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier |
| Gerwyn Price |
| Haupai Puha |
| Nathan Rafferty |
| Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Madars Razma |
| Benjamin Reus |
| Joshua Richardson |
| Greg Ritchie |
| Josh Rock |
| Callan Rydz |
| Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt |
| Ryan Searle |
| Karel Sedlacek |
| Dylan Slevin |
| Michael Smith |
| Ross Smith |
| Alan Soutar |
| Niko Springer |
| Mensur Suljovic |
| Radek Szaganski |
| Dom Taylor |
| Viktor Tingstrom |
| Thibault Tricole |
| Michele Turetta |
| Jack Tweddell |
| Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Jamai van den Herik |
| Jitse Van der Wal |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Michael van Gerwen |
| Berry van Peer |
| Gian van Veen |
| Marvin van Velzen |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Richard Veenstra |
| James Wade |
| Adam Warner |
| Jermaine Wattimena |
| Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig |
| Ian White |
| Jim Williams |
| Scott Williams |
| Luke Woodhouse |
| Peter Wright |
| Niels Zonneveld |
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