The Final Stage of PDC Q-School is set to begin later on Wednesday with Tour Cards now the name of the game but in terms of representation by country, England and the Netherlands lead the way.
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80 players from England will play at UK Q-School, compared to 15 each from Scotland and Wales. Seven from Ireland and five from Northern Ireland. Two players from the USA will be involved as the only country with dual representation in both Q-Schools.
While Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong and New Zealand will account for one each.
In European Q-School, it is 45 players from the Netherlands compared to 33 players from the home nation of Germany. 12 will be from Belgium, while six come from Austria.
Five are from Spain and four come from Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic. Other nations involved include France, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Croatia and Finland
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