Only Ricardo Pietreczko who only won his maiden ranking title last weekend remains with a new Players Championship winner to be crowned come what may in Barnsley.

But among them include some players long overdue runs including Gian van Veen who will now be favourite for a maiden ranking win. He saw off Ryan Searle to reach the semi-finals with a 100 average and he will now face Connor Scutt who survived a late fightback to see off Gary Anderson.

The other half sees Pietreczko face a ranking finalist this year in Radek Szaganski again having a superb run. Who takes the title?

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Players Championship 27 Results

Last 16

Connor Scutt (103.97) 6 | 3 (100.34) Ross Smith

Gary Anderson (103.03) 6 | 1 (89.56) Darryl Pilgrim

Ryan Searle (95.10) 6 | 5 (96.26) Josh Rock

Gian van Veen (96.74) 6 | 5 (95.57) Stephen Bunting

Ricardo Pietreczko (96.41) 6 | 5 (98.18) Raymond van Barneveld

Niels Zonneveld (87.05) 6 | 1 (81.45) George Killington

Maik Kuivenhoven (94.54) 6 | 4 (89.71) Andrew Gilding

Radek Szaganski (90.60) 6 | 4 (90.68) Ryan Joyce

Quarter-Finals

Connor Scutt (95.87) 6 | 4 (98.81) Gary Anderson

Ryan Searle (101.82) 5 | 6 (100.86) Gian van Veen

Ricardo Pietreczko (89.33) 6 | 4 (88.31) Niels Zonneveld

Maik Kuivenhoven (78.00) 1| 6 (92.73) Radek Szaganski

Semi-Finals

Connor Scutt - | - Gian van Veen

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Radek Szaganski