The German Super League will return once again in 2021 behind closed doors with a new venue and a new format but the same reward, a place at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.
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From April 17-22 2021, the best players in Germany will face off at the H+ Hotel in Niedernhausen where previous ProTour tournaments and European Q-School has taken place.
They will compete in a preliminary round in four groups of six players each. They will face off twice in their respective group. For each match won, the player receives one point.
The top four players of each group will qualify for the next round with the 16 players left claiming a spot in next years' Super League.
They will then aim to reach the final round which comprises two groups of four players and from there, it is knockout format until a winner is crowned.
The number of participants will be increased by eight this year to 24 players with four boards having play including one streaming board.
Only players outside the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit can play and the likes of Max Hopp, Martin Schindler and last year's winner, Nico Kurz have already committed to the tournament.
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Michael Unterbuchner and Maik Langendorf were potentially set to play but both will not be able to commit this year.
If the winner of the 2021 Super League qualifies through a different route, this will be given to another PDC qualifier and not the losing finalist. This could be the case for the likes of Schindler and Hopp in particular.
Super League line-up
Max Hopp
Martin Schindler
Nico Kurz
Manfred Bilderl
Dragutin Horvat
Karsten Koch
Sascha Stein
Jens Kniest
Daniel Klose
Thomas Köhnlein
Kai Gotthardt
Christian Bunse
Lukas Wenig
Franz Rötzsch
Niko Springer
Stefan Nilles
Marco Obst
Michael Hurtz
Marcel Gerdon
Kevin Munch
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