Groups confirmed for PDC Europe Super League 2024 with Hopp, Maendl-Lawrance and Wenig

From Tuesday, November 5 to Friday, November 8, 2024, the Europe Super League will be held in Halle 39 in Hildesheim. Here, 30 players from German-speaking countries will compete to secure the coveted ticket to take part in the World Darts Championship.

The tournament begins with a group stage, which will be played in round robin on the first two days of the tournament. The top three players in each group will advance to the knockout phase, which will be played on Thursday with the round of 16 and Friday with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The last place in the round of 16 will go to the best fourth-placed player in the group.

In the round of 16, the group winners play the third-placed team from another group and the runners-up from one group play the runners-up from another group. The quarter-final matches and the semi-finals are played according to the tournament tree.

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Group 1 has an interesting draw. It includes Dragutin Horvat, who made a positive impression on the Challenge Tour in 2024, Liam Maendl-Lawrance and Franz Rötzsch. Nico Kurz is also in this group, but this is the only group in which there is no PDC Tour Card holder.

Lukas Wenig is a Tour Card holder in Group 2. He will take on Dominik Grüllich, Arno Merk, David Jeske, Michael Hurtz and the Austrian Patrick Tringler.

Max Hopp is in a group with Michael Klönhammer, multiple NEXT GEN finalist Leon Weber, Sascha Stuhlemmer and Jannis Barkhausen. Another Tour Card holder, Pascal Rupprecht, can also be found here.

Kai Gotthardt, Paul Krohne, René Eidams, Marcel Gerdon, Patrick Klingelhöfer and Christopher Toonders make up Group 4, while Group 5 is made up of Daniel Klose, Andree Welge, Steven Noster, Kevin Troppmann, Pascal Wirotius and David Schlichting.

Drawing of the groups

Group 1

Dragutin Horvat

Nico Kurz

Liam Maendl-Lawrance

Marcel Hausotter

Franz Rötzsch

Moritz Bohrmann

Group 2

Lukas Wenig

Dominik Grüllich

Arno Merk

Patrick Tringler

David Jeske

Michael Hurtz

Group 3

Pascal Rupprecht

Max Hopp

Michael Klönhammer

Leon Weber

Sascha Stuhlemmer

Jannis Barkhausen

Group 4

Kai Gotthardt

Paul Krohne

Rene Eidams

Marcel Gerdon

Patrick Klingelhöfer

Christopher Toonders

Group 5

Daniel Klose

Andree Welge

Steven Noster

Kevin Troppmann

Pascal Wirotius

David Schlichting

Tournament tree KO phase

Eighth final (best of 11 legs)

1st group A - 3rd group E

2nd group C - 2nd group E

2nd group B - 3rd group D

1st group C - 3rd group B

1st group D - 3rd group C

2nd group A - 2nd group D

1st group B - 4th group ?

1st group E - 3rd group A

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Winner game 1 - Winner game 2

Winner game 3 - Winner game 4

Winner game 5 - Winner game 6

Winner game 7 - Winner game 8

Semi-final (best of 13 legs)

Winner game 9 - Winner game 10

Winner game 11 - Winner game 12

Final (Best of 15 Legs)

Winner game 13 - Winner game 14