Johan Engstrom wins qualifying tournament for European Darts Grand Prix

Friday, 05 April 2024 at 15:00

Johan Engstrom gets to compete in the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen from April 19-21. 'Sweet Ferret' managed to secure a starting ticket through the PDC Nordic & Baltic Qualifier on Thursday.

The Swedish dart player successively defeated Paavo Myller (6-3), Dmitriy Zhukov (6-3), Dennis Nilsson (6-1) and Darius Labanauskas (6-5) before Engstrom won 6-2 over Jani Laurila in the final. In the final, Engstrom also threw a creditable average of 97.75.

For Engstrom, it will be his eighth participation on the European Tour. In his previous seven participations, the 47-year-old dart player managed to qualify for the second round only once.

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Results ET4 Qualifier.

Quarterfinals

Andreas Harrysson 6-5 Cor Dekker

Jani Laurila 6-4 Arngrímur Ólafsson

Darius Labanauskas 6-3 Thor Helmer Johansen

Johan Engstrom 6-1 Dennis Nilsson

Semi-final

Jani Laurila 6-3 Andreas Harrysson

Johan Engstrom 6-5 Darius Labanauskas

Final

Johan Engstrom 6-2 Jani Laurila

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Road to ET4 🇸🇪Johan Engstrom 🇫🇮Paavo Myller 6-3 (87.6) 🇱🇻Dmitriy Zhukov 6-3 (93.4) 🇸🇪Dennis Nilsson 6-1 (92.4) 🇱🇹Darius Labanauskas 6-5 (96.7) 🇫🇮Jani Laurila 6-2 (97.8)