Koltsov, Gawlas, Ljubic and Kanik secure European Tour qualification

The first European Tour Qualifiers through the East Europe route have been confirmed over the past weekend with five different players from five different countries making their way through.

Benjamin Pratnemer was the first to secure his spot at the Belgian Darts Championship doing so on Friday evening as the Slovenian who made an impression at the PDC World Championship won through.

Russian ace Boris Koltsov will be involved in ET2 in the form of the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen which takes place from March 20-22 after defeating Sebastian Steyer 6-1 in the final.

Austria's Pero Ljubic will play in the European Darts Open (ET3) in Leverkusen after defeating Benjamin Pratnemer in the final in a qualifier that saw the likes of Adam Gawlas and Tytus Kanik also in the final four.

The duo took their form into the final two qualifiers with Kanik involved in the German Darts Grand Prix and Gawlas set to play in his second European Tour event at the Austrian Darts Open in Graz which are ET4 and 5 respectively.

ET1 East Europe Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Boris Koltsov 6-5 Roman Benecky
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-0 Ondrej Kysilka
David Pisek 6-5 Alexander Masek
Zdravko Antunović 6-2 Pavel Jirkal

Semi-Finals
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-4 Boris Koltsov
David Pisek 6-5 Zdravko Antunović

Final
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-4 David Pisek

ET2 East Europe Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Sebastian Steyer 6-4 Michal Smejda
Major Nándor 6-1 Pavel Kodera
Boris Koltsov 6-3 Ondrej Kysilka
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-3 Adam Gawlas

Semi-Finals
Sebastian Steyer 6-4 Major Nándor
Boris Koltsov 6-5 Benjamin Pratnemer

Final
Boris Koltsov 6-1 Sebastian Steyer

ET3 East Europe Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-3 David Pisek
Adam Gawlas 6-5 Michal Smejda
Tytus Kanik 6-4 Roman Benecky
Pero Ljubic 6-4 Németh Szabolcs

Semi-Finals
Benjamin Pratnemer 6-3 Adam Gawlas
Pero Ljubic 6-3 Tytus Kanik

Final
Pero Ljubic 6-1 Benjamin Pratnemer

ET4 East Europe Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Major Nándor 6-2 Dimitri Gorbunov
Tytus Kanik 6-0 Benjamin Pratnemer
Boris Koltsov 6-3 Sebastian Steyer
Michal Smejda 6-5 Németh Szabolcs

Semi-Finals
Tytus Kanik 6-5 Major Nándor
Boris Koltsov 6-2 Michal Smejda

Final
Tytus Kanik 6-3 Boris Koltsov

ET5 East Europe Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Dimitri Gorbunov 6-2 Zdravko Antunović
Adam Gawlas 6-0 Németh Szabolcs
Tytus Kanik 6-1 Sebastian Steyer
Martin Popelka 6-4 Boris Koltsov

Semi-Finals
Adam Gawlas 6-5 Dimitri Gorbunov
Tytus Kanik 6-2 Martin Popelka

Final
Adam Gawlas 6-3 Tytus Kanik