The sixteen remaining players will battle on Sunday for the title at the European Darts Matchplay.
In the first match of the afternoon, Raymond van Barneveld will be in action. After his victory over Michael van Gerwen, the 56-year-old from the Hague will face Ryan Searle. If he wins, he will meet Ryan Joyce or Joe Cullen in the last eight.
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Dirk van Duijvenbode faces off with Dimitri van den Bergh, the last remaining Belgian competitor in Trier. Further into this quarter are Michael Smith and Josh Rock, who meet in the third match.
Gian van Veen showed Saturday that he is in top form with an average of 114 and a resounding 6-0 victory over Damon Heta. The 21-year-old Dutchman will now play against home player Martin Schindler. Rob Cross and James Wade are Van Veen's possible opponents in the quarterfinals.
Noppert is the fourth Dutchman to appear on the stage. The dart player from Joure will face Nathan Aspinall on the Euro Tour for the fourth time this year. Twice Noppert won, once Aspinall was the best. The last match of the afternoon is between Luke Humphries and Stephen Bunting.
During each Euro Tour tournament, £175,000 in prize money is distributed. All qualifiers are guaranteed £1,250, while the top-16 seeded players at the European Darts Matchplay will receive £2,500 anyway. However, these 16 players must win their first game in the second round for the prize money to actually count toward the world rankings and other rankings.
Per victory, the prize money earned increases. For example, the finalists already receive a minimum of £12,000. The winner of the tournament goes home with the top prize of 30,000 pounds.
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