Quarter-Finalists for PDC Europe Super League confirmed; Hopp and Kurz eliminated in round-robin stage
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Thursday were the final matches in second group stage of the PDC Europe Super League. On Friday, the eight remaining German players will compete for a spot at the World Darts Championship.
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In Group A, Florian Hempel and Rene Eidams both won 11 of their 14 matches. However, on the basis of leg balance, the group win went to Hempel. Lukas Wenig and Ricardo Pietreczko also secured a place among the best four players. So that also means that the likes of Nico Kurz and Max Hopp dropped out.
Niko Springer won the pool in Group B thanks to 12 victories. In doing so, he narrowly held off Franz Rötzsch. Daniel Klose and Dragutin Horvat also advance to the last eight of the German World Championship qualifying tournament.
Results on Day 4 of PDC Europe Super League
Group A
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-2 Marcel Gerdon (95,61 - 87,13)
René Eidams 6-4 Florian Hempel (92,13 - 94,20)
Lukas Wenig 6-1 Kai Gotthardt (94,22 - 85,90)
Max Hopp 6-3 Nico Kurz (80,93 - 77,05)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-1 René Eidams (101,03 - 80,76)
Florian Hempel 6-4 Nico Kurz (88,79 - 80,56)
Lukas Wenig 6-3 Marcel Gerdon (88,18 - 87,25)
Kai Gotthardt 6-3 Max Hopp (82,19 - 77,15)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4 Lukas Wenig (100,43 - 84,46)
René Eidams 6-5 Nico Kurz (91,67 - 85,44)
Florian Hempel 6-4 Kai Gotthardt (94,60 - 81,49)
Marcel Gerdon 6-3 Max Hopp (77,75 - 72,85)
Nico Kurz 6-2 Kai Gotthardt (84,98 - 88,18)
René Eidams 6-4 Lukas Wenig (90,34 - 87,19)
Florian Hempel 6-3 Marcel Gerdon (89,12 - 82,65)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Max Hopp (87,44 - 78,56)
René Eidams 6-3 Kai Gotthardt (88,97 - 87,48)
Lukas Wenig 6-5 Max Hopp (82,94 - 78,73)
Marcel Gerdon 6-2 Nico Kurz (83,44 - 84,35)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Florian Hempel (92,91 - 88,15)
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Kai Gotthardt 6-5 Marcel Gerdon (82,27 - 81,60)
René Eidams 6-4 Max Hopp (78,05 - 78,21)
Lukas Wenig 6-3 Florian Hempel (86,94 - 86,60)
Nico Kurz 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko (96,62 - 94,39)
Florian Hempel 6-1 Max Hopp (94,35 - 76,69)
René Eidams 6-4 Marcel Gerdon (77,60 - 73,60)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Kai Gotthardt (88,00 - 86,02)
Lukas Wenig 6-5 Nico Kurz (94,65 - 83,12)
Standings
1. Florian Hempel 11pt (+32)
2. Rene Eidams 11pt (+12)
3. Lukas Wenig 10pt (+27)
4. Ricardo Pietreczko 9pt (+15)
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5. Nico Kurz 6pt (-5)
6. Marcel Gerdon 4pt (-16)
7. Max Hopp 3pt (-28)
8. Kai Gotthardt 2pt (-37)
Group B
Daniel Klose 6-4 Michael Hurtz (87,29 - 78,50)
Niko Springer 6-3 Marco Obst (89,22 - 82,43)
Dragutin Horvat 6-3 David Schlichting (94,52 - 85,25)
Franz Rötzsch 6-3 Manfred Bilderl (91,67 - 81,22)
Niko Springer 6-4 Michael Hurtz (91,35 - 79,97)
Franz Rötzsch 6-3 Daniel Klose (85,81 - 80,65)
Dragutin Horvat 6-3 Marco Obst (85,10 - 82,63)
David Schlichting 6-4 Manfred Bilderl (85,65 - 83,51)
Franz Rötzsch 6-4 Michael Hurtz (84,82 - 86,69)
Niko Springer 6-1 Dragutin Horvat (104,01 - 100,94)
Daniel Klose 6-2 David Schlichting (94,06 - 88,24)
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Marco Obst 6-5 Manfred Bilderl (79,51 - 77,97)
Franz Rötzsch 6-3 David Schlichting (88,66 - 84,52)
Dragutin Horvat 6-5 Michael Hurtz (82,35 - 81,91)
Niko Springer 6-5 Manfred Bilderl (92,06 - 85,47)
Daniel Klose 6-5 Marco Obst (82,79 - 84,00)
David Schlichting 6-3 Michael Hurtz (82,73 - 80,83)
Manfred Bilderl 6-5 Dragutin Horvat (84,19 - 86,86)
Franz Rötzsch 6-3 Marco Obst (90,89 - 80,53)
Niko Springer 6-5 Daniel Klose (98,76 - 94,03)
Manfred Bilderl 6-4 Michael Hurtz (83,77 - 80,91)
David Schlichting 6-3 Marco Obst (84,82- 76,09)
Franz Rötzsch 6-3 Niko Springer (87,72 - 90,54)
Daniel Klose 6-5 Dragutin Horvat (82,55 - 89,55)
Michael Hurtz 6-3 Marco Obst (79,50 - 76,04)
Manfred Bilderl 6-1 Daniel Klose (73,25 - 68,87)
Niko Springer 6-1 David Schlichting (98,15 - 86,63)
Dragutin Horvat 6-3 Franz Rötzsch (78,16 - 76,28)
Standings
1. Niko Springer 12pt (+42)
2. Franz Rötzsch 11pt (+29)
3. Daniel Klose 9pt (+8)
4. Dragutin Horvat 8pt (-3)
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5. David Schlichting 7pt (-4)
6. Manfred Bilderl 5pt (-13)
7. Michael Hurtz 3pt (-18)
8. Marco Obst 1pt (-38)
I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.
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