Race to European Championship hots up with only two European Tour tournaments to go before cut-off
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Peter Wright has risen to third place on the European Tour Order of Merit after winning the German Darts Open in Jena, with only forerunners Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen ahead of him.
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Dimitri van den Bergh after reaching the final is up to seventh after previously being 10th with Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Jonny Clayton among those falling down the order after this past weekend after early exits.
Further down, Luke Woodhouse despite good recent form will not play again on the European Tour this season and sits just outside of the spots by £500 so will just miss out.
While Wesley Plaisier will play in Gibraltar in a make or break final tournament as he attempts to qualify with the likes of Boris Krcmar, Simon Whitlock, Jim Williams and finalist in Budapest, William O'Connor also sitting just outside the spots.
At the end of the season, the 32 best players in the final ranking will participate in the European Championship in Dortmund. This tournament is scheduled from 27 to 30 October.
European Tour Order of Merit
Position - Name - Value
1 Luke Humphries £111,500
2 Michael van Gerwen £92,500
3 Peter Wright £49,500
4 Rob Cross £47,000
5 Joe Cullen £45,500
6 Michael Smith £41,000
7 Dimitri Van den Bergh £37,500
8 Gerwyn Price £33,000
9 Nathan Aspinall £31,500
10 Danny Noppert £31,000
11 Dirk van Duijvenbode £30,000
12 Jonny Clayton £28,500
13 Martin Lukeman £27,000
14 Damon Heta £27,000
15 Jose de Sousa £24,000
16 Rowby-John Rodriguez £24,000
17 Dave Chisnall £23,500
18 Ryan Searle £21,000
19 Daryl Gurney £20,500
20 Madars Razma £20,500
21 Martin Schindler £20,000
22 Karel Sedlacek £17,000
23 Stephen Bunting £17,000
24 James Wade £14,500
25 Josh Rock £14,000
26 Ross Smith £14,000
27 Krzysztof Ratajski £14,000
28 Callan Rydz £13,500
29 Luke Woodhouse £12,000
30 Andrew Gilding £11,500
31 Vincent van der Voort £11,500
32 Ryan Meikle £11,000
33 Jeffrey de Zwaan £11,000
34 Chris Dobey £11,000
35 Wesley Plaisier £11,000
36 William O’Connor £10,000
37 Boris Krcmar £10,000
38 Simon Whitlock £10,000
39 Adam Gawlas £10,000
40 Ricky Evans £10,000
41 Jim Williams £9,000
42 Ian White £9,000
43 Gabriel Clemens £9,000
44 Jermaine Wattimena £9,000
45 Lukas Wenig £8,000
46 Mervyn King £8,000
47 Mickey Mansell £8,000
48 Scott Waites £8,000
49 Brendan Dolan £8,000
50 Kim Huybrechts £8,000
51 Daniel Larsson £7,000
52 Joe Murnan £7,000
53 Scott Williams £7,000
54 Martijn Kleermaker £7,000
55 Keane Barry £7,000
56 Danny Jansen £7,000
57 Ritchie Edhouse £7,000
58 Raymond van Barneveld £6,000
59 Dragutin Horvat £6,000
60 Cameron Menzies £6,000
61 Adrian Lewis £6,000
62 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £5,000
63 Alan Soutar £5,000
64 Lewy Williams £5,000
65 Jamie Hughes £5,000
66 Nathan Rafferty £5,000
67 Jose Justicia £5,000
68 Berry van Peer £5,000
69 Devon Petersen £5,000
70 Keegan Brown £5,000
71 Steve Beaton £4,000
72 Jeff Smith £4,000
73 Brett Claydon £4,000
74 Darius Labanauskas £4,000
75 Sebastian Bialecki £4,000
76 Florian Hempel £4,000
77 Johan Engstrom £4,000
78 Jelle Klaasen £4,000
79 Krzysztof Kciuk £4,000
80 Niko Springer £4,000
81 Bradley Brooks £3,000
82 Geert Nentjes £3,000
83 Danny van Trijp £3,000
84 Connor Scutt £3,000
85 James Wilson £3,000
86 Niels Zonneveld £3,000
87 Radek Szaganski £3,000
88 Stefan Bellmont £3,000
89 Dennis Nilsson £3,000
90 Nico Kurz £3,000
91 Zoran Lerchbacher £3,000
92 Max Hopp £3,000
93 Mensur Suljovic £3,000
94 Brian Raman £3,000
95 David Evans £2,000
96 John Henderson £2,000
97 Ted Evetts £2,000
98 Thibault Tricole £2,000
99 Steve Lennon £2,000
100 John Michael £2,000
101 Jon Worsley £2,000
102 Kevin Burness £2,000
103 Mario Vandenbogaerde £2,000
104 Andy Boulton £2,000
105 Eddie Lovely £2,000
106 Ron Meulenkamp £2,000
107 Jules van Dongen £2,000
108 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
109 Maik Kuivenhoven £2,000
110 Darren Penhall £2,000
111 Luc Peters £2,000
112 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
113 Danny Baggish £2,000
114 Andras Borbely £1,000
115 Franz Roetzsch £1,000
116 Levente Sarai £1,000
117 Pal Szekely £1,000
118 Ross Montgomery £1,000
119 Arjan Konterman £1,000
120 Rene Eidams £1,000
121 Ryan Joyce £1,000
122 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000
123 Filip Sebesta £1,000
124 Martijn Dragt £1,000
125 Miloslav Navratil £1,000
126 Ondrej Plsek £1,000
127 Kevin Doets £1,000
128 Matt Campbell £1,000
129 Tony Martinez £1,000
130 Dietmar Burger £1,000
131 Michael Rasztovits £1,000
132 Rainer Sturm £1,000
133 Adam Hunt £1,000
134 John O’Shea £1,000
135 Thomas Junghans £1,000
136 George Killington £1,000
137 Jimmy Hendriks £1,000
138 Gian van Veen £1,000
139 Marko Kantele £1,000
140 Fabian Schmutzler £1,000
141 David Schlichting £1,000
142 Janos Vegso £1,000
143 Wayne Jones £1,000
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