The PDC Europe Super League continues its second phase on Thursday night. The first shuffling has now taken place. It started with a pool phase of four groups with six players each, from each group the two lowest ranked players have dropped out.
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Now there are sixteen players left in the race for a spot at the World Darts Championship. Thursday night the last 16 ties are scheduled. Tonight's eight winners will advance to finals day, as the quarterfinals, semifinals and final will be played back-to-back on Friday.
In Thursday night's first match, Lukas Wenig faces Manfred Bilderl. Wenig has provided a dominant performance so far by being the only player to win all of his 10 matches in the group stage.
Liam Maendl-Lawrance will take on Dominik Gruellich, while Nico Kurz will battle Paul Krohne. The fourth match of the evening is between Michael Klönhammer and Dragutin Horvat.
At the other end of the schedule, Pascal Rupprecht crosses swords with Arno Merk. Daniel Klose and Rene Eidams will decide who will be the sixth quarterfinalist at the PDC Europe Super League, before Max Hopp and Kai Gotthardt take the stage. The final match of the evening will be between Andree Welge and Niko Springer.
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