Schindler and Bunse remain unbeaten during opening day PDC Europe Super League

Martin Schindler and Christian Bunse started the opening day of the PDC Europe Super League without defeat with five victories over the course of the day.

Schindler recorded five wins in his group seeing off Dragutin Horvat, Lukas Wenig, Karsten Koch, Marcel Gerdon and Kevin Münch. Bunse produced in his group with Manfred Bilderl, Nico Kurz, Michael Hurtz, Jens Kniest and Sascha Stein.

In Group C, Kai Gotthardt and Florian Hempel lead with four wins each. Franz Rötzsch and Max Hopp also lead Group D with four points.

On Sunday, they will face off again. After this match day it is known which sixteen dart players will advance to the second phase of the PDC Europe Super League. The winner of this event will qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship.

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Format

The 24 participants are divided into four groups of six darts. In each group, the players will play each other twice in a format of best of 11 legs on April 17-18. Each victory earns one point for the ranking.

Four players from each group will go through to the next round, which therefore consists of sixteen players. These will then be split into two groups of eight players. On April 19-20 they will play twice against the other players in their group. The four best players of both groups will go through to the final phase of the PDC Europe Super League.

From this stage onwards, all matches are knockout competitions. The quarter-finals will be played over best of 17 legs on April 21. The four remaining players will throw their semi-finals over best of 19 legs on April 22, followed by the final over best of 21 legs.

Results Day One - PDC Europe Super League

Saturday April 17

Group A

Martin Schindler 6-4 Marcel Gerdon

Dragutin Horvat 4-6 Lukas Wenig

Kevin Münch 6-1 Karsten Koch

Martin Schindler 6-2 Lukas Wenig

Marcel Gerdon 5-6 Karsten Koch

Lukas Wenig 6-3 Kevin Münch

Marcel Gerdon 3-6 Dragutin Horvat

Martin Schindler 6-2 Kevin Münch

Karsten Koch 2-6 Dragutin Horvat

Lukas Wenig 6-3 Marcel Gerdon

Martin Schindler 6-4 Dragutin Horvat

Kevin Münch 1-6 Marcel Gerdon

Karsten Koch 6-5 Lukas Wenig

Martin Schindler 6-4 Karsten Koch

Dragutin Horvat 6-4 Kevin Münch

Group B

Nico Kurz 2-6 Michael Hurtz

Christian Bunse 6-2 Jens Kniest

Sascha Stein 1-6 Manfred Bilderl

Nico Kurz 6-3 Jens Kniest

Michael Hurtz 2-6 Manfred Bilderl

Jens Kniest 6-3 Sascha Stein

Michael Hurtz 2-6 Christian Bunse

Nico Kurz 6-2 Sascha Stein

Manfred Bilderl 4-6 Christian Bunse

Jens Kniest 2-6 Michael Hurtz

Nico Kurz 4-6 Christian Bunse

Sascha Stein 6-5 Michael Hurtz

Manfred Bilderl 6-2 Jens Kniest

Nico Kurz 5-6 Manfred Bilderl

Christian Bunse 6-3 Sascha Stein

Group C

Robert Marijanovic 6-5 Stefan Nilles

Florian Hempel 6-3 Niko Springer

Kai Gotthardt 6-0 Thomas Köhnlein

Robert Marijanovic 4-6 Niko Springer

Stefan Nilles 6-4 Thomas Köhnlein

Niko Springer 0-6 Kai Gotthardt

Stefan Nilles 6-4 Florian Hempel

Robert Marijanovic 6-5 Kai Gotthardt

Thomas Köhnlein 6-1 Florian Hempel

Niko Springer 2-6 Stefan Nilles

Robert Marijanovic 6-3 Florian Hempel

Kai Gotthardt 6-2 Stefan Nilles

Thomas Köhnlein 6-1 Niko Springer

Robert Marijanovic 6-2 Thomas Köhnlein

Florian Hempel 6-3 Kai Gotthardt

Group D

Max Hopp 6-1 Marco Obst

Steffen Siepmann 2-6 Franz Rotzsch

Daniel Klose 6-4 Rene Eidams

Max Hopp 3-6 Franz Rotzsch

Marco Obst 2-6 Rene Eidams

Franz Rotzsch 6-4 Daniel Klose

Marco Obst 6-5 Steffen Siepmann

Max Hopp 6-5 Daniel Klose

Rene Eidams 6-4 Steffen Siepmann

Franz Rotzsch 6-5 Marco Obst

Max Hopp 6-3 Steffen Siepmann

Daniel Klose 3-6 Marco Obst

Rene Eidams 6-3 Franz Rotzsch

Max Hopp 6-5 Rene Eidams

Steffen Siepmann 6-3 Daniel Klose