The seeded players and qualifier entries have been revealed for the International Darts Open with the event set to take place in Riesa in September.
Despite that, the seeds have been announced and the qualifiers will take place this weekend. Michael van Gerwen will continue his return to the
European Tour as number one seed with Ian White the number two seed.
Dave Chisnall and Daryl Gurney who have also won European Tour events this season are next up in the seeding. As well as defending champion Gerwyn Price who will be back to defend his title.
James Wade is not involved; so every player moves up one meaning Steve Beaton will only need to attempt to qualify for one event with him sat in 16th for Riesa. This could mean a repeat of his World Matchplay tie with Michael van Gerwen.
In terms of qualifying, the likes of Jamie Hughes, Michael Smith and Simon Whitlock; as well as Raymond van Barneveld, Gabriel Clemens and Dimitri van den Bergh in the second qualifier will all be attempting to be involved this coming Friday in Hildesheim.
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International Darts Open (ET12)
September 13-15, Sachsenarena, Riesa, Germany
Top 16 Seeded Players (Enter at Second Round)
1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Ian White
3 Gerwyn Price
4 Dave Chisnall
5 Daryl Gurney
6 Peter Wright
7 Adrian Lewis
8 Krzysztof Ratajski
9 Nathan Aspinall
10 Joe Cullen
11 Rob Cross
12 Ricky Evans
13 Glen Durrant
14 Jonny Clayton
15 Mensur Suljovic
16 Steve Beaton
UK Qualifier Entries
Kyle Anderson
Jamie Bain
Scott Baker
Michael Barnard
Barrie Bates
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Keegan Brown
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Gavin Carlin
Matt Clark
Brett Claydon
Nathan Derry
Chris Dobey
Brendan Dolan
Matthew Edgar
Ritchie Edhouse
Ted Evetts
Kevin Garcia
Andrew Gilding
Adrian Gray
Ryan Harrington
John Henderson
Peter Hudson
Jamie Hughes
Luke Humphries
Adam Hunt
Wayne Jones
Ryan Joyce
George Killington
Mervyn King
Steve Lennon
Jamie Lewis
Tom Lonsdale
Mickey Mansell
Mark McGeeney
Ryan Meikle
Arron Monk
Joe Murnan
Tony Newell
Alan Norris
Richard North
William O'Connor
Robert Owen
David Pallett
Josh Payne
Devon Petersen
Justin Pipe
Dave Prins
James Richardson
Reece Robinson
Callan Rydz
Ryan Searle
Kirk Shepherd
Justin Smith
Ross Smith
Simon Stevenson
Alan Tabern
Scott Taylor
Robert Thornton
Harry Ward
Darren Webster
Mark Webster
Steve West
Conan Whitehead
Simon Whitlock
Carl Wilkinson
James Wilson
Mark Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Jonathan Worsley
European Tour Card Holder Qualifier Entries
Toni Alcinas
Christian Bunse
Gabriel Clemens
Jose de Sousa
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jan Dekker
Max Hopp
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Jose Justicia
Vincent Kamphuis
Tytus Kanik
Marko Kantele
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Zoran Lerchbacher
Robert Marijanovic
Yordi Meeuwisse
Ron Meulenkamp
Geert Nentjes
Danny Noppert
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
Mario Robbe
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Martin Schindler
Davy van Baelen
Raymond van Barneveld
Benito van de Pas
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vincent van der Meer
Vincent van der Voort
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Mike van Duivenbode
Jermaine Wattimena
Niels Zonneveld