The PDC has announced which sixteen players are automatically qualified for the Hungarian Darts Trophy. This European Tour tournament in the Hungarian capital, Budapest is scheduled from September 22 to 24.
Players in the top-16 of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit are automatically invited to the tournament and may even enter the event from the second round. Thus, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and reigning world champion Michael Smith among others, do not have to play a qualifying tournament.
Top players such as Dave Chisnall, Luke Humphries, Josh Rock, Rob Cross, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Jonny Clayton, Peter Wright and Danny Noppert are also competing at the Hungarian Darts Trophy.
The field of participants for this Euro Tour tournament consists of 48 players. The remaining 31 participants come from various qualification tournaments. On Monday, August 28, Tour Card holders will get the chance to qualify at a qualifying tournament where no less than 24 spots are up for grabs.
Top-16 placed players
1. Dave Chisnall
2. Damon Heta
3. Luke Humphries
4. Dirk Van Duijvenbode
5. Josh Rock
6. Rob Cross
7. Gerwyn Price
8. Jonny Clayton
9. Michael van Gerwen
10. Joe Cullen
11. Peter Wright
12. Michael Smith
13. Danny Noppert
14. Martin Schindler
15. Nathan Aspinall
16. Ryan Searle
Highest ranked player from the host country.
1. Patrik Kovacs
Vladimir Andersen
Keane Barry
Steve Beaton
Bradley Brooks
Keegan Brown
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Richie Burnett
Stephen Burton
Matt Campbell
Jamie Clark
Gabriel Clemens
Mike De Decker
Jose de Sousa
Jeffrey De Zwaan
Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan
Ritchie Edhouse
Lee Evans
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
Nick Fullwell
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Callum Goffin
Daryl Gurney
Graham Hall
Florian Hempel
Jimmy Hendriks
Jamie Hughes
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Danny Jansen
Ryan Joyce
Jose Justicia
Krzysztof Kciuk
Nick Kenny
George Killington
Mervyn King
Martijn Kleermaker
Daniel Klose
Robbie Knops
Boris Krcmar
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Jacques Labre
Steve Lennon
Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell
Tony Martinez
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Damian Mol
Arron Monk
Ross Montgomery
Joe Murnan
Geert Nentjes
William O'Connor
John O'Shea
Robert Owen
Josh Payne
Luc Peters
Ricardo Pietreczko
Nathan Rafferty
Brian Raman
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Owen Roelofs
Pascal Rupprecht
Callan Rydz
Connor Scutt
Karel Sedlacek
Dylan Slevin
Jeff Smith
Ross Smith
Adam Smith-Neale
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Mensur Suljovic
Radek Szaganski
Graham Usher
Raymond van Barneveld
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jurjen van der Velde
Vincent van der Voort
Jules van Dongen
Danny van Trijp
Gian van Veen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
James Wade
Scott Waites
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Webster
Ian White
Simon Whitlock
Shaun Wilkinson
Jim Williams
Lewis Williams
Scott Williams
James Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Niels Zonneveld