Stefan Bellmont makes history as first ever Swiss qualifier for PDC World Darts Championship
PDCSaturday, 16 November 2024 at 15:08
The qualifying tournament for the World Darts Championship in Kalkar is over with Stefan Bellmont taking a history-making victory. Jimmy van Schie seemed to be running away with Ally Pally qualification, but the Dutchman squandered a big margin, meaning Bellmont becomes the first ever Swiss participant at Alexandra Palace.
Van Schie played a rock-solid tournament and made it to the final match by beating Fabian Herz (6-4), Jan Zagel (6-2), Owen Roelofs (6-3), Stefan Dees (6-1), Jody Tobback (6-1) and Maik Kuivenhoven (6-5). Bellmont also impressed. He dealt with Moreno Blom (6-5), Patrick Link (6-0), Bert de Lange (6-2), Timothy Verbrugghe (6-2), Jurjen van der Velde (6-3) and Berry van Peer (6-1).
In the final, Van Schie gained a 2-0 lead by throwing out 76 and 108 in the first two legs. He then missed five chances to take a 3-0 lead. Via an 18-darter Bellmont halved the deficit to 2-1.
Through a 90 finish, 12-darter and a 13-darter, Van Schie took control and a 5-2 lead. Then came an important eighth leg, in which Van Schie missed three darts at a double to make it 6-2. In hindsight these were very expensive misses. Bellmont took the next three legs in a row, levelling up the scores at 5-5 after ten legs.
Things seemed to work out for Van Schie after all when he produced a 12-darter for a 6-5 lead. He then got to start the 12th leg himself, but missed two match darts. Bellmont took advantage with a 56 finish and then started the decider. Van Schie left 58 after four visits thanks to a 180 score, but thanks to a 124 finish the World Championship spot went to the Swiss.
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Results PDC West Europe World Championship Qualifier
Final
Stefan Bellmont (96.50) 7 | 6 (97.84) Jimmy van Schie
Semi-final
Jimmy van Schie (93.24) 6 | 5 (94.19) Maik Kuivenhoven
Stefan Bellmont (92.05) 6 | 1 (83.42) Berry van Peer
Quarterfinals
Maik Kuivenhoven (94.58) 6 | 1 (82.49) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Jimmy van Schie (95.51) 6 | 1 (84.79) Jody Tobback
Berry van Peer (79.28) 6 | 3 (77.40) Jarno Bottenberg
Stefan Bellmont (91.81) 6 | 3 (91.78) Jurjen van der Velde
Last 16
Maik Kuivenhoven (94.45) 6 | 3 (90.99) Marcel Walpen
Mario Vandenbogaerde (90.04) 6 | 3 (84.49) Martijn Dragt
Jody Tobback (80.05) 6 | 5 (89.04) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jimmy van Schie (90.32) 6 | 1 (83.56) Stefan Dees
Berry van Peer (90.79) 6 | 5 (89.46) Martijn Kleermaker
Jarno Bottenberg (77.53) 6 | 3 (74.27) Jerry Hendriks
Jurjen van der Velde (89.46) 6 | 4 (82.43) Danny Bosch
Stefan Bellmont (100.03) 6 | 2 (84.61) Timothy Verbrugghe
Last 32
Marcel Walpen (80.75) 6 | 4 (72.39) Jan Dueckers
Maik Kuivenhoven (95.45) 6 | 5 (92.30) Andy Baetens
Mario Vandenbogaerde (89.43) 6 | 3 (88.29) Maikel Verberk
Martijn Dragt (94.88) 6 | 2 (83.31) Vincent Kamphuis
Jody Tobback (80.21) 6 | 4 (73.57) Arjan Konterman
Jeffrey De Zwaan (90.93) 6 | 2 (85.58) Richard Wagenaar
Jimmy van Schie (101.33) 6 | 3 (87.31) Owen Roelofs
Stefan Dees (81.86) 6 | 2 (71.59) Stefan Schroder
Martijn Kleermaker (90.27) 6 | 2 (83.45) Gino Vos
Berry van Peer (80.30) 6 | 5 (80.08) Ronny Huybrechts
Jerry Hendriks (83.98) 6 | 3 (81.02) Jordy Van den Broek
Jarno Bottenberg (94.35) 6 | 3 (93.16) Robin Smees
Danny Bosch (77.24) 6 | 3 (73.66) Roy van de Griendt
Jurjen van der Velde (88.39) 6 | 2 (77.68) Davy Robijns
Stefan Bellmont (92.37) 6 | 2 (82.42) Bert De Lange
Timothy Verbrugghe (85.50) 6 | 5 (86.92) Dennie Olde Kalter
Last 64
Jan Dueckers (91.91) 6 | 3 (76.96) Calvin Nicolai
Marcel Walpen (82.01) 6 | 2 (66.15) Hans Achten
Maik Kuivenhoven (89.29) 6 | 0 (74.58) Marcus Kirchmann
Andy Baetens (87.02) 6 | 4 (84.34) Geert Nentjes
Maikel Verberk (87.43) 6 | 5 (92.81) Brian Raman
Mario Vandenbogaerde (88.39) 6 | 3 (81.42) Davyd Venken
Vincent Kamphuis (75.85) 6 | 2 (65.65) Aaron Winter
Martijn Dragt (80.94) 6 | 3 (81.56) Jimmy Hendriks
Jody Tobback (74.70) 6 | 2 (67.86) Steven Paesschesoone
Arjan Konterman (73.05) 6 | 5 (75.32) Ron Meulenkamp
Richard Wagenaar (71.61) 6 | 4 (65.90) Viktor Gorbenko
Jeffrey De Zwaan (87.61) 6 | 5 (81.94) Derk Telnekes
Owen Roelofs (92.82) 6 | 4 (87.12) Danny Jansen
Jimmy van Schie (85.49) 6 | 2 (79.48) Jan Zagel
Stefan Schroder (73.61) 6 | 5 (71.48) Alexander Michalczyk
Stefan Dees (81.98) 6 | 2 (78.17) Patrick Geeraets
Martijn Kleermaker (83.91) 6 | 2 (79.70) Jarod Becker
Gino Vos () W | F () Klaus Bohnes
Berry van Peer (87.12) 6 | 5 (90.86) Jelle Klaasen
Ronny Huybrechts (85.72) 6 | 1 (71.59) Sonny Pronk
Jerry Hendriks (93.70) 6 | 1 (88.27) Moritz Hilger
Jordy Van den Broek (74.51) 6 | 3 (68.34) Fons Hardeman
Robin Smees (69.39) 6 | 4 (68.40) Pascal Devroey
Jarno Bottenberg (78.54) 6 | 2 (69.47) Jan Schlemmer
Danny Bosch (93.93) 6 | 4 (84.85) Robbie Knops
Roy van de Griendt (63.07) 6 | 4 (60.79) Cedrik Gartz
Davy Robijns (70.45) 6 | 0 (60.88) Daniel Timmermann
Jurjen van der Velde (83.04) 6 | 1 (76.09) Remo Mandiau
Bert De Lange (73.93) 6 | 2 (61.02) Daniel Domnick
Stefan Bellmont (94.93) 6 | 0 (58.61) Patrick Link
Dennie Olde Kalter (69.18) 6 | 1 (58.10) Carsten Kupka
Timothy Verbrugghe (78.65) 6 | 1 (77.31) Ricardo Ulrich
Last 128
Marcel Walpen (90.32) 6 | 4 (84.39) Maximilian Czerwinski
Andy Baetens (85.75) 6 | 3 (81.73) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Geert Nentjes (85.89) 6 | 0 (43.74) Can Celik
Mario Vandenbogaerde (79.11) 6 | 0 (58.92) Michael Kops
Davyd Venken (80.75) 6 | 1 (64.92) Robin Bos
Martijn Dragt (86.71) 6 | 0 (49.41) Jef De Rooster
Jimmy Hendriks (76.42) 6 | 0 (67.29) Abdelaziz Hammouchi
Arjan Konterman (73.20) 6 | 5 (74.49) Marcel Beernink
Derk Telnekes (89.89) 6 | 5 (89.39) Silko Visser
Jeffrey De Zwaan (91.90) 6 | 2 (84.96) Ziggy Schenk
Jimmy van Schie (86.10) 6 | 4 (78.06) Fabian Herz
Jan Zagel (73.91) 6 | 5 (69.89) Henrik Weyel
Patrick Geeraets (78.38) 6 | 2 (70.53) Marcel Ruiters
Stefan Dees (82.68) 6 | 4 (80.24) Marvin van Velzen
Gino Vos (81.98) 6 | 0 (61.69) Joerg Faehrmann
Sonny Pronk (69.91) 6 | 0 (56.60) Hendrik Eggers
Ronny Huybrechts (86.65) 6 | 2 (77.57) Paul Bereths
Fons Hardeman (71.49) 6 | 5 (77.00) Levy Frauenfelder
Jordy Van den Broek (88.29) 6 | 3 (86.77) Angelo Balsamo
Jan Schlemmer (67.56) 6 | 4 (64.89) Conor Styger
Jarno Bottenberg (77.06) 6 | 3 (75.14) Joshua Hermann
Cedrik Gartz (60.12) 6 | 0 (45.14) Ulrich Jansen
Remo Mandiau (80.92) 6 | 5 (76.84) Patrick Bulen
Jurjen van der Velde (99.40) 6 | 2 (84.69) Danny van Trijp
Stefan Bellmont (92.89) 6 | 5 (98.23) Moreno Blom
Patrick Link () W | F () Frank Schoens
Ricardo Ulrich (75.90) 6 | 5 (71.71) Daan Beernink
Timothy Verbrugghe (80.88) 6 | 5 (80.37) Egor Tvorogov
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