The PDC has announced which players will participate in the PDC European
Q-School in Kalkar. The field includes over five hundred participants, considerably more than last year. They will compete for PDC Tour Cards to gain entry to the lucrative Pro Tour circuit.
As in the past two years, the Q-School is divided into two phases. The first phase will take place from Jan. 8 through Jan. 10, followed by the final phase from Jan. 11 through Jan. 14.
Players who lost their PDC Tour Card last season or finished in the top eight on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour are immediately qualified for the final stage.
The remaining participants must start in the first stage. Placement for the final stage is possible by reaching the last eight on one of the three playing days in Kalkar. Should that fail, players must ensure that as many pots as possible are won. Each win in a full round (without byes) earns one point. Via the Q-School Order of Merit of the first stage, players also advance to the final stage.
Tour Card distribution during final stage
During the final stage, the Tour Cards are actually distributed. Of the thirty available Tour Cards, eight will be distributed immediately. At both the British and
European Q-School, four days of play will be completed during the final phase. The eight direct cards will go to all daily winners at the tournaments.
The remaining 22 Tour Cards can be earned through the Q-School Order of Merit. At both events, points can be earned per win (not counting preliminaries, ed.).
With multiple consistent results, this way players can still get a Tour Card without achieving daily success.
Participants
Entries for the first stage include Alexander Merkx,
Andy Baetens, Derk Telnekes, Fabian Schmutzler, Gino Vos,
Jelle Klaasen, Kenny Neyens, Liam Maendl-Lawrance,
Max Hopp, Lukas Wenig, Martijn Dragt, Nico Kurz,
Ron Meulenkamp, Stefan Bellmont and Vincent Kamphuis.
Players such as
Thibault Tricole,
Chris Landman,
Wesley Plaisier,
Christian Kist, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez,
Mario Vandenbogaerde, Danny Jansen, Bradly Roes,
Jules van Dongen, Brian Raman, Jimmy Hendriks and Damian Mol only have to start the European Q-School from the final stage.
Participants PDC European Q-School
First phase
Adrian Dudek
Ales Hock
Alexander Klein
Alexander Masek
Alexander Merkx
Alexandre Antunes
Andras Borbely
André Ritter
Andrea Micheletti
Andreas Flamme
Andreas Harrysson
Andreas Kumpan
Andy Baetens
Andy Mistr
Angelo Balsamo
Anoop Ramdajal
Anton Ostlund
Arjan Konterman
Arne Degryse
Arno Looijen
Arno Brand
Attila Valyi
Ayrton Wullen
Baggio Jacobs
Baranyi Zsombor
Bart Van Bogaert
Bastian Thiele
Ben Robb
Benjamin Drue Reus
Benjamin Goetze
Benjamin Pratnemer
Benjamin Werner
Benny van der Linden
Bent Lambertsen
Bernhard Payr
Bert Jan Mulder
Bert Van Roosbroeck
Bjarne Verleysen
Bjorn Beauprez
Bohuslav Hrbek
Born Van Put
Brian Verhelst
Bryan De Hoog
Bryan Menzel
Calvin Nicolai
Chris Massilge
Christian Goedl
Christian Helmecke
Christian Till
Christopher Weiss
Dalibor Smolik
Damian Palaszewski
Dan Bujok
Daniel Barborak
Daniel Domnick
Daniel Drewes
Daniel Grochotzky
Daniel Gross
Daniel Leithner
Daniel Zadach
Danny Tessmann
Danny Van Klompenburg
David Jeske
David Rosi
David Schlichting
David Sevce
Davy Proosten
Davy Robijns
Davy van der Zande
Davy Verkooijen
Davyd Venken
Dean Pokos
Dennie Olde Kalter
Dennis Akhtar
Dennis van der Ende
Derk Telnekes
Dieter Van Ham
Dmitriy Zhukov
Domagoj Bratincevic
Domenik Fink
Dominic Keller
Dominik Fischer
Dominik Moravcík
Dominik Nebe
Dominik Thiel
Donato Di Loreto
Dragan Simic
Dustin Straver
Dylan Porters
Edgar Znutins
Eric Boyer
Eric Gohde
Erik Schmeitz
Fabian Bihl
Fabian Schmutzler
Fabian Schor
Falco Hux
Felix Knappe
Felix Schiertz
Felix Schmitt
Felix Steinebrunner
Fetih Kaya
Filip Jech
Filip Prochazka
Filip Sebesta
Filipe Simoes
Florian Lindner
Florian Preis
Florian Socha
Frank Schroeder
Frantisek Mika
Franz Roetzsch
Frederic Willems
Frieder Lang
Fynn Schmidt
Gabor Jagicza
Gabriel Florin Olar
Gabriel Rollo
Geronimo Santos-Monteiro
Gilbert van der Meijden
Gino Vos
Giovanni Stecconi
Giuseppe Di Rocco
Grant Sampson
Gregory Verschuere
Guerkan Kaynarcalidan
Guyot Jessy
Gylian Surgeon
Halil Can Yildiz
Hallgrimur Egilsson
Hannes Brehm
Hans Achten
Hatman Karaca
Haupai Puha
Heikki Hyvonen
Heiko Oschmann
Hendrie van Berkel
Hendrik Bouma
Henk Deschrevel
Hilger Zwick
Iain Cash
Imraan Jahangier
Ivan Springborg Poulsen
Jaime Nunez Cortes
Jakub Lar
Jamai van den Herik
James Vanbesien
James Vermaelen
Jan Boelen
Jan Dueckers
Jan Hendrik Wiechers
Jan Hlavacek
Jan Zagel
Jani Keskinarkaus
Jani Laurila
Jannes Bremermann
Jannis Barkhausen
Janos Borzsei
Janos Vegso
Jarno Bottenberg
Javanico Jansen
Jean-Pierre de Jonghe
Jef De Rooster
Jeffrey Bekema
Jeffrey De Graaf
Jeffrey Vanbergen
Jelle Klaasen
Jeroen Caron
Jeroen Mioch
Jesus Noguera
Jimmy De Bo
Jimmy van Schie
Jiri Brejcha
Jiri Rehak
Jitse Van der Wal
Joaquim Goncalves
Jochen Graudenz
Jody Tobback
Joel Breitenmoser
Joerg Mitterlehner
Joey ten Berge
Johann Brouwer
John Desreumaux
John Michael
John Nagelhout
Jon Hegaard Kirkeby
Jordy Van den Broek
Jorge Garcia del Pozo
Jos Wenders
José Alberto Da Silva Barbosa
Joshua Hermann
Joseph Sekeres
Julian Zwergel
Julio Barbero Gonzalez
Juraj Vindis
Jurrit Van Essen
Justin Heidekrueger
Kai Gotthardt
Karl Jonsson
Kees-Jan Snel
Keith Zahner
Kenny Neyens
Kenny Vroman
Kevin Lankhuizen
Kevin Luhr
Kevin Munch
Kevin Rothweiler
Kevin Troppmann
Kevin Van Wauwe
Klaas Hooikammer
Krzysztof Chmielewski
Kyan Proksch
Lara Frerking
Lars Moinat
Lasse Petersen
Laurens Admiral
Leon Katzmarzik
Leon Weber
Leon Zammert
Leroy Clarys
Levente Sarai
Levy Frauenfelder
Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Loek Van den Berg
Luc Bogaert
Luc Snels
Luca Pfaff
Ludovic Rubais
Luis Camacho
Lukas Fraulob
Lukas Unger
Lukas Wenig
Lukasz Waclawski
Luke Tucker
Maarten Bulckaen
Maikel Kustermans
Maikel Mossou
Manfred Kobelt
Manuel de Vreede
Manuel Gutjahr
Marc Burmeister
Marcel Althaus
Marcel Bos
Marcel Erba
Marcel Gerdon
Marcel Grote
Marcel Gugger
Marcel Hausotter
Marcel Hexel
Marcel Junk
Marcel Otter
Marcel Schachner
Marcel Teders
Marcel Walpen
Marcin Slomski
Marco Huss
Marco Jantzen
Marco Obst
Marco Peters
Marco Verhofstad
Marcus Kirchmann
Marek Purgy
Mareno Michels
Mario Robbe
Mark Tabak
Mark Van De Lindeloof
Marko Kantele
Markus Grebe
Markus Kessler
Markus Walchshaeusl
Martijn Dragt
Martijn Klasens
Martijn Schoenmakers
Martin Hlavenka
Martin Kramer
Marvin Koch
Massimo Dante
Matej Cverha
Mats Gies
Matthew Joseph Smith
Matthias Athens
Matthias Ehlers
Maurice Locht
Maurizio Castrovinci
Max Arsenijevic
Max Hopp
Max Koenig
Maximilian Johansen
Maximilian Nirschl
Michael Busscher
Michael Hurtz
Michael Ladefoged
Michael Marijs
Michael Pausch
Michael Stoeten
Michael Unterbuchner
Michael Woraczek
Michal Janco
Michel Van de Bunt
Michele Turetta
Mick Hasse
Mihaly Vida
Mika Flueckiger
Mike Roesler
Mikolaj Konefal
Milos Nevidal
Miloslav Navratil
Mindaugas Barauskas
Miroslav Rajnoha
Miroslaw Grudziecki
Mladen Radosavljevic
Moritz Hilger
Moritz Richter
Moritz Schwarzbach
Nandor Major
Nandor Pres
Nauris Gleglu
Nayvin Corsten
Nick Hijmans
Nico Blum
Nico Kurz
Nico Plovier
Nico Riehle
Nico Wagner
Nico Wollweber
Nicolas Thuillier
Niels Heinsoe
Niklas Fahrenholz
Niko Springer
Nino Van Put
Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ole Holtkamp
Oliver Mueller (Frankfurt)
Oskar Jonasson
Oskar Lukasiak
Paavo Myller
Pal Szekely
Par Riihonen
Pascal de Clercq
Pascal Devroey
Pascal Essmann
Pascal Hartung
Pascal Wirotius
Patrick Bulen
Patrick Dekker
Patrick Geeraets
Patrick Heitmueller
Patrick Klingelhoefer
Patrick Lehnert
Patrick Maat
Patrick Peters
Patrick Plotz
Patrick Schwab
Patrick Tringler
Patrik Kovacs
Paul Bereths
Paul Kalashnikov
Paul Krohne
Paul Vogt
Pavel Drtil
Pavel Jirkal
Peter Jensen
Peter Strbik
Peter van den Broek
Philip Van Gasse
Philipp Schweder
Pieter Hostyn
Rainer Sturm
Remo Mandiau
Rene Eidams
Rene Kahler
Rene Kunze
Ricardo Ham
Ricardo Perez
Riccardo Castelli
Richard Hallink
Ricky de Vos
Rino Ameel
Robby van Ballaert
Robert Pijpers
Robert Rolle
Roberto Vandaele
Robin Beger
Robin Smees
Robin Wunder
Rocco Fulciniti
Roemer Mooijman
Roman Benecky
Romeo Grbavac
Ron Meulenkamp
Ronald Balfoort
Roy van de Griendt
Ruben Mesters
Ryan De Vreede
Ryuta Arihara
Sandor Ballo
Sandro Egli
Sascha Dupke
Sebastian Albrecht
Sebastian Steinmetz
Sebastian Steyer
Sergio Scratches
Shane Gardiner
Simeon Heinz
Simon Limani
Simon Teysen
Simon Trommler
Soeren Carlsson
Stef Goyvaerts
Stefaan Henderyck
Stefan Bellmont
Stefan Dees
Stefan Hajek
Stefan Hesse
Stefan Schroder
Stefan Taferner
Steffen Scheffler
Steffen Siepmann
Stephan Birk
Stephan Cobau
Stephan Griese
Stephan Chess
Steve Vanwelkenhuysen
Steven Goetsch
Steven Luhr
Steven Morrison
Steven Noster
Steven Paesschesoone
Stieven Goyvaerts
Stijn Vekemans
Suleiman Naamo
Sven Bolyn
Sven Christophersen
Sven Preuss
Sven Scharf
Sven Wichmann
Sven Wille
Sybren Gijbels
Sylwester Karbowiak
Thomas Kohnlein
Thomas Morisse
Tim Darmstadter
Tim Reinhold
Tim Wolters
Timo Weermann
Timothy Verbrugghe
Tobias Frese
Tobias Limbach
Tobias Riese
Tom Hammermeister
Tom van den Hoogen
Tomas Hamrozi
Tomas Houdek
Tomáš Ledl
Tomas Materna
Tomas Rehak
Tonni Sorensen
Tonny Veenhof
Torbjorn Gustafsson
Torsten Janssen
Tytus Kanik
Udo Lercher
Ulrich Coussaert
Ulrich Jansen
Vidar Valdimarsson
Viktor Luft
Viktor Tingstrom
Vinay Ramnath
Vincent Kamphuis
Vitezslav Sedlak
Vitor Charrua
Vladimir Kovalev
Vladimir Zatko
Wesley van Trijp
William Leijten
Wim Dierckx
Wim Hofsink
Windels Levi
Wojciech Brulinski
Xanti Van den Bergh
Yanick Etter
Yente Vandewal
Yoran Pletinck
Yoshihisa Baba
Zdenek Vaisar
Zereso Zeverboom
Directly admitted to final stage
Dragutin Horvat
Thibault Tricole
Chris Landman
Wesley Plaisier
Christian Kist
Sebastian Bialecki
Dominik Gruellich
Bradly Roes
Christopher Toonders
Vladimir Andersen
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Radek Szaganski
Danny Jansen
Darius Labanauskas
Jules van Dongen
Krzysztof Kciuk
Brian Raman
Jimmy Hendriks
Jose Justicia
Damian Mol