These more than five hundred players are competing in the 2024 PDC European Q-School

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.

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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.

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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.

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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