
Florian Hempel, Daniel Klose and Niko Springer made an excellent start to the PDC Europe Super League on Monday by winning their first five group matches.
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At the PDC Europe Super League in Niedernhausen, 24 German players are competing for a spot at the PDC World Darts Championship. During the first two days of play, the participants compete in four groups of six players each for a spot in the second group stage, which consists of two groups of eight players. Then the best four players from each group will advance to the knockout stage, which will be completed in its entirety on Friday.
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In Group A, Hempel won his group matches against Marvin Koch (6-2), David Schlichting (6-2), Franz Rötzsch (6-1), Fabian Schmutzler (6-2) and Marcel Gerdon (6-5). Klose started perfectly in Group C with victories against Christian Bunse (6-4), Nico Kurz (6-3), Michael Hurtz (6-4), Max Hopp (6-4) and Ole Holtkamp (6-4).
Springer is still unbeaten in Group D thanks to wins over Stefan Nilles (6-4), René Eidams (6-5), Jonas Aplowski (6-3), Manfred Bilderl (6-4) and Lukas Wenig (6-0). In Group B, Ricardo Pietreczko is in the lead. 'Pikachu' picked up wins in four of his five group matches.
Group A
Florian Hempel 6-2 Marvin Koch (85,45 - 73,07)
Fabian Schmutzler 6-4 David Schlichting (83,86 - 83,79)
Franz Rötzsch 6-0 Marcel Gerdon (83,50 - 76,18)
Florian Hempel 6-2 David Schlichting (87,63 - 80,40)
Marcel Gerdon 6-2 Marvin Koch (91,28 - 91,59)
Franz Rötzsch 6-3 Fabian Schmutzler (86,96 - 84,97)
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David Schlichting 6-5 Franz Rötzsch (88,03 - 90,12)
Marvin Koch 6-1 Fabian Schmutzler (76,71 - 77,67)
Florian Hempel 6-1 Franz Rötzsch (100,06 - 96,21)
Fabian Schmutzler 6-3 Marcel Gerdon (84,36 - 85,91)
Florian Hempel 6-2 Fabian Schmutzler (93,33 - 81,65)
Franz Rötzsch 6-0 Marvin Koch (84,28 - 76,69)
David Schlichting 6-5 Marcel Gerdon (84,62 - 85,23)
Florian Hempel 6-5 Marcel Gerdon (86,03 - 87,81)
Marvin Koch 6-3 David Schlichting (84,38 - 85,49)
Standings
1st Florian Hempel 5pt (+18)
2nd Franz Rotzsch 3pt (+9)
3. Marvin Koch 2pt (-6)
4th David Schlichting 2pt (-7)
5th Fabian Schmutzler 2pt (-7)
6. Marcel Gerdon 1pt (-7)
Group B
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-0 Christopher Toonders (87.55 - 80.03)
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Robin Beger 6-3 Dragutin Horvat (90,50 - 92,06)
Kai Gotthardt 6-3 Marco Obst (93,68 - 93,34)
Kai Gotthardt 6-4 Dragutin Horvat (89,50 - 86,30)
Marco Obst 6-3 Ricardo Pietreczko (88,98 - 91,84)
Dragutin Horvat 6-2 Christopher Toonders (90,27 - 81,84)
Dragutin Horvat 6-2 Marco Obst (97,81 - 99,63)
Christopher Toonders 6-3 Robin Beger (94,20 - 90,66)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4 Robin Beger (87,71 - 87,41)
Kai Gotthardt 6-4 Christopher Toonders (86,77 - 85,92)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4 Robin Beger (87,71 - 87,41)
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Marco Obst 6-4 Christopher Toonders (82,99 - 78,68)
Robin Beger 6-2 Kai Gotthardt (76,30 - 74,21)
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-1 Kai Gotthardt (93,72 - 74,14)
Marco Obst 6-5 Robin Beger (84,89 - 81,38)
Standings
1st Ricardo Pietreczko 4pt (+12)
2. Marco Obst 3pt (-1)
3rd Kai Gotthardt 3pt (-2)
4th Robin Beger 2pt (+1)
5th Dragutin Horvat 2pt (+1)
6 Christopher Toonders (-11)
Group C
Max Hopp 6-4 Ole Holtkamp (85.21 - 80.62)
Nico Kurz 6-4 Michael Hurtz (90,33 - 83,12)
Daniel Klose 6-4 Christian Bunse (88,22 - 77,77)
Daniel Klose 6-3 Nico Kurz (91,49 - 89,57)
Max Hopp 6-5 Christian Bunse (83,30 - 77,42)
Daniel Klose 6-4 Michael Hurtz (82,29 - 83,15)
Nico Kurz 6-4 Ole Holtkamp (89,91 - 77,23)
Daniel Klose 6-4 Max Hopp (86,69 - 88,11)
Nico Kurz 6-2 Christian Bunse (82,35 - 81,61)
Michael Hurtz 6-1 Ole Holtkamp (77,58 - 73,01)
Nico Kurz 6-3 Max Hopp (86,40 - 78,78)
Daniel Klose 6-4 Ole Holtkamp (89,41 - 79,57)
Christian Bunse 6-3 Michael Hurtz (76,45 - 77,05)
Michael Hurtz 6-5 Max Hopp (84,11 - 83,35)
Christian Bunse 6-0 Ole Holtkamp (76,42 - 65,69)
Standings
1st Daniel Klose 5pt (+11)
2nd Nico Kurz 4pt (+8)
3rd Christian Bunse 2pt (+2)
4. Michael Hurtz 2pt (-1)
5. Max Hopp 2pt (-3)
6. Ole Holtkamp 0pt (-17)
Group D
Lukas Wenig 6-2 Jonas Aplowski (80.01 - 75.02)
Niko Springer 6-4 Stefan Nilles (88,44 - 82,88)
Manfred Bilderl 6-1 René Eidams (86,33 - 87,00)
Manfred Bilderl 6-3 Jonas Aplowski (82,94 - 76,81)
Niko Springer 6-5 René Eidams (94,24 - 85,27)
Lukas Wenig 6-5 Manfred Bilderl (101,60 - 98,04)
Niko Springer 6-3 Jonas Aplowski (78,09 - 77,39)
Lukas Wenig 6-2 René Eidams (102,11 - 95,06)
Niko Springer 6-4 Manfred Bilderl (94,78 - 78,51)
Stefan Nilles 6-5 Jonas Aplowski (80,02 - 75,70)
Niko Springer 6-0 Lukas Wenig (96,97 - 85,27)
René Eidams 6-1 Jonas Aplowski (85,35 - 70,28)
Manfred Bilderl 6-1 Stefan Nilles (88,90 - 82,63)
Lukas Wenig 6-3 Stefan Nilles (97,05 - 92,14)
Stefan Nilles 6-3 René Eidams (83,57 - 83,94)
Standings
1st Niko Springer 5pt (+14)
2nd Lukas Wenig 4pt (+6)
3. Manfred Bilderl (+10)
4th Stefan Nilles 2pt (-6)
5th Rene Eidams 1pt (-8)
6. Jonas Aplowski 0pt (-16)

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