Van de Pas, Veenstra, Springer and Kanik among players through to Final Stage from Day One at 2023 PDC European Q-School

Despite starting before UK Q-School, the opening day of action at PDC European Q-School is finally complete with Richard Veenstra, Benito van de Pas, Niko Springer and Tytus Kanik among the standout names who will not play now until Thursday's final stage.

Unlike the UK where many of the stand-out names in the last round lost, there wasn't such issues in Kalkar as Van de Pas edged past Jamie Lawrence 5-4, his compatriot. Veenstra edged past Davyd Venken by the same scoreline.

While Springer eased past Ricardo Perez 5-1, there was also wins for Kanik over Francois Schweyen 5-2 as well as Arjan Konterman over Roemer Mooijman 5-4, Daniel Zygla with a 114 to win it against Marc Vleghert 5-2 and Tomas Houdek finally who took out one of the best Germans at Q-School in Daniel Klose 5-2.

The action resumes on Tuesday with the field of 128 players completed on Wednesday evening ahead of the Final Stage on Thursday in both Milton Keynes and Kalkar.

Last 32

Tytus Kanik 5 | 4 Dennie Olde Kalter

Francois Schweyen 5 | 4 Ronny Huybrechts

Daniel Klose 5 | 3 Pascal Rupprecht

Tomas Houdek 5 | 3 Neven Resetar

Arjan Konterman 5 | 3 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Roemer Mooijman 5 | 4 Marcel Walpen

Jamie Lawrence BYE | - Paavo Myller

Benito van de Pas 5 | 4 Markus Kessler

Niko Springer 5 | 3 Marcel Gerdon

Ricardo Perez 5 | 4 Patrick Ploetz

Marc Vleghert 5 | 3 Stefan Nilles

Daniel Zygla 5 | 4 Owen Roelofs

Davyd Venken 5 | 3 Alexander Masek

Richard Veenstra 5 | 4 Gabriel Rollo

Marcel Hausotter 5 | 3 Jeroen Caron

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 0 Marcel Gugger

Last 16

Tytus Kanik 5 | 2 Francois Schweyen

Daniel Klose 2 | 5 Tomas Houdek

Arjan Konterman 5 | 4 Roemer Mooijman

Benito van de Pas 5 | 4 Jamie Lawrence

Niko Springer 5 | 1 Ricardo Perez

Marc Vleghert 2 | 5 Daniel Zygla

Davyd Venken 4 | 5 Richard Veenstra

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 1 Marcel Hausotter