It was two contrasting wins though with Van den Bergh falling over the line on his seventh match dart in a tough test against Swedish ace, Johan Engström 6-4.
To begin the tie, he missed a 170 checkout on the bull but tied it up with both having early holds of throw. The former went 3-1 up though with the first 180 of the match and double 20.
Engstrom kept himself in there with a 111 checkout to make it 3-2 before Van den Bergh regained a two leg cushion at 4-2.
The Swede drifted into the wrong bed going for 154 hitting double five instead of double 20 but three missed darts gave him a lifeline which he took on double 10 to make it 4-3.
Van den Bergh couldn't make a dent into 130 and Engstrom returned for 120 to break and make it 4-4.
The former World Matchplay champion broke back immediately though and was throwing for the match.
Engstrom couldn't get a shot at 150 but despite getting multiple opportunities after match darts went begging, the Swede couldn't force a decider and Van den Bergh finally got over the line.
While for Clayton, it was a lot more convincing with 'The Ferret' diminishing home hopes with a whitewash win over Ivan Springborg Poulsen.
Poulsen came on to a raptuous applause from the crowd but he was outplayed by a brilliant Premier League champion who averaged 99.1 with 54% on the doubles and a high checkout of 161.
He was convincing from the very start breezing through the opening leg despite the crowd being heavily behind the home hero and he took a break from there on double 10 to make it 2-0.
He went from convincing to sublime as he smashed in a 161 checkout to go 4-0 up and was up at around a 100 average as he went one away before securing the whitewash.
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Dimitri Van den Bergh falls over the line as he defeats Johan Engström 6-4 with his SEVENTH match dart!
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