Wesley Plaisier claimed his first Winmau Challenge Tour title of 2024 as the year's third weekend of action concluded with Event 15 in Leicester on Sunday.
Wesley Plaisier won the fifteenth tournament of the PDC Challenge Tour on Sunday. He sealed a tournament on the Challenge Tour for the third time in his career.
Plaisier made it to the final of Challenge Tour 15 after wins over Kenny Neyens (5-0), Reece Robinson (5-4), Owen Maiden (5-3), Charlie Martin (5-2), Pal Szekely (5-3), Darren Armstrong (5-0) and Sebastian Bialecki.
Damian Mol was the other finalist after wins over Jarred Cole (5-1) and Dragutin Horvat (5-2), among others. In the final, Mol took a 4-3 lead and in the eighth leg he had six match darts, but Mol could not capitalize. Plaisier forced a deciding leg and decided the match with a 15-darter.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. On this tour, spots for the 2024 Pro Tour and Tour Cards for 2025 and 2026 can be earned.
The highest-ranked players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit qualify for the reserve spots at the Players Championship tournaments.
Last 32
Dragutin Horvat 5 | 4 Darren Brown
Thomas Lovely 5 | 3 Kevin Lankhuizen
Colin Osborne 5 | 3 Darryl Pilgrim
David Davies 5 | 4 Oskar Lukasiak
Jarno Bottenberg 5 | 1 Conan Whitehead
Dominik Gruellich 5 | 4 Kevin Leadenham
Scott Campbell 5 | 3 Patrick Klingelhoefer
Damian Mol 5 | 1 Jarred Cole
Wesley Plaisier 5 | 2 Charlie Martin
Pal Szekely 5 | 3 Sebastian Steyer
Darren Armstrong 5 | 3 Connor Scutt
John Henderson 5 | 1 Nathan Girvan
Sean Fisher 5 | 1 Angelo Balsamo
Jamie Atkins 5 | 1 Shane McGuirk
Sebastian Bialecki 5 | 2 Tytus Kanik
Vitezslav Sedlak 5 | 4 Danny Jansen
Last 16
Dragutin Horvat 5 | 3 Thomas Lovely
Colin Osborne 5 | 1 David Davies
Dominik Gruellich 5 | 2 Jarno Bottenberg
Damian Mol 5 | 3 Scott Campbell
Wesley Plaisier 5 | 3 Pal Szekely
Darren Armstrong 5 | 3 John Henderson
Sean Fisher 5 | 4 Jamie Atkins
Sebastian Bialecki 5 | 3 Vitezslav Sedlak
Quarterfinals
Dragutin Horvat 5 | 2 Colin Osborne
Damian Mol 5 | 3 Dominik Gruellich
Wesley Plaisier 5 | 0 Darren Armstrong
Sebastian Bialecki 5 | 3 Sean Fisher
Semi-final
Damian Mol 5 | 2 Dragutin Horvat
Wesley Plaisier 5 | 3 Sebastian Bialecki
Finale
Wesley Plaisier 5 | 4 Damian Mol
Wesley Plaisier claimed his first Winmau Challenge Tour title of 2024 as the year's third weekend of action concluded with Event 15 in Leicester on Sunday.