All Tour Card Holders (Seeds/Qualifiers) must enter this event prior to the entry deadline. The draw for this event will be made on Thursday 1st May, 24hrs prior to the start of the event and will appear here when done. Games from the Last 16 onwards will be played in the Draw Bracket order.
Players will be required to register at the PDC Control Desk at the Players Entrance no later than one hour before the scheduled time of their match. Any player who fails to register as above will face referral to the DRA. Should a player not register within 30 minutes of their scheduled match then they will be disqualified from the event without exception and not be entitled to receive any prize money from the event.
Any player who wishes to familiarise themselves with their stage before their first match may do so 90 minutes before the start of play, all players must have cleared the stage by the time that doors open to the public.
Withdrawals
Any player who needs to withdraw from this event must do so prior to the Tour Card Qualifier, or at the very latest prior to the draw which is 24 hours prior to the start to avoid a DRA sanction.
Contact Prior to event:
PDC Graham Fairhurst [email protected] 07930 975240
Contacts at event:
PDC Keith Bisby [email protected] 07860 155885
PDPA Andy Scott [email protected] 07946 180180
Players are permitted one, non-transferable guest per day in which they compete (excluding DRA Registered Managers). Guests must be aged 16 or above and be genuinely linked to the player who they are a guest of. ID may be required and under-18s must be accompanied by a guardian.
The guest is the sole responsibility of the player they are signed in under. If that player does not attend the Tournament, then the guest cannot gain access to the venue. Players are required to register their guest’s name with PDC Europe via [email protected] before 22.00 local time on Thursday May 1st.
Failure to submit guest names may result in the guest not being allowed into the venue. When the player has lost their match and leaves the venue then the guest must also leave thevenue at the same time (as the guest is the sole responsibility of the player).
All guests are required to be dressed to an appropriate standard in respect of the event they are attending, which includes the following:
*Shorts can be worn but must be dress shorts or similar.
*Tops must cover down to the waist.
*No flip-flops/sliders to be worn.
*Football shirts and shorts and any other clothing representing sports teams are not permitted.
*PDC Security will monitor compliance upon entry and reserve the right to refuse entry at their absolute discretion.
The top 16 ranked entered players from the Main Order of Merit at the entry deadline will be exempted and seeded into the second round (last 32) where they will play the 16 winners from the matches involving the remaining 32 players, who will be divided into two pots for the first- round draw. One pot will consist of the 16 ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers and one pot will consist of the other 16 qualifiers) with no seeding in place.
WHO KEEPS PRIZE MONEY ON RANKINGS
If any of the 32 Pre-Qualified players (Top 16 OoM & Next 16 PTOoM) lose their opening match, the prize money does not go on any Order of Merit tables, but players receive the money.
QUALIFIERS 48
16 Seeds
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16 Pre Qualified Players
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Tour Card Qualifiers (10)
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Host Nation Qualifiers (4)
Michael Unterbuchner, Marcel Erba, Paul Krohne, Daniel Klose.
East Europe Qualifier (1)
Benjamin Pratnemer
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (1)
28th - 30th March
TCH Reserves
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FORMAT:
The format is best of 11 legs up to and including the quarter-final, with the semi-final the best of 13 legs and the final the best of 15 legs.
SESSION TIMES:
Friday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
First Round x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
First Round x8
Saturday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Second Round x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Second Round x8.
Sunday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Third Round x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Quarter-Final, Semi-Final, Final
PRIZE FUND:
Champion £30,000
Runner-Up £12,000
Semi Finals £8,500
Quarter Finals £6,000
Third Round £4,000
Second Round £2,500
First Round £1,250
TOTAL £175,000