All Tour Card Holders must enter before the entry deadline, or you will not be in the event.
European Tour Events will be played with a 48-player main draw consisting of 32 pre-qualified players (the top 16 ranked entered players from the Main Ranking and the next 16 highest ranked players from the ProTour Ranking at the entry deadline) and 16 other qualifiers.
The top 16 ranked entered players from the World Ranking at the entry deadline will be seeded into the second round (last 32) where they will play the 16 winners from the matches involving the remaining 32 players
TOP 16 SEEDS (Exempt to Round Two)
1. Luke Humphries 2. Gian van Veen 3. Jonny Clayton 4. James Wade 5. Michael van Gerwen 6. Josh Rock 7. Gerwyn Price 8. Stephen Bunting 9. Danny Noppert 10. Ryan Searle 11. Gary Anderson 12. Chris Dobey 13. Wessel Nijman 14. Nathan Aspinall 15. Ross Smith 16. Jermaine Wattimena
For the Round One draw, the 32 players will be listed as follows;
PRO-TOUR ‘Q’ 16, numbered in World Ranking order at the entry deadline
Luke Woodhouse, Kevin Doets, Krzysztof Ratajski, Andrew Gilding, Rob Cross, William O'Connor, Niko Springer, Niels Zonneveld, Ryan Joyce, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Joe Cullen, Cameron Menzies, Damon Heta, Martin Schindler, Sebastian Bialecki, Dave Chisnall
TOUR CARD ‘Q’ 10, numbered in World Ranking order at the entry deadline
Bradley Brooks, Mensur Suljovic, Tom Bissell, Jeffrey de Graaf, Raymond van Barneveld, Sietse Lap, Criston Reyes, Maik Kuivenhoven, Mario Vandenbogaerde, Michael Smith.
HOST NATION ‘Q’ 4
8th October
NORDIC & BALTIC ‘Q’ 1
Jani Haavisto
EAST EUROPE ‘Q’ 1
Gyorgy Jehirszki
RESERVES
1 Karel Sedlacek 2 Alan Soutar 3 Rob Owen 4 Nick Kenny 5 Max Hopp 6 Daryl Pilgrim
Tour Card Holders will be permitted to enter one Host Nation Qualifier for which they are eligible per year instead of the Tour Card Holder Qualifier for that event. To enter players must email PDC Tournament Director Graham Fairhurst to enter [email protected]
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 of the event to avoid a DRA sanction.
DRAW
Draw will be made at 12.00 UK time on the day prior to the start of the Event.
DAILY REGISTRATION
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 and not be entitled to receive any prize money.
SESSION TIMES
Friday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Round One x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Round One x8
Saturday
Afternoon Session (1300-1700 local time, 1200-1600 GMT)
Round Two x8
Evening Session (1900-2300 local time, 1800-2200 GMT)
Round Two x8
Sunday
Afternoon Session (1200-1600 local time, 1100-1500 GMT)
Round Three x8
Evening Session (1800-2200 local time, 1700-2100 GMT)
Quarter-Finals,
Semi-Finals,
Final
Players will be allowed ONE NON-TRANSFERABLE bona-fide guest each for each session which they compete in. (excluding DRA Registered Managers) Please note that football shirts, shorts or three-quarter length trousers will not be acceptable and persons wearing them will not be admitted.
Players are required to register their guest’s with PDC-E via [email protected] before 22.00 local time the night prior to the event starting. Failure to submit guest names may result in the guest not being allowed into the venue.
SAFEGUARDING The PDC’s Safeguarding Policy can be seen HERE The Designated Safeguarding Officer at this event is Keith Bisby. Should you have any safeguarding issues, please see the DSO or contact [email protected].
CONTACT PRIOR TO EVENT
PDC Graham Fairhurst [email protected] 07930 975240
CONTACTS AT EVENT:
PDC Graham Fairhurst [email protected] 07930 975240
PDPA Andy Scott [email protected] 07946 180180
PRIZE FUND
Champion £35,000
Runner-Up £15,000
Semi Finals £10,000
Quarter Finals £8,000
Last 16 £5,000
Last 32 £3,500
Last 48 £2,000
TOTAL £230,000
