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 Littler 2. Luke Humphries 3. Gian van Veen 4. Jonny Clayton 5. James Wade 6. Michael van Gerwen 7. Josh Rock 8. Gerwyn Price 9. Stephen Bunting 10. Danny Noppert 11. Ryan Searle 12. Gary Anderson 13. Chris Dobey 14. Wessel Nijman 15. Nathan Aspinall 16. Ross Smith
For the Round One draw, the 32 players will be listed as follows;
PRE QUALIFIED PLAYERS
Luke Woodhouse, Jermaine Wattimena, 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
TOUR CARD ‘Q’ 10, numbered in World Ranking order at the entry deadline
Bradley Brooks, Cristo Reyes, Jim Long, Stephen Burton, Jeffrey de Graaf, Beau Greaves, Raymond van Barneveld, Karel Sedlacek, Micky Mansell, Chris Landman.
HOST NATION ‘Q’ 4
10th September
NORDIC & BALTIC ‘Q’ 1
Michael Hansen
EAST EUROPE ‘Q’ 1
Petr Tous
RESERVES
1 Gabriel Clemens 2 James Hurrell 3 Kim Huybrechts 4 Brendan Dola 5 Wesley Plaisier 6 Tom Bissell.