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PDC Q School results from stage one in the UK and Europe as players compete for a Tour Card in 2024

By Sporting Life
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Wed January 10, 2024 · 11M ago

Results from the first stage of the PDC Qualifying Schools from January 8-10, where over 850 players battled it out for the chance to compete for a Tour Card.

Over 850 players competed in the 2024 PDC Qualifying Schools at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes and the Wunderland in Kalkar from January 8-14, with 30 Tour Cards on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit.

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Stage One (January 8-10)

Of the 850+ players who have entered Q School, only 128 at each venue progressed to the Final Stage from January 11-14.

However, a total of 27 players were already exempt to the Final Stage at UK Qualifying School, with 21 players exempt to the Final Stage of European Q School. Players exempt included those who lost their Tour Cards at the end of 2023, along with a series of stars from the 2023 Challenge and Development Tour Orders of Merit.

Bigger names entering the field at this stage were Fallon Sherrock, John Part, Kevin Painter, Andy Hamilton, Mark Dudbridge and newly crowned WDF Champion Andy Baetens, while former World Youth Champion Max Hopp was joined by Jelle Klaasen in the first stage in Germany.

The last eight players standing at the end of each day progressed to the Final Stage, with all further places going to players from a First Stage Order of Merit in each region, with one ranking point awarded per match from the first full round (where there are no byes) onwards.

Any ties in the respective Q School Orders of Merit were split as follows based on all match results: Leg Difference, Legs Won, then DartConnect average. If players could still not be split, a play-off would be organised.

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DAY ONE QUALIFIERS (January 8)

UK Qualifying School

  • Llew Bevan
  • Harry Lane
  • Mike Warburton
  • Adam Hunt
  • Kieron Bridgwater
  • Danny Lauby
  • Matthew Dennant
  • Patrick Lynskey

Click here to view match stats from UK Q School Day One

European Qualifying School

  • Stefan Bellmont
  • Felix Schiertz
  • Stefaan Henderyck
  • Filip Sebesta
  • Vitezslav Sedlak
  • Arno Merk
  • Matthias Ehlers
  • Anton Ostlund

Click here to view match stats from European Q School Day One

DAY TWO QUALIFIERS (January 9)

UK Qualifying School

  • Patrik Williams
  • Andy Hamilton
  • Shane McGuirk
  • Kevin Lane
  • Charlie Martin
  • Fallon Sherrock
  • Jamie Atkins
  • Chris Quantock

Click here to view match stats from UK Q School Day Two

European Qualifying School

  • Ron Meulenkamp
  • Pal Szekely
  • Roman Benecky
  • Romeo Grbavac
  • Liam Maendl-Lawrance
  • Andy Baetens
  • Paul Krohne
  • Angelo Balsamo

Click here to view match stats from European Q School Day Two

DAY THREE QUALIFIERS (January 10)

UK Qualifying School

  • Rhys Griffin
  • Joe Croft
  • Leighton Bennett
  • Lee Cocks
  • Tom Lonsdale
  • Scott Taylor
  • Henry Coates
  • Paul Redfern

Click here to view match stats from UK Q School Day Three

European Qualifying School

  • Max Hopp
  • Franz Roetzsch
  • Davy Proosten
  • Benjamin Drue Reus
  • Stefan Schroder
  • Ryuta Arihara
  • Kai Gotthardt
  • John Michael

Click here to view match stats from European Q School Day Three

UK Qualifying School: Order of Merit Qualifiers

  • Mark Dudbridge, Kevin Thomas, Stuart Wares, Justin Hood, Joshua Richardson, Thomas Lovely, Thomas Banks, Scott Campbell, Adam Paxton, Keelan Kay, Derek Maclean, Alex Spellman, Brett Claydon, Thomas Cromwell, Carl Wilson, Daniel Astbury, Darren Beveridge, Darren Armstrong, Harry Gregory, Peter Jacques, Lewis Gurney, Jim Walker, Liam Goyne, Lee Williams, James-Howard Hughes, Kevin Leadenham, Greg Ritchie, Jim McEwan, Peter Burgoyne, Sam Cankett, Jim Moston, Steve Haggerty, Peter Mitchell, Ashley Coleman, Dan Read, Gary Brown, Christopher Harvey, Kamil Janowicz, Ashley McKeever, Jacob Gwynne, Adrian Gray, Alec Small, Justin Smith, Keith Rooney, Scott Winder, Cory Evans, Chris Hartrey, Richard North, James Huthwaite, Aden Kirk, Michael Flynn, James Beeton, Kai-Fan Leung, Colin Osborne, Patrick Quinn, Sam Spivey, Dean Forde, Edward Price, Ryan O'Connor, Peter Hudson, Carl Beattie, David Wawrzewski, Jonathan Kavanagh, John Part, Ryan Furness, Mathew Wood, Niall Culleton, Sean Fisher, Alan Norris, Robbie Martin, Owen Maiden, Brandon Jones, Nathan Girvan, Tommy Morris, Mat Caste, Jake Neale, William Borland

European Qualifying School: Order of Merit Qualifiers

  • Patrick Bulen, Patrick Tringler, Mladen Radosavljevic, Christian Gödl, Jeffrey de Graaf, Jani Keskinarkaus, Michele Turetta, Jorg Mitterlehner, Martijn Dragt, Tomáš Houdek, Tim Wolters, Luc Bogaert, Jarno Bottenberg, Loek van den Berg, Michael Unterbuchner, Nicolas Thuillier, Jeroen Mioch, Lukas Wenig, Miroslaw Grudziecki, Ricardo Perez-Ibarra, Moritz Hilger, Nándor Major, Jamai van den Herik, Simeon Heinz, Jeffrey Bekema, Jelle Klaasen, Michael Stoeten, Alexander Mašek, Patrick Geeraets, Jesús Noguera, David Rosi, Timothy Verbrugghe, Jitse van der Wal, Benjamin Pratnemer, Steven Noster, Jimmy van Schie, Sergio Krassen, Danny van Klompenburg, Oliver Müller, Johan Brouwer, Jeroen Caron, Nico Kurz, Vladimir Zatko, Kevin Lankhuizen, Jody Tobback, Marcel Gugger, Dennie Olde Kalter, Marko Kantele, Gilbert van der Meijden, Marcel Hausotter, Krzysztof Chmielewski, Stefan Schaak, Marcel Junk, Davy Verkooijen, Jannes Bremermann, Tytus Kanik, Jannis Barkhausen, Ben Robb, Jorge Garcia del Pozo, Haupai Puha, Ryan de Vreede, Jaime Nunez-Cortes, Jan Hendrik Wiechers, Born van Put, Stefan Hajek, Mareno Michels, Hendrie van Berkel, Oskar Lukasiak, Arne De Gryse, Mark Tabak, Kevin Troppmann, Laurens Admiraal, Gino Vos, Jiri Brejcha, Anoop Ramdajal, Patrick Maat, Ricardo Ham, René Eidams, William Leijten, Derk Telnekes, Davy van der Zande, Marcel Gerdon, Gabriel Rollo.
  • (NB: Martin Kramer and Janos Vegso will not compete in the Final Stage, and have been replaced by Marcel Gerdon and Gabriel Rollo.)

Final Stage (January 11-14)

A total of 31 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer in Final Stage from January 11-14, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card. In addition to the daily Tour Card winners, a further 23 Tour Cards will be awarded on a pro-rata basis to players from the respective UK/European Qualifying School Final Stage Orders of Merit following Day Four.

Matches in the Final Stage will be contested over the best of 11 legs.

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Players already exempt:

UK Qualifying School
John Henderson
Andy Boulton
Dom Taylor
James Hurrell
Darryl Pilgrim
Robert Grundy
Scott Mitchell
Conan Whitehead
Bradley Brooks
Cam Crabtree
Jarred Cole
Connor Scutt
Scott Waites
Richie Burnett
John O'Shea
Ted Evetts
Lewis Williams
Joe Murnan
James Wilson
Ross Montgomery
Darren Webster
Shaun Wilkinson
Devon Petersen
Kevin Burness
Nick Fullwell
Steve Lennon
George Killington

European Qualifying School
Dragutin Horvat
Thibault Tricole
Chris Landman
Wesley Plaisier
Christian Kist
Sebastian Bialecki
Dominik Gruellich
Bradly Roes
Christopher Toonders
Vladimir Andersen
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Radek Szaganski
Danny Jansen
Darius Labanauskas
Jules van Dongen
Krzysztof Kciuk
Brian Raman
Jimmy Hendriks
Jose Justicia
Damian Mol

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