THE PDCs seventh European Tour event of 2014 will begin on Friday with the first round of the European Darts Grand Prix at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, with the eye-catching clash between Kevin Painter and James lighting up the opening day. The 48-player tournament will be held from September 5-7, with live online coverage through a series of bookmakers websites listed below as well as for LIVEPDC.TV International Pass Subscribers. The first round sees the 32 qualifiers, who won through Julys UK Qualifier and Thursdays European Qualifier and Host Nation Qualifiers, drawn against each other, with the 16 seeded players entering in Saturdays second round. Play then concludes on Sunday, with the third round in the afternoon session followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in the evening session. Junes Gibraltar Darts Trophy champion James Wade, the world number six, will take on former Players Championship finals winner Kevin Painter in the biggest game of the first round on Friday. Former World Championship finalist Andy Hamilton takes on one of the European Qualifiers, with Andrew Gilding, Joe Cullen and Ricky Evans also waiting to find out their opponents. Lakeside Champion Stephen Bunting will play one of the Host Nation Qualifiers, with youngster Chris Aubrey also set to face German opposition. The first round also includes Canadas emerging youngster Shaun Narain making his European Tour debut against Johnny Haines, Wayne Jones clash with Darren Webster, Matt Clark meeting John Henderson, Kevin McDine against Jason Lovett and Steve Hines meeting with former World Youth Champion James Hubbard. The schedule of play for the tournament is below, with the draw below to be updated following the completion of Thursdays Qualifiers. The European Qualifier has now been completed, with the eight qualifiers as follows: EQ1 Benito van de Pas EQ2 Rowby-John Rodriguez EQ3 Ryan De Vreede EQ4 Robert Marijanovic EQ5 Mensur Suljovic EQ6 Jelle Klaasen EQ7 Ron Meulenkamp EQ8 Mike De Decker The Host Nation Qualifier is still in progress. European Darts Grand Prix European Tour Event Seven Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, September 5-7 2014 First Round Draw Shaun Narain v Johnny Haines Mike De Decker v HNQ2 Joe Cullen v Mensur Suljovic Stephen Bunting v HNQ3 Benito van de Pas v Andrew Gilding Ron Meulenkamp v Andy Hamilton Matt Clark v John Henderson Darren Webster v Wayne Jones Kevin McDine v Jason Lovett Jelle Klaasen v Ricky Evans Kevin Painter v James Wade Steve Hine v James Hubbard Ryan De Vreede v Robert Marijanovic HNQ1 v Chris Aubrey HNQ4 v Rowby-John Rodriguez Kevin Dowling v Kyle Anderson Schedule of Play is below Second Round - Tournament Draw Bracket Robert Thornton (3) v Dowling/Anderson Jamie Caven (14) v Meulenkamp/Hamilton Ian White (6) v HNQ4/Rodriguez Mervyn King (11) v van de Pas/Gilding Kim Huybrechts (7) v HNQ1/Aubrey Simon Whitlock (10) v Clark/Henderson Brendan Dolan (2) v Webster/Jones Terry Jenkins (15) v Cullen/Suljovic Dave Chisnall (4) v De Decker/HNQ2 Justin Pipe (13) v Painter/Wade Peter Wright (5) v Bunting/HNQ3 Vincent van der Voort (12) v Klaasen/Evans Steve Beaton (8) v Narain/Haines Adrian Lewis (9) v Hine/Hubbard Gary Anderson (1) v De Vreede/Marijanovic Michael Smith (16) v McDine/Lovett Schedule of Play Friday September 5 3pm-11pm Local Time (2pm-10pm BST) First Round Kevin McDine v Jason Lovett Shaun Narain v Johnny Haines Matt Clark v John Henderson Jelle Klaasen v Ricky Evans Mike De Decker v HN 2 Steve Hine v James Hubbard Ryan De Vreede v Robert Marijanovic Darren Webster v Wayne Jones HN 1 v Chris Aubrey Kevin Dowling v Kyle Anderson HN 4 vs. Rowby-John Rodriguez Joe Cullen v Mensur Suljovic Benito van de Pas v Andrew Gilding Kevin Painter v James Wade Ron Meulenkamp v Andy Hamilton Stephen Bunting v HN 3 Saturday September 6 Afternoon Session 1pm-5pm Local Time (12pm-4pm BST) Second Round Terry Jenkins (15) v Cullen/Suljovic Vincent van der Voort (12) v Klaasen/Evans Steve Beaton (8) v Narain/Haines Michael Smith (16) v McDine/Lovett Mervyn King (11) v van de Pas/Gilding Brendan Dolan (2) v Webster/Jones Ian White (6) v HN4/Rodriguez Jamie Caven (14) v Meulenkamp/Hamilton Evening Session 7pm-11pm Local Time (6pm-10pm BST) Second Round Kim Huybrechts (7) v HN1/Aubrey Justin Pipe (13) v Painter/Wade Robert Thornton (3) v Dowling/K Anderson Dave Chisnall (4) v De Dekker/HN2 Simon Whitlock (10) v Clark/Henderson Peter Wright (5) v Bunting/HN3 Gary Anderson (1) v De Vreede/Marijanovic Adrian Lewis (9) v Hine/Hubbard Sunday September 7 Afternoon Session 1pm-5pm Local Time (12pm-4pm BST) Third Round Evening Session 7pm-11pm Local Time (6pm-10pm BST) Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final All games are the best of 11 legs
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:02:44 +0000
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