PDC Autumn Series 2020 Day Five Draw: The First Round line-up for Players Championship 18
The draw for the fifth and final PDC Autumn Series event has been confirmed, with 128 players returning to action in Niedernhausen.
A total of 117 PDC Tour Card Holders will compete across all five days in Germany, along with 11 Associate Members from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
The PDC Autumn Series, which takes place from September 12-16, features ranked Players Championship events on five consecutive days.
As with all previous Players Championship events, prize money will stand at £75,000 per event, with all winnings counting towards the PDC Order of Merit, ProTour Order of Merit and Players Championship Order of Merit.
In addition, the winner of the PDC Autumn Series Order of Merit – based on prize money won across the five days – will qualify for November’s Grand Slam of Darts.
The field is headed by world number one Michael van Gerwen, who is looking to bounce back from his recent Premier League exit, and reigning World Champion Peter Wright.
Premier League table topper Glen Durrant and fellow box office stars Nathan Aspinall, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price are also in action.
World Matchplay champion Dimitri van den Bergh, former World Champions Adrian Lewis and Rob Cross, Polish ace Krzysztof Ratajski and Portugal’s Jose De Sousa also feature.
Play commences at 11am BST, with matches up to and including the Quarter-Finals to be contested over the best of 11 legs, while Semi-Finals are best of 13 and the final is best of 15.
Matches from two streaming boards are available to watch exclusively live on desktop and mobile in the UK and various other regions.
WATCH THE PDC AUTUMN SERIES STREAMED LIVE HERE (18+)
PDC Autumn Series 2020 Event Five Draw
Wednesday September 16
First Round
Vincent van der Voort v Derk Telnekes
Madars Razma v William Borland
Jamie Lewis v Geert Nentjes
Rob Cross v Ryan Hogarth
Reece Robinson v Benito van de Pas
Joe Cullen v Mike De Decker
Steve Brown v Chris Dobey
James Wade v Ryan Meikle
Joe Murnan v Boris Krcmar
Jonny Clayton v Steffen Siepmann
Scott Taylor v Adam Hunt
Daryl Gurney v Justin Pipe
Richard North v Jason Lowe
Jamie Hughes v Kai Fan Leung
Mickey Mansell v Vincent Van der Meer
Nathan Aspinall v Kirk Shepherd
Jesus Noguera v Carl Wilkinson
Ross Smith v Scott Waites
Callan Rydz v Ricky Evans
Jose De Sousa v Marko Kantele
Aaron Beeney v Jelle Klaasen
Jermaine Wattimena v Conan Whitehead
Gavin Carlin v Steve Beaton
Michael van Gerwen v Barrie Bates
Brian Raman v Jan Dekker
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Jitse Van der Wal
Graham Usher v John Henderson
Michael Smith v Max Hopp
Matthew Edgar v Karel Sedlacek
Ryan Joyce v Mark McGeeney
Ron Meulenkamp v Justin Hood
Peter Wright v Yordi Meeuwisse
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Ted Evetts
Damon Heta v Steve West
Robert Collins v Scott Baker
Brendan Dolan v Darren Webster
Daniel Larsson v Andrew Gilding
Ryan Searle v Ryan Murray
Nathan Derry v Scott Mitchell
Mensur Suljovic v Matt Clark
Christian Bunse v Josh Payne
Kim Huybrechts v Darius Labanauskas
Keegan Brown v Adrian Lewis
Danny Noppert v Robert Thornton
Nick Kenny v Andy Boulton
Stephen Bunting v Jeff Smith
Martin Schindler v Luke Humphries
Krzysztof Ratajski v Krzysztof Kciuk
Alan Tabern v Adrian Gray
Mervyn King v Harald Leitinger
William O’Connor v Peter Jacques
Dave Chisnall v James Wilson
David Pallett v Niels Zonneveld
Devon Petersen v Steve Lennon
Dimitri Van den Bergh v John Michael
Ian White v Arjan Konterman
Toni Alcinas v Martijn Kleermaker
Jeffrey De Zwaan v Bradley Brooks
Lisa Ashton v Luke Woodhouse
Glen Durrant v Wayne Jones
Maikel Verberk v Maik Kuivenhoven
Gabriel Clemens v Gary Blades
Simon Whitlock v Harry Ward
