The draw for the 21st PDC Players Championship event of the season has been confirmed, with 128 players in action…
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Players Championship 21 Draw: The First Round line-up for Saturday’s ProTour event in Hildesheim
Portugal’s Jose De Sousa in action (credit:Lawrence Lustig/PDC)
The draw for the 21st PDC Players Championship event of the season has been confirmed, with 128 players in action in Hildesheim.
The pair of £75,000 live-streamed floor tournaments will feature a star-studded field of 128 players battling it out at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, Germany from August 3-4.
Prize money acquired will count towards both the ProTour Order of Merit and the Main Order of Merit, with a £10,000 top prize up for grabs on both days.
With a number of World Series players opting to sit out the visit to Hildesheim, including Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Rob Cross and Gary Anderson, opportunity knocks for a host of in-form hopefuls to make their mark and kick-start the second half of their season.
World Matchplay finalist Michael Smith, Grand Slam champion Gerwyn Price, Lakeside Champion Glen Durrant, UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall and Mensur Suljovic are among the big guns in action.
The likes of Dave Chisnall, Ian White, Jamie Hughes Krzysztof Ratajski and Raymond van Barneveld will also have their sights set on glory.
Play commences from 11am BST, with all matches from Round One to the Quarter-Finals contested over the best of 11 legs, Semi-Finals best of 13 and the final best of 15.
Selected matches from two boards are streamed exclusively live online with commentary throughout the day.
Players Championship 21 Draw
Saturday August 3
First Round
Bradley Brooks v Arron Monk
Steve West v Reece Robinson
Harry Ward v Matt Clark
Jamie Hughes v Wayne Jones
Davy Van Baelen v Darius Labanauskas
Chris Dobey v Jelle Klaasen
Diogo Portela v Patrick van den Boogaard
Jonny Clayton v Jose Justicia
David Pallett v Danny van Trijp
James Wilson v Toni Alcinas
Berry van Peer v Christian Kist
Mensur Suljovic v Yordi Meeuwisse
Ryan Harrington v Devon Petersen
Vincent van der Voort v Scott Taylor
Jerry Hendriks v Martin Schindler
Joe Cullen v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Tony Newell
Ross Smith v Alan Tabern
Vincent Van der Meer v Justin Pipe
Simon Whitlock v Christian Bunse
Jan Dekker v Kevin Garcia
John Henderson v Matthew Edgar
Joe Murnan v Tom Lonsdale
Nathan Aspinall v Robert Thornton
Michael Barnard v Kevin Burness
Ron Meulenkamp v James Richardson
George Killington v Andy Boulton
Jermaine Wattimena v Jose De Sousa
Adrian Gray v Robert Owen
Mervyn King v Alan Norris
Mario Robbe v Zoran Lerchbacher
Dave Chisnall v Kirk Shepherd
Robert Marijanovic v Andrew Gilding
William O’Connor v Arjan Konterman
Cristo Reyes v Mark Webster
Jeffrey De Zwaan v Dave Prins
Ronny Huybrechts v Brendan Dolan
Danny Noppert v Steve Lennon
Madars Razma v Benito van de Pas
Glen Durrant v Adam Hunt
Ryan Meikle v Brett Claydon
Kyle Anderson v Ryan Joyce
Mark McGeeney v Jamie Lewis
Michael Smith v Raymond van Barneveld
Mike van Duivenbode v Barrie Bates
Darren Webster v Cody Harris
Niels Zonneveld v Mark Wilson
Ricky Evans v Gavin Carlin
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Simon Stevenson
Ryan Searle v Luke Humphries
Luke Woodhouse v Josh Payne
Steve Beaton v Carl Wilkinson
Callan Rydz v Mickey Mansell
Keegan Brown v Marko Kantele
Kim Huybrechts v Justin Smith
Krzysztof Ratajski v Maik Kuivenhoven
Geert Nentjes v Jonathan Worsley
Gabriel Clemens v Peter Hudson
Vincent Kamphuis v Ritchie Edhouse
Stephen Bunting v Conan Whitehead
Tytus Kanik v Scott Baker
Max Hopp v Richard North
Ted Evetts v Wessel Nijman
