Players Championship 22 Draw: The First Round line-up for Sunday’s ProTour event in Hildesheim
Ian White in action (credit:Chris Dean/PDC)
The draw for the 22nd PDC Players Championship event of the season has been confirmed, with 128 players returning to 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, 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 11.15am 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 22 Draw
Sunday August 4
First Round
Ian White v Mario Robbe
Reece Robinson v Michael Barnard
William O’Connor v Bradley Brooks
Gavin Carlin v Callan Rydz
Danny Noppert v Mike De Decker
Vincent Van der Meer v Adrian Gray
Jamie Hughes v Justin Pipe
Harry Ward v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Mensur Suljovic v Berry van Peer
George Killington v Wayne Jones
James Wilson v Steve Lennon
Jan Dekker v Ryan Meikle
Michael Smith v David Pallett
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Richard North
Vincent van der Voort v Andrew Gilding
Christian Bunse v Jose De Sousa
Joe Cullen v Steve West
Luke Humphries v Kevin Burness
Kyle Anderson v Davy Van Baelen
Robert Owen v Benito van de Pas
Steve Beaton v Mark McGeeney
Danny van Trijp v Simon Stevenson
Keegan Brown v Ritchie Edhouse
Jerry Hendriks v Mike van Duivenbode
Nathan Aspinall v Carl Wilkinson
Mark Wilson v Cristo Reyes
Gabriel Clemens v Scott Taylor
Geert Nentjes v Kevin Garcia
Jermaine Wattimena v Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen v Jose Justicia
Mervyn King v Raymond van Barneveld
Ryan Joyce v Ronny Huybrechts
Dave Chisnall v Kirk Shepherd
Peter Hudson v Tom Lonsdale
Ross Smith v Andy Boulton
Joe Murnan v Dave Prins
Jeffrey De Zwaan v Brendan Dolan
Adam Hunt v Alan Norris
Chris Dobey v Jonathan Worsley
Justin Smith v Zoran Lerchbacher
Ricky Evans v Scott Baker
Darius Labanauskas v Martin Schindler
Ron Meulenkamp v Ryan Harrington
Vincent Kamphuis v Mark Webster
Glen Durrant v James Richardson
Madars Razma v Tytus Kanik
Darren Webster v Arjan Konterman
Yordi Meeuwisse v Maik Kuivenhoven
Jonny Clayton v Toni Alcinas
Kim Huybrechts v Cody Harris
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Wessel Nijman
Brett Claydon v Patrick van den Boogaard
Simon Whitlock v Barrie Bates
Marko Kantele v Josh Payne
John Henderson v Mickey Mansell
Conan Whitehead v Robert Marijanovic
Krzysztof Ratajski v Alan Tabern
Jamie Lewis v Devon Petersen
Ryan Searle v Ted Evetts
Matt Clark v Diogo Portela
Stephen Bunting v Robert Thornton
Niels Zonneveld v Luke Woodhouse
Max Hopp v Matthew Edgar
Arron Monk v Tony Newell
