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2023 PDC Qualifying Schools – Final entries confirmed – PDC.tv

Over 850 players will compete in the 2023 PDC Qualifying Schools from January 9-15, with 27 Tour Cards on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit.

The eyes of the darting world will descend on the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes and the Wunderland in Kalkar next week, as a record-breaking number of players from across the globe bid to win PDC Tour Cards for 2023/24.

Qualifying School will again feature concurrent events being staged in the UK and Germany, and is split into First Stage and Final Stage.

A total of 24 players are exempt to the Final Stage at UK Qualifying School, with 15 players exempt to the Final Stage of European Q School.

This is based on the players who lost their Tour Card at the end of 2022, along with a series of stars from the 2022 Challenge and Development Tour Orders of Merit.

The First Stage, which will take place from January 9-11, will see further players up to a total of 128 in the UK and Europe respectively qualifying to compete in Final Stage from January 12-15.

A total of 27 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer in the Final Stage from January 12-15, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card.

The remaining 19 Tour Cards will be allocated to players from the UK and European Q School Final Stage Orders of Merit, and split on a pro-rata basis of total participants in each region.

German star Max Hopp and 2018 World Matchplay semi-finalist Jeffrey de Zwaan will headline the competitors at European Qualifying School, as the pair bid to secure an immediate return to the ProTour ranks.

Former Lakeside Championship winner Christian Kist will also feature, with UK Open quarter-finalist Sebastian Bialecki and ProTour finalist Gian van Veen both among the Final Stage entrants.

Elsewhere, French duo Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre will compete in Kalkar after claiming Challenge Tour titles in 2022, with Czech star Karel Sedlacek and Dutch star Ron Meulenkamp also set to star.

Former UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby will be among the players competing in the First Stage, and the Australian will be joined by Dutch duo Jelle Klaasen and Benito van de Pas, and former World Matchplay winner Larry Butler.

Meanwhile, the UK Qualifying School First Stage will feature 2012 World Championship runner-up Andy Hamilton, 2018 World Championship semi-finalist Jamie Lewis, former Premier League star Wes Newton and PDC Asian Championship winner Christian Perez.

Women’s World Matchplay winner Fallon Sherrock and four-time Women’s World Champion Lisa Ashton headline the female stars in action in the First Stage, alongside Lorraine Winstanley, Laura Turner & Katie Sheldon.

Former World Cup of Darts winner John Henderson will enter at the Final Stage, with former World Youth Champion Keegan Brown also bidding to regain his professional status.

William Borland – who made history with his nine-dart exploits at the World Darts Championship in 2021/22 – will also begin his campaign in the Final Stage, where he will be joined by former Lakeside Champion Scott Mitchell.

Matches in the First Stage will be played over the best of nine legs, while the Final Stage ties will be the best of 11 legs.

First Stage
UK Qualifying School Entries

Ben Adams
Danny Allen
Paul Allen
Martin Allerton
Paul Anderson
Ryan Anderson
Cameron Anderson
Lee Andrews
Darren Armstrong
Scott Artiss
Gareth Ashley
Lisa Ashton
Adam Atkinson
Daniel Ayres
Scott Baker
Michael Baker
Kevin Bambrick
Michael Barnard
Robert Barrett-Gore
Lee Barrow
Chas Barstow
Owen Bates
Tom Baughan
Max Baulcomb
Dave Bayton
Steven Beasley
Carl Beattie
James Beeton
Leighton Bennett
James Betts
Llew Bevan
Dewi Beynon
Chris Bird
Jack Bishop
James Bishop (Reading)
Gary Blackwood
Gary Blades
Mark Blandford
Kyle Bloomfield
Paul Bordewey
Philip Borthwick
Richard Boucher
Michael Bowden
John Bowles
Adam Bowman
Fred Box
Kieron Bridgwater
Rachel Brooks
Neilie Brouder
Darren Brown
Grant Brown
Stephen Buchan
Will Buckman
Lee Budgen
John Burgess
Michael Burgoine
Pete Burgoyne
Joshua Burksfield
Gary Butcher
Liam Butler
Wayne Butterworth
Scott Campbell
Shaun Carroll
Jake Carter
Jamie Cassidy
Mat Caste
Mark Challenger
Peter Chandler
Wayne Chandley
Petros Christodoulou
Kirsty Chubb
Alex Chubb
Josh Church
Alex Clyburn
Henry Coates
Lee Cocks
Nick Cocks
Karl Coleman
Dennis Coleman
Ashley Coleman
Reece Colley
Robert Collins
Frankie Collopy
Mark Connolly
Luke Constable
John Cook
Macaulay Cook
Phil Coward
Lewis Coyne
Cam Crabtree
Chris Craven
Dylan Crean
Joe Croft
Thomas Cromwell
Sam Cromwell
Jason Cullen
Niall Culleton
Mal Cuming
Henry Cutting
Lewis Dare
Andy Davidson
Ben Davies
Lee Davies
Daniel Day
Matthew Dennant
Nicky Denoon
Steve Dettmer
Lorenzo Deveaux
Thomas Doherty
Dylan Dowling
Dylan Duo
Jamie Durrant
Lee Dutton
Aaron Dwyer
Steve Earley
Nicholas Ellis
Owen Emmett-Bowden
Cory Evans
James Evans-Bradford
Jeremy Fagg
Stephen Fanning
Simon Farley
David Farmer
Sean Fisher
Glenn Fitzpatrick
Billy Fogarty
Bodien Fogarty
Richard Fowkes
Liam Fowkes
Chris Fowler
Shaun Fox
Ian Frame
Wayne France
Callum Francis
Ryan Furness
Carl Gabriel
Dale Gadsby
Peter Gallacher
Liam Gallagher
Craig Galliano
Daniel Galloway
Tom Garfield
Glenn Gibson
Christopher Gilliland
Callum Goffin
Albert Golby
Lee Grace
Adrian Gray
Derek Grazier
Martin Grearson
James Green
Harry Gregory
Paul Grisedale
Robert Grundy
Lewis Gurney
Jacob Gwynne
Steve Haggerty
Graham Hall
Andy Hamilton
Steven Harbert
Luke Hardy
Michael Harries
Ryan Harrington
Lee Harris
Neeman Hasida
Rhys Hayden
Shane Hayward
Justin Hewitt
Paul Higgins
Joe Higgins
Steve Hine
Sam Hoddinott
Ryan Hogarth
Chris Hogg
Rob Holroyd
Justin Hood
Andrew Houghton
Dale Howard
James Howard Hughes
Lee Hunter
Michael Huntley
Chris Hurds
James Hurrell
Andrew Hyland
Steven Inkpen
Gary Jackson
Peter Jacques
Graham Jenkins
Adam Jenkinson
Prakash Jiwa
Benjamin Johnson
Gareth Johnston
Kacey Jones
Wayne Jones
Ian Jones
Coby Jones-Swanson
Jonathan Kavanagh
Keelan Kay
Stuart Kellett
Nick Kenny
Liam Kindlon
Ricky King
Steven Kirkham
David Ladley
David Lammie
Harry Lane
Kevin Lane
Danny Lauby
Alan Lawler
Paul Lawson
Mark Layton
Josh Leadbetter
Andrew Leigh
Kai Fan Leung
Ian Lever
Connor Levett
Jamie Lewis
Adam Lipscombe
Tom Lonsdale
Thomas Lovely
Kevin Lowe
Ryan Lowndes
Patrick Lynskey
Ian Mackenzie
Derek Maclean
Owen Maiden
Scott Marsh
Raymond Marshall
Ricky Martin
Tom Martin
Charlie Martin
Bradley Martin
Christopher Mather
Rei Matsumoto
Callum Matthews
Shaun Matthews
Daniel Maystone
Killian McCormack
Darnell McCrory
Kevin McDine
Shaun McDonald
Mark McGeeney
Shane McGuirk
Jimmy McKirdy
Stephen McNally
Liam Meek
Paul Milford
Kevin Mills
Gavin Millwaters
Paul Mitchell
Arron Monk
Danny Moore
Martyn Moore
Wayne Morgan
Barry Morgan
Tommy Morris
Jim Moston
Shaun Moughtin
Adam Mould
Geoffrey Murray
Ryan Murray
Janis Mustafejevs
Sean Negrette
Robert Nelson
Josh Newton
Wes Newton
Alan Norris
Ryan O’Connor
Darren O’Neill
Jason O’ Donovan
Paul Orchard
Colin Osborne
Matt Padgett
Joey Palfreyman
Lee Palfreyman
Ryan Palmer
James Parkin
Richie Parkin
Neil Parry
Kurt Parry
Bhav Patel
Josh Payne
Christian Perez
Daniel Perry
Elliot Philcox
Darryl Pilgrim
Martin Plant
Jack Pledger
Ian Plumb
Steven Plumstead
Michael Poole
Nathan Potter
Martin Price
Shane Price
Lewis Pride
Cliff Prior
Tony Procter
Chris Quantock
Ben Quenby
Rohitkumar Rabadia
Graham Rackstraw
Todd Rainsley
Dan Read
Tony Richardson
James Richardson
Robert Rickwood
Scott Ridler
Ross Rimmer
Bruno Rios
Greg Ritchie
Mark Robinson
Reece Robinson
Keith Rooney
Stephen Rosney
Paul Rowley
Sean Ryan
Mark Sadler
Pat Scurfield
Craig Searle
Richard Shanklyn
Katie Sheldon
Shane Sheridan
Fallon Sherrock
Coni Singh Nagi
Dylan Slevin
Alec Small
Justin Smith
Thomas Smith
Gordon Daniel Smith
Luke Smith
Daniel James Smith
Alfie Smith
Adam Smith-Neale
Carl Sneyd
Gary Stafford
Andrew Steed
David Sumner
Scott Sutton
Charlie Symons
Alan Tabern
David Taylor
Dom Taylor
Scott Taylor
Ciaran Teehan
Keenan Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Jarrad Thomas
Martin Thomas
Robert Thompson
Daniel Todd
Bruce Troup
Danny Trueman
Laura Turner
Graham Usher
Joe Usher
Jack Vincent
Jenson Walker
Jim Walker
Shane Walsh
Scott Walters
Mike Warburton
Harry Ward
Stuart Wares
Adam Warner
Matty Washbrooke
David Wawrzewski
Steve Wells
Ben West
Brandon Western
Luke Wheeler
Conan Whitehead
Mason Whitlock
Robert Whybrew
Christopher Wickenden
Darren Williams
Lee Williams
Patrik Williams
John Williams-Jones
David Wilson
Stu Wilson
Jason Wilson
Terry Winfield
Lorraine Winstanley
Aaron Wood
Brian Woods
Luke Yates
James Young

First Stage Entries
European Qualifying School

Hans Achten
Dennis Akhtar
Niels Alblas
Sebastian Albrecht
Toni Alcinas
Marcel Althaus
Alexandre Antunes
Jonas Aplowski
Matthias Athens
Yoshihisa Baba
Tufail Badal
Randy Baert
Andy Baetens
Ronald Balfoort
Arsen Ballaj
Sandor Ballo
Mindaugas Barauskas
Julio Barbero Gonzalez
Daan Bastiaansen
Bjorn Beauprez
Andrew Beeton
Stefan Bellmont
Kevin Belmans
Roman Benecky
Paul Bereths
Fabian Bihl
Moreno Blom
Kevin Blomme
Marko Bok
Andre Bothmann
Marco Bout
Eric Boyer
Niklas Brackelmann
Alexander Brandt
Joel Breitenmoser
Jiri Brejcha
Marius Brink
Marcus Brisbois
Dennis Brock
Dirk Broeksmid
Tammo Bruening
Wojciech Brulinski
Johannes Bruns
Patrick Bulen
Larry Butler
Corey Cadby
Luis Filipe Camacho
Soeren Carlsson
Jeroen Caron
Iain Cash
Maurizio Castrovinci
Enrico Chinellato
Sven Christophersen
Stephan Cobau
Sam Coenders
Cedric Coryn
Kevin Costantini
Nick Crouwel
Marco Custers
Tobias Cyffka
Massimo Dalla Rosa
Pascal de Clercq
Jeffrey De Graaf
Jean-Pierre de Jonghe
Ryan De Vreede
Manuel de Vreede
Jan de Weerdt
Stijn Deklerck
Kurt Delahousse
Jean-Pierre Delcourt
John Desreumaux
Pascal Devroey
Giuseppe Di Rocco
Wim Dierckx
Stijn Donkers
Claudio Donno
Martijn Dragt
Malte Duepont
Hallgrimur Egilsson
Rene Eidams
El Abbas El Amri
Alexander Elia
Ivar Emmen
Niklas Engelbrecht
Leonard Eraests
Marcel Erba
Gianluca Esser
Yanick Etter
Ronny Evenepoel
René Faath
Justin Fawcett
Paulo Ferreira
Dominik Filippi
Pierre Finck
Marco Fischer
Yordi Fleuren
Mika Flueckiger
Benjamin Freudenreich
Matthías Orn Frioriksson
Rocco Fulciniti
Ivo Furer
Michel Gadenz
Marcel Gerdon
Mats Gies
Armin Glanzer
Andre Goertz
Eric Gohde
Joaquim Goncalves
Marco Grafweg
Jochen Graudenz
Romeo Grbavac
Kevin Grebe
Andreas Grenz
Stephan Griese
Edgaras Griksas
Daniel Grochotzky
Rene Groteloh
Miroslaw Grudziecki
Yasa Guener
Marcel Gugger
Martin Gugger
Torbjorn Gustafsson
Manuel Gutjahr
Stefan Haechler
Rainer Haertel
Manuel Hafner
Cristian Haller
Tom Hammermeister
Teemu Harju
Pascal Hartung
Marcel Hausotter
Justin Heidekrueger
Justin Heiliger
Simeon Heinz
Patrick Heitmueller
Tom Heldt
Christian Helmecke
Stefaan Henderyck
Leo Hendriks
Dawid Herberg
Bertus Herks
Joshua Hermann
Sascha Hertrich
Sven Hilling
Jan Hlavácek
Marcel Hoentsch
Yannick Hoepfner
Markus Hoffmann
Sven Hofmann
Wim Hofsink
Ole Holtkamp
Wesley Holtrop
Klaas Hooikammer
Dragutin Horvat
Tomas Houdek
Michael Hurtz
Falco Hux
Ronny Huybrechts
Heikki Hyvonen
Lutz Ilzhoefer
Marc Inhelder
Gabor Jagicza
Michal Janco
Ulrich Jansen
Torsten Janssen
Marco Jantzen
Guyot Jessy
Pavel Jirkal
Nicolas Joannidis
Karl Jonsson
Andreas Toft Jorgensen
Maurice Junker
Lukas Kainz
Tytus Kanik
Marko Kantele
Hatman Karaca
Sebastian Keine
Markus Kessler
Marciano Kilian
Jelle Klaasen
Alexander Klein
Andreas Klein
Daniel Klose
Felix Knappe
Kevin Knopf
Robbie Knops
Manfred Kobelt
Marvin Koch
Thomas Kohlmann
Thomas Kohnlein
Kevin Kollmann
Arjan Konterman
Karsten Kornath
Martin Kramer
Sergio Krassen
René Kruit
Andre Kuersten
Rene Kunze
Nico Kurz
Maikel Kustermans
Michael Ladefoged
Michael Laeng
Francois Lagniau
Gergely Lakatos
Bent Lambertsen
Chris Landman
Dirk Langhoff
Jamie Lawrence
Ludovic Lemaire
Mario Lemmer
Udo Lercher
Mindaugas Lidzius
Tobias Limbach
Pero Ljubic
Arno Looijen
Kevin Luhr
Steven Luhr
Thomas Luksch(Schierling)
Patrick Maat
Liam Marvin
Maendl-Lawrance
Remo Mandiau
Steven Marckowiak
Michael Marijs
José Marquês
Jonas Masalin
Alexander Masek
Chris Massilge
Till Meischner
Jan Menger
Alexander Merkx
Jarno Michielsen
Marc-Oliver Mideck
Jeroen Mioch
Lars Moinat
Roemer Mooijman
Steven Morrison
Maikel Mossou
Constantin Mueller
Justin Mueller
Oliver Mueller
Paavo Myller
Joao Neves
Sead Nicevic
Stefan Nilles
Jesus Noguera
Patrick Obermanns
Robert Oberwinkler
Marco Obst
Eros Odent
Matteo Ognibeni
Gabriel Florin Olar
Dennie Olde Kalter
Michael Ostrode
Steven Paesschesoone
Michael Pausch
Bernhard Payr
Ricardo Perez
Marc Petermann
Patrick Peters
Marco Peters
Frank Peters
Lasse Petersen
David Pisek
Wesley Plaisier
Tobias Ploetz
Patrick Ploetz
Michael Plooy
Nico Plovier
Dirk Poehling
Mehdi Poggi
Diogo Portela
Benjamin Pratnemer
Filip Prochazka
Davy Proosten
Radek Prusa Snr
Marko Puls
Zyon Raman
Vinay Ramnath
Michael Rasztovits
Maurice Reetz
Leon Remde
Neven Resetar
Pascal Reuter
Moritz Richter
Nico Riehle
Michael Ringoet
Andre Ritter
Davy Robijns
Owen Roelofs
Franz Roetzsch
Gabriel Rollo
David Rosi
Nicolas Philipp Roth
Kevin Rothweiler
Dennis Ruehe
Martin Ruempker
Pascal Rupprecht
Grant Sampson
Marcel Schachner
Loris Schaub
Ziggy Schenk
Felix Schiertz
Joerg Schlechta
David Schlichting
Mario Schmalzl
Lorenzo Schmelcher
Christian Schmidt
Kilian Schmutz
Fabian Schmutzler
Stefan Schroder
Reinhard Schumacher
Moritz Schwarzbach
Robert Schwayer
Philipp Schweder
Francois Schweyen
Filip Sebesta
Vitezslav Sedlak
Ron Segers
Lukas Sekinger
Wallid Shorbaji
Mohamed Daniel Shorbaji
Kevin Siegmund
Steffen Siepmann
Dragan Simic
Filipe Simoes
Jens Slotta
Michal Smejda
Wesley Smit
Dalibor Smolík
Luc Snels
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Alex Spellman
Philipp Spindler
Niko Springer
Seth Steffano
Till Stein
Felix Steinebrunner
Dario Steiner
Sebastian Steinmetz
Sebastian Steyer
Michael Stoeten
Timo Straube
Dustin Straver
Peter Strbik
Steven Strobbe
Fabian Stuetz
Rainer Sturm
Conor Styger
Jamie Suckling
Masayuki Suzuki
Axel Swartenbroek
Eduard Szabo
David Tarso
Jacob Taylor
Derk Telnekes
Danny Tessmann
Dominik Thiel
Sven Thiel
Benjamin Thielking
Werner Tiest
Christian Till
Hendrik Tjaden
Jody Tobback
Christopher Toonders
Laurent Toussaint
Peter Trapp
Patrick Tringler
Alexander Troebs
Simon Trommler
Luke Tucker
Michele Turetta
Lukas Unger
Zdenek Vaisar
Attila Valyi
Robby van Ballaert
Roy van de Griendt
Benito van de Pas
Loek van den Berg
Patrick van den Boogaard
Jordy Van den Broek
Peter van den Broek
Jamai van den Herik
Lorenzo Van den troost
Dennis van der Ende
Benny van der Linden
Franky Van der Linden
Vincent Van der Meer
Gilbert van der Meijden
Jeremy van der Winkel
Davy van der Zande
Bram van Dijk
Mart van Dijk
Sven van Dun
Philip Van Gasse
Lorenzo Van Hove
Sander van Ockenburg – Zwaan
Carlo van Peer
Bert Van Roosbroeck
Jimmy van Schie
Wesley van Trijp
Kevin Van Wauwe
Wouter Vanrolleghem
Richard Veenstra
Stijn Vekemans
Anel Velic
Davyd Venken
Kevin Verbakel
Brian Verhelst
Marco Verhofstad
Rodney Verweij
Marc Vleghert
Daniel Vogt
Gino Vos
Cedric Waegemans
Nico Wagner
Markus Walchshaeusl
Marcel Walpen
Martijn Wanders
Kai Weinert
Lukas Wenig
Benjamin Werner
Jim Widmayer
Stan Willems
Pascal Wirotius
Daniel Zadach
Leon Zammert
Tommy Zanko
August Zerominski
Jens Ziegler
Martin Ziman
Laimis Zubavicius
Marcel Zwally
Julian Zwergel
Daniel Zygla

Final Stage
UK Qualifying School
William Borland
Andy Boulton
Keegan Brown
Stephen Burton
Brett Claydon
Jarred Cole
David Evans
Lee Evans
Michael Flynn
Nathan Girvan
Jason Heaver
John Henderson
Conor Heneghan
Christopher Holt
Peter Hudson
Adam Hunt
Andy Jenkins
Jake Jones
Eddie Lovely
Jack Main
Jim McEwan
Scott Mitchell
David Pallett
Joshua Richardson

Final Stage
European Qualifying School

Sebastian Bialecki
Jeffrey De Zwaan
Max Hopp
Christian Kist
Maik Kuivenhoven
Jacques Labre
Ron Meulenkamp
John Michael
Kenny Neyens
Karel Sedlacek
Thibault Tricole
Jitse Van der Wal
Berry van Peer
Gian van Veen
Niels Zonneveld