Kcuik Wins Polish Qualifier

KRZYSZTOF KCUIK has won the Polish Qualifier for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.

Kcuik will compete in the preliminary round at Alexandra Palace next month after taking a 6-1 win over Tomasz Mikolajczyk in the final of the Polish Qualifier.

Kcuik led 3-0 before Mikolajczyk took a leg, but another three successive legs saw Kcuik seal the win to become the first Polish player to compete in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.

He is also expected to compete in the forthcoming German Darts Championship, on November 28 & 29, in Halle for his first taste of life amongst the world's top players.

Kcuik dropped just four legs in defeating Arkadiusz Niekrasz and Artur Siekierski in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, after whitewashing Michal Sebastian Gajos in the last 16.

Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship - Polish Qualifier
Last 16

Maciej Kokowski 6-3 Dariusz Debski
Robert Jaskowiak 6-3 Dawid Posyniak
Bartosz Wieczorek 6-4 Michal Trzosek
Tomasz Mikolajczyk 6-0 Pawel Sypniewski
Artur Siekierski 6-2 Piotr Juraszek
Tomasz Hoeft 6-5 Michal Kalwasinski
Krzysztof Kciuk 6-0 Michal Sebastian Gajos
Arkadiusz Niekrasz 6-3 Bartosz Enkot

Quarter-Finals
Maciej Kokowski 6-4 Robert Jaskowiak
Tomasz Mikolajczyk 6-0 Bartosz Wieczorek
Artur Siekierski 6-3 Tomasz Hoeft
Krzysztof Kciuk 6-2 Arkadiusz Niekrasz

Semi-Finals
Tomasz Mikolajczyk 6-4 Maciej Kokowski
Krzysztof Kciuk 6-2 Artur Siekierski

Final
Krzysztof Kciuk 6-1 Tomasz Mikolajczyk

Players who have already qualified:

Name How Qualified Competes In
Darin Young North American OoM No 1 Round One
Scott Burnett North American OoM No 2 Round One
Simon Whitlock DPA Australian Grand Prix Champion Round One
Phillip Hazel New Zealand Champion Preliminary Round
Aodhagan O'Neill Irish Matchplay Champion Preliminary Round
Ken MacNeil North American OoM No 4 (John Part third) Preliminary Round
Les Francis PDC South African Open Preliminary Round
Francisco Ruiz Spanish National Champion Preliminary Round
Warren Parry Oceanic Masters Round One
Haruki Muramatsu Japanese Championship Preliminary Round
Osmann Kijamet Eastern European Championship Preliminary Round
Norman Madhoo Caribbean & South American Masters Preliminary Round
Christian Perez Philippines Champion Preliminary Round
Jarkko Komula Finnish Pro-Darts Championship Preliminary Round
Magnus Caris Swedish National Championship Preliminary Round
Tomas Seyler German National Championship Preliminary Round
Per Laursen Danish Series Champion Preliminary Round
Krzysztof Kciuk Polish National Championship Preliminary Round

Remaining qualification events:
Date Event Competes In
November 28 Russian Qualifying Event - info Preliminary Round
November 29 European Order of Merit 1-4 Round One
TBC Chinese National Championship Preliminary Round

Tickets for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship are still available from SeeTickets via 0871 220 0260 or www.seetickets.com/darts.

Hospitality packages are available via the PDC on 08712 501 180.