RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD was amongst the European Qualifiers for the German Darts Championship, as Max Hopp and Tomas Seyler won through the Host Nation Qualifier in Hildesheim.
Five-time World Champion van Barneveld was the highest profile name involved in the final qualifiers for this weekend's opening European Tour event in Germany.
The Dutch star defeated fellow countryman Gino Vos in his opening game in the European Qualifier, before repeating the scoreline against Croatia's Dragutin Horvath as he sealed a spot in the main tournament.
Van Barneveld will now take on fellow Dutchman Ron Meulenkamp in the first round on Friday afternoon, after the left-hander earned his European Tour debut with wins over Vincent van
der Voort and Sven van Dun.
Former Lakeside Champion Jelle Klaasen overcame Mareno Michels and Kevin Voornhout as he qualified, while Dick van Dijk, Leon De Geus and youngster Dirk van Duijvenbode completed six Dutchmen who came through the knockouts.
Sweden's Magnus Caris whitewashed Daniel Eisenegger before edging past Davyd Venken as he qualified, while Belgian youngster Dimitri van den Bergh will also make his European Tour debut after enjoying wins over Mensur Suljovic and Davy Verkooijen.
Teenager Max Hopp won through the Host Nation Qualifier with victories over Dennis Guenther, Pierre Groß and Reinhard Timmerman, earning him a first round clash with seven-time major finalist Terry Jenkins.
Tomas Seyler dropped only one leg in wins over Joeg Meinert and Colin Rice befoer being taken all the way to 11 legs against Andree Welge, with his qualification setting up another tasty first round tie, against Wayne Jones.
Fabian Herz and Rene Eidams were the other two German qualifiers, as they secured their first-ever qualification for a European Tour event to set up games with Stuart Kellett and Joey Palfreyman respectively on Friday night.
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German Darts Championship - European Tour Event One
European Qualifier
Preliminary Round
Jordy Terburg 6-1 Michael Scherrer
Davyd Venken 6-4 Richard van Zijtveld
Dragutin Horvath 6-4 Leo Hendriks
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-1 Benito van de Pas
Kevin Voornhout 6-4 Jeffrey Bekema
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Christopher Whitehead
Jerry Hendriks 6-1 Stefan Couwenberg
Davy Verkooijen 6-4 Kevin Mast
Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-5 Antonio Alcinas
Sven van Dun 6-3 Michael Rasztovits
First Round
Magnus Caris 6-0 Daniel Eisenegger
Davyd Venken 6-1 Jordy Terburg
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Gino Vos
Dragutin Horvath 6-3 Dylan Duo
Dick van Dijk 6-3 Tony West
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Maik Langendorf
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Mareno Michels
Kevin Voornhout 6-2 Danny de Haas
Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 Joey Ten Berge
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Jerry Hendriks
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Davy Verkooijen 6-0 Dyson Parody
Leon De Geus 6-1 Daniel von Allmen
Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Ron Meulenkamp 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Sven van Dun 6-1 Ryan de Vreede
Second Round
Magnus Caris 6-5 Davyd Venken
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Dragutin Horvath
Dick van Dijk 6-5 Zoran Lerchbacher
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Kevin Voornhout
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-3 Davy Verkooijen
Leon De Geus 6-5 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Ron Meulenkamp 6-3 Sven van Dun
Qualifiers
1 Magnus Caris
2 Raymond van Barneveld
3 Dick van Dijk
4 Jelle Klaasen
5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
6 Dimitri van den Bergh
7 Leon De Geus
8 Ron Meulenkamp
Host Nation Qualifier
Preliminary Round
Mick Hasse 6-3 Patrick Emmerich
Michael Hurtz 6-3 Kai Gotthardt
Reinhard Timmermann 6-4 René Cheng
René Eidams 6-1 Gürkan Kaynarcalidan
Wolfgang Henn 6-0 Matthias Schmielau
First Round
Tomas Seyler 6-0 Jörg Meinert
Colin Rice 6-0 Alfred Tettampel
Andree Welge 6-1 Mario Gaisbauer
Mick Hasse 6-3 Patrick Symanzyk
Fabian Herz 6-3 Jyhan Artut
Adrian Kasimierz 6-4 Peter Müller
John van de Weerd 6-5 Robin Schulz
Michael Hurtz 6-2 Karsten Kornath
Max Hopp 6-3 Dennis Guenther
Pierre Groß 6-5 Dominik Herz
Lars Reinecke 6-4 Jens Ziegler
Reinhard Timmermann 6-3 Marc Beckmann
Bernd Bernd 6-1 Kevin Knopf
René Eidams 6-1 Dirk Becker
Antonio Veronese 6-5 Holger Hentrup
Michael Klönhammer 6-3 Wolfgang Henn
Second Round
Tomas Seyler 6-1 Colin Rice
Andree Welge 6-2 Mick Hasse
Fabien Herz 6-4 Adrian Kasimierz
Michael Hurtz 6-3 John van de Weerd
Max Hopp 6-0 Pierre Groß
Reinhard Timmermann 6-3 Lars Reinecke
René Eidams 6-4 Bernd Roith
Michael Klönhammer 6-3 Antonio Veronese
Third Round
Tomas Seyler 6-5 Andree Welge
Fabian Herz 6-5 Michael Hurz
Max Hopp 6-2 Reinhard Timmermann
René Eidams 6-5 Michael Klönhammer
Qualifiers
1 Tomas Seyler
2 Fabian Herz
3 Max Hopp
4 René Eidams