Wattimena Wins World Championship Spot

DUTCH newcomer Jermaine Wattimena has won a place in the William Hill World Darts Championship after taking victory in the Central Europe Qualifier in Rosmalen.

The knockout saw 85 players from the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland competing for a place in the sport's biggest tournament.

After edging out Jeffrey Mevissen 6-5 in the first round, Wattimena then saw off Sven Wens and top Belgian youngster Dimitri van den Bergh on his way to the quarter-finals, where he whitewashed former World Championship qualifier Jerry Hendriks.

He then defeated Belgium's Davyd Venken 6-2 in the semi-finals before seeing off Kenny Neyens 6-3 in the decider to qualify for the World Championship.

The 2014 German Gold Cup winner on the WDF circuit, Wattimena is also a two-time World Masters qualifier and former Malta Open winner.

Although Neyens missed out on his debut at Alexandra Palace, he receives free entry into three 2015 European Tour qualifiers as a consolation.

Wattimena will be joined at Alexandra Palace by three further International Qualifiers who have secured their places in the £1.25 million event.

American ace Scott Kirchner, the reigning DARTSLIVE SuperDarts champion, will be making his debut at the event alongside Russian qualifier Boris Koltsov, while Philippines ace Christian Perez has secured his return to the World Championship after winning the South Asia Qualifier.

Perez previously qualified for the 2010 and 2012 World Championships, winning his preliminary round clash on each occasion before losing out in the first round to Robert Thornton and Alan Tabern.

November 22 will see two further players qualify for the World Championship from the Super League German and Super League Eastern Europe play-offs.

The Southern Europe Qualifier for the World Championship will be held on November 23 in Italy, with the PDJ Japanese Qualifier also concluding next week ahead of the PDPA Qualifier on December 1 in Coventry.

William Hill World Darts Championship
Central Europe Qualifier
Preliminary Round

Marco Flach 6-2 Justin Massy
Colin Roelofs 6-4 Bjorn Fransen
Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-1 Marcel Ruiters
Frans Harmsen 6-3 Mike Zuidwijk
Niels Stuiver 6-0 Berry Ortse
Dick van Dijk 6-1 Jurrain van Os
Salmon Renyaan 6-1 Jeffrey Bekema
Francois Schweyen 6-3 Dennis Verhaegen
Ahmed Ahmaddy 6-1 Danny van Klompenburg
Frans van de West 6-5 Anoop Ramdajal
Daniel von Allmen 6-0 Rudy Pieper
Barry Zander 6-3 Andries Sterk
Davyd Venken 6-2 Mareno Michels
Danny Bosch 6-3 Jeffrey Brands
Mark Lieftink 6-4 Iwan Terschegget
Marcel Blik 6-2 Thomas Gerber
Kevin Voornhout 6-5 Joost Derksen
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 Pieter Baarsen
Jerry Hendriks 6-3 Peter Romkes
Ryan de Vreede 6-1 Quin Wester
Kristian van de Boer 6-2 Dennis Zwiers

First Round
Wesley Plasier 6-4 Danny Schellekens
Tokan Ata 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Marco Flach 6-4 Leon de Geus
Colin Roelofs 6-5 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Rene de Hoog 6-3 Mike de Wit
Kenny Neyens 6-0 Dennie Bos
Leroy Nieuwenhuis 6-5 Frans Harmsen
Dick van Dijk 6-5 Niels Stuiver
Danny de Haas 6-1 Jimmy Schot
Gino Vos 6-1 Sjoerd Koopman
Roger Janssen 6-4 Salmon Renyaan
Ahmed Ahmaddy 6-5 Francois Schweyen
Jimmy Hendriks 6-1 Tonny Veenhof
Remko Landman 6-3 Jeffrey van de Ven
Davy Verkooijen 6-4 Frans van der Weit
Barry Zander 6-0 Daniel von Allmen
Carlo van Cleef 6-3 Jeremy Eikelenberg
Siets Lap 6-0 Dirk Schenk
Davyd Venken 6-0 Dennis Gijsbert
Danny Bosch 6-3 Mark Lieftink
Jeffrey van Egdom 6-3 Hermie van Orsouw
Mike de Decker 6-3 Tony West
Jermaine Heijmans 6-0 Christian van Bellegooij
Marcel Blik 6-2 Kevin Voornhout
Erik van Rijswijk 6-3 Ricardo Linssen
Christian van Overdijk 6-3 Wouter Vaes
Davy van de Zande 6-4 Jordy Terburg
Jerry Hendriks 6-0 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Sven Wens 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp
Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Jeffrey Mevissen
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-3 Thomas Ham
Kristian van de Boer 6-4 Ryan de Vreede

Second Round
Tokan Ata 6-4 Wesley Plasier
Colin Roelofs 6-3 Marco Flach
Kenny Neyens 6-5 Rene de Hoog
Leroy Nieuwenhuis 6-1 Dick van Dijk
Gino Vos 6-1 Danny de Haas
Ahmed Ahmaddy 6-5 Roger Janssen
Jimmy Hendriks 6-2 Remko Landman
Davy Verkooijen 6-4 Barry Zander
Carlo van Cleef 6-5 Siets Lap
Davyd Venken 6-4 Danny Bosch
Mike de Decker 6-2 Jeffrey van Egdom
Marcel Blik 6-3 Jermaine Heijmans
Christian van Overdijk 6-2 Erik van Rijswijk
Jerry Hendriks 6-2 Davy van de Zande
Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Sven Wens
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-3 Kristian van den Boer

Third Round
Colin Roelofs 6-3 Tokan Ata
Kenny Neyens 6-4 Leroy Nieuwenhuis
Gino Vos 6-5 Ahmed Ahmaddy
Jimmy Hendriks 6-2 Davy Verkooijen
Davyd Venken 6-1 Carlo van Cleef
Mike de Decker 6-4 Marcel Blik
Jerry Hendriks 6-3 Christian van Overdijk
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Dimitri van den Bergh

Quarter-Finals
Kenny Neyens 6-3 Colin Roelofs
Jimmy Hendiks 6-5 Gino Vos
Davyd Venken 6-5 Mike de Decker
Jermaine Wattimena 6-0 Jerry Hendriks

Semi-Finals
Kenny Neyens 6-1 Jimmy Hendriks
Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Davyd Venken

Final
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Kenny Neyens