JELLE KLAASEN and Christian Kist were amongst the four Host Nation Qualifiers for the Dutch Darts Masters on Thursday night, with Austrian duo Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez amongst the eight European Qualifiers.
Klaasen knocked out Jermaine Wattimena and Leon de Geus as he won his place in this weekend's £115,000 PDC European Tour event in Venray, where he will take on debutant Alan Norris in Friday's first round.
Christian Kist saw off Jeffrey van de Ven and Vincent van de Meer as he qualified, with Jerry Hendriks enjoying wins over Erik Hol, Mareno Michels and Benito van de Pas as he booked his place in the event against Wes Newton.
Jeffrey De Zwaan, who has made a big impact this year since winning a PDC Tour Card, was the other Host Nation Qualifier as he saw off Vincent Kamphuis and Mike Zuydwijk to qualify for a first round tie with Joe Cullen.
Kist will now face Spain's Cristo Reyes, who was one of the eight European Qualifiers to win through to the Dutch Darts Masters as he defeated Mike de Decker and Sascha Stein.
Mensur Suljovic knocked out Roman Schleiner and Magnus Caris to qualify for a first round tie with Welsh newcomer Jonny Clayton, with the winner progressing to face world number one Michael van Gerwen.
Fellow Austrian Rowby-John Rodriguez overcame brother Roxy-James Rodriguez and Francois Schweyen as he set up a first round clash with Belgian qualifier Davyd Venken, who defeated Hans-Joachim Hilger and Tomas Seyler.
Belgian youngster Dimitri Van den Bergh defeated Alexander Tauber and Christian Kallinger to progress to face David Pallett.
Belgium's Kenny Neyens will make his European Tour debut against Kyle Anderson after he recorded impressive wins over Ronny Huybrechts and Robert Marijanovic in the knockout.
Germany's Max Hopp defeated Fabian Herz and Zoran Lerchbacher to progress to a first round tie with Gerwyn Price, while Greece's John Michael will face Daryl Gurney after he qualified with wins over Jörg Hofmann and John Michael.
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Dutch Darts Masters
Host Nation Qualifier
First Round
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-0 Mitch Gielis
Vincent van de Meer 6-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Joey ten Berge 6-2 Dick van Dijk
Jerry Hendriks 6-2 Erik Hol
Vincent Kamphuis 6-3 Tony West
Jan Dekker 6-2 Andries Sterk
Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Ron Meulenkamp
Leon de Geus 6-2 Alexander Pas
Jeffrey Mevissen 6-3 Gino Vos
Second Round
Christian Kist 6-4 Jeffrey van de Ven
Vincent van de Meer 6-1 Leo Hendriks
Benito van de Pas 6-4 Joey ten Berge
Jerry Hendriks 6-2 Mareno Michels
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 Vincent Kamphuis
Mike Zuydwijk 6-4 Jan Dekker
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Jermaine Wattimena
Leon de Geus 6-3 Jeffrey Mevissen
Third Round
Christian Kist 6-2 Vincent van de Meer
Jerry Hendriks 6-4 Benito van de Pas
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-3 Mike Zuydwijk
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Leon de Geus
Qualifiers
HNQ1 Christian Kist
HNQ2 Jerry Hendriks
HNQ3 Jeffrey de Zwaan
HNQ4 Jelle Klaasen
European Qualifier
Preliminary Round
Alexander Tauber 6-2 Karsten Kornath
First Round
Tomas Seyler 6-4 Michael Rasztovits
Davyd Venken 6-0 Hans-Joachim Hilger
Cristo Reyes 6-2 Mike de Decker
Sascha Stein 6-2 Matheus Ziolkowski
Mensur Suljovic 6-1 Roman Schleiner
Magnus Caris 6-0 Jan-Niklas Hilgenberg
Christian Kallinger 6-4 Daniel Zygla
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-2 Alexander Tauber
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Francois Schweyen 6-5 Christian Gödl
Jyhan Artut 6-0 Alfred Tettampel
John Michael 6-0 Jörg Hofmann
Kenny Neyens 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Robert Marijanovic 6-2 Matthias Todtenhöfer
Max Hopp 6-3 Fabian Herz
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 Sven Wens
Second Round
Davyd Venken 6-4 Tomas Seyler
Cristo Reyes 6-0 Sascha Stein
Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Magnus Caris
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Christian Kallinger
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Francois Schweyen
John Michael 6-1 Jyhan Artut
Kenny Neyens 6-2 Robert Marijanovic
Max Hopp 6-3 Zoran Lerchbacher
Qualifiers
EQ1 Davyd Venken
EQ2 Cristo Reyes
EQ3 Mensur Suljovic
EQ4 Dimitri van den Bergh
EQ5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
EQ6 John Michael
EQ7 Kenny Neyens
EQ8 Max Hopp