GERMAN youngsters Max Hopp and Rene Eidams were amongst the players who secured spots in the HappyBet International Darts Open on Thursday at the Host Nation Qualifier and European Qualifier.
PDC Unicorn World Youth Champion Hopp was a European Tour quarter-finalist in Hamburg in May, and dropped only thre legs as he came through the Host Nation Qualifier at the Sachsenarena in Riesa on Thursday night.
Emerging star Eidams, who has qualified for the World Championship and UK Open within the past year, will make his third European Tour appearance, while Mike Holz makes his debut after edging out experienced German Tomas Seyler in their decider.
Maik Langendorf, the Austrian World Cup ace who is resident in Germany, also came through the knockouts alongside Dragutin Horvat, who makes his first European Tour appearance since playing twice in 2013.
The European Qualifier saw Ronny Huybrechts join brother Kim in the main draw as the Belgian picked up narrow wins over Bryan de Hoog and Greece's John Michael.
Poland's Krzysztof Ratajski makes his second European Tour appearance after knocking out Vincent van der Voort in their decider, while Austria's Michael Rasztovits overcame Dirk van Duijvenbode to qualify.
Five other places went to Dutch players, with Jeffrey de Graaf, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Jermaine Wattimena, Vincent Kamphuis and Yordi Meeuwisse winning through to compete in this weekend's £115,000 tournament.
HappyBet International Darts Open
Host Nation Qualifier
First Round
Martin Christiansen 6-1 Michael Hellwig
Tobias Seibert 6-0 Matthias Grube
Kevin Knopf 6-0 The Anh Nguyen
Tobias Plotz 6-1 Danny Kobus
Marvin Esser 6-1 Stefan Berzl
Armin Auerbach 6-1 Matthias Finger
Andreas Schnellhardt 6-0 Max Kutzschke
Robert Allenstein 6-1 David Grellmann
Stefan Stoyke 6-0 Heiko Mey
Dragutin Horvat 6-1 Lutz Hegewald
Mike Holz 6-2 Frederic Mozelewski
Martin Schindler 6-2 Michael Arnold
Mick Hasse 6-1 Marcel Goldschmidt
Second Round
Maik Langendorf 6-1 Hikmet Albay
Markus Kessler 6-1 Karsten Kornath
Martin Christiansen 6-0 Uwe Gellscheidt
Tobias Seibert 6-1 Kevin Knopf
Rene Eidams 6-1 Marc Legant
Bernd Roith 6-2 Michael Doppling
Tobias Plötz 6-0 Gurkan Kaynarcalidan
Marvin Esser 6-1 Armin Auerbach
Max Hopp 6-0 Thomas Neugebauer
Nico Schlund 6-2 Alfred Tettampel
Thorsten Thurmer 6-3 Toni Buttner
Andreas Schnellhardt 6-3 Robert Allenstein
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Fabian Herz
Marko Puls 6-0 Martin Borgwardt
Patrick Senf 6-5 Simeon Heinz
Dragutin Horvat 6-4 Stefan Stoyke
Tomas Seyler 6-1 Sven Hesse
Michael Hurtz 6-0 Paul Gellscheidt
Mike Holz 6-3 Ronny Sonnenschein
Martin Schindler 6-0 Mick Hasse
Third Round
Maik Langendorf 6-3 Markus Kessler
Martin Christiansen 6-1 Tobias Seibert
Rene Eidams 6-2 Bernd Roith
Tobias Plötz 6-3 Marvin Esser
Max Hopp 6-1 Nico Schlund
Andreas Schnellhardt 6-0 Thorsten Thürmer
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Marko Puls
Dragutin Horvat 6-0 Patrick Senf
Tomas Seyler 6-0 Michael Hurtz
Mike Holz 6-2 Martin Schindler
Fourth Round
Maik Langendorf 6-3 Martin Christiansen
Rene Eidams 6-4 Tobias Plotz
Max Hopp 6-2 Andreas Schnellhardt
Dragutin Horvat 6-1 Jyhan Artut
Mike Holz 6-5 Tomas Seyler
Qualifiers
HNQ1: Maik Langendorf
HNQ2: Rene Eidams
HNQ3: Max Hopp
HNQ4: Dragutin Horvat
HNQ5: Mike Holz
European Qualifier
First Round
Wilvo Vermeulen 6-0 Zoltan Bolcs
John Michael 6-2 Tony West
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-5 Nandor Bezzeg
Dick van Dijk 6-5 Berry van Peer
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Christian Gödl
Janos Vegso 6-2 Antonio Alcinas
Jan Dekker 6-2 Jerry Hendriks
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-1 Benjamin Fasching
Tytus Kanik 6-1 Robert Wildgrube
Michael Rasztovits 6-0 Michael Tafner
Vincent Kamphuis 6-5 Mike de Decker
Krzsztof Kciuk 6-1 Nico Mandl
Michael van der Horst 6-3 Adrian Milna
Second Round
Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 Bryan de Hoog
John Michael 6-0 Wilco Vermeulen
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Ioannis Selachoglou
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-3 Dick van Dijk
Ron Meulenkamp 6-5 Cristo Reyes
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Mariusz Paul
Janos Vegso 6-3 Jan Dekker
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Mike Zuydwijk
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Thomas Junghans
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Hubert Kochanski
Michael Rasztovits 6-1 Tytus Kanik
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-2 Gerhard Sorger
Vincent Kamphuis 6-1 Zoran Lerchbacher
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-2 Christian Kist
Michel van der Horst 6-4 Krzsztof Kciuk
Third Round
Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 John Michael
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp
Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Janos Vegso
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Michael Rasztovits 6-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Vincent Kamphuis 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-2 Michel van der Horst
Qualifiers
EQ1: Ronny Huybrechts
EQ2: Jeffrey de Graaf
EQ3: Jeffrey de Zwaan
EQ4: Jermaine Wattimena
EQ5: Krzysztof Ratajski
EQ6: Michael Rasztovits
EQ7: Vincent Kamphuis
EQ8: Yordi Meeuwisse