THE draw & schedule of play for the HappyBet European Darts Grand Prix has been confirmed ahead of the year's fourth European Tour event, which will be held in Sindelfingen from May 5-7.
The £135,000 tournament features a 48-player field competing across three days at the Glaspalast, with the action being streamed online through PDCTV-HD and a series of bookmakers' websites.
Friday's first round sees the 32 qualifiers competing, with the field finalised on Thursday evening following the European Qualifier and Host Nation Qualifier, which produced eight and four players respectively.
Host Nation Qualifiers
HN1: Gabriel Clemens
HN2: Bernd Roith
HN3: Rene Berndt
HN4: Max Hopp
European Qualifiers
EQ1: Ron Meulenkamp
EQ2: Dimitri Van den Bergh
EQ3: Jeffrey de Graaf
EQ4: Jermaine Wattimena
EQ5: Jan Dekker
EQ6: Christian Kist
EQ7: Zoran Lerchbacher
EQ8: Dirk van Duijvenbode
The 16 seeded players then enter the action in Saturday's second round, with the tournament concluding on Sunday with the third round in the afternoon session and the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in the evening session.
Adrian Lewis - who won his only previous European Tour title in Sindelfingen in 2013 - will meet Stephen Bunting in the marquee first round tie, with two other former Glaspalast champions, Steve Beaton and Mervyn King, also in action on Friday.
Reigning European Darts Grand Prix winner Michael van Gerwen and 2016 finalist Peter Wright - a double European Tour winner so far this year - are amongst the seeded stars to enter the tournament on Saturday.
The HappyBet European Darts Grand Prix will be broadcast online for PDCTV-HD Subscribers worldwide through www.livepdc.tv, and also streamed through a series of bookmakers' websites.
WATCH THE HAPPYBET EUROPEAN DARTS GRAND PRIX
PDCTV-HD - www.livepdc.tv for all PDCTV-HD Subscribers Worldwide
Live coverage with faster streams may be available at the following websites:
Bet365 - www.bet365.com - Worldwide
Betfair - www.betfair.com - Brazil, Denmark, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Wales
Betfred - www.betfred.com - England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
bwin - www.bwin.com - Worldwide
Fonbet - www.fonbet.com - Armenia, Belarus, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Ukraine
HappyBet - www.happybet.com - Germany
Marathonbet - www.betmarathon.com - Belarus, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine
Napoleon - www.napoleongames.be - Belgium
Sazka - www.sazka.cz/kurzove-sazky/ - Czech Republic
Unibet - www.unibet.com - Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom.
William Hill - www.williamhill.com - United Kingdom, Ireland, Russia, Spain, Sweden & Germany
Winlinebet - www.winlinebet.ru - Russia
LIVE STATS
Follow stats throughout the HappyBet European Darts Grand Prix via the PDC Live Scores Website
HappyBet European Darts Grand Prix
May 5-7, Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany
Draw Bracket (Second Round Onwards)
Mensur Suljovic (3) v Steve Lennon/Krzysztof Ratajski
Joe Cullen (14) v Christian Kist/Jonny Clayton
James Wade (6) v Mark Webster/Bernd Roith
Jelle Klaasen (11) v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Jermaine Wattimena
Kim Huybrechts (7) v Max Hopp/Zoran Lerchbacher
Alan Norris (10) v Jan Dekker/James Wilson
Peter Wright (2) v James Richardson/Paul Rowley
Daryl Gurney (15) v Ron Meulenkamp/John Henderson
Simon Whitlock (4) v Rob Cross/Luke Woodhouse
Michael Smith (13) v Steve West/Chris Dobey
Dave Chisnall (5) v Matt Clark/Rene Berndt
Ian White (12) v Stephen Bunting/Adrian Lewis
Benito van de Pas (8) v Gabriel Clemens/Joe Murnan
Gerwyn Price (9) v Dimitri Van den Bergh/Mervyn King
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Jeffrey de Graaf/Keegan Brown
Cristo Reyes (16) v Steve Beaton/Ulf Ceder
Schedule of Play
Friday May 5
First Round
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm local time, 12pm-4pm BST)
Steve Beaton v Ulf Ceder
Steve Lennon v Krzysztof Ratajski
James Richardson v Paul Rowley
Matt Clark v Rene Berndt
Rob Cross v Luke Woodhouse
Jeffrey de Graaf v Keegan Brown
Christian Kist v Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens v Joe Murnan
Evening Session (7pm-11pm local time, 6pm-10pm BST)
Jan Dekker v James Wilson
Steve West v Chris Dobey
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Jermaine Wattimena
Mark Webster v Bernd Roith
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Mervyn King
Ron Meulenkamp v John Henderson
Stephen Bunting v Adrian Lewis
Max Hopp v Zoran Lerchbacher
Saturday May 6
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm local time, 12pm-4pm BST)
Alan Norris v Dekker/Wilson
Cristo Reyes v Beaton/Ceder
Jelle Klaasen v Van Duijvenbode/Wattimena
Simon Whitlock v Cross/Woodhouse
Dave Chisnall v Clark/Berndt
Joe Cullen v Kist/Clayton
Benito van de Pas v Clemens/Murnan
Kim Huybrechts v Hopp/Lerchbacher
Evening Session (7pm-11pm local time, 6pm-10pm BST)
James Wade v Webster/Roith
Gerwyn Price v Van den Bergh/King
Michael Smith v West/Dobey
Daryl Gurney v Meulenkamp/Henderson
Mensur Suljovic v Lennon/Ratajski
Peter Wright v Richardson/Rowley
Michael van Gerwen v De Graaf/Brown
Ian White v Bunting/Lewis
Sunday May 7
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm local time, 12pm-4pm BST)
Third Round
Evening Session (7pm-11pm local time, 6pm-10pm BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Best of 11 legs. Sunday's games are played in draw bracket order.