RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD, Mensur Suljovic and Max Hopp were amongst the final 12 players to win places in the European Darts Grand Prix at Thursday night's European Qualifier and Host Nation Qualifier in Sindelfingen.
Five-time World Champion van Barneveld defeated fellow Dutchmen Ron Meulenkamp and Joey ten Berge - coming from behind to win the second game - as he progressed to the main event at the Glaspalast.
Austrian ace Suljovic followed up last week's run to the semi-finals of the partypoker.com World Grand Prix in Dublin by qualifying with a win over Mike Zuydwijk.
Young Austrian Rowby-John Rodriguez will take on emerging Dutchman Jeffrey de Zwaan in their first round contest after they qualifier, while Croatia's Robert Marijanovic now meets Holland's Jermaine Wattimena.
Sweden's Magnus Caris qualified without dropping a leg against Raymond Balbach and Christian Kist, while Spain's Antonio Alcinas defeated Dimitri Van den Bergh and Cedric Pilon to win through.
The Host Nation Qualifiers saw top youngster Max Hopp joined by Jyhan Artut and emerging duo Stefan Stoyke and Kevin Munch in winning through, with the latter defeating Tomas Seyler 6-2 in their decider.
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2015 European Darts Grand Prix
Host Nation Qualifier
First Round
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4 Markus Sickert
Marko Puls 6-3 Mario Schulze
Alexander Kohler 6-0 Alfred Tettampel
Kevin Munch 6-0 Wolfgang Zimmerer
Simon Wiessmuller 6-2 Arnold Nikesch
Chris Kotal 6-1 Holger Abele
Thomas Schmidt 6-1 Danny Köder
Swen Gewalt 6-5 Willi Zimmermann
Michael Kiebel 6-0 Semsidin Iflazoglu
Sascha Stein 6-0 Daniel Fickel
Simeon Heinz 6-4 Steven Reusch
Daniel Weber 6-3 Michael Rosenauer
Stefan Stoyke 6-1 Eike Haug
Andree Welge 6-0 Sven Ritter-Janisz
Robin Schulz 6-0 Joachim Lorenz
Bernd Roith 6-0 Alexander Rohner
Filippo Beretta 6-2 Michael Geissler
Karsten Kornath 6-0 Marcel Hildebrandt
Second Round
Tomas Seyler 6-3 Mario Giorni
Marko Puls 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko
Alexander Kohler 6-3 Mick Hasse
Kevin Munch 6-0 Simon Wiessmuller
Jyhan Artut 6-5 Kieran Lindour
Chris Kotal 6-2 Thomas Schmidt
Swen Gewalt 6-2 Michael Dörner
Sascha Stein 6-3 Michael Kiebel
Martin Schindler 6-2 Maik Langendorf
Simeon Heinz 6-4 Daniel Weber
Joachim Kossler 6-0 Patrick Lehmann
Stefan Stoyke 6-2 Andree Welge
Max Hopp 6-0 Bastian Uhlending
Bernd Roith 6-4 Robin Schulz
Sascha Goldammer 6-0 Dominik Steinmann
Karsten Kornath 6-5 Filippo Beretta
Third Round
Tomas Seyler 6-5 Marko Puls
Kevin Munch 6-5 Alexander Köhler
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Chris Kotal
Swen Gewalt 6-3 Sascha Stein
Simeon Heinz 6-4 Martin Schindler
Stefan Stoyke 6-3 Joachim Kössler
Max Hopp 6-5 Bernd Roith
Sascha Goldammer 6-2 Karsten Kornath
Fourth Round
Kevin Munch 6-2 Tomas Seyler
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Swen Gewalt
Stefan Stoyke 6-0 Simeon Heinz
Max Hopp 6-3 Sascha Goldammer
Host Nation Qualifiers
HNQ1 Kevin Munch
HNQ2 Jyhan Artut
HNQ3 Stefan Stoyke
HNQ4 Max Hopp
European Qualifier
First Round
Cristo Reyes 6-2 Bartosz Wieczorek
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Philipp Ruckstuhl
Antonio Alcinas 6-2 Dimitri van den Bergh
Cedric Pilon 6-1 Tonci Restovic
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp
Joey ten Berge 6-3 Jerry Hendriks
Mike Zuydvijk 6-4 Leo Hendriks
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 Jan Dekker
Andy Bless 6-2 Mariusz Paul
Ronny Huybrechts 6-1 Tytus Kanik
Robert Marijanovic 6-2 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 Igor Sestan
Richard van Zijtveld 6-4 Zeljko Kuzman
Magnus Caris 6-0 Raymond Balbach
Second Round
Jermaine Watmena 6-2 Cristo Reyes
Antonio Alcinas 6-4 Cedric Pilon
Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 Joey ten Berge
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Mike Zuydwijk
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 Andy Bless
Robert Marijanovic 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Richard van Zijtveld
Magnus Caris 6-0 Christian Kist
European Qualifiers
EQ1 Jermaine Wattimena
EQ2 Antonio Alcinas
EQ3 Raymond van Barneveld
EQ4 Mensur Suljovic
EQ5 Jeffrey de Zwaan
EQ6 Robert Marijanovic
EQ7 Rowby-John Rodriguez
EQ8 Magnus Caris