THE draw for the European Darts Matchplay has been made ahead of this weekend's PDC European Tour event at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck.
The PDC's return to Austria for the £115,000, three-day tournament sees 48 players competing in Innsbruck.
Friday's first round features the 32 qualifiers, with the 20 UK Qualifiers and eight European Qualifiers joined on Thursday night by six Host Nation Qualifiers who won through to the main event at the Olympiahalle.
The Host Nation Qualifier saw leading Austrian ace Mensur Suljovic qualify, alongside brothers Rowby-John Rodriguez and Roxy-James Rodriguez, with Zoran Lerchbacher, Armin Glanzer and Aaron Hardy completing the field.
Suljovic will take on Darren Webster, while Roxy-James Rodriguez meets former Players Championship Finals winner Kevin Painter.
Five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld takes on fellow European Qualifier Max Hopp for the second successive week, after the German youngster emerged victorious in Muelheim last Friday.
Former European Tour winner Wes Newton plays Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts, while Andy Hamilton meets Dean Winstanley and youngster David Pallett takes on Jamie Caven, last year's European Tour runner-up in Austria.
The 16 seeded stars enter the event at the second round stage on Saturday, with last week's European Darts Trophy winner Michael Smith taking on either Glanzer or Alan Norris.
Top seed Michael van Gerwen is up against either Huybrechts or Newton, while Kim Huybrechts will take on either Suljovic or Webster and Peter Wright plays Lerchbacher or Darren Johnson.
European Darts Matchplay
Host Nation Qualifiers
1 Roxy-James Rodriguez
2 Armin Glanzer
3 Aaron Hardy
4 Mensur Suljovic
5 Zoran Lerchbacher
6 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Tournament Draw Bracket
Peter Wright v Lerchbacher/Johnson
Benito van de Pas v Marijanovic/van Duijvenbode
Dave Chisnall v O'Connor/Price
Terry Jenkins v Roxy-James Rodriguez/Painter
Justin Pipe v Newell/Temple
Kim Huybrechts v Suljovic/D Webster
Michael Smith v Glanzer/Norris
Jelle Klaasen v Pallett/Caven
Ian White v Van den Bergh/Milford
Vincent van der Voort v Winstanley/Hamilton
Brendan Dolan v Murnan/Walsh
Robert Thornton v Langendorf/Hardy
Mervyn King v Mansell/Hunt
Simon Whitlock v Stoyke/Rowby-John Rodriguez
Michael van Gerwen v R Huybrechts/Newton
Stephen Bunting v van Barneveld/Hopp
Schedule of Play
Friday September 18
First Round
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm local time, 12pm-4pm BST)
Stefan Stoyke v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Zoran Lerchbacher v Darren Johnson
Tony Newell v Terry Temple
Joe Murnan v Mark Walsh
Robert Marijanovic v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Mickey Mansell v Adam Hunt
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Paul Milford
Armin Glanzer v Alan Norris
Evening Session (7pm-11pm local time, 6pm-10pm BST)
William O'Connor v Gerwyn Price
Dean Winstanley v Andy Hamilton
Roxy-James Rodriguez v Kevin Painter
Maik Langendorf v Aaron Hardy
David Pallett v Jamie Caven
Ronny Huybrechts v Wes Newton
Mensur Suljovic v Darren Webster
Raymond van Barneveld v Max Hopp
Saturday September 19
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm local time, 12pm-4pm BST)
Benito van de Pas v Marijanovic/van Duijvenbode
Justin Pipe v Newell/Temple
Dave Chisnall v O'Connor/Price
Terry Jenkins v Roxy-James Rodriguez/Painter
Brendan Dolan v Murnan/Walsh
Robert Thornton v Langendorf/Hardy
Kim Huybrechts v Suljovic/D Webster
Ian White v Van den Bergh/Milford
Evening Session (7pm-11pm local time, 6pm-10pm BST)
Mervyn King v Mansell/Hunt
Michael Smith v Glanzer/Norris
Peter Wright v Lerchbacher/Johnson
Simon Whitlock v Stoyke/Rowby-John Rodriguez
Jelle Klaasen v Pallett/Caven
Vincent van der Voort v Winstanley/Hamilton
Stephen Bunting v van Barneveld/Hopp
Michael van Gerwen v R Huybrechts/Newton
Sunday September 20
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
All games are the best of 11 legs