The 2024 Machineseeker European Championship gets underway on Thursday, as the top 32 players from the 2024 European Tour Order of Merit compete for the coveted title in Dortmund.

Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Fallon Sherrock, Gordon Mathers, Sandro Eric Sosing and Lok Yin Lee joined the list of International Qualifiers for the 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship at the weekend.

The schedule of play has been confirmed for the first round of the 2024 Machineseeker European Championship, with five former PDC World Champions set to star on Thursday’s opening night in Dortmund.

Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Leonard Gates and Lourence Ilagan became the latest players to confirm their qualification for the 2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts over the weekend.

Peter Wright will begin his defence of the Machineseeker European Championship title against Jermaine Wattimena, while Luke Humphries and Nathan Aspinall will also go head-to-head in Dortmund next week.

Luke Humphries stormed to his second Gambrinus Czech Darts Open title with a crushing 8-1 victory over Kim Huybrechts in Prague on Sunday.

Fallon Sherrock will make her fifth Paddy Power World Darts Championship appearance in December, after securing her Alexandra Palace return on the final day of 2024 PDC Women’s Series action.

Gordon Mathers will make his return to the Paddy Power World Darts Championship in December after winning Sunday's DPA Oceanic Masters.

Lourence Ilagan defeated his compatriot Sandro Sosing in convincing fashion to lift the 2024 PDC Asian Championship title in Manila on Sunday.

Leonard Gates celebrated 2024 CDC Continental Cup glory on Saturday night to seal his place in next month’s Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts.