CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, Max Hopp and Mohd Latif Sapup have won places in the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.
German teenager Hopp, who impressed in reaching the Last 16 of the Dutch Darts Masters European Tour event last month by defeating Terry Jenkins and Steve Beaton in Nuland, won the Central European Qualifier for the World Championship in Bielefeld.
Hopp, 16, was in great form in the event, whitewashing Steven Mehl and then defeating Michal Koclk 6-3 before coming from 5-2 down - and facing match darts - against Dragutin Horvat to win 6-5.
In the final, he overcame Austrian World Cup representative Maik Langendorf 6-1, winning the game's first five legs without reply before sealing the victory.
"I'm very happy," said Hopp. "I'm looking forward to my next big tournament with the PDC and I'd love to give the top players a hard time."
The Western Europe Qualifier was held in Avila, Spain, featuring 110 players from Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Belgium and Holland and was won by Carlos Rodriguez.
Rodriguez, twice previously a World Championship qualifier in 2009 and 2010, enjoyed a welcome return to form as he came through the field to ensure a return to Alexandra Palace.
He enjoyed some fine wins on the day, seeing off David Jiminez 6-1 and Juan Huertas 6-0 as he won through to the quarter-finals, where he dropped only two legs against Alberto Fernandez.
Rodriguez then overcame Eduardo Sales 6-4 and edged out Stefan Couwenberg 6-5 in the final to seal his World Championship spot.
Antonio Alcinas - who enjoyed a classic game with Andy Hamilton in last year's World Championship - lost out in the semi-finals to Couwenberg, while Gibraltar's Dylan Duo and Belgium's Ronnie Huybrechts joined Fernandez and Jose Antonio Justicia in the last eight.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's Mohd Latif Sapup won the South-East Asia Qualifier to earn his debut in the World Championship.
Ladbrokes World Darts Championship
Central Europe Qualifier
Last 16
Michal Koclk 6-1 Christian Kruger
Max Hopp 6-0 Steven Mehl
Michael Rosenauer 6-2 Frank Schewe
Dragutin Horvat 6-1 Michael Schmidt
Jyhan Artut 6-2 Michael Hurtz
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Kevin Munch
Maik Langendorf 6-0 Mick Hasse
Markandu Garunakumar 6-3 Christian Gobel
Quarter-Finals
Max Hopp 6-3 Michal Koclk
Dragutin Horvat 6-5 Michael Rosenauer
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Jyhan Artut
Maik Langendorf 6-2 Markandu Garunakumar
Semi-Finals
Max Hopp 6-5 Dragutin Horvat
Maik Langendorf 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Final
Max Hopp 6-1 Maik Langendorf
Western European Qualifier
Last 16
Stefan Couwenberg 6-4 Antonio Cabrera
Jose Antonio Justicia 6-2 Jesus Almazan
Antonio Alcinas 6-0 Javier Moreno
Dylan Duo 6-5 Julio Barbero
Alberto Fernandez 6-4 Fernando Berral
Carlos Rodriguez 6-0 Juan Huertas
Ronny Huybrechts 6-4 Eduardo Gonzalez
Eduardo Sales 6-1 Davyd Venken
Quarter-Finals
Stefan Couwenberg 6-2 Jose Antonio Justicia
Antonio Alcinas 6-1 Dylan Duo
Carlos Rodriguez 6-2 Alberto Fernandez
Eduardo Sales 6-4 Ronny Huybrechts
Semi-Finals
Stefan Couwenberg 6-5 Antonio Alcinas
Carlos Rodriguez 6-4 Eduardo Sales
Final
Carlos Rodriguez 6-5 Stefan Couwenberg